Bleecker Street has signed an exclusive three-year output deal with Showtime Networks, effective in March, that includes an initial wave of theatrical releases including Sundance entries 892 and Summering and Naomi Watts survival thriller Infinite Storm.
Showtime will carry Bleecker films across its on-air, on-demand and streaming premium services within five months of initial release. The deal comprises up to 12 films a year, all of which will be released theatrically by Bleecker Street.
Initial titles include Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert’s Infinite Storm (March 25); Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s drama Montana Story (May 13); Emma Holly Jones’s Mr. Malcolm’s List with Freida Pinto (July 1); and James Ponsoldt’s coming-of-age drama Summering and Abi Damaris Corbin’s thriller 892 with John Boyega, both of which will open this summer.
Also on the slate are Guy Nattiv’s Golda Meir drama Golda starring Helen Mirren (Q4) and Catherine Hardwicke’s action comedy Mafia Mamma with Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci (2023).
Kent Sevener, EVP of content acquisition at Showtime Networks, and Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen made the announcement.
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