All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 796
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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.
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NewsDuo on the rise at eOne
The reorganisation of the Canadian broadcast and digital division comes as svp of television and online at eOne Films Canada Naveen Prasad exits the company.
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NewsBrown earns MGM marketing stripes
Michael Brown has been promoted to evp of worldwide marketing at MGM.
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NewsAFI FEST lines up Banks, Foxcatcher
The Los Angeles event will open on Nov 7 with the North American premiere of John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr Banks - one day before the world premiere of Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher.
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NewsMagnolia promotes buyer duo
Heading into Toronto, Magnolia Pictures has promoted Peter Van Steemburg to vp of acquisitions and John Von Thaden to director of acquisitions.
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Lincoln Center unveils Views
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center announced the complete lineup for the 17th edition of Views From The Avant-Garde, set to run from Oct 3-7 in New York.
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NewsOpen Road to release Max Steel
Dolphin Entertainment and Mattel have partnered to develop the live-action story based on Mattel’s toy and consumer product IP of the same name. n
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NewsCBS finds Husband’s Secret
CBS Films has made a preemptive bid for exclusive rights to Liane Moriarty’s novel, published on Jul 30 through Amy Einhorn Books.
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NewsCinedigm, Drafthouse forge home ent deal
The critically acclaimed films will go out across all home entertainment channels and kicks off in January 2014 with the pre-theatrical VoD release of SXSW hit Cheap Thrills.
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Spinning Plates to open in US
The Film Arcade and Inception Media Group have acquired Joseph Levy’s restaurant documentary Spinning Plates.
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NewsXYZ Films bites into Beth
EXCLUSIVE: The Los Angeles-based company will kick off international sales in Toronto on the all-star zombie comedy Life After Beth.
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NewsBill Murray visits Kasbah
Barry Levinson is shaping up to be the man of the moment heading into Toronto with potentially two titles on the market, one of which has been announced as the Murray vehicle from QED, Venture Forth and Shangri-La Entertainment.
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NewsVisit Films to sell Stay
Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales company has come on board to handle international sales excluding Canada ahead of the Toronto world premiere.