All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 985
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Sonoma applauds Absentia, Michael Rockerfeller
Mike Flanagan’s horror film Absentia earned best narrative feature honours as the 14th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival came to a close at the weekend.
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NewsScott Cooper to direct Out Of The Furnace for Relativity
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free are producing with Relativity and Energy Entertainment.
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NewsQuartet joins Fantastic Films’ Bollywood animation Delhi Safari
Vanessa Williams, Brad Garrett, Jane Lynch and Christopher Lloyd have joined the stereoscopic 3D project, set to screen in the Cannes market.
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NewsO-Scope takes US rights to If A Tree Falls
Marshall Curry’s follow-up to Racing Dreams and Street Fight recently earned a special mention at the Miami International Film Festival.
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NewsCohen Media Group to release Oranges And Sunshine in US
The distributor will handle the US release of Jim Loach’s true story about social worker Margaret Humphreys who in the late 80s uncovered a secret UK government programme to deport children from the UK to Australia.
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NewsBleiberg Entertainment picks up sales title There Be Dragons
The sales agency is preparing to commence business at the Cannes market on Roland Joffe’s sweeping drama produced by Ignacio Gomez Sancha, Ignacio Nunez and Joffe.
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NewsArthur star Brand completes one-two as Hop stays top
Russell Brand dominates the North America charts as Hop stayed top on $21.7m for $68.2m after two weekends for Universal and Warner Bros’ new release of its Arthur remake opened in second on $12.6m for a rare one-two punch.
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NewsRio soars sky high on $55m overseas launch for Fox
Fox International co-presidents Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus hailed “a fantastic start for a new franchise” as the animated family film debuted on 11,714 screens in 45 markets.
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NewsStuart Pollok joins Indomitable as evp-executive producer
The producer-financier will run the New York and LA-based company’s film and film consulting business for the company, whose credits include Soul Surfer.
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NewsFox International's Rio set to rule the roost this weekend
Blue Sky Studios’ family animation takes off in approximately 45 territories and should have little trouble soaring to the top of the charts in a number of territories.
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NewsSPC moving in on Polanski's all-star Carnage
Sony Pictures Classics is understood to be close to a domestic deal. Roman Polanski’s agent Jeff Berg of ICM represented North American rights and declined to comment when approached by Screen at the start of the week, as did SPC co-head Michael Barker.
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News25th anniversary Israel Film Festival to honour Liev Schreiber
The actor will receive the IFF Achievement in Film Award while philanthropist Charles Bronfman will collect the IFF Humanitarian Award and producer-director Micha Shagrir will receive the IFF Cinematic Achievement Award.
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NewsLionsgate, Varsity, Collective line up Night Of The Living Fred
The partners are turning the YouTube sensation into a 3D feature and Lionsgate will produce alongside Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett of Varsity Pictures and Gary Binkow and Evan Weiss of The Collective.
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NewsMadeline Zima to star in UK psycho-thriller Storage
The star of Showtime’s series Californication will play a woman who joins forces with a mysterious group of strangers to escape a terrifying underground facility.
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NewsBlockbuster opts for DISH Network’s $321m purchase offer
The bankrupt rental and retail video and game outlet confirmed last night [6] that it had selected DISH Network Corporation’s $320.6m bid following what it called a “robust” auction.
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NewsTerry Curtin named new Relativity marketing head
Curtin currently serves as co-president of entertainment at the Cimarron Group and in her new post will report to Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh.
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Tribeca announces HBO Fellowships for first TFI doc fund
Three filmmakers will receive a total of $100,000 towards their projects in fellowships and grants.
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Sundance Selects goes for Marston drama, Film Buff unveils VoD deals
Sundance Selects has picked up US rights to The Forgiveness Of Blood, Joshua Marston’s feature follow-up to his acclaimed Maria Full Of Grace,while Film Buff said it would release The Wild Hunt and Zonad on VoD ahead of their DVD launches.Marston and Andamion Murataj shared the Berlin Silver Bear for ...
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NewsScreen Gems to release SXSW hit Attack The Block in US
Joe Cornish’s action film recently received its world premiere in Austin where it won the Midnight Feature Audience Award.
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NewsCarrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell join Silent Hill 2
The newest recruits to Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody’s horror sequel join the previously announced cast of Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger.