All Distribution articles – Page 531
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NewsCannes market buoyed by new equity, new titles
There were two deluges in Cannes. The torrent of scripts from new sales companies heightened the sense of anticipation heading into the market, but by the rain-soaked midway point a clearer sense of reality had set in.
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NewsExclusive Media eyes Millennium Entertainment acquisition
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Sinclair (pictured) and Guy East’s ambitious company is said to be in early talks with a view to entering the domestic distribution arena as it emerged that at least another three new domestic distributors plan to launch within the next 12 to 18 months.
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NewsTLA Releasing takes worldwide rights on Terracino’s Elliot Loves
Elliot Loves charts the adventures of Dominican-American Elliot Ayende as a nine year-old who is best friend to his single mother and as a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
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Reel Suspects sells thriller The Second Death
Reel Suspects has sold Argentinian director Santiago Fernandez’s debut The Second Death to Germany/Austria and Turkey.
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NewsLionsgate and StudioCanal renew library deal
StudioCanal to distribute next instalment of The Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire in German speaking territories.
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SnagFilms picks up trio from Submarine for VoD, digital
Submarine has licensed a package of three films to SnagFilms for exclusive US VoD and digital distribution.
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Cannes deals roundup: DC Medias, Jinga, Hawthorn, Delacheroy
Deals include Jinga Films selling romantic comedy Timer and Hawthorn selling UK sci fi feature UFO.
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eOne, RKO Pictures plan joint US release on A Late Quartet
The partners have earmarked an autumn release for Yaron Zilberman’s debut starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken.
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NewsMatch Factory strikes groundbreaking distribution initiative
€400,000 initiative is backed by the EU’s Media Mundus.
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NewsMedia Luna picks up Student, Kid
Midway through the market, Media Luna has taken international rights to three new films.
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NewsIFC wins bidding war for Wheatley’s Sightseers
In a deal concluded late last night Cannes time IFC took US rights to Ben Wheatley’s dark comedy Sightseers from Protagonist Pictures.
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NewsProtagonist books The Sweeney into eOne for US
EXCLUSIVE: eOne continues to ramp its US distribution slate with the acquisition of Protagonist’s The Sweeney, which the distributor had previously picked up for UK and Canada; deals flow for Nick Love’s crime-drama and Vertigo’s Viking epic Hammer of the Gods.
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NewsWild Bunch Benelux goes on buying spree
Mid way through the market, company boss Pim Hermeling has confirmed a raft of market and festival acquisitions.
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Submarine, Dakota Group partner on Torpedo Pictures
The label will fund and distribute low-budget genre titles in the $500,000-$1.5m range with a focus on auteur-driven directors.
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NewsStealth's Marble City goes to Japan
Parco and Klockworx pick up Ryuhei Kitamura’s noir action thriller.
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Jinga’s Timer clocks up buys
UK sales outfit Jinga Films is selling out on Jac Schaeffer’s romantic-comedy Timer.
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Prison guard thriller Screwed goes to Inception for North America
Inception Media Group has acquired North American rights to the thriller Screwed, based on the book by former prison guard Ronnie Thompson.
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Anchor Bay, Red Sea strike deals on Officer Down, Pawn
Anchor Bay has swooped on all English speaking territories for action a pair of action films, Officer Down and Pawn. Red Sea Media is handling international sales on both titles Cannes.
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TrustNordisk’s Escape files to US with eOne, Australia with Rialto
TrustNordisk’s action-adventure Escape continues to sell well on promo and is now on its way to US and Australia.
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NewsSPC picks up North American rights to Directors’ Fortnight entry No
Pablo Larraín’s story is based on true events and stars Gael García Bernal as an advertising executive who in 1988 is hired to spearhead the Chilean opposition leader’s campaign after military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls a referendum.









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