All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 828
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NewsPanorama bites into Pride, Prejudice And Zombies
Panorama Media will introduce a heavy-hitter to the Cannes market after the sales, production and financing company announced on Friday [Mar 1] it had come on board the red-hot Pride, Prejudice And Zombies.
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NewsLiam Neeson joins The Nut Job
Liam Neeson has joined the all-star voice cast on Canadian animator ToonBox Entertainment and South Korea-based Redrover Co’s animation comedy The Nut Job.
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NewsInsidious 2 sets September release
Insidious Chapter 2 sees Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, and Ty Simpkins reprise their roles in the sequel to the 2011 horror release that grossed $97m worldwide. eOne is financing the film.
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NewsDie Hard eyes $150m
Fox International’s reigning box office champion A Good Day To Die Hard could use its $133.8m perch to cross $150m in this, its third weekend in release.
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NewsWolf Of Wall Street out Nov 15
Paramount Pictures announced that it will distribute Red Granite Pictures’ Wall Street saga in the US on Nov 15.
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NewsMistaken For Strangers to open Tribeca
The New York-based festival will open on Apr 17 with the world premiere of Tom Berninger’s documentary Mistaken For Strangers.
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NewsFactory 25 buys Kid Thing
Factory 25 has picked up US rights to The Zellner Brothers’ Kid Thing and has set a day-and-date theatrical and digital release for May 24. Separately, Area 23a has announced details of the Silver Circle release.
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NewsMonterey buys This Is Martin Bonner
The US distribution deal follows the world premiere of Chad Hartigan’s film in Sundance in January.
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NewsTelluride readies 40th anniversary
In advance of the Coloradan festival’s 40th anniversary edition top brass have added a fifth day of festivities and announced that the 650-seat Werner Herzog Theatre will be ready.
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NewsUni moves up 2 Guns release
Universal Pictures announced three schedule changes on Thursday [28] including the hottest project of the 2012 EFM, 2 Guns.
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NewsLucia Puenzo to adapt La Mujer Infinita
BN Films’ Alex Garcia and Lucas Akoskin announced on Thursday [28] that the Argentinian writer-director Lucia Puenzo will direct a Spanish-language adaptation of José Ignacio Valenzuela’s novel.
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Kibo buys Visualnet stake
Kibo Ventures, the fund backed by Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica, has invested in online production services marketplace Visualnet.com.
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NewsFull Frame honours trio
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will honour Jessica Yu, Molly Thompson and Amir Bar-Lev.
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Gangs Of Wasseypur to open IFFLA
Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur and Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children bookend the 11th annual Indian Film festival Of Los Angeles.
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Paul Bettany joins Transcendence
The British actor is in negotiations to star alongside Johnny Depp in Alcon’s project marking the feature directorial debut of Christopher Nolan’s cinematographer Wally Pfister.
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NewsIndican to sell int’l on A Green Story
Indican Pictures announced on Thursday [28] that it has acquired all international rights to Paramyth Film’s A Green Story. The company previously acquired all North American rights.
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NewsTranscendence, Mass for Depp
Contrary to recent speculation that Johnny Depp’s casting in Black Mass might disrupt his participation in Transcendence, the star’s representatives confirmed on Wednesday [27] that he is on board both projects, which are already well known to international buyers.
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NewsLightcatcher readies narrative slate
Arkansas-based documentary creator Lightcatcher Productions has begun production on six narrative features to be released over five years.
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NewsnWave buys Penguins 3D
nWave Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Atlantic Productions’ Penguins 3D (working title) written and narrated by David Attenborough.
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NewsCinedigm takes on Absence
Cinedigm has acquired worldwide rights to Absence, while in a separate deal Oscilloscope Laboratories will distribute About Sunny in North America.