All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 927
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NewsCinemaCon: Disney greenlights The Muppets 2, new Pixar film
In a lengthy and star-studded presentation at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace on Tuesday evening (24), studio top brass announced a Muppet Movie sequel and said the newest Pixar production is the undated Latin-themed Dia De Los Muertos.
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NewsCinemaCon: MPAA, NATO paint rosy picture for exhibitors
MPAA chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd and NATO president and CEO John Fithian used their keynote addresses on the second day of the Las Vegas convention to accentuate the positive in front of a packed house of attendees at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
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Chris Aronson to succeed Bruce Snyder as head of Fox domestic distribution
The studio announced on Tuesday (24) that Snyder will retire on Jul 6 after 36 years at the studio, having overseen distribution since 1989.
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NewsCrime Scene sets Owen Wilson for thriller The Coup
John Erick Dowdle will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales while CAA represents US rights.
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Inaugural Look East: Korean Film Festival hits Hollywood in June
The festival will run from Jun 23-24 and features South Korean screenings and VIP events. Hyundai Motors is the lead sponsor.
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NewsCinemaCon: Sony Digital Cinema unveils high frame rate upgrade
The company said all of its existing Sony Digital Cinema 4K customers would be able to experience “unsurpassed 3D image quality” through high frame rate playback without the need for complex hardware upgrades.
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Justin Lin picks up film rights to comedy Chinglish
The director behind Universal’s Fast And Furious franchise felt compelled to snap up rights after he saw David Henry Hwang’s Broadway play.
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Wolfe Releasing takes US rights to Gayby
Jonathan Lisecki’s SXSW comedy will open theatrically later this year in partnership with The Film Collaborative following a low six-figure deal.
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NewsCinemaCon: Paramount trumpets One Shot, G.I. Joe 2, Dictator
The first studio presentation of CinemaCon 2012 featured a surprise appearance by Sacha Baron Cohen in support of the May 16 release of his new comedy The Dictator.
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Shoreline takes int’l sales on Tribeca premiere Freaky Deaky
The film debuted at the New York City festival on Sunday (22) and stars Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Andy Dick and Billy Burke.
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IFC Midnight takes North America on Room 237
Rodney Ascher’s documentary concerns the theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining.
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NewsCinemaCon: Qube Cinema, THX among new tech announcements
Qube Cinema announced it will install 39 Qube XP-D servers for distributor Kuwait National Cinema Company, completing the chain’s transition to digital cinema. Qube digital cinema systems are upgradeable and can be outfitted for full 4K playback with the addition of Qube Xi 4K Integrated Media Blocks.
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NewsToni Collette, Dev Patel to star in thriller Defiant
Bill Bennett will direct the film, set against the world of honour killings in India. The Little Film Company is handling international sale and will bring to Cannes.
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NewsWolfgang Hammer, Terry Press named CBS Films co-presidents
Press had been consulting for the studio since 2010 and will oversee creative, distribution, marketing and physical production for CBS Films.
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NewsJere Hausfater named COO of Aldamisa International
Aldamisa International co-chairs and co-CEOs Sergei Bespalov and Marina Bespalov made the announcement on Monday (23) in the run-up to Cannes, where Hausfater will commence pre-sales on the sequels to Sin City and Machete.
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Seeking A Friend to premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival
Lorene Scafaria’s feature directorial debut Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World is a comedic drama starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley as strangers who get together as an asteroid approaches earth. Focus Features will release in the US on Jun 22.
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NewsCinemaCon: keynotes sell int'l growth as event gets underway
International Day at CinemaCon (23) kicked off in Las Vegas with a pair of addresses that offered a tub-thumping appraisal of international box office growth and reiterated several other familiar themes.
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Raven Banner, Green Dog, Reigning Entertainment team up for Savaged
The Toronto-based genre sales and distribution company will handle world sales and is financing the project with Cart Before The Horse Productions.
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NewsCinemaCon: Dolby Laboratories launches Atmos audio platform
The technology company said Dolby Atmos offered “a hybrid approach to mixing and directs sound as dynamic objects enveloping the listener, in combination with channels for playback.”
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Intouchables wins COLCOA audience and critic awards
The European smash took dominated proceedings as the Franco-American Cultural Fund’s 16th annual festival came to a close in Los Angeles on Sunday (April 22).