All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 790
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NewsNetflix's Sarandos to address RioMarket
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos will address the Rio Film Festival’s RioMarket event, set to run from September 27-October 9.
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NewsFace Reader rules int'l on $22.3m
UPDATED SEPT 23: Showbox International’s The Face Reader added an estimated $22.3m as the South Korean historical drama’s international running total reached an early $39.4m.
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NewsPrisoners ties up US on $21.4m
Alcon Entertainment’s crime thriller Prisoners rounded out a superb month following rave reviews at Telluride and Toronto with a number one debut in North America on an estimated $21.4m through Warner Bros.
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NewsMehta assumes Fox content role
Salil Mehta joins Twentieth Century Fox as president of content management, effective September 23.
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NewsLionsgate CFO James Keegan to retire
Lionsgate CFO James Keegan, a 25-year veteran of the company and its corporate predecessors, is to retire on October 1. He will be replaced by James W Barge.
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NewsBuyers swoop in post-TIFF action
In a couple of further deals to emerge in the wake of Toronto, Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to Night Moves while RADiUS-TWC has picked up North America on Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon.
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NewsICA luncheon sets honourees
The Canon Award for the advancement of digital technology in film and television will be presented to Mark Weingartner.
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NewsElysium heads for Japan, Brazil
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) releases Elysium in Japan and Brazil this weekend as executives anticipate the running total will cross $150m.
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NewsUni restructures home ent operation
Following the arrival of Universal Pictures chief Jeff Shell, Universal has brought the physical and digital sales, marketing and distribution operations for film and television under one roof.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils Varda films
AFI FEST 2013 top brass have issued details of the four films selected by guest artistic director Agnes Varda.
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NewsRoboCop to get IMAX treatment
RoboCop will open in IMAX worldwide commencing February 7 2014, IMAX Corporation, MGM and Sony announced.
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NewsLionsgate, OddLot form pact
Lionsgate and OddLot Entertainment have formed a multiyear co-financing and distribution partnership kicking off with the Johnny Depp action comedy Mortdecai.
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NewsSFFS/Rainin unveil grant finallists
The San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation have selected the 14 finallists for the latest round of SFFS / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants.
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NewsLorber buys Camille Claudel 1915
Kino Lorber has picked up all US rights to Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel 1915 starring Juliette Binoche.
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NewsMPAA appoints tech duo
The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) has added two executives to the office of technology.
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NewsWolf hot seller for XYZ
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has closed a raft of key European deals on Dutch crime thriller Wolf ahead of the film’s release in the Netherlands on September 19.
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NewsWrekin Hill finds Legendary
EXCLUSIVE: Wrekin Hill has acquired North American rights from GFM Films to the 3D Dolph Lundgren film Legendary, which shot in China earlier this year.
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NewsContinental sells Duke to VIVA
EXCLUSIVE: VIVA Pictures has secured US rights to Anthony and James Gaudioso’s crime thriller in a deal finalised in Toronto.
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NewsSacro GRA among Rio additions
Organisers at the Rio Film Festival have brought in an extra 11 titles ahead of the September 26 opening night gala screening of Thierry Ragobert’s Amazonia 3D.
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NewsMagnet, IFC in TIFF deals
In a pair of North American deals to trickle from Toronto’s wake, Magnet Releasing has acquired North American rights to Ti West’s Vanguard entry The Sacrament while IFC Midnight will release Midnight Madness selection Almost Human.