All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 969
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NewsWatchmen's Alex Tse to adapt The Crow
Relativity Media is producing along with Ed Pressman and Apaches Entertainment and Tse will get to work adapting the comic book series and strip by James O’Barr.
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Van Damme signs up to MPCA's Six Bullets
Brad Krevoy’s MPCA has signed a second deal in a week with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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Kanter plans to bring Steinbeck field trip to life
Emmy Award-winning television producer Robert Kanter has acquired exclusive worldwide documentary rights to John Steinbeck’s non-fiction work The Log From The Sea Of Cortez.
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NewsWoody Allen unveils cast for The Bop Decameron
The director’s first film to be financed by Medusa Film is currently in pre-production ahead of a Jul 11 start date in Rome.
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NewsDirty Girl, Buck among Provincetown audience favourites
Abe Sylvia’s Dirty Girl (pictured) won the HBO Audience Award Best Narrative Feature at the closing ceremony of the 2011 Provincetown International Film Festival.
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Relativity Media promotes Kyle Davies to head global distribution
The executive steps into the shoes vacated by former head of worldwide distribution and marketing Peter Adee, who announced back in April that he was stepping down.
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Alliance, Lionsgate prepare to unveil Maple Pictures sale
Alliance Films is close to paying in the region of $40m for Lionsgate-owned Canadian distributor Maple Pictures, according to press reports.
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NewsWME Global head Taylor urges filmmakers to embrace revolution
Graham Taylor gave attendees at the Los Angeles Film Festival an upbeat appraisal of the independent space on Saturday [18], highlighting a “time of revolution, when the only way to act is entrepreneurially.”
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NewsGreen Lantern opens top in US on $53m for Warner Bros
Green Lantern opened top of the charts on $52.7m according to Warner Bros estimates, though box office observers were quick to point out it was the lowest debut for a superhero film this summer.
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NewsPanda 2 stays top overseas for PPI on $55m hold
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 held on to the top spot overseas through PPI as a confirmed $55.4m from 11,110 sites in 51 countries boosted the running total to $281.4m.
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NewsContrafilm’s Beau Flynn, Trip Vinson part ways
After 10 years together the executives have chosen to pursue individual projects and will continue to collaborate on titles.
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NewsAcademy awards posthumous membership to Restrepo co-director
The late war photographer Tim Hetherington died in April while covering the conflict in Libya.
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NewsPirates 4 becomes fourth film to cross $700m overseas
Disney’s locomotive is now the company’s biggest grosser internationally after reaching $700.9m on Wednesday [15].
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NewsSPC takes US on Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method
The distributor closed the deal with UK-based Hanway Films, reuniting with both Cronenberg and producer Jeremy Thomas.
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NewsStrand, Pro-Fun fall for Sabine Bernardi’s Romeos
The distributor acquired all North American rights to the relationship drama from Media Luna New Films and plans a late 2011 launch.
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NewsMongrel Media takes Canadian rights to Circumstance
The distributor acquired Maryam Keshavarz’s (pictured) feature directorial debut and Sundance audience award winner from Participant Media.
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NewsOpen Road partners with Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) will handle all marketing, sales and distribution services for Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms of Open Road Films’ theatrical titles.
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NewsMillennium Entertainment acquires US rights to Puncture
Adam Kassen and Mark Kassen directed the legal drama starring Chris Evans. Millennium plans an autumn release.
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NewsBill Duke joins Freaky Deaky for director Charles Matthau
The Elmore Leonard crime caper also stars Sienna Miller, William H Macy, Brendan Fraser and Matt Dillon. Duke will play the role of homicide detective Wendell Robinson.
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NewsRelativity Media to release Soderbergh’s Haywire
For the second time in a week the company has taken over distribution from a film that Lionsgate was set to release.