All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 927
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NewsUniversal trio coast past international milestones
Away from the superhero antics of The Avengers, Universal Pictures International (UPI) enjoyed a landmark weekend as American Pie: Reunion crossed $100m, Battleship cruised past $200m and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax crossed $300m worldwide.
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NewsChina approves June release for The Hunger Games
Lionsgate’s behemoth has amassed close to $620m worldwide and will open in dubbed and subtitled versions through The China Film Group in association with Lionsgate’s promotional partner Talent International.
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Sierra / Affinity adds Plus One to Cannes slate
Nick Meyer will commence sales on the Croisette on Dennis Iliadis’ thriller. Dan Steinman at CAA represents domestic rights.
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Obituary: Adam Yauch, Beastie Boy and O-Scope co-founder
The renowned musician, human rights activist and filmmaker has died in New York City (May 4) following a three-year struggle with cancer. He was 47.
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NewsJonah Hill joins cast of The Wolf Of Wall Street
Red Granite is fully financing the $85m true-life account of trader Jordan Belfort’s debauched rise and tumultuous fall and has set Martin Scorsese to direct and Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured) to play the lead.
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MPI Cannes slate includes Stitches, Samsara
The company arrives on the Croisette with the market premiere of Conor McMahon’s horror comedy Stitches and Ron Fricke’s intensely visual documentary Samsara, which screened in Toronto last autumn.
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Wildworks Productions to commence Stripped shoot in June
Former director of press and PR at the Dallas International Film festival John Wildman will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Justina Walford.
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Hot Docs Forum wraps after two days
The Hot Docs international co-financing market event introduced 25 projects from 14 countries to a panel of more than 170 key commissioning editors and other funders.
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NewsAvengers target $600m global through second weekend
SATURDAY UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ superhero mash-up enters Saturday on a $414.8m worldwide running total after adding $30.3m internationally on Friday and launching in North America on $80.5m including $18.7m in Thursday midnight shows. The international tally stands at $334.3m.
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NewsThe Exchange heads to Cannes with Thin Ice
Brian O’Shea’s sales and finance company is Croisette-bound with international rights to the thriller starring Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Lea Thompson and Billy Crudup.
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NewsUPIE takes all int’l rights from Radiant Films to I Am
Radiant Films International president and CEO Mimi Steinbauer (pictured) has struck a deal for all rights outside the US and Canada on Tom Shadyac’s life affirming documentary.
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NewsThe Avengers crosses $280m at international box office
Thursday’s daily report from Disney revealed that the Marvel Studios action epic added $20.6m on Wednesday.
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Lance Volland, Désirée Finnegan rise at Warner Bros int’l publicity
Volland has led the studio’s international publicity efforts for the past five years and is promoted to evp while Finnegan becomes svp.
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Blancbiehn Productions plans June shoot on family drama Treachery
Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc Biehn have announced casting on their latest project and will star alongside Sarah Butler, Caitlin Keats, Chris Meyer and Matthew Ziff.
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O-Scope promotes Dan Berger, David Laub
The executive will jointly oversee marketing, distribution and acquisitions as it emerged that Oscilloscope Laboratories co-founder and president David Fenkel is seguing into a consultancy role after four years at the company.
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NewsTimur Bekmambetov to direct drama The Current War
The filmmaker’s company Bazelevs has acquired Michael Mitnick’s Black List script about the public battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse for control of the early power industry.
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FIP hires ex-Weinstein executive Laine Kline
The new arrival will serve as svp of business affairs for Sanford Panitch’s division.
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Little Studio Films signs Mick Garris to direct Invasion
The Los Angeles-based company will represent all rights to the sci-fi thriller at the Cannes market.
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NewsRed Sea Media adds Frankie Go Boom to Cannes slate
Chairman and CEO Roman Kopelevich will commence sales on the Croisette on Jordan Roberts’ rom-com starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd from Bridesmaids, Ron Perlman and Whitney Cummings.
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Cinema Without Borders to honour Darryl Macdonald
The director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival & Film Market and executive director of the Palm Springs Film Society will be the winner of the first annual Friend Of International Cinema Award.