All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 983
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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.
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AAMAS music academy launches in Singapore
Privately held Singaporean company MusicDNA Pte has announced the formation of the Asia Academy Of Music Arts & Sciences (AAMAS)
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NewsTransformers 3 aims to rule as Pirates 4 heads into history
DreamWorks’ Transformers: Dark Of The Moon will dominate the weekend box office but Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will make history when it crosses $1bn worldwide on Saturday [Jul 2].
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NewsFrancis Ford Coppola to present new film at Comic-Con
Twixt is about a young writer who gets caught up in murder while touring with his book in a small town.
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NewsTransformers 3 storms to $32.5m overseas opening day
Paramount Pictures International (PPI) said launch day figures for the DreamWorks action sequel were 38% ahead of Transformers 2 for the same markets. The overseas tally rises to $36.6m including previews, while North America stands at $42.8m and worldwide is $79.4m
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NewsMGM, Forum Film seal Eastern Europe distribution deal
MGM has signed a long-term distribution deal with Forum Film, the distribution arm of Cinema City International NV (CCI).
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FeaturesPirates rules the world
How did Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gross so much internationally so rapidly? Jeremy Kay reports
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NewsMandate, Diablo Cody reunite on Lamb Of God
Cody wrote and will make her feature directorial debut on the third collaboration after Juno and the upcoming Young Adult.
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NewsFilmNation appoints Gregoire Gensollen to key international role
The former vp of international strategic and sales planning at Lionsgate will relocate from Los Angeles to New York in his new role as vp of international distribution and strategy.
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Ty Warren joins Legendary as svp production
Warren arrives from Raleigh Films where he launched production services and initiated alliances in all the Raleigh Studios locations including Budapest, Detroit, Baton Rouge and Atlanta.
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Sundance Institute unveils 18 documentary film fellows
The fellows represent nine projects to take part in the eighth Documentary Edit and Story Lab running from Jun 24-July 2 and the ninth Composers + Documentary Lab running from July 6-12.
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NewsWeinsteins throw W.E. into awards race with December date
Madonna’s directorial effort will open on Dec 9 in Los Angeles and New York.
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NewsStan Lee to target Asian fanboys through Magic Storm
The comic book guru is getting into film financing as it emerged that Panda Media Partners, a joint venture between Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Fidelis Entertainment, has teamed up with Hong Kong-based Ricco Capital Holdings.
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Netflix, Open Road sign multi-year exclusive deal
Open Road’s inaugural slate so far includes Omnilab Media’s Jason Statham-Clive Owen thriller Killer Elite and 2012 release The Host.The deal means Open Road films will stream in the pay-TV window after their DVD release.“Netflix provides us the opportunity to bring Open Road Films titles to consumers in the most ...