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Pathé UK Swaps Warner Bros For Fox

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday February 1, 2011 @ 6:37am PSTTags: Cameron McCracken, Francois Ivernel, Movie Distribution, Movies, Pathe UK, The Skin I Live In

The London-based arm of the French film company has switched Warner Bros for Fox to handle physical distribution of its theatrical releases. Back in April 2009 Pathé announced that Warner Bros would be handling its theatrical distribution in the UK and Ireland with Fox handling home entertainment. Now Pathé UK bosses Francois Ivernel and Cameron McCracken have decided to put all their oeufs in one basket. The new Fox deal will kick off with one of either two foreign-language titles, Daniel Auteuil’s The Well-Digger’s Daughter or Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In. The Fox deal will cover the 3-4 films Pathé makes each year — filming began yesterday on The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep as Mrs Thatcher –- as well as any French Pathe productions likely to do well in Britain. “We felt it made sense for one studio to manage the licensing process across all rights,” says Ivernel.

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Disney Studios Distribution Restructures

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 4:18pm PDTTags: Movie Distribution, Movies, The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Distribution

BURBANK, Calif. – November 1, 2010 – The Walt Disney Studios today announced changes to its distribution organization that will better reflect the global marketplace and consumer trends.  With the changes, Janice Marinelli, Lori MacPherson and Jason Brenek will

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Relativity Schedules Nicolas Cage Starrer

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 6, 2010 @ 2:05pm PDTTags: Kids In America, Movie Distribution, Movies, Nicolas Cage Season of the Witch, Relativity Media, Season of the Witch, The Dark Fields

January 7th is the release date for the Nicolas Cage supernatural action adventure Season Of The Witch which Relativity Media will distribute and market as part of its 2011 theatrical distribution slate. That already includes Kids In America (March 4th) starring Topher Grace and Anna Faris, and The Dark … Read More »

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Universal Taps Niels Swinkels As UK Boss

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday October 5, 2010 @ 6:48am PDTTags: Movie Distribution, Movies, Simon Hewlett International Marketing, Universal Pictures International

Netherlands-born Niels Swinkels will oversee theatrical distribution for all Universal Pictures International titles in the UK and Eire. Until now he’s been SVP of distribution in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Swinkels replaces Simon Hewlett, who last … Read More »

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Apparition Restructures With 60% Staff Cut

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 30, 2010 @ 9:13am PDTTags: Apparition, Apparition Staffers Let Go, Bill Pohlad, Indie Distribution, Movie Distribution, The Tree of Life, Tom Ortenberg Consultant
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UPDATE 12:13 PM: Apparition just made official its restructuring plans after Deadline broke the story.

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Pohlad has begun the first phase of restructuring Apparition, apparition_logothe indie distribution company that was thrown into disarray when co-founder Bob Berney exited in bombshell fashion just before the Cannes Film Festival. The first step is painful: 60%, or approximately 15 staffers were informed moments ago they are being let go and receiving severance packages. Last day for those staffers is this Friday. Read More »

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