All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 913
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NewsDigital Domain Productions names Jason Dowdeswell head of production
The Vancouver native will oversee operations for the Vancouver-based subsidiary’s productions, talent and teams as well as collaborations with Digital Domain’s effects teams in California, Florida, London and Mumbai.
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HFPA re-elects Aida Takla O'Reilly as president
The Egypt-born journalist will lead the Hollywood Foreign Press Organisation for the 2012-13 term following the annual general meeting on Jun 8.
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NewsMichel Franco’s After Lucia wins UCR in Cannes
Un Certain Regard jury president Tim Roth and his colleagues made the announcement on Saturday evening (26). Franco’s drama After Lucia, pictured, is a Mexico-France co-production.
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NewsMen In Black do battle with men in tights
Sony Pictures Releasing International will unleash Men In Black 3 this weekend in more than 90 territories day-and-date with North America in a launch that is expected to end the rule of The Avengers.
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NewsSundance Selects finds Ken Loach’s The Angels' Share
Rebecca O’Brien produced and Pascal Caucheteux and Vincent Maraval of the film’s international sales agent Wild Bunch served as executive producers.
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ARC Entertainment takes world on Nitro Circus The Movie 3D
Nationwide release set for Aug 10 on the adventure title. Dennis Rice will oversee marketing and distribution and ARC president Rich Goldberg will oversee international distribution.
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Hunger Games to open in 67 Imax sites in China
The film will open under the recent revenue-sharing deal announced by the WTO.
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ICM finalises management buyout, renames agency ICM Partners
International Creative Management (ICM) has finalised the management buyout of the agency and formed a partnership designed to place control of the firm with the agents and executives. The agency has been renamed ICM Partners.
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Deals round-up: SPWA buys into Predestination
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has picked up US and most of international rights on the Ethan Hawke sci-fi thriller. Arclight Films handles international sales.
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Phase 4 Films snaps up Streetdance 1 and 2
President and CEO Berry Meyerowitz has landed US rights to the Vertigo Films franchise, which features stars from UK TV hit Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsExclusive Media eyes Millennium Entertainment acquisition
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Sinclair (pictured) and Guy East’s ambitious company is said to be in early talks with a view to entering the domestic distribution arena as it emerged that at least another three new domestic distributors plan to launch within the next 12 to 18 months.
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NewsCannes market buoyed by new equity, new titles
There were two deluges in Cannes. The torrent of scripts from new sales companies heightened the sense of anticipation heading into the market, but by the rain-soaked midway point a clearer sense of reality had set in.
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Michael Wrenn joins Arclight Films
Wrenn’s areas of expertise include sales and acquisitions, production, development and distribution. He will be based in the Sydney office.
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NewsTLA Releasing takes worldwide rights on Terracino’s Elliot Loves
Elliot Loves charts the adventures of Dominican-American Elliot Ayende as a nine year-old who is best friend to his single mother and as a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
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CommentCrime and punishment
Andrew Dominik talks about the making of his Cannes competition film Killing Them Softly starring Brad Pitt.
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Little Film Company scores sales rights to The Third Half
Robbie Little has taken international sales rights to Darko Mitrevski’s second world war sports drama about a Jewish coach who inspires a football team to win the National Football League in Nazi-occupied Macedonia in 1942.
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SnagFilms picks up trio from Submarine for VoD, digital
Submarine has licensed a package of three films to SnagFilms for exclusive US VoD and digital distribution.
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eOne, RKO Pictures plan joint US release on A Late Quartet
The partners have earmarked an autumn release for Yaron Zilberman’s debut starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken.
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Raven Banner acquires sales on Rosalind Leigh
Raven Banner has acquired sales rights to Rodrigo Gudiño’s feature debut The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh.
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Camelot seals Scavengers deal with Splendid for German-speaking Europe
Camelot Distribution Group president Jess Kelly has announced a slew of sales on the Cannes slate, leading with a sale to Splendid for German-speaking territories and Benelux rights to California Pictures’ sci-fi adventure Scavengers.