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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 833
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NewsD Films takes Canadian rights to Third Person
Paul Haggis’ upcoming film follows the connected love stories of three couples around the world and stars Mila Kunis, Liam Neeson, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Adrien Brody, Kim Basinger, Olivia Wilde and Maria Bello.
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NewsMadman acquires Australia, New Zealand for Blackfish
UPDATE: The distributor plans a theatrical release later this year after rights holder Submarine brokered a North American sale earlier this week with Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films. Meanwhile talks were intensifying on S-VHS and Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.
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NewsG.I. Joe: Retaliation gets limited IMAX release
Paramount, MGM and Skydance Productions’ follow-up to the 2009 action film will launch in select international theatres in remastered IMAX 3D on Mar 28 and embark on a one-week run in North America the following day, when it opens wide across the continent.
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The Best Man cast reunite for Universal comedy sequel
Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa and Regina Hall will reprise their roles nearly 14 years after the original hit theatres.
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NewsLife Of Pi reaches $400m international, $500m worldwide
Fox 2000’s epic adventure and multiple Oscar nominee crossed both milestones on Tuesday [22].
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NewsFreestyle Digital Media acquires Norman for DVD, VoD
Jonathan Segal’s drama stars Emily VanCamp, Dan Byrd, Richard Jenkins, Adam Goldberg and Billy Lush.
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NewsSundance: RADiUS-TWC swoops again on Inequality For All
The distributor’s fourth buy of the festival follows a deal for all English-speaking rights to Jacob Kornbluth’s disparity of wealth documentary.
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NewsFilmNation adds Hugh Grant rom-com to EFM roster
Castle Rock Entertainment is producing Marc Lawrence’s untitled project that reunites the writer-director with his lead from Music And Lyrics and Two Weeks Notice and also stars Marisa Tomei. Glen Basner will handle all international sales.
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NewsRosario Dawson joins Queen Of The Night
The thriller is based on an original story by Atom Egoyan. eOne Films handles international sales, while eOne will distribute in Canada and ARP Selection in France.
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NewsSundance: RADIUS-TWC, eOne, Magnolia in deals action
The Park City deals continued to roll in as RADiUS-TWC made its third acquisition of the festival on Lovelace, while eOne picked up US rights to cannibal film We Are What We Are and Magnolia bought Prince Avalanche.
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FeaturesDoron Weber, The Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Doron Weber talks to Jeremy Kay about the Foundation’s development grants and lab fellow grants which they distribute through their partner film schools and festivals, including Sundance.
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NewsSundance: Way Back, Blackfish, Darlings in deals avalanche
As deals continued to explode out of Park City, Fox Searchlight paid just under $10m for North America and select major territories to Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s feature directorial debut The Way, Way Back. Meanwhile SPC has acquired Kill Your Darlings and CBS Films picked up Toy’s House.
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NewsDreamWorks begins shooting on WikiLeaks drama
Bill Condon directs Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, which is set for a Nov 15 North American release through Touchstone in time for awards consideration. Disney, DreamWorks, Reliance and Mister Smith split the international release.
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NewsSundance: Mahindra, Focus Forward winners announced
Sundance Institute and India’s Mahindra Group announced on Tuesday [22] the four winners of the 2013 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards.
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NewsWirthwhile Entertainment starts development on One Week In Hollywood
Sheri Sussman, who wrote the screenplay to Sundance 2001 entry MacArthur Park, wrote the screenplay about a week in the life of a writer in Hollywood and will direct.
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NewsAcademy announces final voting round schedule
Final balloting will begin on Feb 8 at 8 am PT and close on Feb 19 at 5pm PT.
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NewsSony production admin chief Gary Martin retires
The executive has served 32 years at Columbia Pictures and 51 years in the industry overall.
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NewsHobby and Hubbell launch Tangerine Entertainment
Production company will partner with other organisations to promote film work by women.
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NewsSundance: Relativity takes Don Jon, TWC picks Fruitvale
UPDATED: The traditional Monday landslide kicked in as Relativity paid around $4m and made a $25m p&a commitment for US rights to Don Jon’s Addiction, while The Weinstein Company stumped up between $2-3m for North American and English-speaking distribution rights and international sales rights to Fruitvale.
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NewsGravitas Ventures snaps up Slamdance trio
The VoD distributor has acquired rights to Steven Feinartz’s documentary The Bitter Buddha, Michael Urie’s comedy He’s Way More Famous Than You and Peter Baxter’s Shrovetide Football documentary Wild In The Streets.