All Distribution articles – Page 718
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NewsMagnet Relesing takes on US rights to Warlords
Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing has bought North American rights to Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s historical war epic Warlords. It stars Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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NewsKaleidoscope picks up The Heavy
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has acquired UK rights to The Heavy from London-based Parkland Pictures, the sales, distribution and production company.
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NewsLittle Film Company boards adaptation of Poe's Usher
The Little Film Company has boarded rights to The Ushers, a 3D contemporary adaptation of the revered Edgar Alan Poe short story The Fall Of The House Of Usher.
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NewsKorea's Showbox closes deals on Breathless, The Murderer
Korea’s Showbox has closed a duo of French distribution deals in the early days of the market – selling Breathless to Tadrart Films and The Murderer to Wild Side.
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NewsFreeway and RevCheck launch revenue recovery service
Freeway Entertainment Group and German-based distribution auditor RevCheck have launched a new joint venture offering worldwide revenue reconciliation services to the international film industry.
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NewsWe Distribution closes sales on Bodyguards And Assassins
Beijing and Hong Kong-based We Distribution has closed a raft of South-East Asian sales on Teddy Chen’s $23m Bodyguards And Assassins, starring Donnie Yen.
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NewsRogers & Cowans moves Nikki Parker to London
Entertainment PR and marketing agency Rogers & Cowan is reshuffling its film divisions in a move that will see executive vice-president Nikki Parker transfer from Los Angeles to London.
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NewsVanguard picks up US rights to Distant Course and Island Etude
Taipei-based producer-distributor Joint Entertainment International has sold two award-winning Taiwanese titles – The Most Distant Course and Island Etude – to Vanguard International Cinema for the US.
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NewsStudioCanal sells Change of Plans
StudioCanal has sold Daniele Thompson’s latest ensemble work Change Of Plans to IFC for US distribution.
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NewsTLA picks up rights to British gang thriller Shank
TLA Releasing has picked up North America, UK and Irish rights to Simon Pearce’s British gang culture thriller Shank.
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NewsMaya sees the light with Reyes’ Ministers
Maya Entertainment has taken the US rights to the crime thriller The Ministers, starring John Leguizamo and Harvey Keitel
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NewsMetrodome scores UK and Irish rights to Goal III
London distributor Metrodome has picked up UK and Irish rights to Goal III: Taking On The World.
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NewsOverlook turns Macabre for Europe and US
Overlook Entertainment has picked up Europe and US rights for horror film Macabre, the first feature from new Asian genre label Gorylah.
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NewsRevolver brings Sin Nombre to the UK
Revolver Entertainment, the UK distributor, has snapped up Sin Nombre in the UK in its first deal with Focus Features.The thriller, directed by newcomer Cary Joji Fukunaga, follows a Honduran woman seeking the promise of America. Along the way she meets a Mexican gang member struggling to outrun his ...
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NewsLuc Besson dives in The Cove
Filmmaking giant Luc Besson has acquired French rights to award-winning documentary The Cove.
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NewsImage Entertainment acquired US rights to Adam Resurrected
Image Entertainment has acquired US rights from Bleiberg Entertainment to Paul Schrader’s post-war drama Adam Resurrected.
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NewsEuropa Distribution looks toward Latin America
Europa Distribution, the pan-European network of independent distributors, is seeking extra EU funds to forge closer ties with Latin America.
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NewsLightning acquires US rights to four titles
Lightning Media has acquired US rights to four new titles that the company plans to release theatrically in late 2009 and early 2010.
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NewsWarner Bros UK joins The Firm
Warner Bros. Pictures UK will release Nick Love’s latest movie The Firm in a joint venture with Vertigo Films.Set for release in the UK and Ireland on September 25, The Firm which was written and directed by Love, is loosely adapted from Alan Clarke’s classic 1989 drama of the same ...
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NewsMagnet Releasing buys US rights to Red Cliff
Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to John Woos’ period military epic Red Cliff from CAA and Howard Frumes of Alexander, Nau, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz.