All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 864
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Well Go USA swoops on North American rights to The Thieves
Choi Dong-hoon’s South Korean heist thriller was a summer smash in its home country where it reportedly generated more than 10m admissions – the first film to do so since tsunami action film Haeundae three years ago.
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Winkler Films options The Empty Glass
J I Baker will adapt the thriller screenplay from his novel about conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe.
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Film District moves up thriller release Dead Man Down
The film will now open on Mar 8 2013 after FlimDistrict initially selected Apr 5 2013.
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Distribution round-up: Film Movement acquires Broken
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Rufus Norris’ Critics’ Week opener, while The Cinema Guild has swooped on US rights to Museum Hours and Freestyle Digital Media will release Amphibious (pictured) in North America.
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Lionsgate grows borrowing base with $800m facility
The new five-year revolving credit facility replaces the studio’s previous $340m deal.
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Lakeshore to finance Baby Jane remake
More than two months after it emerged that Walter Hill [pictured] would remake the 1962 thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? A clearer picture of the elements is beginning to emerge.
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Babacar Diene joins Voltage in key acquisitions role
The new hire joins as vp of acquisitions and most recently worked at IM Global where since 2010 he served in a similar capacity for Apsara Distribution.
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Hitchcock to open AFI FEST on Nov 1
Sacha Gervasi’s film is based on Stephen Rebello’s book Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho and the film will receive its world premiere.
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Argo and The Master off to strong start in awards season
Jeremy Kay analyses how the awards race is shaping up after Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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CinemaCon organisers unveil 2013 show dates
The official convention of the National Association Of Theatre Owners is set to take place from Apr 15-18 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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Tom Rothman to produce Robopocalypse for DreamWorks, Fox
The outgoing co-head of Twentieth Century Fox said: “If you are in politics, you dream of a call from the White House, in baseball, from the Yankees, in movies, from Steven Spielberg.”
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Exclusive Media invests in Millennium Entertainment
Screendaily broke the story in Cannes that Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s ambitious company was circling Millennium Entertainment and the principals joined Nu Image founders Avi Lerner and Trevor Short on Tuesday (25) to announce they had acquired a minority stake.
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Universal Pictures heralds record box office haul
The studio, celebrating its 100th anniversary, announced on Tuesday (25) that its films had amassed $1.128bn for the year-to-date, setting a new company record.
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A24 acquires Ginger & Rosa, Kino Lorber buys Resnais
Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa premiered in Telluride and will get a 2012 qualifying run before opening in theatres in early 2013. Alain Resnais’ You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet will open early next year.
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New York's Maven Pictures revs up Rollin’ Thunder
Following the sale in Toronto of their comedy Imogene to Roadside Attractions / Lionsgate, Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray said on Tuesday (25) they will produce the bowling comedy.
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Lionsgate-Summit merger expands IDC output deal
Summit and NuVision founder Pedro Rodriguez formed IDC to release films in Latin America and the deal will now cover content from Summit’s new owner Lionsgate.
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Guadalajara, Miami festivals unveil partnership
Industry guests at either festival will get access to the Miami Encuentros entries and Guadalajara Construye entries.
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Weinsteins acquire US rights to The Butler
Lee Daniels’ all-star ensemble was an international sell-out in Cannes through IM Global and is already been spoken of as an awards contender for 2014.
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Freestyle Releasing takes all domestic rights to Genius On Hold
Gregory Marquette’s documentary about telecoms inventor Walter L Shaw reveals how the scientist’s poor treatment at the hands of the major companies drive him to work for the Mob and led his son into a life of crime.
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Master breaks into US top ten as two vie for number one
Another tepid session at the North American box office down approximately 25% on last year saw new releases End of Watch and House At The End Of The Street battle it out for the top spot while Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed drama surged into the top ten.