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Cannes: Wrekin Hill Acquires U.S. On Gabriele Salvatores’ ‘Siberian Education’ With John Malkovich

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday May 19, 2013 @ 6:40am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, John Malkovich, Siberian Education, Wrekin Hill
Mike Fleming

Wrekin Hill Entertainment acquired U.S. rights to Gabriele Salvatores’ Siberian Education. Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, with a screenplay by Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Salvatores, the film stars John Malkovich, Arnas Feravicius, Vilius Tumalavicius, Eleanor Tomlinson, Peter Stormare, Jonas Trukanas and Vitalji Porsnev. Set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia, Siberian Education follows the path of two boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians. The best friends grow up together, mastering a unique education focused on illegal arts such as theft, banditry and weaponry. Their clan has its very own stringent code of honor, which, while criminal, sometimes actually coincides with what is generally considered ethical and moral. It is a code that must never be broken, no matter what. As the boys turn to men, everything they have come to know and learn is tested. The film’s produced by Catteya’s Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Satabilini, Marco Chimenz, and executive produced by Gina Gardini. READ MORE »

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Wrekin Hill Acquires U.S. Rights To ‘Night Train To Lisbon’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 8:58am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Bille August, Night Train To Lisbon, Wrekin Hill
Mike Fleming

Wrekin Hill Entertainment acquired U.S. rights to the Bille August-directed thriller Night Train To Lisbon from K5 International. Pic is an adaptation of the Pascal Mercier novel starring Jeremy Irons, Jack Huston, Melanie Laurent, Martina Gedeck, August … Read More »

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Wrekin Hill Acquires Aussie Surf Drama ‘Drift’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 11, 2012 @ 2:34pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Drift, Wrekin Hill
Mike Fleming

Wrekin Hill plans an early 2013 theatrical release in North America for Drift, which stars Sam Worthington, Myles Pollard, and Xavier Samuel. Inspired by the true story of the formation of such Australian surf lines as Quiksilver and … Read More »

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Wrekin Hill Acquires Found-Footage Pic ‘Amber Alert’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 9, 2012 @ 1:55pm PDTTags: Wrekin Hill

Wrekin Hill plans a fall 2012 day-and-date release in theaters and on VOD for Amber Alert, a found-footage thriller directed by Kerry Bellessa. Bellessa wrote the script with Joshua Oram. The plot revolves around best friends who stumble upon … Read More »

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Wrekin Hill Nabs Rights to Mark Webber’s Sundance Drama ‘The End Of Love’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 6:15pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Sundance, Wrekin Hill

The End Of Love Mark WebberLos Angeles, CA (March 20, 2012) — Chris Ball, President and CEO of LA-based film production and distribution company Wrekin Hill Entertainment, announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to writer-director Mark Webber’s drama THE END OF LOVE. Webber also produced the film and stars in it alongside Issac Love, Shannyn Sossamon, Michael Cera, Jason Ritter, Amanda Seyfried, Aubrey Plaza, and Jocelin Donahue. Elizabeth Destro, Mollie Engelhart, and Matt Sprague also produced the project, which had its world premiere earlier this year at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Wrekin Hill plans to release the film theatrically and on VOD day and date in Late Summer/Early Fall 2012.

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Lionsgate And Wrekin Hill Go VOD First On Halle Berry Pic ‘Dark Tide’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 20, 2012 @ 8:22am PSTTags: Halle Berry, Lionsgate, Wrekin Hill
Mike Fleming

Lionsgate and Wrekin Hill Entertainment will go for a VOD first release after acquiring the John Stockwell-directed Halle Berry-Olivier Martinez action thriller Dark Tide. Wrekin Hill acquired U.S. rights with Row 1 Productions. Lionsgate will release the film on VOD, electronic sell-through and packaged media. Wrekin Hill will do theatrical. The distribution plan leads off with a three-week Ultra VOD window on March 8th with a theatrical release on March 30th, culminating in a packaged media and Digital Download release. “The star power that Halle Berry brings to Dark Tide paired with a genre that hits VOD audiences make it a perfect addition to our Ultra VOD strategy.” said Jim Packer, Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television and Digital Distribution. Read More »

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Wrekin Hill To Release Raunchy Brit Comedy ‘The Inbetweeners’ In U.S.

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 12, 2012 @ 10:30am PSTTags: The Inbetweeners, Wrekin Hill
Mike Fleming

Wrekin Hill Entertainment acquired U.S. rights to the Ben Palmer-directed The Inbetweeners, a film that has grossed $70 million in the UK since opening last August. Iain Morris and Damon Beesley penned the script for the film based on the … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Flowers Of War’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday December 9, 2011 @ 4:53pm PSTTags: Christian Bale, The Flowers Of War, Wrekin Hill

Zhang Yamou’s fact-based drama The Flowers Of War is China’s entry into Oscar’s foreign-language race and the nation’s most expensive movie ever at a budget of almost $100 million. Here’s an exclusive trailer for the pic, which centers on a man (Christian Bale) who finds refuge with a group of … Read More »

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Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con Documentary Acquired By Wrekin Hill

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 6, 2011 @ 11:58am PSTTags: Film Acquisition, Morgan Spurlock, Wrekin Hill
Mike Fleming

Los Angeles, CA (December 6, 2011) — Chris Ball, President and CEO of LA-based film production and distribution company Wrekin Hill Entertainment, and Joel Weinshanker, President and CEO of the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA), a movie merchandising powerhouse that has become an essential tastemaker for the all-important Fanboy culture, announced today that they have jointly acquired Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s fanboy documentary COMIC-CON EPISODE IV – A FAN’S HOPE. The film will be released theatrically in Spring 2012 in conjunction with a multi-city tour of the film with major events for film and merchandising fans across the nation. Additionally, as a supplement to Wrekin Hill and NECA’s plans, the film will screen at various fan gatherings and have an online presence via one of the film’s producers, Thomas Tull, and his Legendary Entertainment.

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