All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 857
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NewsKentaro Hagiwara wins 2013 Sundance/NHK honours
The alumnus of the inaugural Screenwriters Workshop in Tokyo received his award at a private ceremony at Sundance.
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NewsSundance: RADiUS-TWC buys again, O-Scope weighs in
RADiUS-TWC has secured its fifth film of the festival, taking North American and French rights to Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie And The Boxer. Meanwhile Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother Of George.
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NewsShooting commences on Exclusive, Playtone, AFC’s Parkland
Peter Landesman makes his feature directorial debut on the adaptation of Vincent Bugliosi’s book Reclaiming History: The Assassination Of President John F Kennedy. Colin Hanks has joined the cast.
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NewsSundance: SPC takes Midnight, IFC Saints, Magnolia S-VHS
UPDATE: The deals kept on rolling in on Friday [25] with a quartet of domestic acquisitions including Phase 4’s acquisition of Newlyweeds. King Records has struck a deal for Japanese rights to Cutie And The Boxier.
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NewsQED International snaps up Toy’s House on eve of EFM
New worldwide president of marketing and acquisitions John Hegeman made the announcement on Friday [25]. CBS Films picked up US rights earlier in the week and is targetting a 2013 release.
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NewsAcademy board creates costume designers branch
Costume designers were previously part of the designers branch, which also includes production designers, art directors and set decorators.
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NewsDisney confirms JJ Abrams to direct Star Wars
The studio ended speculation about who will helm Episode VII with a formal announcement on Friday [25].
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NewsFinal Draft announces finallists for Screenwriters Choice Awards
The winner of the 8th Annual Screenwriters Choice Awards will be unveiled on Feb 7 in Beverly Hills.
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RadioactiveGiant acquires original screenplay Table 18
The multi-media development, production and distribution studio announced the deal on Friday [25].
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CommentSundance: McConaughey, Gordon-Levitt and Radcliffe head to Nikki Beach pop-up
Screen International’s good friend Nikki Beach made its long-awaited debut at Sundance and sure as snow (well, actually it didn’t snow while Screen was there) the celebrities did follow.
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NewsAcademy determines individual nominees for Amour
The producers branch executive committee named producers Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz on Friday [25].
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The Dirties, My Name Is Faith among Slamdance winners
The festival organisers announced their winners on Friday [25].
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NewsDjango Unchained, Lincoln vie for international supremacy
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained stands at $67.5m following last weekend’s number one international launch and arrives this weekend in 10 new markets including Australia.
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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.