All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 866
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NewsZac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden join Parkland
The pair boost a cast that includes previously announced Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver on Exclusive Media and Playtone’s upcoming drama. Financier Exclusive Media holds worldwide rights.
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NewsAngelina Jolie sets directorial follow-up at Universal, Walden
The star’s second outing after In The Land Of Blood And Honey is Unbroken, a survival story based on Laura Hillenbrand’s novel Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption.
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NewsAwards round-up: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hooper, Mychael Danna
Day-Lewis will receive the 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Montecito Award on Jan 26.
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NewsBully to receive PGA 2013 Stanley Kramer Award
The documentary’s director Lee Hirsch and producer Cynthia Lowen will collect the honour on Jan 26 in Beverly Hills.
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BAFTA/LA elects Gary Dartnall chair, announces board
Screen International’s North American advertising chief Nigel Daly has been voted in as deputy-chairman.
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NewsLakeshore, SKE add cast to Walk Of Shame
Bill Burr, Liz Carey, Ken Davitian and Willie Garson are among those who join Elizabeth Banks on the comedy. Sierra/Affinity and Lakeshore introduced the project to international buyers at the recent AFM.
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Industry moves: veterans Steven DeMille and Garrett Lee join IMG
DeMille is named evp of marketing and sales at Inception Media Group while Lee becomes evp of product development.
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Bron Studios to make animated debut on Sole Mates
The Vancouver-based company is teaming up with Hidden Empire Film Group on the tale of love lost and found.
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CommentActress race heats up with young talents Lawrence and Chastain
How the Best Actress race is shaping up to be this season’s strongest acting category.
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NewsConnecticut massacre prompts Hollywood schedule changes
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has cancelled Tuesday nights’ [18] Los Angeles premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained while Paramount has altered its campaign for Jack Reacher.
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Richard Gere to receive Palm Springs Chairman’s Award
The star of Arbitrage, riding high on a Golden Globe dramatic lead actor nomination, will collect the honour at the24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) on Jan 5.“Throughout his career Richard Gere has established himself as an accomplished actor and producer and yet still finds time to support ...
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NewsFox International Productions starts Panda Eyes shoot
Isabel Coixet directs Sophie Turner from the small screen smash Game Of Thrones in her feature film debut. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans and Claire Forlani also star.
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Sundance: Screenwriters Lab, Documentary grant recipients
The Sundance Institute announced on Monday (17) it would dedicate the January Screenwriters Lab to the memory of the late founding creative advisor Frank Pierson.
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NewsHobbit scores biggest North American December release
The estimated $84.8m three-day haul through Warner Bros makes New Line/MGM’s fantasy adventure the biggest film ever to open in December.
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NewsHobbit destroys international foes with $138m launch
Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth delivered an other-worldly result as New Line and MGM’s first in a new JRR Tolkien trilogy opened on 18,200 screens in 56 markets through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).
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NewsSeven films advance in Oscar make-up category
The shortlist comprises Hitchcock, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Les Misérables, Lincoln, Looper, Men in Black 3 and Snow White And The Huntsman.
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Hugues Barbier bolsters ranks at Toronto’s Raven Banner
Barbier arrives as manager of festivals/acquisitions after serving in an organisational and programming role at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival for more than four years.
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Freestyle acquires Julia Dyer’s The Playroom
Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media have taken theatrical and all DVD and VOD rights to the drama and have set a Feb 8 day-and-date release.
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NewsThe Hobbit poised to rule them all at international box office
New Line and MGM’s first in the latest Middle Earth trilogy from Peter Jackson heads into the weekend having grossed an estimated $11.2m from 16 opening days on Wednesday (12).
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David Harewood in talks to play Paul Robeson
The British star of the US TV smash Homeland is in discussions to play the lead in Four Stars International’s civil rights activist biopic.