All articles by John Hazelton – Page 67
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News'Tarzan' beats 'The Purge', 'The BFG' at US box office
UPDATE: Finding Dory stays top for a third weekend; Tarzan’s $38.5m beats out rival new releases The Purge: Election Year and The BFG.
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NewsMichael Cimino dies at 77
The Oscar-winning writer-director was widely acclaimed for The Deer Hunter but fell from grace with Heaven’s Gate.
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News'Landfill Harmonic' set for multi-platform US launch
The award-winning documentary about a Paraguayan youth musical group will go theatrical in September, with VOD, DVD and TV launches to follow.
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News'Ice Age,' 'Tarzan' and 'BFG' make international debuts
INTERNATIONAL PREVIEW: The fifth Ice Age film, a new take on Tarzan and Steven Spielberg’s Roald Dahl adaptation are among this weekend’s international entrants.
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NewsUS Briefs: Academy sets more Oscar dates
Plus: Sing Street re-released in US; Interview with God wraps; and more…
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News'Wreck-It Ralph' sequel in development at Disney
The studio has confirmed plans for a follow-up to its 2012 animated hit, with a March 2018 release date booked.
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NewsNew Line's 'Annabelle 2' starts shooting
The sequel to 2014 horror hit Annabelle has begun principal photography in Los Angeles, with David F Sandberg directing.
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NewsOscilloscope takes on 'Contemporary Color'
The New York-based distributor has bought North American rights to the ‘colour guard’ performance documentary produced by musician David Byrne.
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NewsLionsgate clinches $4.4bn Starz deal
The US mini-major has signed a long-anticipated deal to acquire premium cable network operator Starz, agreeing to pay $4.4bn in cash and stock.
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NewsUS Briefs: 'Finding Dory' passes $300m in record time
Plus: MGM secures new $1bn credit facility; Digimon Adventure gets US release; and more…
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NewsAMPAS calls on diverse new members group
The US Academy’s new invitees are 46% female and 41% people of colour. But research shows industry women still face “systematic lack of trust.”
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NewsMiranda's Fênix open for business in Brazil
EXCLUSIVE: The new Brazilian art cinema distributor has unveiled a slate including films from Marco Bellocchio, Amos Gitai and Gabriel Ripstein.
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News'Team Joy' kicks off for Truth
Dallas Buyers Club producer Truth Entertainment and writer-director Joe Tripician are starting work on a new project about father-daughter grifters.
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NewsParker to get Sundance Vanguard award
Nate Parker, director of The Birth of a Nation, will get this year’s Sundance Institute award, which brings a cash prize and industry mentorship.
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NewsAwesomeness buys YA novel rights
DreamWorks Animation’s Awesomeness Films has acquired film rights to the debut novel by Australian author Krystal Sutherland.
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NewsAbdi set for 'Blade Runner' sequel
The BAFTA-winner boards Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up, joining a cast that already includes Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford and Robin Wright.
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NewsArbouet to direct big screen Benjamin Dove
The Fair Market Value filmmaker will steer Fulton Street Entertainment’s adaptation of the coming-of-age novel.
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NewsBrittania Award for Jackson
BAFTA LA is to present Samuel L Jackson with this year’s Albert R Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment.
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NewsMGM, Fox renew worldwide video deal
Fox will handle DVD and VOD marketing and distribution for MGM’s film and TV product until June 2020.
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NewsUS Briefs: Cinema Guild turns on 'The Wrong Light' for US
Plus: Straight Up buys Man’s Search for Meaning rights; and more…