All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 932
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Michelle Pfeiffer joins CinemaCon honourees
The star of Warner Bros’ upcoming gothic comedy Dark Shadows will collect the 2012 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on Apr 26.
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Gravitas Ventures promotes Melanie Miller to vp of acquisitions
The newly created title will see Miller oversee a five-person team charged with feeding 500 titles a year into the VoD pipeline.
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NewsParamount, YouTube strike online rental deal
Despite ongoing legal action between parent companies Viacom and Google over an alleged piracy incident stemming back to 2006, the companies said YouTube would make close to 500 titles available online.
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NewsCMG to sell horror-thriller No Tell Motel in Cannes
Enderby Entertainment’s film follows five friends who get stranded at an abandoned roadside lodging where a terrible fate once befell a young girl and her parents.
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Battleship charts global course on IMAX
Universal’s Hasbro adaptation will be digitally remastered and released on the large screen format in more than 100 international theatres including sites in China and Russia, starting Apr 12.
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NewsStephanie Denton to head int’l at Indomina Releasing
The veteran of Lionsgate and Lakeshore among others joins in the run-up to Cannes and will take charge of a slate that includes Sundance titles Something From Nothing from Ice-T and Bart Layton’s acclaimed documentary-thriller The Imposter (pictured).
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Scott Steindorff, Andy Kleinman launch Stone Village Media
Kleinman, a former general manager at the social gaming company Zynga, has come on board the new media marketing and distribution venture and will lead it in his capacity as chief business officer.
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NewsExclusive Media to play The Odds with John Lesher
The company is reuniting with its End Of Watch collaborator and has optioned all rights to Stewart O’Nan’s novel The Odds: A Love Story.
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NewsRedford’s new Sundance Productions lines up Watergate doc
Robert Redford and producing partner Laura Michalchyshyn’s venture will focus on television and multimedia content.
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NewsAmy Beecroft to head distribution at Solar Pictures
The executive most recently served as svp of international sales at FilmNation and has worked on such films as The King’s Speech, Sanctum, The Road and Rian Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Looper.
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NewsTitanic 3D prepares to set sail in global voyage
International preview: All hands will be on deck at Fox International this weekend as the second biggest film of all-time returns in its new format, although there will be a couple of major obstacles to navigate.
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Bill Straus launches sales agency BGP in New York
The former New Line executive and producer kicks off his boutique domestic operation with the upcoming Tribeca premiere The Playroom starring John Hawkes.
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Deals round-up: Dark Castle, After Dark prepare action slate
Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Home Entertainment and Courtney Solomon’s After Dark Films will release an initial wave of five action films under the label After Dark Action.
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RLJ Acquisition buys Image Entertainment, Acorn Media Group
RLJ Companies chairman and Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L Johnson said the newly created RLJ Entertainment would become one of the largest independent digital and video content distributors in the world.
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Judy Davis to receive San Francisco honour
The actress will collect the 2012 Peter J Owens Award at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 26.
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NewsDwayne Johnson to receive CinemaCon action award
The star of the summer’s upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation will collect the CinemaCon Action Star Of Year Award in Las Vegas on Apr 23.
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NewsWrath towers over international arena on $78m launch
Warner Bros Pictures International’s fantasy action sequel Wrath Of The Titans plundered a healthy number from 60 markets and according to the distributor ranked number one in 46 countries.
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NewsHunger Games stays top on $61m, charges past $250m
Lionsgate’s cash cow has become the fastest non-sequel to cross $250m in the US and reached the milestone on its tenth day of release. New arrivals Wrath Of The Titans and Mirror Mirror had to settle for second and third places, respectively.
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SAG, AFTRA agree union merger in historic vote
Effective immediately, the new SAG-AFTRA becomes the largest union in the entertainment industry and will represent more than 150,000 actors, broadcasters, dancers, news writers and other media professionals.
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Recreation, Incentive Capital head to MIPTV with library deal
Ariel Veneziano’s LA-based Recreation and Salt Lake City-based Incentive Capital will kick off their new partnership by collaborating on international distribution on the 850-plus film and TV catalogue.