All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 867
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NewsHelen Lee-Kim, Brent Jack join Good Universe
In a timely development before AFM that ends months of speculation, co-founders Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane announced on Wednesday (17) that Lee-Kim has arrived as partner and president of international sales and Jack will serve as head of international marketing and publicity.
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NewsDiane Kruger, Anton Yelchin attached to 5 To 7
EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn of Mockingbird Pictures are producing the rom-com and The Solution Entertainment Group will commence pre-sales at AFM.
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NewsAdrien Brody, Maria Bello join Corsan's Third Person
Paul Haggis will direct the ensemble drama which as previously announced also stars Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde, James Franco and Kim Basinger.
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SXSW unveils first wave of 2013 conferences
New highlights include entrepreneur and investor focus Startup Alley and content creation Come & Capture Film Factory. The full conference line-up will appear in early 2013.
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Robert De Niro to receive SBIFF Kirk Douglas Award
The actor and Tribeca Film festival co-founder will collect the Santa Barbara’s excellence in film honour from Douglas himself on Dec 8.
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DreamAgo, Hamilton International reunite for AFM screenwriting workshops
The non-profit and the Swiss watchmaker will host Hamilton Helps DreamAgo Connect during the AFM.
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NewsElizabeth Banks to star in Lakeshore, SKE’s Walk Of Shame
EXCLUSIVE: FilmDistrict will distribute the comedy in the US and Lakeshore International and Sierra/Affinity will jointly handle pre-sales when they introduce the project at the AFM.
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JA Bayona to receive Chicago Fest’s Emerging Visionary Award
The Spanish director of The Impossible, which shattered four-day opening records in Spain last weekend when it debuted on $13.3m through Warner Bros, will collect the honour on Oct 18.
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NewsSony, Discovery and IMAX launch 3net
The global television production and distribution division will be led by president and CEO Tom Cosgrove and currently has 15-20 projects in active development.
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NewsFactory 25 acquires worldwide rights to New Jerusalem
Rick Alverson’s film has screened at Rotterdam, SXSW, and Sarasota and stars Will Oldham and Colm O’Leary.
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NewsNew York Film Critics Circle to vote on Dec 3
The group has moved back its decision day after last year’s vote took place on Nov 28 as members jockeyed to be the first to announce winners and in the process excluded Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (pictured) from consideration.
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NewsParamount takes North America on Wolf Of Wall Street
After several rounds with the US majors, financier Red Granite has found a domestic distributor for its upcoming Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio reunion, teeing up what is expected to be a deluge of interest from international buyers at AFM.
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NewsCinedigm strikes distribution support deal with FilmDistrict
The digital conversion specialist and alternative content distributor has licensed its Theatrical Distribution System (TDS) to FilmDistrict and expects to implement the technical platform in time for FilmDistrict’s November release of Red Dawn [pictured].
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SPWA enter Small Apartments, IFC plays Would You Rather
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions concluded the deal for North America and most international territories with the film’s financiers and producers Ben Feingold and Ash R Shah.
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AFI FEST unveils World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, shorts
Pieta, The Hunt (pictured), War Witch, The Angels’ Share, Beyond The Hills and John Dies At The End among the line-up. The festival is set to run in Los Angeles from Nov 1-8.
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NewsDisney to kick off summer 2013 with Iron Man 3 in 3D
The May 3 release date remains unchanged for the Marvel release, while Thor: The Dark World will also go out in 3D on Nov 11 2013 as previously announced and Ant-Man will debut on Nov 6 2015.
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MGM extends contract for motion picture group president
Jonathan Glickman’s term now runs until 2017. He will continue in his current role overseeing development and production for all features and identifying co-financing opportunities with other studios.
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NewsLife Of Pi wins 35th Mill Valley Film Festival audience award
Ang Lee’s closing night film scooped honours as the 11-day festival came to an end on Monday night (Oct 15). Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist won the audience award for world cinema and David O Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook took the audience award for US cinema.
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NewsTaken 2 delivers $45.1m int'l; Looper posts $109m; Impossible wows in Spain
UPDATE: EuropaCorp’s Liam Neeson thriller had too much in the tank for its competitors as distributor Fox International reported an estimated $134.8m running total after two weekends and $220.9m worldwide. Sci-fi Looper added $9m excluding China to cross the century mark after 17 days. And JA Bayona’s The Impossible [pictured] ...
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NewsTaken 2 staves off US newcomers on $23m hold
The EuropaCorp-Fox-Liam Neeson combination is a potent one and ensured a second weekend at the top for the thriller as the top 12 box office gained approximately 38% on the same session last year despite dropping 7.6% against last weekend.