All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 938
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NewsWes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to open Cannes
The American indie darling’s ensemble piece will kick off proceedings on the Croisette on May 16, the same day as the film’s release in France through StudioCanal.
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NewsMGM cements int’l network with Lusomundo, Selim Ramia deals
Hot on the heels of clearing debt and securing a $500m revolving credit facility, the revitalised studio’s co-chairmen and CEOs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum say they have effectively sealed their global distribution network with two fresh multi-year agreements.
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NewsThe Blind Side producer Molly Smith launches Belle Pictures
Smith, who will remain Hilary Swank’s partner at 2S Films, will make features and TV in association with Alcon Entertainment in a four-year discretionary first-look deal.
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NewsInt'l preview: Disney plots global domination for John Carter
The fantasy adventure opens day-and-date around the world this weekend in virtually every major market through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International except China and Japan.
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MarVista Entertainment expands management team
Following new investment in August, the film and television company has brought in finance expert Susan Young as CFO and promoted Vanessa Goglio Shapiro from svp of worldwide sales to evp of sales.
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Autonomy Pictures kicks off with US rights deal on The Bunny Game
Distribution veterans Derek Curl, David Gregory and Lewis Tice’s new distributor aims to release “uncompromising cinema on a worldwide scale” and will handle four films this year, starting with Adam Rehmeier’s torture porn.
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Gravitas, Variance Films launch distribution alliance at SXSW
The partners aim to acquire and jointly release seven or eight films a year simultaneously in theatres and on VoD.
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Riviera Maya festival and Rivieralab market launch in March
Seventy films will screen during the Riviera Maya Film Festival, set to run in Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Cozumel and Holbox from Mar 20-25.
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NewsTribeca unveils Spotlight and Cinemania selections
Among the narrative Spotlight entries are Stefan Ruzowitzky’s thriller Deadfall starring Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde and Fox Searchlight’s Lola Versus with Greta Gerwig, Bill Pullman and Debra Winger, while documentaries include male grooming in Morgan Spurlock’s Mansome and sports in Knuckleball! from Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg.
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NewsMPI Media Group snatches North American rights to Heineken Kidnapping
The Dutch thriller is based on the actual 1983 abduction of the brewery magnate Alfred Heineken who was eventually released for a €16m ransom.
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Horrible Bosses writer to script Tradition Studios feature
Mike Markowitz will get to work on the untitled project from Digital Domain Media Group’s new animated division.
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NewsSierra / Affinity closes key territories in 'best EFM to date'
CEO Nick Meyer has hailed the company’s most successful sales trip to Berlin as the team licensed multiple territories to Sony for genre title Wer and closed deals on Heat, Everly and Sundance hit Celeste And Jesse Forever.
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Joe Jenckes to head production at Benaroya Pictures
The new appointee produced Margin Call and worked closely with financier Michael Benaroya and will serve as executive producer on Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe and Elizabeth Olsen.
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Cranston, Kendrick among cast on CBS comedy Get A Job
The company has confirmed the cast of Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller and Christopher Mintz-Plasse on the tentatively titled story about graduates strugging to adjust to post-college life.
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Alcon Entertainment to produce Wally Pfister’s directorial debut
The Oscar winning cinematographer recently completed work on The Dark Knight Rises and will commence principal photography in early autumn from an untitled screenplay by newcomer Jack Paglen.
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Image takes North American rights to Freak Dance
The satire about performers who strive to master a notorious dance move in order to win a contest features Amy Poehler and Tim Meadows.
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Frankenweenie to get IMAX treatment for October release
Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film will be remastered into the IMAX format ahead of the worldwide day-and-date release through Disney on Oct 5.
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NewsLily Collins joins cast of Informant Media’s Writers
Kristen Bell, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff and Liana Liberato have also come on board the project, which as previously announced will star Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly. Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s fledgling financing and sales house The Solution introduced the project to buyers in Berlin and CAA represents US ...
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NewsExclusive Media, Cross Creek announce start of Rush
Ron Howard has begun shooting on the dramatic tale of the rivalry between 1970s Formula 1 icons James Hunt and Niki Lauda starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl.
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Louisiana Film Prize lures inward investment with $50,000 pot
The Inaugural award from the Louisiana Film Prize Festival will go to global filmmakers whose short film must shoot in the Shreveport-Bossier area.