All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 812
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NewsTFF 2013 draws 450k attendees
The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) drew more than 450,000 attendees to screenings, panels, community events and other attractions, festival top brass said on Monday [29].
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NewsExchange takes CBGB to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Brian O’Shea has acquired international sales rights to Randall Miller’s upcoming punk rock saga starring Alan Rickman and Malin Akerman. Paradigm represents US rights and will announce a domestic deal shortly.
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NewsIM3 scores $198.4m int’l record launch
UPDATED APR 29: One Marvel Studios film has replaced another as the international opening weekend record holder after Disney confirmed on Monday [29] that Iron Man 3 had usurped the previous $185.1m mark set by The Avengers and took $3m more than Sunday estimates.
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NewsPremiere takes Scenic Route
Premiere Entertainment has acquired all international rights excluding North America to the Josh Duhamel thriller Scenic Route and has added it to the Cannes sales slate.
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NewsPain prevails in US on $20m
Paramount’s controversial Pain & Gain opened top of the North American charts on an estimated $20m and will need to make hay while the sun shines. Marvel Studios/Disney’s Iron Man 3 opens this week and will crush everything in sight.
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NewsTribeca awards audience prizes
Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket [pictured] impressed Tribeca Film Festival judges last week and had a similar effect on audiences who gave it the narrative award on Saturday [27].
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NewsICG re-elects Steven Poster
Saturday’s [27] vote of the national executive board of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) returned Poster to the presidency after he first won six years ago.
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NewsWell Go USA takes Here
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to And While We Were Here and has set an Aug 13 ultra-VoD launch followed by theatrical release on Sept 13.
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NewsRecreation adds three for Cannes
The Los Angeles-based sales company has added Slamdance audience award winner Hank And Asha, Sundance entry Milkshake and War On Whistleblowers to its sales roster.
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NewsSIFF to honour Ford
Harrison Ford will receive the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival’s2013 Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting.
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NewsDjango to open in China
Sony Pictures announced on Friday [26] it had reached an understanding with Chinese authorities who pulled the film inexplicably on Apr 11 within minutes of the first screenings.
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Raven Banner hires Mahnert
Annick Mahnert has joined the company as manager of international sales and acquisitions in the run-up to Cannes. Additionally the Toronto-based company has licensed US rights to The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh to Image Entertainment.
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NewsGaye biopic heads to Cannes
Focus Features International has boarded Julien Temple’s Untitled Marvin Gaye project currently shooting in Luxemburg and Belgium. Screendaily first reported on the film in February.
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NewsDisney switches IM3 China date
UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 — now at $37m after two days in international release — will now open on May 1 and not May 3 as previously stated, Disney executives confirmed on Friday [26].
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NewsTFF unveils first Ephron winner
Top brass at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) said on Thursday [25] that Meera Menon received the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at the annual Women’s Filmmaker Brunch.
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NewsKinoSmith acquires at Hot Docs
Canadian distributor KinoSmith has acquired two titles out of Hot Docs on opening day, company fonder Rob Smith announced on Thursday [25].
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NewsCargo goes along for Free Ride
The company has acquired international sales rights to the Anna Paquin film and will screen in Cannes next month and kick off sales. Paradigm represents US rights.
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NewsThe Exchange buys Camden
The Exchange has closed what it said was a low-to-mid six-figure deal for the action film as it builds its production slate backed by the recently announced Exchange Peaks Film Capital fund.
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NewsParticipant, Image Nation find Dark
Shooting is underway in Colombia on the supernatural thriller Out Of The Dark financed by Participant Media and Image Nation and starring Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman. Colombia’s Dynamo and Spain’s Apaches produce.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the dark drama that Dan Gilroy will direct.