All Distribution articles – Page 616
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NewsWeinsteins go to war over MPAA ratings for awards duo
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is preparing to lock horns with the MPAA over the ratings for its two top awards season contenders.
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NewseOne's library now valued at $250m
In reporting its interim results for the six months ended Sept 30, eOne noted that its revenue was up 30% to £212m.
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NewsDogwoof acquires nine NFB docs including Up the Yangtze
Leading UK theatrical distributor for socially conscious films, Dogwoof, has acquired distribution rights to nine documentaries from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), including the multi-award winning Up the Yangtze( EyeSteelFilm/NFB).
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Medusa strikes multi-territory deal with Alliance Films
Italy’s leading distributor and film production company Medusa and Canada’s Alliance Films have inked a multi-territory deal to cooperate on acquisitions and co-productions.
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NewsUK Film Council gives latest round of innovative digital distribution support
Upcoming UK releases Monsters, Chalet Girl and Chatroom are amongst the films to benefit from the last round of the UKFC’s Digital Innovation in Distribution scheme.
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Henry's Crime finds US home with Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures Film & TV (MPF&TV) will release the Keanu Reeves rom-com in North America after Maitland Primrose Group acquired rights in a deal brokered by CAA.
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Paladin acquires US rights to mystery Footsteps
Mark Urman’s boutique distributor has set exclusive engagements for New York and Los Angeles in March 2011.
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NewsTribeca Film takes US rights to Bang Bang Club
Tribeca Film has taken the Apartheid drama off the shelf and will release theatrically in the second quarter of 2011 as well as on VOD and other platforms.
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NewsResident Evil: Afterlife gets wide 3D release in China
DMG Entertainment, a Los Angeles and Beijing-based entertainment firm, has secured a theatrical release for Resident Evil: Afterlife in China, marking the first time that the franchise has been released in the country.
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Film Movement nets Uruguayan drama Bad Day To Go Fishing
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Uruguay’s 2009 foreign language Oscar submission Bad Day To Go Fishing.
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Celluloid Nightmares, Mongrel Media close three-film deal
Deals closed at AFM for Canadian rights to Jon Hewitt’s X, Fernando Barreda Luna’s Atrocious and The Orozco Brothers’ Greetings To The Devil. All three films are targeting festival premieres in early 2011.
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Screen Media takes North American ancillary rights to La Soga
7-57 Releasing has licensed North American ancillary rights to Screen Media Films for Josh Crook’s Dominican hit La Soga.
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NewsWarner Bros take Spanish rights to comedy Primos
Spanish director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s new $3.7m comedy Primos has been sold to Warner Bros for theatrical distribution in Spain.
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NewsTilva Rosh wins in Estoril; Europa Distribution conference hosts 60 distributors
Nikolai Lezaic’s drama has picked up the Best Film Award and the Cineuropa Award at the fourth Estoril Film Festival in Portugal.
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New partnership to give US distribution finance for Australian films
Australia’s Media Funds Management (MFM) and US company OutSource Media Group (OMG) have formed a partnership to offer Australian and New Zealand films budgeted at A$15-50 million with distribution finance to support a studio style North American release.
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NewsArrow snaps up titles to boost UK theatrical presence
The distributor has acquired a raft of new films at AFM that it plans to release theatrically.
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NewsMegamind still in charge in North America on $30m hold
DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind is racing towards the $100m and stayed top in its second weekend as an estimated 30.1m following a 35% slide boosted the tally to $89.8m.
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NewsUnstoppable lives up to name with $19.3m overseas debut
Fox International’s runaway train thriller launched day-and-date with North America in 39 territories and grossed $19.3m from 4,137 screens, the distributor confirmed on Monday [15]. It will enjoy a brief reign given that Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 arrives next week.
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NewsWide signs raft of deals at autumn markets
The French sales company reveals deals on Laure Charpentier’s Gigola (pictured), René Féret’s Nannerl and more.