All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 909
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Tribeca's triumph
Securing The Avengers for its closing night slot is a coup for Tribeca’s organisers and an indication of the festival’s growing status.
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A Green Story to open LA Greek Film Festival
The film will receive its world premiere on May 31 and chronicles the life of Earth Friendly Products founder Van Vlahakis and his rise from impoverished immigrant to business leader.
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Tribeca Film Festival to close with The Avengers
In a major coup for the New York event, Joss Whedon’s highly anticipated summer release will round out festivities on Apr 28. Disney will release the film worldwide on May 4 in what is expected to usher in a massive blockbuster season.
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Dallas Int’l Film Festival to honour Sidibe, Pollack
Precious star Gabourey Sidibe will receive the festival’s Dallas Shining Star Award at the awards dinner on Apr 20 while costume designer Bernie Pollack is in line for a Dallas Star Award.
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Scott Miller, Kimberly Roush earn senior Academy stripes
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences COO Ric Robertson made the announcement on Wednesday (28).
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Your Sister’s Sister earns centerpiece slot at San Francisco
Lynn Shelton’s relationship comedy (pictured) starring Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass and Rosemarie DeWitt will screen at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 28.
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Wu, Eberts strike Allied Productions East JV
Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios has announced its second of three partnerships in the US in a deal with financier-producer Jake Eberts. First on the runway is the immigrant drama Mission Boys from Secretary screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson.
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My Way, The Intouchables bookend COLCOA
The 16th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels film festival will run from Apr 16-23, opening with the Claude Francois biopic My Way and closing with another French hit, comedy-drama The Intouchables (pictured).
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Josh Hutcherson to receive CinemaCon breakthrough award
The star of global hit The Hunger Games (pictured, far right) will collect the honour at the annual Las Vegas convention’s awards ceremony on Apr 26.
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Universal, Focus win bidding war for Fifty Shades trilogy
Ending the most frenzied studio auction in years, the studio partners have snapped up rights to the S&M thriller Fifty Shades Of Grey and its two sequels by West London housewife and former TV executive E L James.
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Freestyle Digital Media takes North American rights to A Bird Of The Air
The deal with Tashtego Films excludes US theatrical after Paladin released the rom-com in autumn 2011.
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Mayor Bloomberg unveils five soundstages at Steiner Studios
The New York City Mayor was at Brooklyn Navy Yard with the city’s media and entertainment commissioner Katherine Oliver today for the ceremony, which brings an extra 45,000 sq ft of film set in addition to the venue’s existing facilities.
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Outfest, NewFest strike strategic alliance
The LA-based non-profit and the New York-based festival are to merge into one national arts organisation dedicated to promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) interests.
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Sobini, Payam Films to partner on Manhattan Undying
Mark Amin and award winning Iranian filmmaker Babak Payami are collaborating on the story of a dying artist who paints a beautiful vampire who wants to see an image of herself for the first time.
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BAFTA LA announces three-year scholarship programme
The initiative for graduate students studying in the US will grant a $15,000 scholarship. Runner-up will receive a grant worth $5,000 and there will be two $1,500 honourable mention awards.
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Bela Bunyik to act as Hungarian producers rep in Los Angeles
The executive producer and founder of Bunyik Enterprises will forge relationships between the Hungarian Producers Association and North American producers.
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Jessica Lange joins cast of classic period drama Therese
Riding high on the success of the first season of American Horror Story, the actress has become the latest star to sign up to the French potboiler.
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Tribeca top brass announce panel series, new premieres
Festival co-founder Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep and Judd Apatow to take part in a tribute discussion marking the centenary of Universal Pictures.
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Jim Henson Company cuts first deal with China on Sid The Science Kid
The Henson’s first 3D animated film project is headed for MIPTV and involves a partnership with China’s Nine Eyes Stone & Shanghai Animation Film Studios to create a feature version of the TV series.
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Hunger Games plunders $59.3m from 67 international markets
Lionsgate’s runaway train reached $214.3m worldwide after its opening weekend factoring in the $155m North American launch and opened top in virtually every market according to the distributor.