All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 914
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GoDigital acquires supernatural comedy The Selling
Emily Lou directed from an original screenplay by Gabriel Diani about an estate agent who tries to sell a haunted house.
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NewsRobert Lantos shuffles executive suite at Serendipity
Business affairs overlord Mark Musselman has been promoted to evp of Serendipity Point Films effective immediately (28) and will continue to manage the company’s business relations with financial partners, distributors and government agencies while seeking out new opportunities.
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NewsStrand Releasing takes US rights to My Worst Nightmare
Anne Fontaine’s comedy stars Isabelle Huppert, Benoit Poelvoorde and Andre Dussollier and will open this autumn.
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Screen Gems plans Think Like A Man sequel
The original comedy opened at number one in April in North America and starred Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Taraji P Henson, Gabrielle Union and Kevin Hart. It went on to gross more than $91m domestically.
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Cee Lo Green joins Can A Song Save Your Life?
The singer-songwriter joins Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Grammy Award winner and Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine and Catherine Keener on the Exclusive Media project.
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Jane Evans to head physical production for DreamWorks
The newly arrived evp most recently served in the same capacity at Focus Features.
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NewseOne Films US to partner with Tugg on Iron Sky
Timo Vuorensola’s genre tale will open through Tugg’s grassroots support network in in select cities in July.
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NewsProduction begins in Toronto on Carrie for MGM, Screen Gems
Shooting is underway on the Stephen King adaptation starring Chloe Grace Moretz (pictured), Julianne Moore and Judy Greer.
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NewsNora Ephron 1941-2012
The creator of an acclaimed body of work including iconic romantic hits When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless In Seattle has died in New York from complications arising from leukaemia. She was 71.
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NewsLightning, Paladin strike US deal over The Revenant
Lightning Entertainment has licensed US theatrical distribution rights on D Kerry Prior’s award winning horror-comedy to Mark Urman’s Paladin, while Lightning Media will handle the day-and-date VoD launch.
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Indomina lines up Aug 13 start on Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
Sean Astin, Brando Eaton and Ben Hollingsworth will be at the company’s new studio facilities in the Dominican Republic for director Kaare Andrews.
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Factory 25 takes world rights to Pavilion, signs O-Scope pact
Tim Sutton’s feature directorial debut screened at BAMcinemaFest, SXSW and the Munich Film Festival.
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Freestyle Digital Media takes DVD, digital rights to Munger Road
CEO Susan Jackson brokered the deal with executive producer Jeffery Smith of Insomnia Productions.
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Sundance Institute’s Film Forward heads to Colombia
The sixth stop-off in the Institute’s programme designed to advance cultural dialogue is set to reach the Latin American market from Jul 9-14.
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Steve Jobs biopic bulks up cast
Ron Eldard, John Getz, Lesley Ann Warren and James Woods have joined Ashton Kutcher on jOBS, which is currently shooting in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Palm Springs ShortFest winners include Mirrors, Curious Conjunction, Mr Christmas
Julio O Ramos’ Peru-US entry Behind The Mirrors (Detras Del Espejo) won the 2012 Palm Springs International ShortFest’s Best Of Festival Award on Sunday (24).
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NewseOne expands home entertainment division with key hires
Patrick McDonough arrives as svp of home entertainment sales and Suzanne Faber is appointed director of children’s marketing, effective immediately.
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Elissa Greer joins FilmDistrict as svp publicity
Greer will oversee domestic theatrical publicity and promotional campaigns and reports to president of marketing Christine Birch.
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SnagFilms takes US on Decoding Deepa
The guru’s son Gotham Chopra directed the account of the father-son road trip. SnagFilms has set an Oct 5 release in select theatres plus day-and-date VoD and digital roll-out.
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Film Armada sets sail as online destination, Nantucket partner
Digital distributor Film Armada has launched and the founders have announced it as the official streaming partner of the 17th Annual Nantucket Film Festival.