All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 993
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NewsThe King's Speech rules overseas on $19m weekend
The Oscar winner has emerged as the leading performer at the international box office after an estimated $18.9m weekend haul through FilmNation licensees, the New York-based company said on Monday [7].
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NewsRango rules North America on $38m
The animated release reunites Johnny Depp with his Pirates Of The Caribbean director Gore Verbinski and it proved an auspicious reunion as the film opened top on an estimated $38m.
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Dallas Star Award to go to Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret will receive the Dallas International Film Festival’s Dallas Star Award at the upcoming event, set to run from Mar 31-Apr 10.
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NewsRango to hit UK, Germany, Spain in first wave
Paramount, Nickelodeon and GK Films’ animation Rango opens day-and-date with North America in approximately 35 territories and looks like the one to beat.
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Fox International Productions finds Love In Space
Principal photography on Wing Shya and Tony Chan’s follow-up to Hot Summer Days will begin on Mar 8 in Beijing and Sydney.
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Fox to launch 3D Phantom Menace in February 2012
The 3D version of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace will open in theatres on Feb 10, 2012 through Fox.
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NewsAlcon sets sights on entering Blade Runner universe
Alcon Entertainment are on the cusp of pulling off a major coup as they enter final negotiations to secure film, television and ancillary franchise rights to produce prequels and sequels to Blade Runner.
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Thornton's The King Of Luck to close SXSW
Billy Bob Thornton’s Willie Nelson documentary will close the event on Mar 19.
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Outdoor screening of Cameron Crowe’s The Union to open Tribeca
The documentary follows Elton John as he collaborates on an album with his early-career idol Leon Russell.
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NewsDiane Lane to play Superman's mother for Warner Bros
Diane Lane has joined Zack Snyder’s Superman project and will play the hero’s mother Martha Kent.
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Japanese pay-TV service Wowow establishes LA hub
Japanese pay-TV company Wowow Inc has set up an office in Century City, Los Angeles, as it sources content for three new HD channels set to launch in October.
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Weinsteins takes US rights to Exclusive's So Undercover
US distributors were circling the Miley Cyrus action comedy in Berlin where Exclusive Films International closed multiple territories.
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Film Movement acquires US rights to Vera’s Karen Cries On The Bus
The company’s third acquisition of a Colombian film in two years follows will open in New York this summer followed by nationwide release and day-and-date VOD launch.
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NewsNewly launched Omni/FSR to release Dylan Dog in US in April
Australia and New Zealand-based Omnilab Media announced today [Mar 1] that Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night will open wide in the US through the newly launched Omni/FSR label on Apr 29.
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NewsAlliance Films, Miramax renew distribution partnership
The extended long-standing relationship covers new titles and a library that includes Pulp Fiction, ShakespeareIn Love, No Country For Old Men (pictured) and Chicago.
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NewsFormer Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd to lead MPAA
The new head of the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) is former Democratic Senator Christopher J Dodd.
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Maui 2011 festival to run from Jun 15-19
The 12th Annual Maui Film Festival will run from Jun 15-19 at the Wailea Resort.
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Summit casts Hoult in zombie tale Warm Bodies
Nicholas Hoult will star for Summit Entertainment in the story of an angst-ridden zombie who forms a friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims.
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FeaturesLA celebrates British Oscar nominees
The King’s Speech Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper, Oscar winning producer Iain Canning and nominee Helena Bonham Carter attended an event in Los Angeles to celebrate British Oscar nominees last week.
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NewsWME to represent life rights of celebrated Chilean miners
WME will represent of the official life rights of the 33 Chilean miners who famously survived 69 days trapped 2,000 feet below ground following a cave collapse.