The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is expanding its brand in new and exciting ways,
including a film distribution company, founded in 2010, which has already garnered three Academy Award nominations and Birth.Movies.Death., an entertainment content platform for movie lovers.
Not exact matches
The
films will be produced by a cast of popular YouTube creators and stars,
including Joey Graceffa (3.6 million subscribers), Joe Penna (2.8 million) and Sawyer Hartman (1.7 million), and will be distributed through the creator's individual channels, with the potential for extended content deals, branded entertainment, and wider
distribution if the videos prove to be a hit.
While studios can lobby for their
films to be
included in that quota, there is no magic formula that guarantees
distribution.
The
film will
include music from Capitol Christian
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Distribution, who will also handle the home entertainment
distributiondistribution.
One reason might be that,
including sub-brands Dimension and RADiUS (which emphasizes VOD over theatrical
distribution), TWC released more
films last year: 28, compared to just 20 the prior year.
Sony also had the lowest per -
film average gross of the six major distributors in 2011, and its foreign box office growth (which
includes a nice total for The Adventures of Tintin, for which Sony held the foreign
distribution rights) didn't prevent the studio from finishing fifth in global market share for the second straight year.
At ITVS she served as Director of
Distribution, Campaigns, and Strategic Partnerships where she produced multiple high impact campaigns for
films including Half the Sky, The Invisible War, and Ted Talks on PBS.
He was named president of NBCUniversal International in 2011, and though his primary focus has been TV
distribution and production, he'd been tasked with several
film - related responsibilities,
including overseas
distribution and marketing.
It was the first theatrical
distribution company dedicated to bringing international art - house
films to U.S. audiences,
including the work of Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergei Eisenstein, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, François Truffaut, and Yasujiro Ozu.
Since GATW's departure, he's programmed for the Alamo Drafthouse, Fantastic Fest, Rooftop Films and the Sundance
Film Festival, worked in
film distribution for Cinedigm in New York, and his reviews, interviews, and editorials have been featured on websites
including Twitch,
Film.com, MTV,
Film Threat, Indiewire's The Playlist, We Got This Covered, Latino Review, Dallas Observer, Culture Map, Central Track, Hammer to Nail, Denton Record - Chronicle, and the Dallas Morning News.
For example, prior to digital
distribution, horror
films from filmmakers working in countries like Japan, Spain, and Italy were traded on VHS and DVDs by American fans of the genre,
including movies that never saw an official theatrical release in the United States.
The below list only
includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty
films — which we define to
include independent, foreign (
including Bollywood
films), and / or documentary
films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018
distribution by an independent distributor (
including STX
Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (
including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).
Sure, this handily surpasses the barren and insufficient Fox disc, but in Japan, the
film's DVD
included multiple trailers for the Totoro / Fireflies double billing (Fireflies is oddly not covered in Disney's
distribution deal), a 20 - minute behind - the - scenes featurette, and a piece on Tokyo's Studio Ghibli Museum.
Programs will
include ShortsLabs, New Frontier Flash Labs and Screenwriters Intensives, as well as immersive workshops on documentary storytelling,
film music, and creative marketing and
distribution.
Deadline has word that Producers
Distribution Agency (PDA) will release the
film in theaters (in partnership with Abramaorama and FilmBuff) starting October 11th at New York City's IFC Center and will be made available on VOD
including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Cable Movies On Demand, YouTube, XBOX, Sony Playstation, Cinemanow and Vudu.
Many major production companies
including Disney and Warner Bros. turned down the
film but it finally found
distribution through the then - small New Line Cinema.
The
film received excellent reviews (
including our own), and while many assumed that legal issues would prevent it from ever getting
distribution, experts have since suggested that everything Moore does falls within fair use.
Film festivals mostly tend to feature a wide collection of upcoming indie
films,
including many of which that are seeking out major studios for
distribution to audiences around the world.
Hope has made Amazon the anti-Netflix — many believing Netflix is burying their quality
films — bringing aboard indie
distribution veteran Bob Berney to make sure each
film took full advantage of each
distribution window,
including theatrical, before hitting Prime for free.
Relativity is a next - generation studio engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment,
including film production; financing and
distribution; television; sports management; music publishing and digital media.
Wrekin Hill, a production and
distribution banner formed by Chris Ball and Rene Cogan, who previously produced and distributed an impressive slate of bold indie
films during their tenure at Newmarket
Films,
including Richard Kelly's «Donnie Darko,» Christopher Nolan's «Memento» and Patty Jenkins «Monster.»
This indie horror has been playing at various genre
film festivals the last few months,
including Fantasy Filmfest in Germany and Toronto After Dark, but still doesn't have any US
distribution set yet.
Release: While the
film has sold in numerous territories
including the U.K. and Canada, Malick has apparently refused any offers for U.S.
distribution so far.
WHY: «Jane Got a Gun» had such a rocky road to the big screen —
including shakeups in the cast and crew, lawsuits and
distribution problems — that it's a miracle the
film survived to see the light of day, let alone turned out as good as it did.
Since GATW's departure, he's programmed for the Alamo Drafthouse, Fantastic Fest, Rooftop
Film and the Sundance
Film Festival, worked in
film distribution for Cinedigm in New York, and his reviews, interviews, and editorials have been featured on websites
including ScreenAnarchy,
Film.com, MTV's Next Movie,
Film Threat, Indiewire's The Playlist, We Got This Covered, Latino Review, Dallas Observer, Culture Map and Central Track.
