All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 912
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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.
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NewsUniversal takes Italian rights to Catching Fire
Lionsgate International sold out the world in Cannes to the second episode of the smash Hunger Games series, set to commence production in September ahead of a global launch on Nov 22, 2013.
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NewsEric Christenson to head sales at Hyde Park International
The industry veteran becomes the third president of chairman and CEO Ashok Amritraj’s sales company within nine months.
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NewsParamount makes preemptive play for The Diviners
Libba Bray’s upcoming novel will follow a band of young New Yorkers with mysterious powers who become embroiled in an epic battle after a series of occult slayings.
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Sony Pictures Animation, Hasbro, Happy Madison climb aboard Tonka
The project will be the latest collaboration between Sony and Hasbro following the previously announced Risk and Candy Land, the latter also with Happy Madison.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC hires Liza Burnett Fefferman, Heath Shapiro
Fefferman joins the fledgling multi-platform distribution venture as evp of publicity and Shapiro arrives as vp of marketing and distribution.
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Director Olivier Megaton lines up Land Of The Living
Stone Village subsidiary Scott Pictures will fully finance the abduction thriller from Emjag Productions, Stone Village, Battleplan Productions, Film 360 and Dro Entertainment.
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Gus Van Sant earns Palm Springs International ShortFest honour
The filmmaker will collect the ShortFest Spirit Of Short Film Award as part of a directing masterclass on Jun 23.
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NewsComweb Corp chair joins board of Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television
Paul Bronfman is also chairman of William F White International Inc and also serves as chairman of Pinewood Toronto Studios.
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NewsMadagascar 3 scores $76m debut to dominate int’l arena
A rousing launch through Paramount Pictures International saw DreamWorks Animation’s family package tackle the European Championships head-on to bring in an estimated $75.5m from 10,148 theatres in 28 countries and secure top spot in nearly every one.
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Geoff Dyer named Telluride 2012 guest director
The British novellist will help curate the programme for the 39th Telluride Film Festival, set to run in Colorado from Aug 31-Sept 3.
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NewsSeattle Golden Space Needle Awards for Invader, Any Day Now
Nicolas Provost triumphed at the 38th International Seattle Film Festival as he was named best new director for Belgian entry The Invader.
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NewsParamount tops US charts as Madagascar 3 debuts on $60m
Fresh from its out-of-competition berth in Cannes, DreamWorks Animation’s family release led a mighty session as it opened top through Paramount to vanquish a spirited $50m debut by Fox’s R-rated Prometheus.