- on April 11, 2013 from The Hollywood Reporter:
FilmDistrict to Co-Produce, Co-Finance Horror Movie 'Th...
- FilmDistrict has come aboard to co-finance The Last Word, a paranormal-themed horror movie.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on The Last Word
- on April 10, 2013 from Deadline:
- FilmDistrict acquires U.S. rights to Paul W.S. Anderson’s ‘Pompeii’.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Pompeii
- on January 22, 2013 from Variety:
Exclusive Releasing, FilmDistrict Team for 'Austenland'...
- Exclusive Releasing and FilmDistrict are closing on a deal to acquire rights to Jerusha Hess' Austenland, which the companies would team to split 50/50 worldwide.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Austenland
- on December 4, 2012 from Variety:
Suplee Walks the 'Walk'
- Ethan Suplee has joined the cast of Lakeshore and FilmDistrict's Walk of Shame starring Elizabeth Banks.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Walk of Shame
- on November 20, 2012 from Deadline:
Deadline
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Insidious Chapter 2
- on October 30, 2012 from filmratings.com:
Film Ratings
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Dead Man Down
- on October 28, 2012 from IMDb:
IMDb
- changed the status of FilmDistrict to Current on Only God Forgives
- on October 27, 2012 from Exhibitor Relations:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Olympus Has Fallen
- on October 21, 2012 from Exhibitor Relations:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on OldBoy
- on April 30, 2012 from Variety:
Endgame, FilmDistrict Team on 'Selfless'
- Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict will co-finance thriller Selfless, jointly acquiring the screenplay by Alex Pastor and David Pastor (Carriers).
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Selfless
- on January 31, 2012 from Variety:
FilmDistrict Takes a 'Safety' Course
- In its first and likely only pickup from Sundance, FilmDistrict has acquired U.S. right sto Safety Not Guaranteed, plotting a robust theatrical release for the sci-fi-tinged oddball comedy that marks the feature debuts of helmer Colin Trevorrow and scribe Derek Connolly.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Safety Not Guaranteed
- on December 7, 2011 from Deadline:
FilmDistrict To Release 2012 Films Through Open Road An...
- Following on the heels of the exit of veteran distribution executive Bob Berney, FilmDistrict CEO Peter Schlessel has made alternative distribution arrangements for the company’s 2012 film releases. Deadline has learned that Schlessel just closed a 3-picture distribution deal with Tom Ortenberg’s Open Road, and he has arranged f...
- changed the status of FilmDistrict to Former on Evil Dead
- changed the status of FilmDistrict to Former on Looper
- changed the status of FilmDistrict to Former on Lockout
- on December 1, 2011 from Variety:
Sony to Distribute 'Evil Dead'
- The Sam Raimi-Rob Tapert remake of Evil Dead is moving forward with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and FilmDistrict partnering with Ghost House Pictures.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Evil Dead
- on November 23, 2011 from Box Office Mojo:
Box Office Mojo
- changed the status of FilmDistrict to Current on Red Dawn
- on September 27, 2011 from Variety:
FilmDistrict airlifts 'Red Dawn' from MGM
- As FilmDistrict continues to establish its identity as a distributor of titles that need careful handling like "Drive" and Angelina Jolie's "In the Land of Blood and Honey," the company is taking on its biggest marketing challenge yet, as it negotiates to acquire the remake of "Red Dawn" from MGM.
- added FilmDistrict (In Talks) as a distributor on Red Dawn
- on June 30, 2011 from Deadline:
FilmDistrict Near U.S. Distribution Deal For Ryan Gosli...
- In a low-seven figure minimum guarantee deal, FilmDistrict has acquired U.S. rights to Only God Forgives, a drama that will reteam Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn with Ryan Gosling.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Only God Forgives
- on June 20, 2011 from Deadline:
FilmDistrict Acquires Taylor Hackford-Helmed 'Parker' W...
- FilmDistrict is closing a deal for U.S. distribution rights to Parker, the Taylor Hackford-directed thriller that will star Jason Statham. Production starts in early August.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Parker
- on May 16, 2011 from IMDb:
IMDb
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Lookout
- on May 16, 2011 from Deadline:
FilmDistrict Acquires U.S. Rights To Joe Gordon-Levitt/...
