All United States articles – Page 738
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'Dheepan' and 'Paulina' triumph in Miami
Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan won the Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize and Argentine filmmaker Santiago Mitre’s Paulina won the Lexus Ibero-American Feature Film Prize at the 33rd edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival.
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'Zootopia' stays top in US on $51m
MARCH 14 UPDATE: Disney’s latest animation juggernaut held on to pole position in its second session as a confirmed $51.3m boosted the running total to $143.9m.
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Napster co-founder’s first-run film service draws fire
Sean Parker’s The Screening Room is shaping up to be a controversial proposition as exhibitors and celebrated film-makers including Peter Jackson line up on opposite sides of the release window divide.
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Kevin Spacey passes on Relativity chairman role
The actor has stepped away from the position announced in January as the company continues to wade through a restructure process, according to court documents.
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IM Global names trio of new hires
The Los Angeles-based production, sales and financing venture, whose upcoming slate of releases includes Free State Of Jones, has bulked up its finance, business and legal affairs, and marketing and publicity divisions.
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US Briefs: Paramount pulls out of US release of 'The Little Prince'
Plus: Imax, UN in programme to effect change.
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John Goodman joins 'Patriots Day'
The star of March 11 new release 10 Cloverfield Lane joins previously announced J.K. Simmons and Mark Wahlberg on CBS Films and Lionsgate’s Boston Marathon bombing drama.
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Adam Pinney, 'The Arbalest'
Mike Brune stars in the SXSW Narrative Feature Competition selection as Foster Kalt, a toy inventor who reflects on his lifelong obsession with one Sylvia Frank.
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Jake Oelman and Robert Oelman, 'Learning To See'
Jake Oelman on his SXSW film about his father Robert, a former psychologist who left his life behind to move to Colombia where he spends his days photographing rare insects.
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Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy, 'Hush'
Director Mike Flanagan and producer and Intrepid Pictures principal Trevor Macy talk to Jeremy Kay about their latest horror film and Netflix acquisition ahead of its world premiere at SXSW on Saturday.
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Marketing exec Christine Birch rejoins Sony
The executive previously served at the studio in senior positions for 12 years and returns in the newly created role of evp of domestic creative marketing strategy.
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A24 picks up 'Free Fire' for the US
The cutting-edge distributor, fresh from its recent three-Oscar haul, has acquired US rights to UK wunderkind Ben Wheatley’s thriller.
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Netflix buys SXSW premiere 'Hush'
The digital platform is understood to have paid low to mid-seven figures for global streaming rights to Mike Flanagan’s follow-up to Oculus ahead of Saturday’s world premiere in Austin, Texas.
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Christina Kounelias lands Participant marketing role
The executive arrives from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences and will serve in the newly created role of evp of worldwide marketing and communications.
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Michael Fisk joins Lionsgate international marketing
The 12-year Sony Pictures veteran has joined the studio in the newly created position of evp of international marketing.
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US Briefs: Golden Gate 3D, BBC Earth, Giant Screen Films go to 'Cuba'
Plus: Erik Lomis exits TWC, joins Annapurna; and more…
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Shoreline takes worldwide rights to 'Bodkin Ras'
EXCLUSIVE: Shoreline has acquired worldwide sales rights to Kaweh Modiri’s docu-fiction hybrid, which will receive its North American premiere at SXSW on Saturday.
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Trinidad-based director of 'Moving Parts' turns to Kickstarter
American film-maker Emilie Upczak is appealing to backers to support a Kickstarter campaign for her human smuggling drama.