Independent distributor Gil Scrine Films will launch its new label Antidote Films next month, in partnership with All Interactive Distribution, which will handle distribution to rental and retail channels.
The company’s titles had previously been released through Madman Entertainment.
According to company founder Gil Scrine, the company identified a growing consumer demand in both rental and retail, particularly for product beyond the Hollywood offering – which is why the new label will be an “Antidote” for the market.
Antidote will launche with Michael Davie’s 1007 documentary The Choir, the Melbourne-set thriller Four of a Kind, and the Scott Millwood’s documentary Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean?...
The company’s titles had previously been released through Madman Entertainment.
According to company founder Gil Scrine, the company identified a growing consumer demand in both rental and retail, particularly for product beyond the Hollywood offering – which is why the new label will be an “Antidote” for the market.
Antidote will launche with Michael Davie’s 1007 documentary The Choir, the Melbourne-set thriller Four of a Kind, and the Scott Millwood’s documentary Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean?...
- 7/27/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Just a little more than two months after he was forced out as head of Disney's specialty label Miramax Films, Daniel Battsek is resurfacing at National Geographic Films.
The company would not confirm Battsek's move on Tuesday, but it acknowledged that Adam Leipzig, who currently serves as president of National Geographic Films, is shifting over to executive producer status on two of the company's current projects.
According to National Geographic president David Beal, "After six incredible years of setting the strategic course for National Geographic Films, Adam Leipzig's relationship transitions to executive producer of two in-process National Geographic Entertainment projects, Peter Weir's 'The Way Back' and the miniseries 'Undaunted Courage,' with HBO."
"The Way Back" is a drama about a group of soldiers who escaped from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and stars Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturges and Saoirse Ronan.
"Undaunted Courage," a mini-series about explorers Lewis and Clark,...
The company would not confirm Battsek's move on Tuesday, but it acknowledged that Adam Leipzig, who currently serves as president of National Geographic Films, is shifting over to executive producer status on two of the company's current projects.
According to National Geographic president David Beal, "After six incredible years of setting the strategic course for National Geographic Films, Adam Leipzig's relationship transitions to executive producer of two in-process National Geographic Entertainment projects, Peter Weir's 'The Way Back' and the miniseries 'Undaunted Courage,' with HBO."
"The Way Back" is a drama about a group of soldiers who escaped from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and stars Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturges and Saoirse Ronan.
"Undaunted Courage," a mini-series about explorers Lewis and Clark,...
- 1/5/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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