All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 844
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NewsSundance to host LA event
The Sundance Institute has announced the latest extension of the world-renowned brand and will stage NEXT WEEKEND in Los Angeles from Aug 8-11.
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Kino Lorber buys Deceptive Practice
Kino Lorber has acquired all US rights to Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein’s Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors Of Ricky Jay.
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NewseOne, Les Films Séville unveil exec roster
eOne top brass announced on Monday [4] the team appointments for operations headquartered in Toronto and Montreal.
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News'Jack' slays $28m US box office
Warner Bros and New Line’s fantasy adventure Jack The Giant Slayer led an otherwise soft weekend that gained a mere 7% on the traditionally weak Oscar session seven days earlier.
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NewsDie Hard leads int'l on $18.3m
UPDATED MAR 4: A Good Day To Die Hard remained the top Hollywood film internationally courtesy of a confirmed $17.5m from 8,140 screens in 67 markets through Fox International that propelled the tally to $161.5m after three weekends.
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NewsHobbit crosses global $1bn
Warner Bros announced on Sunday [3] that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey had become the 15th film in history to reach the milestone, grossing $700m internationally and $301.4m in North America.
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NewsZambezia soars for CMG
Adventures In Zambezia 3D has become the highest grossing South African film in more than 30 years, the animation’s sales agent and executive producer Cinema Management Group (CMG) announced on Friday [Mar 1].
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NewsJack slays Asian box office
Jack The Giant Slayer grossed around $2.3m from seven opening days in select Asian markets to rank number one in six out of seven through Warner Bros Pictures International.
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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.