All articles by John Hazelton – Page 24
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NewsParamount reports streaming, theatrical growth but climbing costs
The Paramount+ streaming service grew by 9.9m subscribers to 56m.
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NewsLionsgate names Briana McElroy to head digital marketing
McElroy was previously at Twitter and Warner Bros.
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News‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ big winner at Visual Effects Society awards
The blockbuster took nine of the 14 awards for which it was nominated.
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NewsUniversal sets ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ live action adaptation
Dean DeBlois, director of all three animated hits, will also steer the adaptation.
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NewsAmerican pop culture icon Raquel Welch dies at 82
Welch was a box office draw in the sixties with Fantastic Voyage and other films.
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NewsSK Global in Spanish-language content alliance with Elefantec Global
The two companies plan to work with broadcasters and platforms worldwide.
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News‘Rust’ to resume production in spring with new cinematographer Bianca Cline
Director Joel Souza is among crew members returning to the project.
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NewsTelluride festival co-founder Tom Luddy dies aged 79
Luddy also worked as an executive and producer at American Zoetrope.
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NewsVision Films picks up female flyer action outing ‘Called to Duty’ (exclusive)
Vision plans a theatrical/VOD release in North America in July.
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NewsActing debut of Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage wraps in Ghana (exclusive)
The project is also the first feature from African production company Unbound Studios.
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NewsSundance award winner ‘Magazine Dreams’ sells to Searchlight
The Jonathan Majors bodybuilding story won the festival’s Jury Award for Creative Vision.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics takes Sundance award winner ‘Shayda’
The Audience Award goes to SPC for North America and bundle of international markets.
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FeaturesIn profile: the 2023 Bafta casting director contenders
Screen profiles the casting directors for ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Aftersun’, ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ and ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’.
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NewsShowtime shake-up hits entertainment heads Gary Levine and Jana Winograde
The US premium network is set to be integrated into the Paramount+ streamer later this year.
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News‘Operation Fortune’ set for US theatrical launch through Lionsgate
Guy Ritchie action comedy to reach US cinemas a year after sale of producer STX.
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NewsGlobalgate sets Korean content alliance with Maum Capital Group
The local-content company’s William Pfeiffer will head Maum affiliates.
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NewsLionsgate takes US on ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
Guy Ritchie’s World War II action film started shooting this week in Turkey.
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Features‘Strange World’ filmmakers talk diversity, box office: “It will mean a lot to a lot of people in the future”
With Disney’s Strange World, animators looked to the past for creative inspiration.
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FeaturesWhy ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ team turned down the big studios
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On director Dean Fleischer-Camp and co-creator Jenny Slate tell John Hazelton why they were determined to forge their own path when it came to bringing their creation to the Screen.
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NewsKino Lorber hires former AMC Networks duo for digital push
Ed Carroll and Lisa Schwartz join after Kino Lorber’s acquisition of MHz Choice streamer.