All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 924
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NewsThomas Kretschmann enters Open Grave
The German star has boarded Atlas Independent’s horror tale alongside South Africa’s Sharlto Copley, Josie Ho, Joseph Morgan, Erin Richards and Max Wrottesley. Camela Galano’s (pictured) Speranza13 Media has already closed a number of sales.
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NewsTelefilm Canada: Canadian co-pro business in healty state
Telefilm Canada announced on Wednesday (May 3) that the five-year total from 2006-10 for Canadian feature film treaty co-production budgets amounted to $1.02bn.
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NewsThe Avengers reaches $261m international box office
Marvel Studios’ superhero mash-up added $43.3m on Tuesday through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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Check Entertainment dates Audrey for September release
Richard Gabai’s new distributorwill release Dean Pollack’s Audrey in theatres in September.
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Magnolia picks up US rights to Steve Jobs doc
Robert Cringely shot the interview with the Apple guru in 1995 and screened the film earlier this year in Magnolia sibling Landmark theatres.
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Paramount signs first-look with producer Ian Bryce
It also emerged on Wednesday (May 2) that Bryce, a best picture Oscar nominee for Saving Private Ryan, has hired Rebecca Rajkowski as director of development.
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NewsAlliance sale expected to be announced within the month
EXCLUSIVE: A decision on the sale of Alliance Films is expected within the next two to four weeks, company chairman Victor Loewy told ScreenDaily this week.
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NewsJoe Drake, Nathan Kahane launch Good Universe
The Mandate Pictures co-founders have left the Lionsgate fold and head to Cannes with their financing, production and sales operation and a pair of buzz titles: Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake and Jon Turteltaub comedy Last Vegas.
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NewsThe Avengers crosses $200m at international box office
Marvel Studios’ blockbuster brought in a further $33.1m on Monday through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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Canadian Academy merges Genie, Gemini awards show
The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) said on Tuesday (May 1) it was merging its film, television and digital media awards into a single gala event on Mar 3, 2013. Separetly the ACCT named Helga Stephenson CEO.
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NewsWorld premiere of Magic Mike to close Los Angeles Film Festival
Steven Soderbergh directed the male stripper dramatic comedy starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey. Festival organisers unveiled the line-up on Tuesday (May 1), which as previously announced opens with Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love.
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Canadian Academy names Stephenson CEO, merges Genie, Gemini awards shows
The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) said on Tuesday (May 1) it was merging its film, television and digital media awards into a single gala event on Mar 3, 2013. Separately the ACCT confirmed Helga Stephenson as the new CEO.
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NewsOscars Hollywood venue renamed Dolby Theatre
Hollywood & Highland site owner CIM announced on Tuesday (May 1) two 20-year deals, closing a deal with Dolby to rename the venue formerly knows as the Kodak Theatre and signing a deal to keep the Academy on-site through 2033.
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NewsMaven Pictures branches out into UK
Trudie Styler and British producer Celine Rattray (pictured) announced on Tuesday (1) that Styler’s London-based Xingu Films and its key creative will become a part of Maven.
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Film Sales Company boards sales on The Mechanical Bride
Andrew Herwitz has picked up worldwide sales rights on Allison de Fren’s Hot Docs world premiere about the world of erotic dolls and those who collect them.
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Pierce Brosnan joins Crime Scene’s The Coup
Sierra / Affinity will handle international pre-sales in Cannes on the story of an American family that relocates to Southeast Asia where a violent uprising takes place.
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Tribeca Film takes North American rights to For Ellen
So Yong Kim’s follow-up to Treeless Mountain premiered at Sundance and charts a young father’s efforts to take custody of his daughter.
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ARC Entertainment takes North American rights to Knockdown
The distributor plans a Jun 8 theatrical release on the boxing drama starring Tom Arnold, Casey T Evans and Bai Ling.
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Universal signs production pact with Kurtzman and Orci
The studio announced the two-year first-look deal with writing team Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and their K/O Paper Products on Tuesday (May 1).
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NewsChild’s Play, Everybody Has A Plan on FIP Cannes slate
Shebnem Askin-Schreger (pictured) will be on the Croisette touting Fox International Productions’ sales roster, which includes Vinessa Shaw in the remake of the 1976 Spanish thriller Who Can Kill A Child?