IconEntertainment International has boosted its library to more than 300 titleswith the acquisition of the Hammer film library for worldwide sales.

Titlesinclude such genre classics as Dracula Prince Of Darkness starring Christopher Lee, Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell both starring Peter Cushing, and Quatermass & ThePit, which stars Andrew Keir.

"Hammeris one of the great names in film history and it is fantastic to have thesetitles within the Icon library," Icon's international distribution chiefPeter Naish said.

"I'mthrilled that the Hammer Library is now being represented by Icon and that thetitles will continue to find audiences into the twenty first century,"Hammer chairman Larry Chrisfield added.

Icon'supcoming theatrical slate includes Mel Gibson's Apocalypto, Seraphim Fallsstarring Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson, Butterfly On A Wheel starring Brosnan, Gerard Butler and Maria Bello, and It'sA Boy Girl Thing starring Kevin Zegers andSammaire Armstrong.