The distributor has acquired all North American rights from Myriad Pictures to the crime drama starring Jim Sturgess and Isabel Lucas. Separately, Kino Lorber has acquired The Wanted 18 and Starz will release Every Secret Thing.
Electric Slide (pictured) premiered at Tribeca earlier in the year and tells of a broke 1980’s Los Angeles furniture store owner who embarks on a string of bank robberies with his lover.
Tristan Patterson directed from his own screenplay based on an article by Timothy Ford.
Rounding out the key cast are Chloe Sevigny, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert and Vinessa Shaw.
Media House Capital and Myriad Pictures co-financed the film and Myriad handles world sales.
Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico produced with Hans Ritter and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon. Philip von Alvensleben served as executive producer alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ford, Brad Simpson, Media House Capital’s Aaron Gilbert and Pat Murray, Jacob Pechenik of Venture Forth, Eric Eisner and [link...
Electric Slide (pictured) premiered at Tribeca earlier in the year and tells of a broke 1980’s Los Angeles furniture store owner who embarks on a string of bank robberies with his lover.
Tristan Patterson directed from his own screenplay based on an article by Timothy Ford.
Rounding out the key cast are Chloe Sevigny, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert and Vinessa Shaw.
Media House Capital and Myriad Pictures co-financed the film and Myriad handles world sales.
Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico produced with Hans Ritter and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon. Philip von Alvensleben served as executive producer alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ford, Brad Simpson, Media House Capital’s Aaron Gilbert and Pat Murray, Jacob Pechenik of Venture Forth, Eric Eisner and [link...
- 10/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Linkin Park band member Joseph Hahn is getting ready to make his directorial debut in a film about ratting out another band's weed stash to the authorities, leading to confiscation and headaches. Just kiddin'! He's got a new flick coming out. Read on for details.
Paragon Pictures has picked up North American rights to Hahn’s feature helming debut, Mall, which stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Gina Gershon, Cameron Monaghan, Peter Stormare, and James Frecheville in the story of five disaffected suburbanites whose lives come together at a shopping mall following a seemingly random shooting.
Paragon is planning to release Mall in the fall after Hahn hits the road on Linkin Park’s Carnivores Tour this summer. The deal was negotiated by Evan Crooke, Kyle Villella, Danny Sherman, and Josh Kesselman for Paragon Pictures and Nate Bolotin for Xyz Films. Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales.
It's unknown at this...
Paragon Pictures has picked up North American rights to Hahn’s feature helming debut, Mall, which stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Gina Gershon, Cameron Monaghan, Peter Stormare, and James Frecheville in the story of five disaffected suburbanites whose lives come together at a shopping mall following a seemingly random shooting.
Paragon is planning to release Mall in the fall after Hahn hits the road on Linkin Park’s Carnivores Tour this summer. The deal was negotiated by Evan Crooke, Kyle Villella, Danny Sherman, and Josh Kesselman for Paragon Pictures and Nate Bolotin for Xyz Films. Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales.
It's unknown at this...
- 6/25/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Kyle Villella, most recently VP Theatrical Distribution Operations at Ld Entertainment, has been appointed to head the expanding film and TV sales and distribution division at indie Paragon Pictures. It’s the last ramp-up for Paragon, the specialty distribution arm of Osiris Entertainment that kicked off its theatrical business in February with the platform release of the Melissa Leo starrer Bottled Up, a drama about over-the-counter drug abuse that also stars Josh Hamilton. The company formally launched in September with Osiris CEO Evan Crooke at the helm, and its other titles include the thrillers The Kill Hole starring Chadwick Boseman and UK pic Twenty8K. Villella previously worked at Lionsgate, Paramount, The Weinstein Company and most recently Ld, where he helped sell the Matthew McConaughey pic Killer Joe, Disconnect and Black Rock.
- 4/14/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Evan Crooke’s Osiris Entertainment will unveil select 2014 titles at this week’s Afm beginning with Olympus Pictures’ drama “Bottled Up,” which stars Melissa Leo, Josh Hamilton and Marin Ireland. Osiris is also planning to unveil “Matt’s Chance” starring Edward Furlong; the romantic comedy “A Big Love Story,” about a former football player who falls for his personal trainer; and “Bloodline,” which is a horror movie in the vein of “Cabin in the Woods.” Also Read: The Chinese Are Coming to Afm, but Will Business Follow? Enid Zentelis (“Evergreen”) directed “Bottled Up,” which explores the debilitating effects of prescription drug abuse and the heart-wrenching.
- 11/6/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Osiris Entertainment has launched Paragon Pictures, a new distribution company. Paragon has signed for representation with Gersh’s Jay Cohen as the distributor becomes a new player in the acquisitions market. Osiris’ CEO Evan Crooke will head the venture. The company starts with a three-film slate of films headed for theatrical release: Perfect Sisters, a thriller that stars Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley as sisters who plot to kill their abusive mother, to be released in February; Bottled Up, a drama about over-the-counter drug abuse that stars Melissa Leo and Josh Hamilton and will be released in early 2014; and Twenty8K, a UK-set drama that stars Parminder Narga, Michael Socha and Kaya Scodelario, about a young man accused in the death of a teen boy outside a nightclub and when his sister returns home to clear her sibling’s name, she uncovers a larger conspiracy. Latter film will be released at year’s end.
- 9/18/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Vesuvio Entertainment has finalized a U.S. distribution deal with film and DVD distributor Osiris Entertainment for director Clint Lien’s horror thriller Behind Your Eyes. The announcement was made by Greg H. Sims, CEO of Vesuvio.
Beginning March 20, 2012, Behind Your Eyes (we visited the set of the film on location in Lake Arrowhead back in early 2010; see our report here) will be available at Redbox kiosks located in nearly 35,000 supermarkets and retail stores nationwide. Produced by Sims, here's the official synopsis:
Young, hopeful couple Erika and Steve embark on a weekend retreat to meet Steven's parents. Things take a turn for the worst when they are unexpectedly kidnapped and held hostage. Now it's a fight for their lives against their mysterious abductor and the secrets he possesses. As he tortures and teases them, secrets from the past emerge and change everything. When Erika escapes, things only get worse, and...
Beginning March 20, 2012, Behind Your Eyes (we visited the set of the film on location in Lake Arrowhead back in early 2010; see our report here) will be available at Redbox kiosks located in nearly 35,000 supermarkets and retail stores nationwide. Produced by Sims, here's the official synopsis:
Young, hopeful couple Erika and Steve embark on a weekend retreat to meet Steven's parents. Things take a turn for the worst when they are unexpectedly kidnapped and held hostage. Now it's a fight for their lives against their mysterious abductor and the secrets he possesses. As he tortures and teases them, secrets from the past emerge and change everything. When Erika escapes, things only get worse, and...
- 2/22/2012
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
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