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Anchor Bay To Release ‘I Spit On Your Grave’ Sequel In Fall

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 7, 2013 @ 1:19pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, CineTel Films, I Spit On Your Grave 2

LOS ANGELES, CA – Anchor Bay Films has once again joined forces with CineTel Films to release the next chapter of the controversial I Spit On Your Grave film franchise. I Spit on Your Grave 2 wrapped production late last year with Steven R. Monroe directing. The film is expected to be released in fall 2013. Anchor Bay Entertainment President Bill Clark made today’s announcement. Anchor Bay Films released I Spit on Your Grave in 2010. I Spit on Your Grave 2 is a new chapter in the series.

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Anchor Bay Acquires Joel Surnow’s ‘Small Time’ Starring Christopher Meloni

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday April 19, 2013 @ 11:24am PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Christopher Meloni, Joel Surnow, Small Time

NEW YORK, NY – Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of small time starring Christopher Meloni (42, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Man of Steel), Bridget Moynahan (I Robot, Lord of War, “Blue Bloods”) and Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad,” Little Miss Sunshine, “Under The Dome”). Written and directed by Joel Surnow, Emmy® Award-winner and co-creator of the hit series “24”, small time is his debut feature film and loosely based on his real life experiences. The agreement with ABF covers all North American rights and today’s announcement was made by Anchor Bay Entertainment’s President, Bill Clark.

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Tribeca: Anchor Bay Acquires Thriller ‘Mr Jones’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 11:02am PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Big Deals Film, Mr Jones, Tribeca Film Festival

NEW YORK, NY – Anchor Bay Films has landed the rights to Mr. Jones at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The company has picked up all North American rights to the thriller from writer/director Karl Mueller (screenwriter of The Divide). Mr. Jones is produced by Preferred Film & TV’s Ross M. Dinerstein and executive produced by Content’s Jamie Carmichael. Mr. Jones, starring Jon Foster (Brotherhood, The Informers) and Sarah Jones (“Vegas”, “Big Love”, “Sons of Anarchy”), will have its world premiere at Tribeca on Friday, April 19th. Mr. Jones marks Anchor Bay Films’ third release produced by Dinerstein, having previously released director Zak Penn’s The Grand and Xavier Gens’ The Divide. Bill Clark, Anchor Bay Entertainment president, made today’s announcement. Content is handling worldwide sales and are co-representing North America with Preferred Content.

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AFM: Anchor Bay Films Taps Ex-Summit Exec As SVP Theatrical Distribution And Marketing

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 12:06pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films

Veteran Bill Lewis most recently was EVP and GM at Summit Entertainment, where he helped guide the releases of Twilight films and Oscar Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker for the company before it was acquired by Lionsgate and … Read More »

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Toronto: TOLDJA! Anchor Bay Seals U.S. Rights On Rob Zombie’s ‘Lords Of Salem

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday September 16, 2012 @ 12:34pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Big Deals Film, Rob Zombie, The Lords Of Salem, TIFF Wrap-Up, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: As the Toronto Film Festival draws to a close, a deal that has been in the works nearly a week has finally been closed. Anchor Bay Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem, which debuted to a raucous crowd last Monday in the fest’s Midnight Madness section. The deal was worth in the $2 million minimum guarantee range, putting it in line with the deals that Dimension made for the Eli Roth-produced genre films Aftershock (which premiered at the fest) and Clown. Anchor Bay was the frontrunner all along, even though Image and Millennium Entertainment bid. After that, several larger distributors were in the mix, but Anchor Bay finally closed. Read More »

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Cannes Roundup: Submarine Maneuvers, Anchor Bay Deals For Action Pair

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 22, 2012 @ 7:20pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Cannes Film Festival, SnagFilms, Submarine Entertainment

Submarine Pacts With SnagFilms, Launches Torpedo Pictures
Submarine Entertainment announced today at the Cannes Film Festival that it has licensed three films to on-demand hub SnagFilms: Sundance 2011 entry Letters From The Big Man, about a Forest Service … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Acquires Aussie Film ‘Bait 3D’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday April 11, 2012 @ 12:46pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Big Deals Film
Mike Fleming

Anchor Bay Films acquired North American distribution rights to Bait 3D, Australia’s first 3D action film. The suspenseful shark attack/horror film stars Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Singaporean stars Adrian Pang and Qi Yuwu, Phoebe Tonkin, Dan Wyllie and Julian McMahon. … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Picks Up Sundance’s ‘Excision’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Tuesday February 7, 2012 @ 11:50am PSTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Sundance

Sundance’s Park City at Midnight premiere Excision is headed to North America via Anchor Bay Films, which picked up the film by first-time feature writer-director Richard Bates Jr. Produced by Dylan Hale Lewis, the horror pic’s cast includes … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Acquires Steven Seagal Pic ‘Maximum Conviction’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday December 16, 2011 @ 4:07pm PSTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Steven Seagal

Anchor Bay Films has landed U.S. and Canadian theatrical and home entertainment rights to Maximum Conviction, an action pic starring Steven Seagal and Steve Austin. The deal for the movie — directed by Keoni Waxman and produced by Seagal, Austin … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Acquires Nicolas Cage Pic ‘Seeking Justice’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 14, 2011 @ 12:30pm PSTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Nicolas Cage
Mike Fleming

