All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 876
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NewsRecapitalised San Diego Film Festival unveils line-up
Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires [pictured] and the pair of Dustin Hoffman’s Quartet and Stephen Gyllenhaal’s Grassroots bookend the festival, set to run from Sept 26-30.
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NewsEwan McGregor joins cast of August: Osage Country
Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts star in Jean Doumanian/ Smokehouse Production’s family drama, which is set to begin shooting on Sept 24.
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NewsMillennium buys Maisie, XLrator snaps up Thale
The Toronto deals continued to trickle in on Wednesday (12) as it emerged that Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s family drama What Maisie Knew and Norwegian fantasy thriller Thale had found domestic buyers. In addition Freestyle Releasing has acquired Jinn.
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NewsLionsgate strikes Spanish output deal with Alliance
The multi-year agreement covers features from the Lionsgate and Summit slates and will go out through Alliance-owned Aurum.
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NewsLionsgate, Roadside swoop on Much Ado, Sharing
Following their domestic buy on Imogene, the distribution partners have taken North American rights in Toronto to Joss Whedon’s Shakespearean comedy adaptation Much Ado About Nothing and US rights to Stuart Blumberg’s Thanks For Sharing.
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NewsIndustry moves: Federbush to Sundance Institute, Harris to Dolby
Paul Federbush [pictured] has joined the Sundance Institute as international director of the Feature Film Programme (FFP).
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NewsAFI Awards date set for Jan 11, 2013
The honourees for this upcoming awards season will be announced on Dec 10.
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NewsProduction round-up: The 33, Fishing Without Nets, The Shipkiller, Cheap Thrills
Mike Medavoy announced on Tuesday (11) that Patricia Riggen has come on board to direct The 33, based on the story of the trapped Chilean Miners.
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Raven Banner acquires sales rights to Dark Hollow
The project is based on US author Brian Keene’s bestseller set in the present day about an evil satyr. Production is set to begin in spring 2013
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NewsToronto: Imogene sells as buyers remain cautious
UPDATE: The second major on-site deal at Toronto concluded on Monday (10) as Lionsgate acquired Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s comedy starring Kristen Wiig.
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NewsHistory Films, RADiUS-TWC, Participant team on Don Rumsfeld doc
Errol Morris [pictured] will direct The Unknown Known: The Life And Times Of Donald Rumsfeld. Hanway Films will handle international sales.
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NewsSummit / Lionsgate sets Twilight Saga marathon for Nov 15
To mark the conclusion of the four-part blockbuster franchise Summit Entertainment is collaborating with exhibition partners to present all four episodes back-to-back on a single day.
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NewsRoadside Attractions takes Stories We Tell
The distributor has struck a US deal for Sarah Polley’s documentary and plans a 2013 release.
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XLrator Media pledges January 2013 release for Allegiance
XLrator Media has acquired all domestic rights to the military thriller Allegiance starring Shad ‘Bow Wow’ Moss, Seth Gabel, Aidan Quinn, Malik Yoba and Pablo Schreiber.
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Buyers circle Cargo Entertainment's Booster
Cargo Entertainment is deep in talks with buyers here on the crime drama following its recent Deauville screening and has licensed rights to Italia for the Middle East and Pinema in Turkey.
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Raven Banner, 108 Media forge genre alliance
Busy Toronto sales company 108 Media has struck a partnership with Toronto and Las Vegas-based genre specialist Raven Banner Entertainment to acquire genre titles for worldwide sales.
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FeaturesDavid Ayer & Nigel Sinclair, End Of Watch
Screen talks to End Of Watch director and producer ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsToronto awaits the acquisitions avalanche
Sources close to Thanks For Sharing were confident the comedic drama might generate the second major US deal of the festival on Sunday night (9) as buyers and sellers waited for the acquisitions avalanche to come.
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Obit: Geoffrey Ammer
UPDATE: The former president of worldwide marketing at Sony and top executive at some of the biggest studios in Hollywood died from a heart attack on Sunday in Santa Monica. He was 62.
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Submarine, Music Box to team up on cult pair
Submarine Entertainment and Music Box Films have partnered on the release of two cult films celebrating their 30th anniversary release – Wild Style by Charlie Ahearn and Downtown 81 by Edo Bertoglio.