All Distribution articles – Page 497
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NewsSky moves into distribution with Parthenon Media acqusition
Sky has acquired Parthenon Media Group to distribute the international rights to its original commissions.
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Arclight, Wrenn launch distribution outfit Greenlight
Arclight Films owners Gary Hamilton and Victor Syrmis and Arclight’s local managing director Michael Wrenn are launching an Australian distribution outfit, Greenlight Releasing, which will begin ushering films into cinemas early next year.
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Magnolia Pictures acquires US on A Place At The Table
Participant Media’s documentary explores aspects of the US hunger crisis and will open in the first quarter 2013.
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NewsCinedigm acquires US rights to Journey documentary
The company will release Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey in theatres, on VoD and premium digital platforms in spring 2013.
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Tribeca Film acquires SXSW comedy Somebody Up There Likes Me
Bob Byington’s film stars Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman and Jess Weixler and was produced by Hans Graffunder, Nick Offerman and Faliro House.
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NewsBBC Worldwide partners with See-Saw Films
BBC Worldwide has signed a first look deal with the fledgling television arm of The King’s Speech and Shame co-producer See-Saw Films.
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NewsRubicon Group Holding names Ilyssa Goodman distribution director
Goodman most recently served as marketing consultant and independent producer to Warner Bros and Fox among others and will be based in Los Angeles where she reports to executive director North America David Corbett.
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NewsEntertainment One revenues up 16%
Peppa Pig distributor Entertainment One has seen revenue grow by 16% from 1 April until this month.
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NewsCinedigm, Brazil’s Cinesystem strike digital film deal
The LA-based company reported that its Theatre Command Center TMS solution has been installed at Cinesystem’s five-screen theatre in Hortolandia in the state of Sao Paulo.
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NewsCohen Media Group takes domestic rights to The Attack
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has acquired US and Canadian theatrical and festival rights to Ziad Doueiri’s drama, which as announced on Tuesday will screen as a special presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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Freestyle Digital Media, Hawaii Film Partners Distribution find Bride
The partners will release the action-packed comedy-romance You May Not Kiss The Bride starring Katharine McPhee, Dave Annable, Rob Schneider and Mena Suvari.
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Wolfe Video swoops on Love Free Or Die
Macky Alston’s Outfest entry earned a special jury prize at the festival’s closing ceremony in Los Angeles over the weekend.
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NewsWhite Collar Hooligan 2 to kick off in Spain, Momentum boards UK
EXCLUSIVE: Momentum, Mediawidth Classics take rights for UK, Germany, respectively; original posts strong DVD sales.
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NewsEuropaCorp signs distribution pact with China's Fundamental Films
First picture due for release in Mainland China under the deal will be Luc Besson’s upcoming Malavita.
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NewsThe Dark Knight Rises Paris premiere and press junket cancelled after US shooting
French promotional activities for new Batman film stopped following massacre at midnight screening near Denver, Colorado.
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Red Square Screenings to showcase latest Russian cinema
EXCLUSIVE: The Russian Cinema Fund (Fond Kino) is backing the first Red Square Screenings – to be held in the historic building of the GUM department store in Moscow city centre over five days from October 15-20, 2012 – to promote Russian cinema in the international market.
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NewsChina release date for Dark Knight still unconfirmed
While The Dark Knight Rises tears up the box office in other international territories, its release date in China remains uncertain, although the film has passed censorship and was originally scheduled for a late August release.
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NewsJason Spivak earns digital distribution stripes at SPHE
The executive is named evp of worldwide digital distribution at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and will continue to lead transactional digital business activities.
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NewsDrafthouse picks up Australian shocker Wake In Fright
Ted Kotcheff’s nightmarish tale of a stranded British teacher’s torment at the hands of an Outback gang played in selection in Cannes in 1971 before Martin Scorsese brought a restored version back to the Croisette in 2009.
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Tribeca Film acquires British found footage film Hollow
Michael Axelgaard’s film premiered at Fantasia Festival in 2011 and will open on Sept 19.