All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 845
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NewsSXSW selects The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as opener
Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey star in the Warner Bros/New Line comedy about feuding Las Vegas musicians that will open the 20th anniversary event on Mar 8. Warner Bros will release the film a week later.
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NewsTribeca Film Institute unveils 2013 documentary grantees
The Institute also announced the inaugural TFI/ESPN Prize, an extension of the Fund that will award an annual grant of $30,000 to a work-in-progress documentary that integrates “sports, competition and athleticism” into the story.
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NewsDamned Distribution, Alambique win trips to Rio Carnival
Cinema Do Brasil on Monday [14] named the two companies as the winners of the first phase of its Distributors World Cup.
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Further details emerge on BlancBiehn’s Hidden remake
As reported here last summer, Chilean director Patricio Valladares will direct the English-language remake of his horror film, Hidden In The Woods. Dimitri Stephanides of Paris-based WTF is handling international sales.
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NewsJosh Green leaves Emerging Pictures, forms Game 7
Ira Deutchman and Barry Rebo’s head of distribution has set up his new production and distribution services venture with film-makers Asger Hussain, Kief Davidson and Yaron Schwartzman.
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Fandor hires Liz Ogilvie as director of market programmes
The streaming service has struck recent partnerships with Cinema Guild, Brainstorm Media, Zeitgeist, Global Film Initiative and FiGa Films, among others.
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NewsBuena Vista to release Pirates 5 in July 2015
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures also announced it was pulling The Little Mermaid in the latest round of scheduling on Monday [14]. The film was set for a 3D re-release on Sept 13 this year.
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NewsVariance takes North America on Oversimplification
The distributor announced on Monday [14] it had acquired Terence Nance’s An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty.
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NewsTom Stoppard to receive WGA lifetime achievement honour
The British playwright and screenwriter will collect the 2013 Laurel Award for screen during the simultaneous East and West Coast WGA awards ceremonies on Feb 17.
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NewsObituary: Jack F Murphy
The former non-theatrical distributor and independent producer, died in Los Angeles on Jan 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.
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NewsRCR licenses Cinedigm Theatrical Distribution System
Beverly Hills-based RCR claims to have financed and produced more than 20 feature films in recent years and says it has six features in production. It is releasing Phantom on 3,000 screens on Mar 1.
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CommentWhen Alan met Jeremy
Screen’s US editor Jeremy Kay hosted a Q&A with Alan Cumming at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsArgo, Les Mis edge out rivals at emotional Golden Globes
Many things are said about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association but nobody can deny the group goes its own way, as evidenced by the 70th annual Golden Globes on Jan 13.
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News70th Annual Golden Globes – the winners as it happened
Argo wins best dramatic picture and Ben Affleck takes the directing prize as members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association reveal their winners on an emotional and good-humoured night at the 2013 ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday [13].
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NewsLife Of Pi leads int’l session on $33m, Hobbit crosses $600m
Fox International’s adventure epic directed by Ang Lee capped a fine week that saw the film pick up 11 Oscar nominations and retain its hold on the charts thanks to an estimated $33.2m haul from 67 markets that boosted the running total to $357.4m.
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NewsZero Dark Thirty leaps to top of US charts on $24m
Annapurna Pictures’ thriller procedural about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden has begun its assault on the North American box office in earnest.
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NewsBlancanieves, Fill The Void among PSIFF winners
The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival comes to a close on Monday and festival top brass unveiled the award winners at the traditional brunch on Sunday [13].
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NewsAmerican Cinema Editors recognise Skyfall, Argo, Pi
The American Cinema Editors group ACE announced its nominations on Friday [11]. The awards gala is set for Feb 16 in Los Angeles.
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NewsUniversal sets Jun 13 2014 for Jurassic Park 4
The studio made the announcement on Friday [11].
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Indiecan Entertainment takes Sex After Kids
The distributor has acquired Canadian distribution rights to Jeremy LaLonde’s sophomore feature ahead of its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Jan 26.