All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 907
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Ender’s Game to open in US on Nov 1, 2013
The young adult sci-fi project was one of the highlights of the Cannes 2011 market and Sierra / Affinity handles international sales. Summit holds US rights.
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Wrath rules the waves on $43m as Titanic makes a splash
Updated: Warner Bros Pictures International’s action fantasy dominated outside North America for a second straight session as the running total climbed to an estimated $152.5m and $211.3m globally.
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The Hunger Games charges past $300m in US
Lionsgate’s action smash has grossed more in North America than any film in the Twilight series and stands at $459.9m worldwide.
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Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival sets 2013 dates
The 28th annual jamboree will take place from Jan 24-Feb 3.
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Paula Wagner, Rick Nicita to chair 2012 Ischia Global Film & Music Festival
The tenth annual summer event will take place on the Italian island from Jul 8-15.
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The Lady, The Source bookend Sonoma Int'l Film Festival
A pair of films from EuropaCorp will open and close the 15th annual Sonoma event, set to run in the Californian Wine Country from Apr 11-15.
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Haxan Films, Amber Entertainment to shoot Exists
The Blair Witch Project co-director Eduardo Sanchez is directing the horror-thriller about friends who encounter Bigfoot in the woods.
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Tribeca Film Institute names Sloan student screenwriter winner
Grainger David of NYU’s Tisch School Of The Arts will receive the 2012 Alfred P Sloan Foundation Student Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting at an evening reception in New York on Thursday (5).
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Laura Linney to receive Dallas Star Award
Top brass at the Dallas International Film Festival also confirmed that Josh Radnor’s previously announced Liberal Arts will play as the opening night screening, while Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going and Marius A Markevicius’ The Other Dream Team earn Centerpiece slots.
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Red Granite to handle sales on Out Of The Furnace
President of international sales Danny Dimbort and co-president Christian Mercuri will begin talks with buyers in Cannes on Scott Cooper’s gritty follow-up to Crazy Heart. Relativity Media holds US rights.
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Disney sets Apr 4 2014 for Captain America sequel
The blockbuster season will start early in two years’ time now that Marvel Studio’s super-patriot has secured an April berth Captain America 2.
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Amy Brenneman, Jess Weixler join romance Look Of Love
As previously announced Annette Bening, Ed Harris and Robin Williams are on board the Mockingbird Pictures project. Exclusive Media handles international sales and will be actively pre-selling in Cannes.
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Legendary Entertainment completes $278m refinance
The amount comprises $128m in new financing from new and existing investors and a $150m credit facility structured and arranged by JPMorgan, Bank Of America, Royal Bank Of Canada and UBS.
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Michelle Pfeiffer joins CinemaCon honourees
The star of Warner Bros’ upcoming gothic comedy Dark Shadows will collect the 2012 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on Apr 26.
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Gravitas Ventures promotes Melanie Miller to vp of acquisitions
The newly created title will see Miller oversee a five-person team charged with feeding 500 titles a year into the VoD pipeline.
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Paramount, YouTube strike online rental deal
Despite ongoing legal action between parent companies Viacom and Google over an alleged piracy incident stemming back to 2006, the companies said YouTube would make close to 500 titles available online.
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CMG to sell horror-thriller No Tell Motel in Cannes
Enderby Entertainment’s film follows five friends who get stranded at an abandoned roadside lodging where a terrible fate once befell a young girl and her parents.
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Battleship charts global course on IMAX
Universal’s Hasbro adaptation will be digitally remastered and released on the large screen format in more than 100 international theatres including sites in China and Russia, starting Apr 12.
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Stephanie Denton to head int’l at Indomina Releasing
The veteran of Lionsgate and Lakeshore among others joins in the run-up to Cannes and will take charge of a slate that includes Sundance titles Something From Nothing from Ice-T and Bart Layton’s acclaimed documentary-thriller The Imposter (pictured).
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Scott Steindorff, Andy Kleinman launch Stone Village Media
Kleinman, a former general manager at the social gaming company Zynga, has come on board the new media marketing and distribution venture and will lead it in his capacity as chief business officer.