All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 861
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NewsBerneys resurrect Picturehouse, line up Metallica drama
New York-based husband-and-wife team Bob and Jeanne Berney are back in business and have reopened Picturehouse four-and-a-half years after then parent company Warner Bros closed down the distributor.
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NewsDistribution: ro*co films, Zeitgeist Films, Factory 25 in action
ro*co films educational, the educational documentary distribution arm of ro*co films, will handle the non-theatrical release of How To Survive A Plague [pictured] and A Place At The Table.
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NewsShane Carruth goes it alone on Upstream Color
Shane Carruth’s company erbp will self-distribute Upstream Color, the director’s upcoming US Dramatic Competition entry and follow-up to his 2004 Grand Jury Prize-winner Primer. Meanwhile Gravitas Ventures has taken worldwide VoD and digital rights to Sound City.
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NewsWar Witch leads Canadian Screen Awards nominations
The Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television announced its 2013 Canadian Screen Awards nominees on Tuesday [15].
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NewsRo*co Films International boards Sundance pair
EXCLUSIVE: The sales division has signed on to represent the US Documentary Competition titles After Tiller and American Promise.
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NewsMiami FF to host last River Phoenix film
Dark Blood co-starring Jonathan Pryce and Judy Davis will screen for the first time in the US at the 30th edition of the Miami International Film Festival, set to run from Mar 1-10.
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NewsVendome Pictures acquires spec script The Widow
Vendome will produce and CEO Philippe Rousselet will produce with Steve Golin and Alix Madigan of Anonymous Content.
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NewsOpen Road to release Machete Kills on Sept 13
Robert Rodriguez’ action sequel stars Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens and Mel Gibson, among others.
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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.