All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 791
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NewsMirren to go on Journey
TORONTO: Participant Media and DreamWorks are reuniting on The Hundred-Foot Journey following their collaborations on Toronto opener The Fifth Estate, Lincoln and The Help.
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FeaturesColin Geddes, TIFF Midnight Madness
Jeremy Kay talks to the head of TIFF’s Midnight Madness strand ahead of its 25th anniversary.
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FeaturesPatrice Theroux, eOne
Patrice Theroux, eOne’s chairman of global film group, has spent his working life in the industry. He guides Jeremy Kay through mentors, mergers and the emergence of a Canadian powerhouse.
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NewsSackman, Baker to remake Shivers
Producers Jeff Sackman and Michael Baker have hired Denmark’s Rie Rasmussen to remake David Cronenberg’s classic first feature, itself the subject of a special screening at Toronto this year.
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NewsVoltage sparks to Eden
EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures will start sales in Toronto on the thriller Eden produced by Non-Stop director Jaume Collet-Serra.
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NewsWorldview plans US distribution move
EXCLUSIVE: Worldview Entertainment, in town with six films in the festival, is preparing a move into US distribution that chairman and CEO Christopher Woodrow aims to finalise within the next few months.
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NewsFundamental plans spy thriller China Black Chamber
EXCLUSIVE: Shanghai-based producer and sales company Fundamental Films is out to Chinese and US cast on its new spy thriller China Black Chamber.
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NewsHighland includes Instructions
EXCLUSIVE: Instructions Not Included had huge US opening from Pantelion.
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NewsCinemavault takes Montreal pair
EXCLUSIVE: Cinemavault has acquired Montreal World Film Festival selections Brasserie Romantique and The Red Robin and will introduce sales in Toronto.
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NewsThe Solution to sell Blackbird
The Solution Entertainment Group has added the Cate Blanchett thriller Blackbird to its Toronto slate and will introduce to buyers in Toronto.
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Newsde Matteo joins Dark Places
Drea de Matteo has joined Charlize Theron on the Louisiana shoot of crime mystery Dark Places for co-financier, co-producer and international sales agent Exclusive Media.
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NewsArnold takes NYFF residency
Andrea Arnold has been named the 2013 Filmmaker in Residence during the New York Film Festival.
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NewsDean Devlin launches sales division
Electric Entertainment’s Dean Devlin, who co-founded Voltage Pictures with Nicolas Chartier, has launched an international film and television sales division.
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NewsBAFTA LA to honour Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Thursday night’s [5] Toronto opener The Fifth Estate, will receive BAFTA LA’s Britannia Award for British Artist Of The Year in Los Angeles on Nov 9.
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NewsExchange to sell Made In America
CEO Brian O’Shea and his team will handle international sales on Ron Howard’s film about Jay-Z’s two-day music festival that is set to premiere in Toronto on Saturday [7].
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NewseOne cuts AMC, Sundance Channel deal
eOne has signed an exclusive multi-year distribution deal to handle international distribution on all original scripted series from AMC Networks’ AMC and Sundance Channel.
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NewsNYFF to host Godard tribute
The New York Film Festival will kick off a three-week Jean-Luc Godard retrospective on Oct 9.
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NewsSalinger added to TIFF line-up
Toronto International Film Festival organisers have scheduled a special screening of Shane Salerno’s documentary Salinger.
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NewsVilleneuve signs Alcon deal
Denis Villeneuve and Alcon, riding high on rave reviews out of Telluride for the French-Canadian auteur’s English-language debut Prisoners, have signed a two-year overall deal.
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NewsFSC takes Burt’s Buzz to TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired international rights to Jody Shapiro’s documentary ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.