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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 886
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Freestyle Digital Media takes DVD, digital rights to Munger Road
CEO Susan Jackson brokered the deal with executive producer Jeffery Smith of Insomnia Productions.
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Sundance Institute’s Film Forward heads to Colombia
The sixth stop-off in the Institute’s programme designed to advance cultural dialogue is set to reach the Latin American market from Jul 9-14.
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Steve Jobs biopic bulks up cast
Ron Eldard, John Getz, Lesley Ann Warren and James Woods have joined Ashton Kutcher on jOBS, which is currently shooting in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Palm Springs ShortFest winners include Mirrors, Curious Conjunction, Mr Christmas
Julio O Ramos’ Peru-US entry Behind The Mirrors (Detras Del Espejo) won the 2012 Palm Springs International ShortFest’s Best Of Festival Award on Sunday (24).
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NewseOne expands home entertainment division with key hires
Patrick McDonough arrives as svp of home entertainment sales and Suzanne Faber is appointed director of children’s marketing, effective immediately.
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Elissa Greer joins FilmDistrict as svp publicity
Greer will oversee domestic theatrical publicity and promotional campaigns and reports to president of marketing Christine Birch.
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SnagFilms takes US on Decoding Deepa
The guru’s son Gotham Chopra directed the account of the father-son road trip. SnagFilms has set an Oct 5 release in select theatres plus day-and-date VoD and digital roll-out.
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Film Armada sets sail as online destination, Nantucket partner
Digital distributor Film Armada has launched and the founders have announced it as the official streaming partner of the 17th Annual Nantucket Film Festival.
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NewsBrave hits target as $67m extends Pixar’s perfect score
The animation factory has now seen all 13 of its films open at number one through Buena Vista as $66.7m pulled off the second biggest June launch behind Toy Story 3.
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NewsMadagascar 3 seals third int’l box office win on $30.1m
DreamWorks Animation’s summer hit has reached an estimated $208.4m through PPI, while Huntsman brought in a further $22.6m for UPI and Disney reported a $13.5m haul from Brave’s initial forays. Sony’s MIB 3 has crossed $400m.
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LAFF honours go to All is Well, Drought, Beasts
Signalling the climax of the 10-day event in Downtown Los Angeles, Pocas Pascoal won the narrative award for All Is Well and Everardo González collected documentary honours for Drought.
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Planet Of Snail, Only The Young triumph at Silverdocs
The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival unveiled its winners at the weekend as the seven-day event came to an end in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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NewsMadagascar 3 to cross $200m internationally
DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted stands at $176.7m through PPI and executives will look for a number one hold in the third weekend.
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NewsTWC announces $225m in revolving credit facilities
The company’s strategic initiatives, investments and banking (SIIB) division has closed two separate deals “to act on opportunities worldwide as they become available.”
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Gravitas acquires US rights to 3,2,1 … Frankie Go Boom
The rom-com will launch on VoD in September and open theatrically through Variance Films in October, marking the distribution partnership’s first theatrical release.
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NewsMillennium Entertainment sets Oct 5 release for Paperboy
The company, which as first reported by Screendaily in Cannes is being eyed by Exclusive for possible acquisition, is going ahead with the US release of Lee Daniels’ 1969-set steamy thriller.
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Rob Reiner in talks to join The Wolf Of Wall Street
Red Granite owns the rights to Jordan Belfort’s best-selling memoir about his tumultuous life as a trader and is financing the project. Martin Scorsese will direct Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role.
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Jerry Pierce to serve as NATO tech advisor
The former svp of Universal Pictures and founder and chairman of Inter-Society’s Digital Cinema Forum (ISDCF)will begin his consulting post on Jul 1.
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NewsAustralia’s AMPCO acquires rights to The Alchemyst
Author Michael Scott will adapt his novel in anticipation of an early 2013 production start in Australia and New Zealand.
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Screen Media takes doc Wild Horse, Wild Ride
President Suzanne Blech and David Fannon negotiated the deal for North American rights with Anne Atkinson of Pryor Cashman on behalf of the filmmakers.