All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 886
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NewsLightning Entertainment moves into feature production
EXCLUSIVE: First title on the slate for the Santa Monica-based sales and distribution company is the thriller Dead Drop starring Luke Goss, Cole Hauser and Nestor Carbonell. Lightning will serve as executive producer and handle world sales at the AFM next week.
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NewsHugh Grant to star in untitled Castle Rock rom-com
Producer Martin Shafer confirmed the development on Monday (22). Writer-director Marc Lawrence’s project will commence shooting in New York in April 2013.
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NewsAcademy issues animation feature awards
Filmmakers must submit entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences by 5 pm PT on Nov 1.
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NewsThe Exchange boards The Last 5 Years for AFM
Founder Brian O’Shea and Nat McCormick will represent international rights to the hit musical when the AFM kicks off in Santa Monica on Oct 31. Anna Kendrick will star.
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NewsEmmy Rossum in talks to join You’re Not You
Rossum [pictured] could star along the previously announced Hilary Swank will star in Alcon Entertainment-based 2S Films’ drama.
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NewsTye Sheridan joins David Gordon Green’s Joe
The youngster starred alongside Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain in Tree of Life and is on board alongside Nicolas Cage. Principal photography is scheduled to start on Oct 31 in Austin, Texas. WestEnd Films is handling international sales.
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NewsTrailer Park Productions, Topsail Productions line up third comedy
John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and Mike Smith have signed on to star in a third Trailer Park Boys [pictured] film, which Alliance will distribute in Canada as it has done on the previous instalments.
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NewsFlight to receive Chicago fest’s Founder’s Award
Top brass at the 48th Chicago International Film Festival will present the award to director and Chicago native Robert Zemeckis at the closing night ceremony on Oct 25.
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NewsIDA announces documentary nominees
The 28th International Documentary Association Awards are set to take place on Dec 7 at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles.
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NewsTLA Releasing, Tugg strike LGBT pact; Wolfe takes Petunia
TLA Releasing has struck a deal with web-based elective theatrical platform Tugg to bring LGBT films to theatres across the country kicking off with screening tours of Oliver Hermanus’ Cannes Queer Palm D’or winner Beauty and Terracino’s Elliot Loves.
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NewsPremiere Entertainment Group lines up The Police doc for AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Bob Yari, Norman Golightly and Brett Morgen are the producers on Can’t Stand Losing You, which is based on the memoirs of the British rock band’s guitarist Andy Summers.
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Johnny Lin partners with Ted Field, Stan Lee on The Guardian Project
Taiwanese businessman and head of Studio Solutions Group Lin is partnering with veteran producer Field and comic book icon and POW! Entertainment head Lee on NHL enterprise and Lin also announced he is teaming up with Field and others on Trauma Records 2.
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NewsParanormal 4 rules US box office with $30.2m debut
Horror returned to the top of the North American charts over the weekend as the prevailing genre franchise stormed to the top through Paramount. Overall box office for the top 12 releases climbed approximately 12% against the same period last year when Paranormal Activity 3 opened top on $52.6m.
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NewsParanormal 4 edges out Taken 2 to rule international arena
UPDATED: Paramount Pictures International (PPI) reported on Sunday (21) that Paranormal Activity 4 launched day-and-date with the number one North American weekend on a confirmed $26.2m, narrowly beating EuropaCorp’s thriller on $25.4m through Fox International. Meanwhile The Impossible has become the biggest release of the year-do-date in Spain on $25.5m ...
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Sparrows Dance, Informant win at Austin Film Festival
Noah Buschel’s Sparrows Dance claimed the narrative feature prize while Jamie Meltzer’s Informant won top documentary feature honours.
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NewsHoly Motors earns three awards at 48th Chicago Int’l Film Festival
Leos Carax’s surreal drama won the international competition Gold Hugo for best film and Silver Hugos for best actor Denis Lavant and cinematographers Yves Cape and Caroline Champetier.
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NewsThe Door, Just The Wind to open Hungarian Film Festival Of LA
Bunyik Entertainment presents the 12th Hungarian Film Festival Of Los Angeles, to run from Nov 15-22.
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NewsXLrator Media launches Screamfest and Macabre labels
The multi-platform releasing labels will cater to the horror and genre demographics.
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NewsWell Go USA takes Tai Chi Hero, Cinedigm finds Call Me Kuchu
Tai Chi Hero is the second in a trilogy from director Stephen Fung, Detective Dee And The Mystery Of Phantom Flame producer Chen Kuofu and action director Sammo Hung.
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NewsPPI unleashes first wave of Paranormal Activity 4
Halloween approaches and so the horror returns. The fourth entry in the global horror smash goes out day-and-date with North America this weekend.