Magnolia Pictures nabs “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” doc March 16, 2015 - 11:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Magnolia Pictures has acquired domestic distribution rights to “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine”, a documentary directed by Alex Gibney that just premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, TheWrap reports. The Wagner/Cuban Company said that it had picked up the CNN Films and Jigsaw production, a candid telling of the Apple legend through interviews with a handful of those close to Jobs at different stages in his life. No financial details were immediately available, but Magnolia gets theatrical, video on-demand and home entertainment rights while CNN Films has the television broadcast distribution rights. “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine,” will be the seventh film directed by Gibney to be distributed by Magnolia. It was produced by Gibney and Viva Van Loock and executive produced for CNN Films by Vinnie Malhotra and Amy Entelis, and for Jigsaw by Stacey Offman and Gaby Darbyshire. The deal was negotiated by Magnolia senior vice-president of acquisitions Dori Begley with Josh Braun of Submarine on behalf of the filmmakers. Gibney directed “Taxi to the Dark Side,” the winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, focused on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed at Bagram Air Force Base in 2002.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
