All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 791
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NewsMagnolia takes Moodysson's Best
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights from TrustNordisk to Lukas Moodysson’s We Are The Best!.
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NewsUPI crosses historic $2bn mark
Universal Pictures International (UPI) top brass announced the company has crossed $2bn within a calendar year for the first time in its 101-year history.
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NewsSearch engines in MPAA crosshairs
A report commissioned by the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) claims search engines play an “influential” role in leading consumers to so-called infringing content even if they are not looking for it.
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NewsHamptons to honour Working Title
Working Title Films co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will receive the Hamptons International Film Festival’s (HIFF) Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement on October 12.
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NewsSarandos to give FIND keynote
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos will deliver the executive keynote address launching the 2013 Film Independent Forum on October 26.
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NewsHertzberg remains IFTA chairman
CineTel Films president and CEO Paul Hertzberg will continue as chairman of the Independent Film & Television Association (IFTA) for a further two years.
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NewsDalian Wanda invests in Academy Museum
AMC Entertainment’s Chinese owner The Dalian Wanda Group has donated a $20m gift to the Academy’s $300m capital campaign for its Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures.
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NewsLinklater to receive Gotham honour
IFP announced that Richard Linklater is to collect the Director Tribute at the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Dec 2 in New York.
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NewsI, Frankenstein to open on IMAX
Lionsgate and Lakeshore’s I, Frankenstein will be released in IMAX in the US and select international territories commencing Jan 24 2014.
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NewsArpa names 2013 honourees
Fruitvale Station producer Sev Ohanian, Not Anymore: A Story Of Revolution producer Matthew Van Dyke and actor Sid Haig are among the honourees at the upcoming 16th Annual Arpa International Film Festival.
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NewsZac Efron's Awkward sets release date
FilmDistrict has changed the named of Zac Efron rom-com Are We Officially Dating? to That Awkward Moment and has set a release date.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn finallists unveiled
Samuel Goldwyn, president of The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, has announced the five finallists and judges for the 2013 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards.
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NewsAFI Awards set for Jan 10
The American Film Institute’s ‘almanac’ of the year’s outstanding achievements in film and television will be unveiled on Jan 10 2014 and honourees will be announced on Dec 9.
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NewsFocus readies Fela Kuti
Andrew Dosunmu will direct Focus Features’ drama Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and human rights activist who rallied against the corrupt Nigerian regime of the 1970s.
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NewsInto The Woods starts shoot
Production has commenced on Disney’s Into The Woods starring Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine.
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NewsPartners line up Insidious 3
eOne, FilmDistrict and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) will partner on a third Insidious episode following the stunning $41.1m estimated number one debut of Insidious: Chapter 2 at the weekend.
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NewsMetrodome takes UK on Visitors
Submarine Entertainment has licensed UK rights for Godfrey Reggio’s Toronto special presentation Visitors to Metrodome and struck an Italian deal with Feltrinelli Films.
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NewsSlave wins TIFF audience award
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Blackberry People’s Choice Award in a significant development that places the hard-hitting drama among an elite club.