All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 946
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NewsFrancisco Barreiro to star in Here Comes The Devil
The rising Mexican star will play the lead in MPI Media Group and Mexico City-based Salto de Fe Films’ supernatural thriller to be directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano.
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NewsAnchor Bay picks up Slasher Films’ Nothing To Fear
Content is handling international sales and introduced the film to buyers at the recent AFM.
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NewsWBPI's Holmes targets $250m as Sony unleashes Underworld
Warner Bros Pictures International’s (WBPI) reigning champion Sherlock Holmes 2 has reached $239m and should coast past $250m this weekend in the face of Sony’s Underworld Awakening.
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New buyer Breakthrough Entertainment heads to Sundance
The Toronto-based television producer has launched a film distribution platform to handle worldwide rights headed by vp of movies Marina Cordoni.
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NewsAR Films, Media Talent Group launch $120m US fund
Producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s AR Films and Geyer Kosinski’s Media Talent Group have launched the fund to develop and produce up to six films in the US over the next two years.
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Camelot Distribution Group takes domestic rights to The Holding
David Bradley, Kierston Wareing and Vincent Regan star in the tale of a mother who lives with a dark secret. Lionsgate UK released the thriller last September.
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Here Now sets Mark Webber to star in rom-com Moonbeam
Webber is preparing for Saturday’s (21) world premiere in Sundance of The End Of Love, which he directed and stars in, ahead of the anticipated late spring start on The Arranged Marriage Of Moonbeam.LA-based Metamorphic Films is partnering on the project based on a screenplay by Webber’s Here Now partners ...
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NewsSeparate corporate schemes back Sundance shorts
Two initiatives to raise the profile of short film are underway in Park City involving official short film programme sponsor Yahoo! and the separate Focus Forward partnership between video publisher Cinelan and video sharing service Vimeo.
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FeaturesPeter Baxter, Slamdance
The Slamdance festival director and co-founder talks about hot titles at the 2012 festival and the event’s growing digital presence year-round.
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NewsA Separation, Bullhead make it on to Oscar shortlist
Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers Of War is the notable omission from the foreign language pack and there are shut-outs too for crowdpleasers Le Havre, Where Do We Go Now, Declaration Of War and Miss Bala.
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Archstone Distribution takes the world on Night Of The Templar
Sampson Enterprises’ action comedy centres on a Medieval knight who returns from the dead to avenge those who betrayed him.
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Newsro*co films international adds three more to Sundance slate
Annie Roney’s sales company has wasted little time bulking up its sales roster with films headed for Park City following Tuesday’s announcement on Screendaily that ro*co films international had boarded We’re Not Broke.
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NewsYouTube, Emirates dangle $500k carrot over Your Film Festival
YouTube and Emirates, in partnership with the Venice Film Festival and Scott Free have launched the competition to find the best 15-minute video storyteller.
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NewsStrand takes US on Sundance entry Oslo, August 31st
Joachim Trier’s Norwegian film launched in Cannes last year and is set to screen at Sundance in Spotlight on Friday (20) and follows a young man in drug rehab who reflects on his life.
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NewsLiv Tyler to star in The Side Effect for Ti West
The horror filmmaker made the announcement on Wednesday (18) prior to the Feb 3 release of his latest feature The Innkeepers through Magnolia. West is producing with Ted Hope, UTA represents domestic rights and Celluloid Nightmares handles international sales.
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NewsScreen Media 2012 slate features American Animal, L'Assault
President Suzanne Blech’s line-up includes the New Zealand Western Good For Nothing from Mike Wallis as reported exclusively by Screendaily on Tuesday.
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NewsThirteen Sundance films to open through Artist Services
The self-distribution initiative covers festival entries from last year stretching back to 1994, all of which will be available to rent, download or stream on platforms like iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu, SundanceNOW, YouTube and Netflix.
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NewsAnnapurna, Open Road partner on Soderbergh’s Side Effects
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures will finance and produce the psychological thriller and Open Road has acquired all US rights. FilmNation is handling international and will introduce to buyers at the EFM next month.
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NewsInstinctive Films opens UK hub, readies slate
The Berlin-based company is launching a London office and is gearing up to announce a slate of British films in 2012.
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Tommy Lee Jones joins Emperor for Peter Webber
As previously announced the world war two saga will star Matthew Fox as a lovelorn Japanese expert investigating war crimes charges against Emperor Hirohito.