All articles by John Hazelton – Page 93
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FeaturesThe woo factor
Animation talent is in demand. On the eve of France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 6-11), Screen looks at how US studios recruit international animators, and the creative benefits they bring
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NewsSaldana, Wilde join cast of The Words
Literary thriller stars Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid.
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NewsX-Men prequel in global launch
X-Men: First Class becomes Hollywood’s latest global summer release this weekend, opening on 8,127 screens in 75 international markets at the same time as it makes its North American debut.
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Maya signs international deals on Cafe
Maya Entertainment has sold Jennifer Love Hewitt romantic comedy Café to 13 international markets.
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Sobini's Sexy Evil Genius adds cast
Seth Green, Michelle Trachtenberg, Billy Baldwin, and Harold Perrineau Jr have joined the cast of Sobini Films’ Sexy Evil Genius.
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Paladin gets Connected for US
Sundance documentary competition entry Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology is to be distributed in the US by Paladin.
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NewsTinker, Tailor set for awards season US launch
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has been set for a North American release on Nov 18 through Focus Features, positioning the big screen version of John Le Carre’s classic spy thriller in the middle of awards season.
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NewsLife in a Day to get digital US premiere
Cinedigm Digital Cinema and National Geographic Entertainment are to release Life in a Day to digital cinemas across the US on July 24, five days before National Geographic gives the user-generated documentary its traditional US theatrical launch.
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NewsLegendary plans Robinson project
Legendary Pictures is to make a film about Jackie Robinson, the forties American baseball player who broke the sport’s colour barrier.
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Sholem to International Film Circuit
International Film Circuit has acquired US rights to documentary Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness, about the writer who helped forge the modern Jewish identity and whose stories became the basis of musical Fiddler on the Roof.
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NewsRelativity spins off Universal fund
In a move designed to avoid “inherent conflicts of interest,” Relativity Media is spinning off its Universal Pictures co-financing fund to its minority stakeholder Elliott Management Corporation.
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Deluxe creates Method Studios effects banner
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is to re-brand its visual effects companies Method and CIS Visual Effects as Method Studios.
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California tax credit extension moves on
A five-year, $500m extension of California’s film and TV tax credit program has been approved in the State Assembly.
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NewsTurin Horse to Cinema Guild for US
The Cinema Guild has acquired US distribution rights to Hungarian film-maker Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse, winner of the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
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NY Asian festival sets premieres
This year’s New York Asian Film Festival will give world premieres to Takashi Miike’s Ninja Kids!!! and Eiji Uchida’s The Last Days of the World and international premieres to the Johnnie To-produced Punished and Yu Irie’s Ringing in Their Ears.