All Universal articles – Page 26
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NewsUni dates The Huntsman
The Snow White And The Huntsman spin-off stars Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron has shunted The Mummy into a summer 2016 slot.
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NewsLucy tops North America on $44m
EuropaCorp’s thriller starring Scarlett Johansson delivered a strong debut through Universal as box office for the top 12 matched the comparable session of 2013.
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FeaturesLuc Besson, Lucy
The French director of La Femme Nikita and Leon: The Professional returns with a new super-female – and in this case it’s no exaggeration. Plus he tells Jeremy Kay why the first meeting with Scarlett Johansson was like two dogs sniffing each other’s butts.
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NewsJason Blum cements Uni ties
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have signed a 10-year first-look production deal as Jason Blum looks to form partnerships across NBCUniversal.
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NewsUni acquires Jolie-Pitt starrer
Universal Pictures has prevailed in a studio bidding war, picking up world rights to the drama By The Sea that will mark the first time Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have starred together since Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2007.
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NewsUni moves Fast 7 up in 2015
Fast & Furious 7 will no longer open on April 10 2015 but one week earlier on April 3 as part of several scheduling announcements from the Universal fold.
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NewsUniversal dates Pacific Rim 2
Guillermo del Toro returns will return to the director’s chair for the Legendary Pictures sci-fi sequel.
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NewsUni puts Bourne pic back to 2016
Universal Pictures announced on Wednesday (18) that it had moved Untitled Next Bourne Chapter from its August 14 2015 slot.
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NewsUni takes world on Coens' Caesar
Universal has picked up worldwide rights to Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest original screenplay, Hail, Caesar!
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NewsUni, Legendary extend Imax deal
The production partners have agreed with Imax for the latter to release up to 15 of their films through 2017.
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NewsGoldstine named Universal marketing head
Josh Goldstine has been appointed the studio’s president of worldwide marketing.
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NewsUni commits to multicultural marketing team
Universal Pictures has announced “an intensified commitment” to its multicultural marketing division and promoted Fabian Castro to oversee the department and extended Talitha Watkins’ contract.
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NewsNoomi Rapace joins Brilliance
Noomi Rapace will star in Legendary Pictures’ Brilliance, which Julius Onah will direct from a script by David Koepp.
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FeaturesNicholas Stoller, Neighbors
Nicholas Stoller is the director of such films as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Five-Year Engagement and Get Him To The Greek, which he also co-wrote. He is also the screenwriter of Fun With Dick And Jane, Yes Man and this year’s Muppets Most Wanted.
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NewsCineEurope to fete Duncan Clark
The president of distribution at Universal Pictures International will receive the 2014 International Distributor Of The Year Award in Barcelona on June 17.
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NewsNikki Rocco to retire from Universal
The longtime president of distribution is to step down at the end of 2014 after 18 years in the role.
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NewsSeventh Son, Warcraft gets Chinese backing
China Film Co has put money into its first Hollywood films, paying what is believed to be in excess of an eight-figure equity investment in the pair of Legendary projects.
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NewsFocus sets Bayona release
A Monster Calls, Juan Antonio Bayona’s adventure fantasy follow-up to The Impossible, will arrive in theatres in wide release in late 2016.
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NewsOcho on course for Spanish record
UPDATED APRIL 7: Emilio Martinez-Lazaro’s rom-com Ocho Apellidos Vascos will become on April 7 the biggest Spanish-language release of all time in Spain and Universal’s biggest release in the territory.
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NewsUniversal changes int'l structure
The studio hierarchy is changing the structure of international operations and will relocate the head of international theatrical operations to LA to foster closer ties with the rest of the executive team.