In continuation of AFF's mission to find and support independent filmmakers, three
films were already picked up for
distribution at this year's Festival
including Comedy Vanguard 3rd Street Blackout, The Teller and the Truth picked up by FilmBuff, and James Franco's Memoria which was acquired by Monterey Media.
Handling as always the
film's domestic
distribution, Paramount grants Titanic a rare Monday release in a new DVD that divides the
film across two lightweight discs and four - disc combo packs comprised of movie and bonus feature Blu - rays plus a two - disc
film presentation in either Blu - ray 3D or DVD, each also
including a downloadable digital copy.
The line - up also sets Sundance apart from the other major
film festivals that have aimed to
include TV programming, because the majority of the 17 series do not have pre-established
distribution.
Filmmaker alum Andrew Okpeaha MacLean has received many avenues of support from the Institute from Labs and grants to three Festival premieres
including his first feature On the Ice, but he too found himself uncertain about the
distribution of his
film.
The streaming service has completed a worldwide
distribution rights deal worth around $ 30 million for Next Gen, an animated feature
film that is directed by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander and has a voice cast
including Charlyne Yi, Jason Sudeikis, David Cross, Michael Pena and Constance Wu.
Currently seeking
distribution, Blizzard told me one of the only
films he wasn't able to
include was the 1974 curiosity titled The Tomato That Ate Cleveland.
Relativity Media is a next - generation studio engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment,
including full - scale
film and television production and
distribution, the co-financing of major studio
film slates, music publishing, sports management and digital media.
Benefits
include alumni ticket packages for the Sundance
Film Festival, events throughout the year,
film preservation, consultation and support on Kickstarter campaigns, and access to digital
distribution.
Though the
film doesn't have
distribution in the United States yet, the star - studded cast that
includes Liam Neeson, James Franco, Adrien Brody, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde has made it appealing enough to get a release in Italy and Belgium this month and Japan later this year.
The first weekend of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival saw the premieres of some of its most anticipated titles,
including «Our Brand is Crisis,» «I Saw the Light» and «High - Rise,» but ultimately, it was the sales market that ran away with the biggest headlines, as new
films starring Meryl Streep, Jessica Chastain, Josh Hartnett and James Franco all found
distribution deals despite being at various stages of production.
Amazon's LOVEFiLM, the leading European
film and TV subscription service, announced new multi-year agreements with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Distribution and NBCUniversal International Television
Distribution, providing LOVEFiLM members in the U.K. exclusive streaming access to movies and TV series from the studios,
including Despicable Me, Green Zone, and Robin Hood.
This one - stop marketplace is the new hub for rights sales negotiation and
distribution of content, both adult and children's, across all formats,
including print, digital, audio,
film, and television.
Joanne made a career move into the
film business, where she served as founder and President of a worldwide multimedia and
distribution company; she was an Executive Producer / Producer of eleven feature
films and multiple television and educational programs,
including the acquisition and international licensing of a 60 title
film library.
About Blog Filmmaking resources for indie filmmakers,
including, screenwriting, financing, producing and
film distribution.
- coming from Japanese studio Marza Animation Planet - will feature Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield and Rebecca Chambers - computer - generated - worked on by a crew whose credits
include Ju - On (The Grudge), Ghost in the Shell, Death Note - domestic and international
distribution for the
film
Executives from both MTV Games and Bruckheimer's gaming studio will work together on all phases of development - from concept to platform - as well as on the production,
distribution deals and marketing elements, with the potential that some of the game concepts could migrate to other entertainment media
including film and TV.
Its functions
include production, conservation and archiving, as well as presentation — exhibitions,
film and video showings, lectures and performances; additionally, Argos houses a public media library and provides a service for the international
distribution of artists»
films, videos and multimedia installations.
His work also
includes transactional and litigation matters involving
film and television financing, domestic and international television and
film distribution, literary options, contract interpretation, copyrights and trademarks, idea submissions, «shopping agreements,» net profit and royalty accountings, television syndication, musical rights and licensing, and rights of publicity.
He was the SVP responsible for digital content
distribution at Sony,
including films, music and eBooks in the US and Japan.
Her
film and TV clients can rely on her to shepherd a production from development to post-production,
including securing intellectual property rights, negotiating
distribution and broadcast agreements, engaging talent, errors and omissions review, and navigating the funding agencies, financing models and tax credit opportunities both in Canada and with international partners.
Our attorneys have litigated on behalf of defendants and plaintiffs in a wide variety of entertainment matters,
including disputes alleging copyright, trademark, and trade dress infringement; right of publicity violations; idea theft; breaches of licensing and
distribution, participation,
film financing, and executive employment agreements; trade secret violations; and a variety of fraud, interference, personal injury, and other tort actions.
He frequently negotiates and prepares critical agreements connected to his clients» portfolios,
including patent, trademark and software development licenses, information technology and development agreements, music and book publishing agreements, and
film production and
distribution agreements.
Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation,
including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the
film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a
film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and
distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years,
including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.
Most recently, those efforts have
included buying
distribution rights to
films, as it just did with The Orchard's «American Animals» at Sundance.)
At LGE, Marvis will oversee digital
distribution at all Lionsgate divisions
including home entertainment, TV,
film and music and the company's stakes in Break.com, FearNet and the premium cable venture recently announced with Viacom (NYSE: VIA), MGM and Paramount.