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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 850
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NewsIFP announces audience award nominees
The nominees for the 3rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Audience Award are: Artifact, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Burn: One Year ON The Front Lines Of The Battle To Save Detroit, The Invisible War (pictured), and Once In A Lullaby: The PS 22 Chorus Story.
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Canada’s Double Dutch International acquires comedy Conception
Josh Stolberg wrote, directed and produced the rom-com about the stories of nine couples on the night they conceive.
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Lionsgate’s Michael Burns extends contract through 2017
The vice-chairman has signed a new employment contract that keeps him in the post through October 2017.
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Submarine genre label Torpedo lines up Thai remake
Torpedo Pictures will produce the English language version of the thriller 6IXTYNIN9.
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New Films to commence production on Air Disturbance
Joe Dante will commence shooting the horror thriller on Nov 27 in Los Angeles.
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NewsBuyers soak up IM Global musical Sunshine
IM Global has reported a strong response to the comedy-musical Walking On Sunshine with Kylie Minogue and Gemma Arterton attached to star.
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NewsSpotlight shines on Stuck Between Stations, Oogieloves
EXCLUSIVE: Spotlight Pictures has come on board to sell Stuck Between Stations and The Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure.
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Red Sea strikes production pact with Enderby Entertainment
Red Sea Media’s genre label Dead Sea Media has closed the four-film deal with Enderby and its genre label Tony-Seven Films. Red Sea and Ton-Seven introduced the titles at AFM and Red Sea will handle international sales.
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Freestyle plans theatrical release for InAPPropriate Comedy
Freestyle Releasing has acquired North American rights to the sketch comedy and plans a theatrical launch followed by DVD and VoD through Freestyle Digital Media.
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NewsWreck-It Ralph opens top on $49m in strong US session
An early November surge saw the North American top 12 climb 53% against last weekend and gain 20% on the comparable session in 2011 as Buena Vista’s highly regarded animation stormed to the top.
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NewsSensational Skyfall adds $156m to reach $289.1m international
UPDATED: James Bond remained irrepressible outside North America and is closing in on $300m after a mere 10 days. The result puts Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) total box office for the year-to-date on $2.16bn – overhauling the $2.14bn record with two months of the year to go.
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Home, Stung sell well for XYZ, Celluloid Nightmares
Celluloid Nightmares has struck a multi-territory deal with Wild Bunch on Home, Nicholas McCarthy’s follow-up to Sundance hit The Pact.
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NewsScarcity of AFM must-haves drives up prices
In contrast to the deadly Storm Sandy that ravaged the East Coast on the eve of the AFM and delayed the arrival of a number of attendees, the pace of the market itself some 3,000 miles away in Santa Monica has been far more languid.
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Dracula project among 10-strong Steven Paul roster
EXCLUSIVE: Steven Paul has wrapped production on Dracula: The Dark Prince, one of 10 features he has committed to producing in the next 12 months through his group of companies SP Entertainment Group, Crystal Edge and Crystal Sky.
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NewsSeven Arts founder Peter Hoffman talks Thomasina, Winter Queen
Peter Hoffman’s Seven Arts has moved into self-distribution and is lining up a remake of the family property Thomasina after acquiring rights from the late author Paul Gallico’s estate.
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Cargo, Jump Street solidify Australian ties
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Entertainment and Australia’s Jump Street Films have signed a multi-year output deal and formed a financing, production, distribution and sales company to develop original Australian content.
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Raven Banner closes deals on Manborg
MPI Media Group has picked up US rights to Steve Kostanski’s sci-fi action Manborg.
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Leomark closes VoD delas on Pinching Penny
Erik Lundmark’s Leomark Studios has licensed VoD rights to the crime caper Pinching Penny to Beijing-based JY Entertainment.
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CMG closes Sarila deals for Russia, Germany
Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (CMG) has licensed Canadian 3D animated adventure The Legend Of Sarila to Luxor for Russia, Telepool for Germany and 5 Star Pictures for Israel.