All articles by John Hazelton – Page 28
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NewsPeter Chernin launches new studio with international expansion on the cards
Chernin’s North Road buys Red Arrow assets and establishes London base.
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News‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ breaks July 4 weekend domestic box office record
The Universal/Illumination release performed well ahead of expectations.
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NewsGermany’s Redrum invests in new project from Chile’s Patricio Valladares (exclusive)
‘Cannibal Holidays’ will shoot in Chile and Germany later this year.
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NewsAGC Studios sets new unit for unscripted and non-fiction projects
The subsidiary is headed by former Magical Elves executive Joel Zimmer.
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News‘Stranger Things’ breaks US streaming record
Series scores huge viewing numbers in advance of season four finale.
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NewsFantasia festival adds nine world premieres to complete line-up
Thirteen North American premieres also added, including Next Sohee for closing night.
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NewsLos Angeles production industry to reinstate indoor masking
The move had been triggered by a jump in Covid cases in Los Angeles County
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NewsAndrew Haigh sets new feature ‘Strangers’ with Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell
Project is loosely based on the English translation of a Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada
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News‘Cult Hero’ goes to Raven Banner for worldwide sales (exclusive)
The Jesse T Cook slasher film gets it world premiere next month at the Fantasia festival
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NewsSXSW to launch Australian conference and festival in 2023
Like its US model, the Sydney event will cover film, TV, music and technology.
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NewsKate Winslet set for limited series return with new HBO project
Previous HBO projects brought Winslet best actress in a limited series Emmys.
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NewsNetflix boards Joe and Anthony Russo’s ‘The Electric State’
The big budget graphic novel adaptation was originally set up at Universal.
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NewsDisney hands Bob Chapek three-year contract extension
The Disney CEO has been under pressure over a number of issues.
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NewsNearly 400 invited to join US Academy, with big international contingent
More than 40% of the group are women and 50% come from outside the US.
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NewsBaz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ to return as limited series for Hulu and Disney+
The epic romance has been recut and given a new ending for a streaming debut this winter.
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NewsCAA completes acquisition of ICM Partners
Merger creates new agency giant as Hollywood consolidation continues.
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NewsPalm Springs International ShortFest names top prize-winners
Five winners from the festival selection get a shot at Oscar consideration.
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NewsProduction executives talk global perspectives and Ukraine war
AFCI Week returned to Los Angeles after a two-year hiatus with executives from Netflix, HBO and Amazon.
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NewsHollywood studios and unions react to US abortion law ruling (updated)
Unions express outrage but effect on popular filming states remains unclear.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: Gary Oldman on his ‘Slow Horses’ role, ‘Tinker Tailor’ comparisons
He also played a spy in John Le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.