All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 873
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NewsBenaroya Pictures boards Hateship as financier
Benaroya Pictures has come on to finance Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage. As reported exclusively on Screendaily last week, the Weinstein Company commenced international pre-sales at the AFM.
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NewsAFI FEST audience rewards A Royal Affair, Nairobi Half Life
AFI FEST 2012 organisers have announced the audience award winners leading up to Thursday’s night’s world premiere closing night gala screening of Lincoln.
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IMAX adds 15 theatres to South Korea’s CJ CGV Holdings circuit
The expanded revenue share deal will add 15 IMAX theatres to China and will bring the number of the company’s theatres in South Korea and China to 65.
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Cinema do Brasil launches Distributors World Cup
The contest between distributors of Brazilian film since 2005 will reward the winner with a trip to the Rio Carnival in February 2013.
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Robert Redford to collect Houston award
The filmmaker and Sundance Film Festival founder will take part in a 90-minute on-stage conversation during the 2012 Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF) and receive the Levantine Cinema Arts Award on Friday (9).
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Magnet acquires US rights to Hammer from Vertigo, Protagonist
Farren Blackburn’s feature directorial debut Viking quest saga Hammer Of The Gods stars Charlie Bewley and James Cosmo.
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NewsUniversal snags UK and select territories for Wolf
Red Granite International has closed a key negotiation, licensing the Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio reunion on The Wolf Of Wall Street to Universal Pictures International (UPI) for the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Scandinavia.
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Global Eagle to buy Row 44, most of Advanced Inflight Alliance
Representatives of Global Eagle founders Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky said the deal created the largest entertainment and connectivity platform for the worldwide airline industry.
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Arpa to honour Frances Fisher, USC Shoah Foundation, Lusine Sahakyan
The 15th Annual Arpa International Film Festival will honour stage and film actress Frances Fisher with the Career Achievement Award.
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NewsParamount Pictures, MGM team up on Hercules
Brett Ratner will direct Dwayne Johnson in the adaptation of the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars.
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Morgan Compagnon, Pascale Marchand join Legend3D
Company president Ian Jessel made the announcements on Monday (5).
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NewsClive Owen, Juliette Binoche fall for Words And Pictures
Fred Schepisi will direct the rom-com and Curtis Burch produces through his Latitude Productions in association with Gary Cogill of Dallas-based Lascaux Films.
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Tim Robbins attached to direct, star in Man Under
Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloe Moretz will also star in the drama from EMJAG Productions and Film 360.
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NewsTWC takes select territories on Kon-Tiki
The deal with HanWay Films covers North America, the UK and Italy. Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg’s film is Norway’s official foreign language Oscar submission.
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NewsSkyfall surges past $320m internationally
The James Bond thriller reached the mark by the end of Tuesday and remains on course to finish well over $400m through Sony and MGM markets by the end of Sunday, not including its first three days in North America.
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NewsLiz Mackiewicz joins Cohen Media Group
The veteran sales executive arrives as svp of international distribution.
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NewsTo The Arctic crosses $11.7m worldwide on IMAX
The 3D release from MacGillivray Freeman Films, IMAX Filmed Entertainment and Warner Bros launched on Apr 20 and has amassed
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FeaturesJacqueline Lyanga
AFI FEST director Jacqueline Lyanga talks to Jeremy Kay about the festival ahead of the closing night gala.
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NewsDistribution round-up: SPWA snags Foxcatcher
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired Latin America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa from Panorama Media to Bennett Miller’s (pictured) Moneyball follow-up. In other developments, Phase 4 Films has picked up North American rights to Long Time Gone, while Factory 25 has acquired world rights to The Sheik And ...
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NewsMPAA honours Avex Group founder and TIFF chairman Tom Yoda
The ceremony took place on Nov 5 in Washington DC in recognition of Yoda’s “outstanding contribution to the Japanese filmmaking industry.”