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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 887
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NewsWarner Bros sets Oct 26 domestic release for Cloud Atlas
The studio announced the date on Tuesday (19), throwing another potential awards contender into what is shaping up to be a prestige season. Warner Bros has also acquired rights for the UK, France, Spain, Australia and Japan and will release in those territories in early 2013.
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NewsHamptons Int’l Film Festival to honour James Schamus
The 20th annual festival will present the Focus Features CEO with this year’s Industry Toast on Oct 5.
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NewsRemstar to release Don Jon’s Addiction, Two Mothers
The Montreal-based distributor expects to open the films in Canada in 2013. eOne will handle Canadian rights in all media in collaboration with Remstar excluding theatrical, VoD and French-language television rights in Quebec.
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Shoreline takes the world on horror-thriller Torture Chamber
Dante Tomaselli wrote, directed and produced the story about a sinister bond between a mother and her two sons. Vincent Pastore stars.
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NewsPhase 4 takes North American rights to The Baytown Outlaws
LLeju Productions’ action comedy formerly known as The Baytown Disco stars Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria. Phase 4 plans a theatrical release in early 2013.
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NewsSPC, Almodovar back in business with I’m So Excited
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s upcoming comedy from El Deseo.
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Production begins on SND rom-com Love Punch
Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan star in the Europe-set tale. Tim Perell and Nicola Usborne of Process Media are producing with Radar Film’s Clément Miserez and Love Punch Limited’s Jean-Charles Levy. SND is financing and handles worldwide distribution.
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FeaturesThe new deal
Market activity in Cannes was boosted by debut companies and the return of equity, but deals were less exuberant than in 2011. By Jeremy Kay
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NewsBVI, IM Global's Apsara confirm pan-Asian output deal
Buena Vista International and IM Global’s pan-Asian acquisitions arm Apsara Distribution confirmed on Monday (18) that they have signed a deal for select territories, as first revealed by Screendaily in Cannes.
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NewsGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov to produce Osage Country
The business partners have boarded The Weinstein Company’s August: Osage Country based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play.
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NewsMadagascar 3 stays top internationally on $53m
DreamWorks Animation’s animals have coaxed an estimated $157m out of film-goers through Paramount Pictures International after the film played in 10,957 theatres in 43 territories in its second weekend and proved too strong for the competition.
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NewsRock disappoints as Madagascar 3 rules US on $36m
DreamWorks Animation’s latest release held on to its number one berth through Paramount as an estimated $35.5m boosted the tally after two weekends to $121m. New Line’s Rock Of Ages opened third through Warner Bros.
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NewsMadagascar 3 surges past $100m as hold session beckons
DreamWorks Animation’s latest release stands at $104.9m through Paramount Pictures International and crossed the milestone on Wednesday (13) after less than a week in release in most of the initial wave of 28 territories.
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NewsKino Lorber picks up US rights to I Killed My Mother
French-Canadian actor Xavier Dolan’s feature directorial debut is a semi-autobiographical tale about a gay Quebecois teenager living with his single mother.
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NewsFilm Movement takes Directors' Fortnight entry Aliyah
Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Elie Wajeman’s directorial debut starring Cedric Kahn.
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NewsBill Holmes earns business development stripes at Netflix
Holmes joined Netflix in 2008 and rises from vp of business development to the new role of chief business development officer.
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Content Media Corporation unveils plans to go private
The Content board wants to execute a de-listing from the London AIM stock exchange as part of share capital restructure that it said would result in a single class of shareholder and improved balance sheet.
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ARC Entertainment to handle ancillary on Fat Kid Rules The World
The distributor’s presence will boost theatrical plans as first time director Matthew Lillard and producer Whitewater Films line up a campaign through The Vans Warped Tour and Tugg.com this summer.
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NewsJohn Madden joins Endgame, Tower Hill's Murder Mystery
Hot on the heels of the $100m global success of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Madden has lined up the comedic whodunit with Charlize Theron in talks to star.
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Magnolia Pictures acquires US rights to Évocateur
On a busy day for domestic acquisition announcements (12), Strand Releasing takes North American rights to Yossi, Freestyle Digital Media and Word Entertainment partner on Loving The Bad Man and Well Go USA Entertainment and Variance Films team up on Tai Chi 0.