All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 999
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NewsWillow Shields joins Lionsgate’s Hunger Games
The latest casting fanfare on the project surrounds a young newcomer who will play the heroine’s younger sister.
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NewsTop directors register protest on eve of premium VoD launch
One day before the first premium-VoD release, a group of leading filmmakers including James Cameron, Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinksi, Michael Bay and Guillermo del Toro have signed a letter calling on the studios to scrap the proposal.
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NewsMagnolia takes North America on Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
The news comes amid reports that Mark Cuban is considering selling Magnolia Pictures and Landmark Theaters – first reported on Screendaily more than three months ago.
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NewsUPDATE: Restrepo co-director killed in Libya
Tim Hetherington died on April 20 while covering the Civil War in Libya.
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NewsJustin Long to play wild best man in comedy Lumpy
Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine and Addison Timlin will star in writer Ted Koland’s directorial debut.
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Sheinberg to self-distribute indie horror Creature
Sid Sheinberg’s production venture The Bubble Factory will directly distribute its upcoming Creature in 1,000-2,000 US screens on Sept 9.
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IFC Midnight takes US to thriller The Shrine
Jon Knautz’s film won Best Canadian Feature at the 2010 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal and played at 2010 ScreamFest in Los Angeles.
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NewsSony promotes Scott Sherr to evp worldwide marketing and distribution
The executive will continue to negotiate and help guide the studio’s theatrical digital delivery strategy and is also involved in deal making and assessing 3D releasing strategies.
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NewsCotillard, Gordon-Levitt board Nolan’s third Batman project
Christopher Nolan is reuniting with his Inception stars on Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises, scheduled to open on Jul 20, 2012.
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Cameron Richardson joins The Last Beat
Shawn Andrews and Virginie Ledoyen round out the key cast in Bohemia Group and writer-director Robert Saitzyk’s love triangle project.
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IFP, Lincoln Center announce strategic union
The new collaboration relocates IFP’s signature programme – Independent Film Week – to The Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center and means joint programming during the New York Film Festival.
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CommentFrom Cannes to Cape Town
CMG plans a Cape Town trip giveaway in Cannes in support of Zambezia.
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Well Go USA secures private equity backing from Brock Capital
The North American distributor of the Ip Man franchise announced the multi-million financing as it prepares to release Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen on Apr 22.
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Craig Gillespie to grapple with Lionsgate’s Zombies
The studio confirmed recent reports that the director of Lars And The Real Girl and the upcoming Fright Night remake has signed on for Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.
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Devine launches Pacific Northwest Pictures
Easy A producer Zanne Devine has formally unveiled the Canadian multi-platform distributor Pacific Northwest Pictures.
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NewsService Entrance among COLCOA prize-winners
Philippe Le Guay’s festival opener Service Entrance (Les Femmes Du 6e Etage) (pictured) won the audience award as the 15th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels (COLCOA) came to a close after record attendances.
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Bal, Armadillo among RiverRun prize-winners
Semih Kaplanoglu’s Bal won the best narrative feature prize and Bent Hamer’s Home For Christmas took the audience award at the 13th RiverRun International Film Festival.
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Cohen Media Group takes US rights to doc Chasing Madoff
Jeff Prosserman’s film is based on Harry Markopolos’ bestseller No One Would Listen.
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Shooting starts on London-set thriller Liars All
Production got underway in Los Angeles today [18] on the psychosexual thriller about fun and games on New Year’s Eve in London that spiral out of control.