All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 499
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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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'Zootopia' to hit $300m worldwide
UPDATE: Zootopia is shaping up to be the latest Disney hit at the global box office and stands at $299.7m worldwide.
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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.
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XYZ Films promotes Katz, hires Ardon
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based company has promoted Mette-Marie Katz to director of feature and TV development after serving as the company’s director of sales.
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IFC Films, FilmRise in Sundance swoops
Park City premieres Certain Women and The Greasy Strangler have found US homes.
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Robert Redford, Jason Segel sign up for 'The Discovery'
The actors have joined Rooney Mara in Charlie McDowell’s sci-fi romance as it gears up for a production start later this month in Rhode Island.
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Americas Briefs: 'The Bachelors' cast bulks up
Plus: Tyler Perry greenlights Apartheid drama; Semana Del Cine Español to kick off in Puerto Rico
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'A Fantastic Woman' wraps shoot
Sebastián Lelio’s follow-up to his award-winning Gloria has completed principal photography in Santiago, Chile, for Participant Media, Fabula and Komplizen.
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'Elvis & Nixon' named Tribeca centrepiece
Festival top brass unveiled on Tuesday the Spotlight, Midnight, Special screenings, centrepiece, Works In Progress screenings and the line-up for the 10th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.
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Nicolas Cage to direct 'Vengeance'
The Oscar-winning actor is attached to star in Vengeance: A Love Story and will direct the project.
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Vimeo launches Share The Screen
The digital platform on Tuesday unveiled a series of events at SXSW designed to further the industry equality agenda
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'The Finest Hours' to cost Disney $75m
Disney CEO Bob Iger told the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet & Telecom Conference on Tuesday what the Coast Guard thriller’s box office performance would cost the company in the current quarter.
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Prodigy PR pair rise to vice-president roles
Jason Kasperski and Jenny Bloom have been promoted to vice-president – corporate communications, and vice-president – film publicity, respectively.