All articles by John Hazelton – Page 38
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NewsLionsgate picks new president of domestic TV and digital distribution
Company says the move completes a restructure of its worldwide TV/digital distribution operation.
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NewsAnthony Hopkins feature to premiere on non-fungible token platform
Virtually-shot film becomes first feature acquisition for new NFT outlet Vuele.
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NewsNew feature in the works from ‘Judas And The Black Messiah’ team
Oscar-nominated producers are developing a feature about an American political insurrection.
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NewsPeacock to get Universal titles four months after theatrical
Streamer gets studio films exclusively in new pay-one window arrangement.
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NewsSTX secures world rights to ‘Greenland’ sequel
Seller Anton signs Cannes virtual market deal for Gerard Butler follow-up.
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NewsAGC sets Christopher Smith thriller ‘Consecration’
Supernatural thriller set to shoot in London and Scotland later this year.
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Features“The world was ready": How 'The White Tiger' was finally adapted for the screen
Author Aravind Adiga, filmmaker Ramin Bahrani and exec producer/actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas discuss the dark drama.
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NewsBleecker Street takes Maria Schrader’s ‘I’m Your Man’ for the US
The German comic romance took the best actor Silver Bear at Berlin.
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NewsDigital boost helped offset box office plunge in 2020, says MPA report
Global box office was down 72% in the pandemic year, but digital home revenue jumped 31%.
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News‘Venom’ sequel moves from June to September in US
The change for the Sony sequel follows move by Universal’s F9.
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NewsLibrary Pictures to back Next Entertainment Korean-language slate
The co-financing deal will help fund local projects with potential for US and global remakes.
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NewsHot Docs Forum selects 20 documentaries from 16 countries
BIPOC and women film makers well represented in line-up.
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NewsFilm Independent names winners of emerging filmmaker awards
Previous winner Shaka King named honourary chair for this year’s Spirit Awards.
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NewsHot Docs adds 13 more titles to Special Presentations section
The new entries include In The Same Breath, from One Child Nation director Nanfu Wang.
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News‘Ted K’ goes to Neon label Super Ltd for North America
The true crime drama recently premiered in the Berlin festival’s Panorama section.
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News‘Let The Right One In’ TV pilot to star Demian Bichir
Showtime has ordered the pilot from ITV Studios partnership Tomorrow Studios.
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NewsOscars set for slimmed down, two venue ceremony
The Governors Ball and other in person events before the ceremony will be dropped this year.
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NewsPR companies join call for change at Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Dozens of publicity operations threaten loss of access to clients until plans for change are made clear.
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NewsSundance Institute sets Asian festival spin-off for Jakarta
Event will include films from this year’s US festival, initiatives for Asian talent.
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NewsNatalie Portman, Lupita Nyong’o to star in Alma Har’el’s Apple TV+ series ‘Lady In The Lake’
Portman and Nyong’o will star in the adaptation of a novel about a murder case in sixties Baltimore.