- A frenzied Saturday auction on the Croisette has ended with FilmDistrict in final negotiations for U.S. distribution rights to Looper, the Rian Johnson-directed science fiction film that stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt and Bruce Willis.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Looper
- on May 15, 2011 from Variety:
FilmDistrict to release Jolie's directorial debut
- FilmDistrict will release Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," GK Films announced Sunday in Cannes.Pic, set in the Bosnian War, will be released on Dec. 23 in the U.S.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on In the Land of Blood and Honey
- on May 13, 2011 from Deadline:
FilmDistrict Making Deal For Liam Hemsworth-Starrer 'Ar...
- FilmDistrict’s Peter Schlessel and Bob Berney are near a deal to acquire domestic rights to Arabian Nights, the Inferno Entertainment project that has Chuck Russell directing The Hunger Games’ star Liam Hemsworth.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Arabian Nights
- on May 12, 2011 from The Hollywood Reporter:
FilmDistrict Takes U.S. Rights to 'Playing the Field'
- FilmDistrict has scooped up all U.S. rights to Gabriele Muccino’s Playing the Field, starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel, from Nu Image/Millenium Films.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Playing for Keeps
- on March 29, 2011 from Deadline:
Johnny Depp's Second Hunter Thompson Pic, 'Rum Diary,' ...
- It was announced today at CinemaCon, by Bob Berney, President, Theatrical Distribution that FilmDistrict will release “The Rum Diary,” based on the early Hunter S. Thompson novel that was ultimately published in 1998. It stars Johnny Depp and will be released on October 28, 2011.
- changed the status of FilmDistrict to Current on The Rum Diary
- on February 14, 2011 from Deadline:
FilmDistrict To Distribute 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark...
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark has been acquired for domestic distribution by Peter Schlessel and Bob Berney's FilmDistrict. The film will get an August 12 release and was the final and perhaps most potentially commercial of the films made by Miramax Films before the library was sold last year.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
- on December 30, 2010 from indieWIRE:
FilmDistrict Will Launch with Toronto Hit Insidious on ...
- New distributor FilmDistrict is launching its 2011 slate April 1 with horror-flick Insidious (trailer below), a seven-figure Toronto Fest Midnight Madness pick-up from Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group that was expected to be a Sony genre label Screen Gems release.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Insidious
- on November 7, 2010 from The Hollywood Reporter:
FilmDistrict Nabs Rights to Guy Pearce-Maggie Grace Fil...
- EuropaCorp's sci-fi action film centers on a government agent who sets off to save the president's daughter from rioting convicts in an outer-space maximum-security prison.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Lockout
- on November 3, 2010 from Deadline:
FilmDistrict Drives First Big AFM Deal
- FilmDistrict has acquired North American distribution rights to Drive. The film is about two weeks from wrapping and has a budget under $30 million despite shooting in Los Angeles. FilmDistrict will look to release in late summer or early fall, 2011.
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor on Drive
- on September 28, 2010 from indieWIRE:
King, Schlessel, Berney Talk New Distrib FilmDistrict, ...
- King has experienced the vagaries of production and distribution for 20 years, and is tired of being at the mercy of other forces with such films as the long-shelved R-rated Hunter S. Thompson flick The Rum Diary, starring frequent collaborator Johnny Depp, which King hopes will go out through Film District next fall. King will ...
- added FilmDistrict (In Talks) as a distributor on The Rum Diary
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News Updates (31)
- From Thu., April 11, 2013 to Tue., September 28, 2010
- The Hollywood Reporter Thu., April 11, 2013
- For The Last Word:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor
- Deadline Wed., April 10, 2013
- For Pompeii:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor
- Variety Tue., January 22, 2013
- For Austenland:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor
- Variety Tue., December 4, 2012
- For Walk of Shame:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor
- Deadline Tue., November 20, 2012
- For Insidious Chapter 2:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor
- Filmratings.com Tue., October 30, 2012
- For Dead Man Down:
- added FilmDistrict as a distributor
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