Anchor Bay Films has landed U.S. rights to the Nicolas Cage thriller Seeking Justice and has slated it for a March 16 theatrical release. January Jones and Guy Pearce co-star in the film, which was directed by Roger Donaldson. The … Read More »

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Toronto: Anchor Bay Acquires U.S. Rights To ‘Ten Year’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 2, 2011 @ 1:16pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Anthony Mackie, Channing Tatum, Chris Pratt, Jamie Linden, Justin Long, Kate Mara, Marty Bowen, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Reid Carolin, Ron Livingston, Rosario Dawson, Ten Year, Wyck Godfrey
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Anchor Bay Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Ten Year, the Jamie Linden-directed drama that premiered at 2011 Toronto Film Festival. The film will be released next spring. Anchor Bay has been negotiating for this for the … Read More »

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Toronto: Anchor Bay Acquires Thriller Remake ’13′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 4:39am PDTTags: Alexander Skarsgard, Anchor Bay Films, Curtis Jackson, Jason Staham, Kevin Kasha, Michael Shannon, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Anchor Bay Films just acquired U.S. distribution rights to 13, Gela Babluani’s remake of his 2005 thriller 13 Tzameti. The film isn’t playing here at Toronto, but it will be one of a flurry of titles being … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Acquires Kevin Spacey Comedy ‘Father Of Invention’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 11:50am PDTTags: Anchor Bay, Anchor Bay Films, Camilla Belle, Heather Graham, Kevin Spacey, Virginia Madsen
Mike Fleming

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Anchor Bay Films announced today the pick up of the comedy Father of Invention starring Academy Award™ winning actor Kevin Spacey (Horrible Bosses, American Beauty), Camilla Belle (10,000 BC, When a Stranger Calls), Heather Graham (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Hangover) and Virginia Madsen (Sideways, The Number 23). The film was co-financed by Sunrise Films, LLC and debuted as an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. Anchor Bay Films has acquired all distribution rights in the U.S., U.K. as well as Australia and New Zealand. Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment, made the announcement.

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Anchor Bay Films Acquires ‘Redline’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 4:32pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Film Acquisition
Mike Fleming

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of Katsuhito Ishii’s REDLINE with all rights in North America, the U.K. as well as Australia and New Zealand. The film will be released under Anchor Bay’s Manga brand this fall. Written by Katsuhito Ishii (director of The

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Sundance Hot Trailer: Josh Radnor’s ‘Happythankyoumoreplease’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 24, 2011 @ 2:38pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Film Festival, 2011 Sundance Films, Anchor Bay Films, Happythankyoumoreplease, Happythankyoumoreplease Rights, Josh Radnor, Sundance Film Festival, Trailers, Video
Mike Fleming

The road for Sundance films is often paved with adversity, but worthy films usually find their way through. Here’s a trailer for Happythankyoumoreplease, the directorial debut of How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor. I met Josh when he launched the film at 2010 Sundance. Though the film won … Read More »

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TORONTO: Anchor Bay Deal For Thiller ‘Horrible Way To Die’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 17, 2010 @ 7:28am PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Movie Deals, Movies, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival Deals
Mike Fleming

The Toronto International Film Festival is winding down, but the deals keep coming. Anchor Bay Films and Celluloid Nightmares have closed distribution deals in English-speaking territories for the Adam Wingard-directed A Horrible Way To Die, a thriller which premiered Wednesday … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Acquires Drama ‘Beautiful Boy’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 15, 2010 @ 9:22am PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Beautiful Boy, Kevin Kasha, Movies, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival Deals
Mike Fleming

TORONTO: The Toronto deals are exploding! Anchor Bay Films has just closed all English-speaking rights to Beautiful Boy, the Shawn Ku-directed drama. I’m told the deal was 7-figures, negotiated by Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group’s Ben Weiss with Anchor Bay Films’ Kevin Kasha. Deal includes a P&A commitment. Lightning Entertainment is … Read More »

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Anchor Bay Acquires ‘Meet Monica Velour’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 14, 2010 @ 7:02am PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Brian Dennehy
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE FROM TORONTO: While distribution deals for some Toronto-premiered films percolate slowly, distributors continue to lock down films that premiere at earlier festivals. Anchor Bay Films has acquired distribution rights to Meet Monica Velour, a comedy that stars Kim Cattrall, Brian Dennehy and newcomer Dustin Ingram. It played at the Seattle and Tribeca festivals. Pic was written and directed by Keith Bearden and financed/produced by Gary Gilbert’s Gilbert Films. Read More »

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Hannover House Out, Anchor Bay In To Distrib Josh Radnor Pic

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 16, 2010 @ 5:46pm PDTTags: Anchor Bay Films, Hannover House, Happythankyoumoreplease, Happythankyoumoreplease Rights, Indie Film Distribution, Josh Radnor, Kevin Kasha
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Radnor’s feature directorial debut Happythankyoumoreplease has severed ties with distributor Hannover House, and is negotiating a new deal to be distributed by Anchor Bay Films. The intention is to release the film theatrically.

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