All Distribution articles – Page 621
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NewsWarner, Universal strike deals for Ben Ammar's Black Gold
Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications has signed multi-territory distribution deals with Warner Bros and Universal Pictures for the $55 million epic adventure Black Gold. Warner Bros will distribute the film in France, the United Kingdom, Latin America and the Middle East.
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FilmDistrict names distribution, marketing teams
FilmDistrict, Graham King and Peter Schlessel’s new acquisition, distribution and production company, has unveiled the executive team that will work with theatrical distribution president Bob Berney.
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NewsElite Squad 2 has powerhouse opening in Brazil
Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) sold 1.29 million tickets in Brazil in its first weekend, ranking as the fifth biggest opening of the last ten years in the country.
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Icon won't comment on Weinstein-Blavatnik reports
Icon today had “absolutely no comment” on reports that emerged last night that The Weinstein Company and Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries are reportedly creating a production fund to make mid-level features to be distributed by TWC and Access’ UK-based Icon operation.
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Tom Stewart appointed head of acquisitions at Arrow Films
Tom Stewart, veteran of Metrodome, High Fliers and Fremantle, has joined Arrow Films as head of acquisitions.
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NewsEntertainment acquires Hugo Cabret, Dredd and Freddie Mercury biopic
Leading UK independent Entertainment Film Distributors has taken rights to Martin Scorsese’s 3-D family-mystery Hugo Cabret and the Freddie Mercury biopic from GK Films and Pete Travis’ 3-D sci-fi Dredd from DNA Films and IM Global.
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NewsIFC takes Myth for North America-plus
IFC Films has acquired North American and select international rights - including East-Central Europe and the Middle East - to David Robert Mitchell’s drama The Myth of the American Sleepover.
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NewsEat Pray, Despicable lead international pack
Eat Pray Love and Despicable Me were the big earners at the international box office this weekend, while TheSocial Network started its international run with a second-place opening in Germany.
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NewsSocial Network shows legs at US box office
The Social Network dropped only 30.9% at the North American box office this weekend, taking a chart-topping $15.5m and holding off competition from three new releases.
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No 3D for Deathly Hallows Part 1
Warner Bros Pictures has dropped its plan to do a 3D conversion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 in time for the film’s scheduled November 19 release.
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NewsSocial Network debuts on close-fought international weekend
Buzz-producing awards contender The Social Network has its first international opening this weekend, though it is not likely to be among the handful of US studio films dividing up most of the spoils at the international box office.
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NewsKino nabs The Robber for US
Kino International has acquired all US rights to Benjamin Heisenberg’s Austrian thriller The Robber (der Rauber), which screened last week at the New York Film Festival.
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Tekken goes to eOne for France, Scandinavia
Toronto-based Entertainment One has signed a distribution deal with Steven Paul’s Crystal Sky Pictures for all rights to Tekken in France, Scandinavia and South Africa.
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Paladin to launch Shadyac's I Am
I Am, director Tom Shadyac’s documentary about his post-accident journey of self-discovery, is to be released theatrically in the US by Paladin.
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NewsIndomina gets Wasted on the Young
Indomina Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Australian teen thriller Wasted on the Young (pictured), which had its international premiere in the Discovery section of last month’s Toronto festival.
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Paramount’s German outpost picks up second German production
Shooting has begun today on Elmar Fischer’s sensitive comedy Offroad, which marks the second local pickup by the German outpost of Paramount Pictures.
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Arclight to offer Wolf Creek 2 at AFM
Arclight Films is to offer a sequel to successful 2005 Australian horror thriller Wolf Creek at next month’s American Film Market in Santa Monica.
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Moving Pictures adopts First Dog
Moving Pictures Film & TV (MPF&TV) has acquired all international rights to family film First Dog.
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Red Flag sets US launch for Meskada
Red Flag Releasing is to give independent crime thriller Meskada a simultaneous US theatrical/VOD/digital download release on December 3.
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Disney, Warner sign international TV deals
At what is turning out to be a busy Mipcom for the US studios, Walt Disney and Warner Bros have announced new international TV volume deals for Italy, the Middle East and Scandinavia.