All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 858
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NewsFilmNation adds Hugh Grant rom-com to EFM roster
Castle Rock Entertainment is producing Marc Lawrence’s untitled project that reunites the writer-director with his lead from Music And Lyrics and Two Weeks Notice and also stars Marisa Tomei. Glen Basner will handle all international sales.
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NewsRosario Dawson joins Queen Of The Night
The thriller is based on an original story by Atom Egoyan. eOne Films handles international sales, while eOne will distribute in Canada and ARP Selection in France.
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NewsSundance: RADIUS-TWC, eOne, Magnolia in deals action
The Park City deals continued to roll in as RADiUS-TWC made its third acquisition of the festival on Lovelace, while eOne picked up US rights to cannibal film We Are What We Are and Magnolia bought Prince Avalanche.
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FeaturesDoron Weber, The Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Doron Weber talks to Jeremy Kay about the Foundation’s development grants and lab fellow grants which they distribute through their partner film schools and festivals, including Sundance.
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NewsSundance: Way Back, Blackfish, Darlings in deals avalanche
As deals continued to explode out of Park City, Fox Searchlight paid just under $10m for North America and select major territories to Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s feature directorial debut The Way, Way Back. Meanwhile SPC has acquired Kill Your Darlings and CBS Films picked up Toy’s House.
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NewsDreamWorks begins shooting on WikiLeaks drama
Bill Condon directs Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, which is set for a Nov 15 North American release through Touchstone in time for awards consideration. Disney, DreamWorks, Reliance and Mister Smith split the international release.
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NewsSundance: Mahindra, Focus Forward winners announced
Sundance Institute and India’s Mahindra Group announced on Tuesday [22] the four winners of the 2013 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards.
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NewsWirthwhile Entertainment starts development on One Week In Hollywood
Sheri Sussman, who wrote the screenplay to Sundance 2001 entry MacArthur Park, wrote the screenplay about a week in the life of a writer in Hollywood and will direct.
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NewsAcademy announces final voting round schedule
Final balloting will begin on Feb 8 at 8 am PT and close on Feb 19 at 5pm PT.
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NewsSony production admin chief Gary Martin retires
The executive has served 32 years at Columbia Pictures and 51 years in the industry overall.
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NewsHobby and Hubbell launch Tangerine Entertainment
Production company will partner with other organisations to promote film work by women.
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NewsSundance: Relativity takes Don Jon, TWC picks Fruitvale
UPDATED: The traditional Monday landslide kicked in as Relativity paid around $4m and made a $25m p&a commitment for US rights to Don Jon’s Addiction, while The Weinstein Company stumped up between $2-3m for North American and English-speaking distribution rights and international sales rights to Fruitvale.
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NewsGravitas Ventures snaps up Slamdance trio
The VoD distributor has acquired rights to Steven Feinartz’s documentary The Bitter Buddha, Michael Urie’s comedy He’s Way More Famous Than You and Peter Baxter’s Shrovetide Football documentary Wild In The Streets.
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NewsSundance: gender study reveals five causes of imbalance
Women comprised 29.8% of film-makers from all Sundance Film Festival Entries between the years 2002 and 2012, Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam and Women In Film Los Angeles president Cathy Schulman announced on Monday [21].
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NewsSundance: Outfest names Kristin Pepe director of programming
Monday morning’s [21] announcement came out of the annual Outfest Queer Brunch, when it was revealed that Pepe would replace Kim Yutani, who has been named artistic director.
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NewsSundance: Mundial bulks up EFM slate with Dayani Crystal
The joint sales venture between IM Global and Canana has made its first international rights acquisition on the eve of Berlin.
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NewsWar Witch, A Royal Affair join SBIFF line-up
Programming chiefs at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival have added 15 films to the roster, the festival announced on Monday [21].
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CommentSundance rocks
Sundance is always a great occasion to catch live music but few gigs will match the sheer logistical ambition and star-power of Sound City Players, who played to a sold-out Park City Live on Friday [18].
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NewsSundance: IFC finds Love, A24 gets Spectacular
UPDATED JAN 21: IFC’s North American deal for The Look Of Love closed on Sunday evening following a negotiation with StudioCanal. Meanwhile A24 confirmed it had acquired North American rights to The Spectacular Now for what was believed to cost $1.5m after Screendaily was the first to report on Sunday ...
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NewsSundance: Elle Driver takes int’l rights to Twenty Feet
Elle Driver/Wild Bunch negotiated the deal for the opening night film with busy Submarine in the run-up to the EFM in Berlin next month. Separately, HBO Documentary Films has snapped up US television rights to Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer.