All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 902
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Oscilloscope Laboratories takes Only The Young
The North American deal for Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ debut feature documentary follows a best US feature triumph at the AFI-Discovery Channel SilverDocs Documentary Festival.
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NewsWeinsteins sign distribution pact with Tugg collective
The Artist, The King’s Speech and Inglourious Basterds are among those that will be on offer to Tugg users across the US.
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NewsDrafthouse Films takes North American rights to Wrong
Quentin Dupieux’s surreal comedy premiered at Sundance at the start of the year and centres on a man’s search for his kidnapped dog.
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Production starts on Untitled Nicole Holofcener Project
Fox Searchlight made the announcement on Monday (Aug 6). The film stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson and the celebrated teenage fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson in her feature debut.
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Sundance Selects takes US rights to The Central Park Five
Ken Burns co-directed the Toronto-bound documentary with his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon. The film premiered in Cannes earlier this summer and will receive a theatrical launch.
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NewsDark Knight Rises up to $378m international BO
UPDATE: Warner Bros Pictures International confirmed on Monday (Aug 6) that The Dark Knight Rises grossed $66.7m at the weekend from 15,400 screens in 58 markets and drew 9.4m admissions. The running total has reached $378.1m.
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Weinsteins to finance and distribute The Ends Of The Earth
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired worldwide rights to the epic romance from producers Escape Artists. Jennifer Lawrence is in talks to star.
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NewsUniversal Pictures crosses $1bn in record time
Top brass announced on Monday (Aug 6) that it had reached the North American milestone three months faster than its previous studio record of Nov 7, set in 2008.
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NewsWarner Bros holds back 'unique' Gatsby for summer 2013
Baz Luhrmann’s film is out of this season’s awards race and must wait for the following year after studio chiefs decided its broad appeal was more suited to a summer release. The film was originally scheduled for a Dec 25 2012 launch.
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Magnet Releasing acquires all rights to Occupy Unmasked
Stephen K Bannon directed the Citizens United Productions documentary about the Occupy movement.
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NewsThe Dark Knight Rises stays top internationally on $67m
Warner Bros Pictures International’s crime saga was active in 58 markets over the weekend and has reached $378.4m.
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NewsDKR vanquishes Total Recall in US with $36m hold
The Dark Knight Rises had enough in the tank to retain top spot in its third weekend in North America as an estimated $36.4m session through Warner Bros propelled the running total to $354.6m.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics snaps up Venice-bound At Any Price
The distributor has acquired all North American and Eastern European rights excluding CIS and Russia to Ramin Bahrani’s drama ahead of its upcoming world premiere in Italy. Exclusive Media handles international sales.
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Magnet Releasing sets Nov 30 for Universal Soldier 4
John Hyams directs Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren alongside former Mixed Martial Arts star Scott Adkins.
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NewsMadagascar 3, DKR cross $300m internationally
UPDATE: The DreamWorks Animation / PPI family film and Warner Bros / Legendary Pictures crime saga have both reached the milestone heading into the weekend.
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NewsPreferred Ventures buys into digital distributor GoDigital
FreeCreditReport.com Founder and former Experian Interactive CEO Ed Ojdana and former Facebook chief privacy officer and founder of Kelly Investments Chris Kelly have acquired a majority stake in Logan Mulvey’s digital distributor.
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Copperheart, TF1 International, Telefim Canada back Wolves
Shooting is set to begin this autumn in Toronto on X-Men and Watchmen writer David Hayter’s directorial debut starring Lucas Till.
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Andrew Lauren Productions to finance The Spectacular Now
Production is underway in Athens, Georgia, on the project starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson and Kyle Chandler. The Exchange handles international sales.
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NewsCasting news: McConaughey joins Red Granite's Wolf
Matthew McConaughey has joined The Wolf Of Wall Street and will play an early mentor to the central character Jordan Belfort, to be played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
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NewsThe Exchange names Nat McCormick vp worldwide distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The young executive reunites with The Exchange founder Brian O’Shea after the pair worked together at Affinity International. He starts work on Aug 1 and most recently served at IM Global.