All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 847
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NewsSolar Entertainment Group launches investment bank
SEG has partnered with Hoffman Lloyd to create the specialised media and entertainment entity Solar Entertainment HLB.
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NewsSPC takes North American rights to Blue Jasmine
The acquisition from Gravier Productions marks the distributor’s sixth collaboration with Woody Allen.
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NewsSanta Barbara Festival unveils line-up, awards honourees
Pablo Larraín’s Chilean Oscar contender No gets pride of place in the 2013 Santa Barbara International Film Festival as the International Gala.
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NewsIrish actor Jack Reynor joins Transformers 4 cast
Michael Bay announced on his website on Tuesday [8] that he has cast Reynor in the upcoming Transformers 4.
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NewsAcademy to honour Bill Taylor with Bonner Medal
The visual effects supervisor and director of photography will receive the John A Bonner Medal Of Commendation from the board of governors.
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NewsJosh Brolin signs up to Sin City 2
Aldamisa International introduced Sin City: A Dame To Kill For to buyers in Cannes last summer.
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NewsVisit Films heads to Park City with four new titles
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales agency has acquired rights to The Future, It Felt Like Love, Halley and A Teacher.
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NewsAmber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen join McG thriller
EuropaCorp and Relativity Media made the announcement on Monday [7]. The new cast join previously announced Kevin Costner on the untitled project.
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NewsAcquisitions: Lorber tastes Honey, Freestyle sets inAPPropriate
Kino Lorber has acquired US rights to festival favourite More Than Honey ahead of the documentary’s US premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsValiant Entertainment shuffles Shamdasani, Kothari
Co-founder and chief creative officer Dinesh Shamdasani is named chief executive while founding CEO Jason Kothari has been appointed vice-chairman of the board.
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NewsFox International led studio box office in bumper 2012
The second highest calendar year in the company’s history delivered a mighty $2.714bn in aggregated grosses powered by Ice Age: Continental Drift’s $718.1m haul.
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NewsJoseph Gordon-Levitt bulks up 3D Sin City sequel
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For was one of the hot market titles in Cannes last summer, when Aldamisa International introduced sales. North American distributor Dimension Films made the casting announcement on Monday [7].
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NewsLes Misérables crosses $100m in US in record 13 days
Working Title’s awards contender on Sunday [6] became the fastest musical to pass the milestone in North America after grossing $16.1m through Universal to reach $103.6m.
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NewsFox International’s Life Of Pi usurps Hobbit, crosses $300m
JAN 7 UPDATE: Fox 2000’s acclaimed Yann Martel adventure brought in a confirmed $59.3m over the weekend to edge out The Hobbit in a race that turned out to be much closer than originally thought, buoyed by Fox’s fourth biggest debut of all time in Russia.
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NewsAmour, Emmanuelle Riva, Michael Haneke top NSFC poll
The National Society Of Film Critics announced its annual winners on Saturday [50] when Amour was a big winner.
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NewsFlight, The Master, Silver Linings among WGA nominees
Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Amour were ineligible under WGA regulations.
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NewsBaltasar Kormakur to produce Dagur Kari’s Rocketman
This will mark the first collaboration between the two Icelandic film-makers, Kormakur’s Blueeyes Production label announced on Friday [4].
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NewsChris Dodd appoints Diane Strahan MPAA COO
The MPAA chairman made the announcement on Friday [4] and hailed the new executive’s ” break-through strategies for high growth players.”
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NewsOscar ceremony to pay tribute to James Bond
Organisers at the upcoming 85th Academy Awards on Feb 24 will include a tribute to the 50-year-old franchise.
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NewsThe Hobbit crosses $500m at international box office
JAN 4 UPDATE: Warner Bros Pictures International’s fantasy epic stood at $513.4m through Jan 3 and remains the one to beat heading into its fourth weekend. Meanwhile Breaking Dawn - Pt 2 has reached $800m worldwide.