All Distribution articles – Page 479
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NewsMillennium, Gravitas sign distribution pact
Gravitas will handle digital distribution duties while Millennium will oversee DVD releases on a slate that includes Sundance 2013 entry Hell Baby [pictured].
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NewsArtsploitation acquires Animals
EXCLUSIVE: Artsploitation Films has acquired North American and UK theatrical, TV, VoD, Digital and DVD rights to the Spanish fantasy drama Animals.
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NewsUK releases update: Jurassic Park 3D, Grace of Monaco
Metrodome set date for The Deep, while Universal move back R.I.P.D. to August.
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NewsWHSmith set for DVD push, distributors claim
British retailer WHSmith has sought to distance itself from persistent rumours that it is poised to head back into the DVD business.
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NewsFilm Movement takes Watchtower
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Visit Film to Pelin Esmer’s Turkish drama and anticipates an autumn release.
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NewsO-Scope acquires 12 O’Clock Boys
The recent SXSW premiere will next screen at the Hot Docs and Full Frame documentary festivals before Oscilloscope Laboratories takes it to additional festivals prior to theatrical, DVD and digital release.
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NewsVoltage acquires Paul Schrader’s The Canyons
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has acquired international rights to Paul Schrader’s much-publicised crowd funded thriller The Canyons starring Lindsay Lohan. IFC will distribute in the US in early summer.
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NewsDogwoof takes to The Act of Killing
UK distributor nabs Joshua Oppenheimer’s acclaimed documentary about Indonesia’s murderous 1960’s paramilitary.
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NewseOne strikes multi-territory Scintilla deal
AV Pictures and producers strike deal for sci-fi-thriller currently shooting in the UK.
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NewsFox runs Vine Wolverine ad
Hollywood continued to dip its toes in the viral marketing potential of the Twitter-owned platform on Monday [25] as director James Mangold launched a six-second clip of Fox’s upcoming superhero release.
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NewsLightning to sell The Reckoning
Jonathan LaPaglia and Luke Hemsworth have joined the cast of The Reckoning, which is set to begin shooting on Apr 29 in Australia. Lightning Entertainment will handle international sales.
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NewsTWC sets Grace for awards run
The Weinstein Company will distribute Nicole Kidman starrer Grace Of Monaco in limited release in the US on Dec 27, positioning the film for an awards season play.
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NewsTugg, Codeblack free Angela
Tugg and Lionsgate-owned Codeblack Films will partner on the release of Free Angela And All Political Prisoners.
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NewsCMG acquires Go For Sisters
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has taken all international rights to the John Sayles thriller following its world premiere in SXSW.
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NewsFocus World, Screen Media acquire The Lifeguard
Kickstarter heroine Kristen Bell stars in the Sundance premiere directed by Liz W Garcia. Joker Films handles international rights.
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NewsGravitas takes Jug Face
Gravitas Ventures has acquired US VoD rights to Slamdance entry Jug Face.
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Newsro*co to sell Dark Matter of Love
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah McCarthy’s film is about a Russian orphan learning to love her adoptive parents.
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NewsFox unleashes The Croods
A new era begins this weekend when Fox distributes its first DreamWorks Animation film in the shape of The Croods.
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NewsCanadian deal for The Wait
Visit Films has licensed Canadian rights to M Blash’s The Wait to Berkshire Axis Media (BAM) Distribution Inc following the film’s premiere at SXSW.
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NewsGlobal box office hit $34.7bn in 2012
Global box office in 2012 climbed 6% on the previous year to reach a record $34.7bn as international gross receipts accounted for 69% of the pie, gaining 6% on 2011 levels to finish on an unprecedented $23.9bn.








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