All Distribution articles – Page 591
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NewsMagnet drawn to Ti West's The Innkeepers
Hot off the heels of a Toronto buying spree Magnet Releasing announced on Tuesday it had acquired US theatrical and VoD rights to West’s ghost film.
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News234 Media to release Viva Riva! in West Africa
The gangster thriller will be released in 18 African countries, starting in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the film was shot.
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NewsShoreline takes on Adrift: People of a Lesser God, Vanished
Shoreline Entertainment picks up doc Adrift: People of A Lesser God and thriller Vanished
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NewsWild Bunch takes stake in Spanish distributor Vertigo
Vertigo’s existing team will remain in place and will continue to be led by co-founder Andres Martin.
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NewsUPI names Patel as SVP, Marketing Strategy and Media
Shephali Patel has been with Universal Pictures since 2006.
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NewsLionsgate, Roadside find Friends as Music Box dives into Sea
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have picked up all US rights to Jennifer Westfeldt’s Toronto world premiere Friends With Kids, while fierce interest continued to swirl around Hysteria. Music Box meanwhile concluded its deal with Protagonist for US rights on The Deep Blue Sea.
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NewsUniversal and Paramount renew NZ home entertainment deal
Paramount extends DVD and Blu-ray deal with multi-year agreement.
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NewsSmurfs gross $17m to rule international for sixth session
Universal’s Johnny English may have been breathing down their necks but Sony’s smurfs kept their cool to hold on to pole position as an estimated $17.3m from 6,900 screens in 72 markets boosted the running total to $344.5m
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NewsLion King re-release dominates US charts on $29m debut
Disney’s re-release of The Lion King, the 1994 hit reformatted into 3D to inject extra pizzazz to consumers, launched at number one on an estimated $29.3m.
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NewsMagnolia nets psycho-thriller The Hunter in Toronto
Magnolia Pictures has closed a deal for US rights to Daniel Nettheim’s psychological thriller following its Toronto world premiere.
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NewsATO Pictures tastes The Oranges; WWE buys The Day
The late torrent of Toronto deal continued heading into the weekend as ATO Pictures said on Friday (16) it had picked up North America rights to The Oranges while WWE Studios acquired US rights to The Day.
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NewsJohnny English poised to step into the void as Smurfs slows
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) The Smurfs has ruled the roost for several weekends and has begun to slow down after a magnificent run that has yielded more than $322.8m.
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NewsTrishna goes to Sundance Selects for North America
Sundance Selects has confirmed its acquisition of all North American rights to Trishna, Michael Winterbottom’s India-set contemporary retelling of Tess Of The D’Urbevilles.
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NewsGaga closes deal on Paul WS Anderson's Pompeii
Gaga Corporation has closed a deal on its second major film at Toronto, buying Japanese rights to Impact Pictures’ $100m romantic adventure epic Pompeii from Summit Entertainment.
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FeaturesThe Inbetweeners Movie: Anatomy of a UK hit
Screen breaks down the keys to success for the UK’s summer sensation The Inbetweeners Movie, the territory’s most successful independent comedy ever and its third-biggest film of the year.
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NewsIFC shopping spree lands Sister's Sister, 4:44, Incident
A flurry of Toronto deals emerged late on Wednesday (14) as UTA and Submarine sold Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister to IFC for North and Latin America, StudioCanal for the UK and Madman for Australia and New Zealand in a bundle of deals that amounted to approximately $1.5m.
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NewsEuropa Distribution to host VOD session during San Sebastian workshop
European distribution alliance to host a two-day session on VOD as part of its three-day workshop
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NewsDigital platform Prescreen launches with eye on social media
The model is designed to offer filmmakers and distributors an alternative to traditional channels through the mass marketing of curated content that is then shared by users through social media.
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NewsGaga takes Japan on StudioCanal's Tinker Tailor
Gaga Corporation has bought Japanese rights to Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy from StudioCanal. The deal closed at the Toronto International Film Festival between StudioCanal’s Harold Van Lier and Gaga’s Tom Yoda.