All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 972
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Universal acquires UK rights from Little Film to Spud
The Little Film Company has closed deals on its children’s film Spud led by Universal acquiring all UK rights.
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NewsSearchlight takes US rights to Steve McQueen's Shame
Toronto 2011’s first domestic acquisition is for the acclaimed sex addiction drama starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.
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Image swoops on Beneath The Darkness, All Things Fall Apart
Image Entertainment has announced a pair of acquisitions in Toronto, taking all North American rights to thriller Beneath The Darkness and all US on All Things Fall Apart. The distributor plans theatrical releases on both followed by ancillary roll-out.
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Samuel Goldwyn acquires North American rights to Vreeland doc
The distributor is eyeing a 2012 release for Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, the wife of late icon’s grandson
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Paramount , Indian Paintbrush enlist Winslet, Brolin for Reitman’s Labor Day
The companies will co-produce and Paramount will distribute while Indian Paintbrush will co-finance the project with the company’s Steven Rales and Mark Roybal serving as executive producers.
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NewsBuyers see footage of Nanking epic The Flowers Of War
Domestic and international acquisitions teams crammed into the Varsity Cinema 8 to see 20 minutes from Zhang Yimou’s upcoming historical drama today (9).
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Image Entertainment takes North America on Beneath The Darkness
Dennis Quaid stars in Martin Guigui’s psychological thriller which is said to be in the vein of Disturbia.
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Multiple Media, Pacific Northwest launch Canadian venture Cross Country
Toronto-based Multiple Media Entertainment and new Vancouver-based production, acquisition and distribution company Pacific Northwest Pictures have launched distributor Cross Country Entertainment (CCE).
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NewsEmmett / Furla unveil $250m fund for high-end star material
LA-based Emmett / Furla Films has partnered with Stepan Martirosyan and Remington Chase’s Envision Entertainment to launch a $250m revolving equity and debt fund to produce star-driven commercial fare.
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NewsExclusive revs up on Ron Howard F1 drama Rush
Exclusive Media Group (EMG) has come aboard Ron Howard’s Formula 1 motor racing drama Rush and will split financing duties with Cross Creek Pictures.
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NewsNanking among slew of market buzz titles
Sales companies head into the first weekend of Toronto hopeful that the independent sector’s appetite for commercial fare will continue to fuel business in a burgeoning unofficial market
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Joe Wright to start UK shoot on Anna Karenina this month
Focus Features has confirmed it will handle the domestic release on Working Title’s upcoming classic adaptation based on a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Universal Pictures International will distribute outside North America in the second half of 2012.
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Maya Entertainment takes international sales on Joe May
President of international distribution Elias Axume and the team will commence sales on Joe Maggio’s The Last Rites Of Joe May starring Dennis Farina as a hustler on the road to redemption.
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NewsIM Global, Penny Black launch 1840 Fund entertainment venture
Stuart Ford’s IM Global and New York-based investment firm Penny Black led by executive chairman Lawrence Salemeno have established the 1840 Fund to create entertainment properties with multi-media potential.
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Tribeca Film picks up all US rights to Detachment
Tony Kaye’s drama premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars Adrien Brody as a gifted teacher who connects with a class of disillusioned youths.
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Cameron | Pace teams up with BBC, Evergreen, Reliance on Walking With Dinosaurs
James Cameron and Vince Pace are brining their Fusion 3D expertise to the upcoming CGI-live action feature.
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IFTA confirms talks underway to move AFM Downtown
AFM top brass confirmed on Thursday (8) they are exploring a possible relocation of the event into the L.A. LIVE Downtown district for 2013.
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NewsJiande Chen named CEO of IMAX China
Chen will oversee expansion of the wholly-owned IMAX subsidiary in the greater China region, reporting to the board and IMAX chairman and CEO Rich Gelfond.
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NewsWendy Reeds relocates to Hong Kong for key sales role at Tiger Gate
After four years at Lionsgate’s Santa Monica offices, the executive has been named evp of sales and distribution at Tiger Gate Entertainment, the joint venture between Lionsgate, Saban Capital Group and Tiger Gate management.
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James Mangold attached to direct Juliet
Cathy Konrad and James Mangold’s production company Tree Line Films will partner with Tom Pollock and Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Picture Company to adapt Anne Fortier’s novel Juliet.