All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 966
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Maya Entertainment forms advisory board
Noted Latino figures will help the company develop its goals and launch a cable channel.
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NewsTransformers leads international box office; Kung Fu Panda 2 kicks past $400m
Another fine weekend for Paramount Pictures International (PPI) saw Transformers easily hold on to pole position as a confirmed $94.7m weekend haul boosted the tally to $386.4m while Kung Fu Panda 2 swept past $400m.
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NewsTransformers stands firm on top of domestic box office
Paramount’s Transformers adventure stayed top of the North American charts and pulled in an estimated $47m as the running total climbed to $261m after two weekends.
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Sundance Institute names Composers Lab fellows
The six composers will collaborate with professionals as they explore the process of writing film music. The 2011 Feature Film Composers Lab is set to run in Utah from Jul 13-27.
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NewsHollywood, ISPs launch voluntary anti-piracy plan
The MPAA and its membership, internet service providers, IFTA and the leading music industry body the RIAA has launched a standardised protocol whereby ISPs will notify subscribers when their accounts are used for online copyright theft.
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NewsTransformers 3 likely to pass $350m this weekend
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon could surge past $350m over the weekend as Paramount Pictures International is expected to retain the international box office crown.
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NewsNancy Fishman Film Releasing boards Romeo And Juliet In Yiddish
The San Francisco Bay Area-based distributor negotiated the deal with director and producer Eve Annenberg and holds US rights and non-exclusive broadcast and festival international rights.
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NewsMikael Hafstrom to direct Wake for Exclusive's Hammer label
The genre director behind 1408 and The Rite will direct the thriller about a sociopath without any sense of fear.
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NewsIFC Midnight pounces on Autoerotic
Joe Swanberg and Adam Wingard’s film stars Kate Lyn Shiel, Amy Seimetz, Lane Hughes, Kris Swanberg, Ti West and Frank V Ross.
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NewsMandate, Reiser, Levine reunite on Jamaica
Will Reiser teams up with longtime collaborators Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonathan Levine to develop the comedy feature.
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NewsLiddell, Roadside eye awards run for Albert Nobbs
Mickey Liddell has jumped on board his latest US acquisition, teaming up with Roadside Attractions on rights to the Glenn Close-starrer.
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NewsTwilight's Stephenie Meyer to produce rom-com Austenland
Meyer’s Fickle Fish, the production company the Twilight author runs with Meghan Hibbett, is financing the feature directorial debut of Jerusha Hess, who co-wrote Napoleon Dynamite with her husband Jared Hess.
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NewsSony, Adam Sandler reunite for Hotel Transylvania
The comedian continues his long association with the studio and is set to voice the lead role in the film, set for release on Sept 21 2012.
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NewsWell Go USA takes all rights to Let The Bullets Fly
The Asian cinema specialist picked up North American rights to four films from Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures.
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Netflix stock soars as company announces LatAm plan
Netflix stock surged by more than 5% to reach an historic $293 today [5] as the company announced plans to expand into 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean later this year.
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Graham Leggat steps down from San Francisco Film Society
Leggat had served as executive director since October 2005 and told colleagues he was leaving due to his ongoing battle with cancer after years of “unalloyed pleasure”.
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NewsAlicia Silverstone, Sharon Stone on board Gods for Big Beach
Production on the comedy Gods Behaving Badly is scheduled to begin in mid-July in New York.
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NewsPPI scores record weekend as Transformers 3 earns $220m
Paramount Pictures International reported its biggest opening weekend in history as the third Transformers escapade grossed a confirmed $219.8m overseas.
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NewsTransformers 3 rules North America on $116.4m
A noisy six-day launch saw Paramount’s summer tentpole dominate the North American landscape with an Independence Day weekend record of $97.5m from Friday to Sunday, according to estimates, rising to $116.4m for the four-day weekend and $181.1m counting back to the Jun 29 launch.