All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 973
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Alcon boards heist action thriiler Leonardo Job
Alcon Entertainment is in final negotiations to acquire, finance and produce the David Twohy screenplay The Leonardo Job.
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FeaturesToronto 2011: Nick Broomfield
British documentary film-maker Nick Broomfield talks to Jeremy Kay about the challenges of making Sarah Palin - You Betcha! which world premieres in Toronto.
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FeaturesWill Toronto see a buying spree?
The heavyweight US sales companies are set to unveil new projects at Toronto ahead of the AFM, confident a weaker US dollar and a buoyant mood from Cannes will prove good for business.
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NewsContent to handle international sales on The Day
Doug Aarniokoski’s post-apocalyptic thriller is set to premiere in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand on Sept 15 and stars Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell and Michael Eklund.
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FeaturesIndependent streak
Steve Bersch leads the formidable Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions team, which has made its mark on numerous indie hits in recent years. He tells Screen what they will be looking for at Toronto.
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NewsSierra / Affinity boards int’l sales on Europa
Nick Meyer and his team will commence talks in Toronto this week on the space adventure to star Daniel Wu, Sharlto Copley, Anamaria Marinca and Michael Nyquist from Scandinavian smash The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
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NewsMagnolia promotes Dori Begley and Matt Cowan, opens LA office
Following the departure this week of Tom Quinn and Jason Janego to the Weinsteins’ new digital distribution venture, Begley is promoted from vp to svp of acquisitions and Cowal rises from vp to svp of marketing and publicity.
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NewsIndomina Group acquires Venice premiere Life Without Principle
Johnnie To’s latest film premiered in Venice on Wednesday (7) and tells of three characters in dire financial straits whose paths overlap when a bag containing $5m in stolen cash falls into their laps.
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NewsElias Axume to head international distribution at Maya
Axume is promoted from evp, capping a swift rise since he joined in August 2010. The company also announced that Jack Campbell has arrived from Spotlight Pictures to serve as vp of distribution.
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NewsBenedict Carver joins eOne as svp of filmed entertainment
Carver reports to Entertainment One Television president of dramatic programming Noreen Halpern and svp of worldwide acquisitions Lara Thompson.
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NewsEastwood's J Edgar to open AFI Fest on Nov 3
Clint Eastwood throws his hat into the awards race with the anticipated biopic starring Leonard DiCaprio as the enigmatic godfather of the FBI J Edgar Hoover.
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Extremal teams up with Gary Pearl on financial product
Co-founder Aleck Grishkevich and Arthur De Vany have partnered with the former William Morris agent and producer Pearl and entertainment attorney Schuyler Moore.
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NewsMichael Douglas to receive Santa Barbara honour
The Oscar winning star of Wall Street will collect the 2011 Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film honour on Oct 13.
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NewsNick Broomfield’s Sarah Palin doc to get US release through Freestyle
Sarah Palin – You Betcha! will open in theatres in New York and Los Angeles on Sept 30 following its world premiere in Toronto on Sept 11.
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NewsVisit Films takes TIFF premieres The Odds and Fable Of The Fish
Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales company has boarded international rights to teen murder mystery The Odds from writer-director Simon Davidson and drama Fable Of The Fish from Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr.
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NewsDomestic summer season generated record $4.4bn
Figures issued by the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) on Wednesday showed an estimated 1% admissions rise over 2010.
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NewsWeinsteins poach Magnolia duo for digital distribution venture
Former Magnolia Pictures executives Tom Quinn and Jason Janego have joined Harvey and Bob Weinsteins’ upstart division and will attend Toronto in their new roles. Meanwhile Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles said the company intended to remain “vibrant” and expected to make an announcement on Wednesday.
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NewsEddie Murphy to host 84th Academy Awards
After much speculation, telecast producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer confirmed the comedian will compere his first Oscar show on Feb 26, 2012.
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NewsInferno to tout Broken City at Toronto
The company sent out the screenplay before the Labor Day holiday weekend and anticipates heavy interest on the noir tale as buyers prepare to descend on Canada.
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NewsMGM hires Doug Finberg to head marketing
The executive arrives from his consultancy Finberg Worldwide and will serve as evp of marketing.