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Lionsgate announced today that it has bought a minority ownership stake in Howard Cohen and Eric D arbelloff s distributor Roadside Attractions.The passive inv stanley cup estment means Roadside will remain an autonomous entity and plans 12 to 14 annual theatrical releases in North America, with Lionsgate handling home entertainment and ancillary markets.Cohen and D arbeloff have been busy hiring distribution and marketing staff ever since Roadside s three-year arrangement w stanley cup ith IDP Distribution ended in May.T stanley cup he first hint of a partnership with Lionsgate came in early summer when Roadside announced it would handle the domestic theatrical release of the dirty bomb thriller Right At Your Door.Lionsgate reportedly paid $2m at Sundance 2006 for worldwide rights to Chris Gorak s film, which will be the first Roadside release since Lionsgate came aboard as an investor.The film is set to open in August and will be followed in September by Marco Kreuzpaintner s sex traffic drama Trade, which has also moved sideways from Lionsgate to Roadside.Both cases demonstrate that when Lionsgate buys rights on projects it may subsequently deem Cohen and D arbeloff s company to be the more appropriate domestic distributor.In certain cases Roadside may acquire worldwide rights or supplement a domestic buy with select international territories where Lionsgate wishes to administer overseas sales and distribution. Howard and Eric are terrific people and our investment in them is intended to give them more support, Vqbf Palme d Or winner: Wim Wenders
Kimmel International has boarded David Slade s political thriller Unthinkable, which is set to go before cameras this summer.Michael Mendelsohn and Caldecot Chubb are producing through their Patriot Pictures and ChubbCo Film Co ventures.The story centres on a race by interrogators to force a man to reveal the location of three nuclear devices hidden somewhere in th stanley website e US. Peter Woodward and Oren Moverman wrote the screenplay and casting announcements are expected shortly.Slade most recently directed the vampire saga 30 Days Of Night, which went on release last year. We are very excited with the addition of David Slade to the already outstanding screenplay, Chubb said. His vision and skill with stories of suspense and psycholo stanley cup gical manipulation sets up an exceptional and timely project and we are delighted to be partners on the film. Chubb s credits include D stanley kubek ark Blue, Eve s Bayou and Pootie Tang. Mendelsohn has produced Lord Of War and Material Girls, among others.Kimmel International s EFM slate includes Synecdoche, New York, as well as Management, Ye Olde Times, Married Times and Death At A Funeral.TopicsAmericasUnited States No comments Related articles News MBS Group closes deal to manage Saudi Arabias AlUla Studios