All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 877
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Hyde Park Imagenation, Troika, Merced team on Careful
Hyde Park Imagenation, Troika Pictures and Merced Media Partners will finance and produce the thriller Careful What You Wish For.
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NewsThe Possession leads dismal US box office weekend
The weakest session in years saw Lionsgate’s horror film anchor its status as the number one film as the running total climbed to $33.3m
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NewsThe Dark Knight Rises crosses $600m internationally
Warner Bros Pictures International’s The Dark Knight Rises ruled the box office for the seventh consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $13m haul that saw the Batman epic cross $600m.
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NewsSierra/Affinity touts The Way, Way Back in Toronto
Nick Meyer and his team have begun talks with buyers in Toronto on OddLot Entertainment, Sycamore Pictures and The Walsh Company’s The Way, Way Back marking the feature directorial debuts of Alexander Payne’s Oscar winning screenwriting partners Jim Rash and Nat Faxon.
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NewsHyde Park International starts talks on Every Secret Thing
Diane Lane and Elizabeth Banks will star in Likely Story’s crime drama Every Secret Thing to be financed by Merced Media Partners, Palmstar Media Capital and Hyde Park Entertainment.
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NewsCargo Entertainment talks up Tony Kaye's Attachment
EXCLUSIVE: Sales chief Mark Lindsay is introducing buyers here to the Sharon Stone and Tom Felton thriller about a married woman who has a one-night stand with a student who goes on to terrorise her family.
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NewsFocus Features acquires US rights to Pines
UPDATE: In the first major on-site domestic deal of Toronto the distributor concluded US negotiations for The Place Beyond The Pines early on Sunday morning (9), paying in the mid-$2m range. Focus will release Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine follow-up in 2013.
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NewsExclusive Media notches up key sales on The Green Inferno
EXCLUSIVE: Eli Roth’s new horror thriller will open in Germany through Constantin, Russia and the Baltic States through West Company and Latin America through IDC.
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MPI Media, Fantastic Films strike genre deal
MPI Media Group and its Stitches producing partner Fantastic Films from Ireland have struck a three-film deal to make and distribute genre films.
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NewsCMG boards found footage spoof Paranormal Movie
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has commenced talks with Toronto buyers on the story of a disturbed middle-aged man who resolves to film a poltergeist in his new house.
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NewsAtlas International picks up sales rights to Yellow
Nick Cassavetes’ surreal drama premiered here at the weekend (7) and tells of a substitute teacher with a vivid imagination who takes a road trip to confront her family on a range of personal issues.
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NewsWell Go USA takes US rights to Dangerous Liaisons
The distributor negotiated the deal with Arclight Films’ Asian arm Easternlight ahead of the romantic thriller’s North America premiere in Toronto on Monday (10).
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NewsPrivate equity fund Outsource Media acquires great Expectations
The new Los Angeles and New York-based buyer has snapped up all North American rights to Mike Newell’s Charles Dickens adaptation. Hanway is handling international sales.
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National Society Of Film Critics pick awards date
The group led by David Sterritt will announce their winners on Jan 5, 2013 following the 47th annual voting meeting.
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NewsTom Wilkinson joins The Solution’s thriller Felony
The British actor will star opposite the previously announced Joel Edgerton in the project. The Solution Entertainment Group is selling internationally and CAA represents US rights.
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Sean Bean to walk through Scorched Earth
24 director Brad Turner will turn his hand to the post-apocalyptic action film from a screenplay by Bobby Mort and Kevin Leeson. VMI Worldwide will handle worldwide sales.
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NewsFilm Movement steps into Three Worlds
Catherine Corsini’s drama explores the interwoven lives of three people from vastly different backgrounds and is set to screen in Toronto on Tuesday (11).
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News108 Media, Paladin board The We And The I
In the first major deal since the companies launched their distribution partnership last month they have picked up North American rights to Michel Gondry’s latest film.
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NewsFilm business insiders react to eOne-Alliance transaction
Industry sources polled by Screen are unanimous in their belief that eOne’s acquisition of Alliance Films will create a rupture in the landscape, although opportunities exist for smart new operators to move into the space.
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NewsContinental Media partners hit Toronto with ten-plus slate
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts of the fledgling production and sales company are in town to talk up an inaugural slate that includes retro-horror Ritual from Eric B Fleischman’s EBF Productions and Chelsea Peters’ The Final Girl Presents to star Lisa Summerscales, Dean Cates and Derek Philips.