All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 788

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    Col Needham, IMDb

    2013-05-28T11:00:00Z

    IMDb’s founder talks about his love for movies and the company’s huge growth over the years.

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    News

    Doppelganger takes Torrente quartet

    2013-05-28T09:42:00Z

    Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights to the four Spanish action comedy Torrente films by director-star Santiago Segura.

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    Caplan to leave eOne by June

    2013-05-27T15:35:00Z

    Sally Caplan is to relinquish her role as managing director of eOne Films International and will leave the company at the end of May.

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    News

    Fast 6 rules int'l on $160m

    2013-05-26T20:05:00Z

    UPDATED MAY 28: The world belongs to Fast & Furious 6 as the action thriller grossed a confirmed $161.3m from 9,683 venues in 59 territories to deliver the biggest international opening weekend in Universal’s 101-year history.

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    Fast 6 takes US pole on $120m

    2013-05-26T18:56:00Z

    UPDATED MAY 27: Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 scored a rip-roaring $120m over a record four-day Memorial Day weekend at the North American box office that also set a new benchmark for a US holiday weekend.

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    Sundance Selects acquires Like Father

    2013-05-26T17:46:00Z

    Sundance Selects announced on Sunday [26] it had acquired US rights to Kore-eda Hirokazu’s jury prize winner Like Father, Like Son from Wild Bunch.

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    News

    SPC bites into Jarmusch film

    2013-05-24T23:33:00Z

    Sony Pictures Classics has swooped on North American rights to Jim Jarmusch’s vampire tale Only Lovers Left Alive in Cannes ahead of the world premiere on Saturday [25]. Hanway Films handles international sales.

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    News

    Blanc Biehn to enter Woods

    2013-05-24T16:20:00Z

    Blanc Biehn Productions announced in Cannes it has signed a deal with investor Hackybox Pictures to produce Hidden In The Woods.

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    News

    Mongrel takes four for Canada

    2013-05-23T22:17:00Z

    Hungry Canadian buyer Mongrel Media has snapped up four more films in Cannes, taking the competition trio Jimmy P., Like Father, Like Son and Young And Beautiful as well as Un Certain Regard entry Bastards.

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    Sundance Selects finds Selfish Giant

    2013-05-23T17:46:00Z

    Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights from Protagonist Pictures to Clio Barnard’s Directors’ Fortnight entry The Selfish Giant starring Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas and Sean Gilder.

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    News

    Double Dutch closes slew of deals

    2013-05-23T15:00:00Z

    Canada’s Double Dutch International has licensed rights in Cannes to Level 1 Entertainment’s thriller Detour starring Neil Hopkins and Brea Grant, closing deals with IPA Asia Pacific for Japan, Thailand and Vietnam.

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    News

    Cumberbatch to narrate Jerusalem

    2013-05-23T13:57:00Z

    National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) announced on Thursday [23] that Star Trek Into Darkness star Benedict Cumberbatch will narrate Jerusalem.

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    News

    Well Go gets On The Job

    2013-05-23T11:31:00Z

    Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired all North American rights from XYZ Films to Erik Matti’s Director’s Fortnight entry On The Job.

  • Five Stars Cinema
    News

    Russia's Paradise opening US cinema

    2013-05-23T06:00:00Z

    The 10-screen luxury Five Stars multiplex will open in Glendale, Los Angeles, is scheduled to open on June 21 following an 18-month refurbishment.

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    News

    Chile readies first 3D film

    2013-05-23T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Kiné recently came on board Jorge Olguin’s horror story Whispers of the Forest, Chile’s first 3D feature.

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    News

    Cannes 2013 buoyed by US buys

    2013-05-23T06:00:00Z

    The tidal wave of product that swept up on Cannes’ shore on the eve of the market made buyers warier than ever, however the result was steady international trade punctuated by notable US buys.

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    News

    eOne falls for Naomi Watts' Diana

    2013-05-23T04:38:00Z

    The trademark late cascade of US deals emerged on Thursday [23] as Cannes neared the finish line, led by eOne’s acquisition of US rights to hot market title Diana.

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    AFI DOCS to honour Errol Morris

    2013-05-22T18:47:00Z

    The US premiere of AJ Schnack’s Caucus will close AFI DOCS and Errol Morris will be honoured at the festival’s Charles Guggenheim Symposium for his contributions to the documentary genre. 

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    News

    Contreras lines up Language

    2013-05-22T18:39:00Z

    Mexican director Ernesto Contreras is to direct I dream In Another Language based on an original story by his brother Carlos Contreras.

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    News

    Provincetown adds 2013 honourees

    2013-05-22T18:27:00Z

    Matt Dillon will receive the Excellence In Acting Award and Cinematographer Ed Lachman will collect the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF).