All articles by Ian Sandwell – Page 47
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CommentFantasia: Satoshi Miki talks It's Me, It's Me
Japanese director Satoshi Miki was in attendance at Fantasia International Film Festival as his latest film It’s Me, It’s Me received its Canadian premiere.
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NewsMonsters University tops UK chart
Disney’s animated prequel scores $5.2m (£3.45m) debut to dethrone Despicable Me 2; Warner Bros’ Pacific Rim opens with $3.3m (£2.19m).
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NewsFantasia jurors include Kern, Neece
Montreal-based genre festival also announces final wave of programming, including world premieres of Curse of Chucky and Zombie Hunter, starring Danny Trejo [pictured].
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NewsDespicable Me 2 holds UK lead
Universal’s animated sequel adds $5.9m (£3.99m) for impressive $34.1m (£22.9m) to date; eOne’s Now You See Me debuts strongly with $4.3m (£2.9m).
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NewsDespicable Me 2 tops UK box office
Universal’s animated sequel scores outstanding $22.6m (£14.9m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Man of Steel.
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NewsWWZ tops Man of Steel at int'l box office
World War Z’s excellent second weekend of $70.1m sees Paramount past the $1bn mark for 2013; Man of Steel crosses $500m worldwide; Monsters University crosses $300m worldwide.
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NewsMonsters University retains US lead
Disney/Pixar’s sequel adds estimated $46.2m to stay number one; Fox’s The Heat debuts strongly with $40m.
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NewsFrightFest unveils biggest line-up
The 14th edition of London-based genre festival to screen record 51 films across August Bank Holiday weekend (Aug 22-26) with ten world premieres; UK premieres include Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are [pictured].
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NewsA24 acquires The Rover
David Michôd’s latest film [pictured] stars Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.
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NewsParamount sets new Terminator for 2015
Rebooted film will be the first in a stand-alone trilogy and will be produced by Megan Ellison of Annapurna and David Ellison of Skydance.
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NewsGyllenhaal to star in Honourable Woman
Actress to play lead role in drama series set against an international political backdrop.
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NewsOscilloscope to release Off Label
Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher’s documentary [pictured] will be given a theatrical and digital release in August.
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NewsIFC Midnight acquires +1
Dennis Iliadis’ supernatural thriller [pictured] premiered at this year’s SXSW.
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NewsTribeca unveils New Media Fund recipients
Six interactive non-fiction transmedia projects awarded a total of $400,000.
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NewsBron, Southpaw ink two-film deal
Vancouver-based studio to fully finance and produce two features on Southpaw’s slate.
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NewsBruno Wu launches Seven Stars Constellation
New company will focus on the development, production and distribution of Chinese language films for the burgeoning Chinese market.
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NewsAmazon Studios options extended to short films
Studio opens its development process to short films and concept videos.
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NewsFifty Shades gets August 2014 release
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s highly anticipated film adaptation of E L James’ bestseller will be distributed domestically by Focus Features.
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NewsWorld’s End to close Fantasia
Edgar Wright’s sci-fi comedy [pictured] among first wave of announced titles for upcoming genre festival.
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NewsPaul Hall joins Codeblack Films
Producer’s credits include Tyler Perry’s Temptation, Madea’s Witness Protection and Shaft.