Cantinas Entertainment has acquired Mission Pictures to form Cantinas Distribution.
The new entity will be bundled up with an established P&A fund and is led by Mission Pictures co-founder Cindy Bond.
The plan is to release “positive, life-affirming films” in North America. Bond and her team plan to have a major presence at the leading film markets and will be on the ground this week at Sundance.
“We are thrilled to announce the formation of Cantinas Distribution,” said Cantinas Entertainment co-founder and CEO Greg Campbell.
“This fulfils one of the core components for Cantinas Entertainment to become one of the next-gen content providers of quality entertainment. We are equally excited to be partnering with Cindy who is a respected industry leader and her vision that is in lock-step with our long-term strategic goals for the company.”
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Mission Pictures and me personally,” said Bond. “I look forward...
The new entity will be bundled up with an established P&A fund and is led by Mission Pictures co-founder Cindy Bond.
The plan is to release “positive, life-affirming films” in North America. Bond and her team plan to have a major presence at the leading film markets and will be on the ground this week at Sundance.
“We are thrilled to announce the formation of Cantinas Distribution,” said Cantinas Entertainment co-founder and CEO Greg Campbell.
“This fulfils one of the core components for Cantinas Entertainment to become one of the next-gen content providers of quality entertainment. We are equally excited to be partnering with Cindy who is a respected industry leader and her vision that is in lock-step with our long-term strategic goals for the company.”
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Mission Pictures and me personally,” said Bond. “I look forward...
- 1/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
For the second consecutive year, Warner Bros. Pictures International has exceeded the coveted $3 billion mark at the international box office. This benchmark comes on the heels of the release of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, which surpassed $400 million at the international box office this weekend and is still going strong.
Nine Warner Bros. Pictures films have exceeded $100 million internationally, topped by Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (with Paramount Pictures), which has taken in an astounding $467 million outside of the U.S. to date, and Godzilla (with Legendary Pictures), which has earned $327 million overseas.
Four titles – Doug Liman’s Edge Of Tomorrow (with Village Roadshow Pictures), Phil Lord & Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie (also with Village Roadshow Pictures), and Noam Murro and Zack Snyder’s 300: Rise Of An Empire (with Legendary), along with the 2014 spillover grosses from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug...
Nine Warner Bros. Pictures films have exceeded $100 million internationally, topped by Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (with Paramount Pictures), which has taken in an astounding $467 million outside of the U.S. to date, and Godzilla (with Legendary Pictures), which has earned $327 million overseas.
Four titles – Doug Liman’s Edge Of Tomorrow (with Village Roadshow Pictures), Phil Lord & Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie (also with Village Roadshow Pictures), and Noam Murro and Zack Snyder’s 300: Rise Of An Empire (with Legendary), along with the 2014 spillover grosses from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug...
- 12/30/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Kartemquin Films has joined director-producer Brent Huffman on the documentary Saving Mes Aynak, about the imperiled 2,000-year-old Buddha statue in Afghanistan (pictured).
Huffman has been independently shooting at the Mes Aynak site in Afghanistan since 2011 and brought the documentary to Kartemquin Films.
He aims to finish editing imminently in time for a 2014 premiere.
“As the premiere destination for complex social issue films that intend on making a global impact, Kartemquin is the dream home for Saving Mes Aynak,” said Huffman.
Saving Mes Aynak was one of 18 documentaries that received grant funding from the John T and Catherine D MacArthur Foundation this year. Other funding has come from smaller grants and a successful Kickstarter campaign.
“We are delighted to bring Brent and his film to Kartemquin,” said Justine Nagan, Kartemquin’s executive director. “Its memorable characters and unique narrative has enormous potential to raise awareness around this important issue.
Alcon Entertainment has acquired Hillsong – Let Hope Rise as...
Huffman has been independently shooting at the Mes Aynak site in Afghanistan since 2011 and brought the documentary to Kartemquin Films.
He aims to finish editing imminently in time for a 2014 premiere.
“As the premiere destination for complex social issue films that intend on making a global impact, Kartemquin is the dream home for Saving Mes Aynak,” said Huffman.
Saving Mes Aynak was one of 18 documentaries that received grant funding from the John T and Catherine D MacArthur Foundation this year. Other funding has come from smaller grants and a successful Kickstarter campaign.
“We are delighted to bring Brent and his film to Kartemquin,” said Justine Nagan, Kartemquin’s executive director. “Its memorable characters and unique narrative has enormous potential to raise awareness around this important issue.
Alcon Entertainment has acquired Hillsong – Let Hope Rise as...
- 7/1/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Alcon Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the documentary “Hillsong — Let Hope Rise” as a negative pickup for worldwide release by Warner Bros. Director Michael John Warren's documentary chronicles the Australia-based, 11-member Christian worship band Hillsong United's rise to prominence, from a youth group at Hillsong Church to a worldwide sensation that has sold more than 16 million albums. Also read: ‘God's Not Dead’ Isn't Going Away, and Neither Are Faith-Based Films “Let Hope Rise” is being produced by Matt Weaver of MediaWeaver Entertainment and Jonathan Bock of Grace Hill Media. B. Wayne Hughes Jr. and Greg Campbell are executive producing.
- 7/1/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Alcon Entertainment has acquired the feature documentary Hillsong – Let Hope Rise, which Warner Bros will release in April. The film revolves around the popular faith-based Australian band Hillsong United, which began as an 11-member youth band and has now sells out and concerts worldwide and has sold more than 16M albums. The documentary, which will include concert footage, is being directed by Michael John Warren, who helmed the 2004 feature docu Fade To Black about rapper-producer Jay-z. Matt Weaver of MediaWeaver Entertainment and Jonathan Bock of Grace Hill Media are producing. B. Wayne Hughes Jr. and Greg Campbell of […]...
- 7/1/2014
- Deadline
Congratulations to "Hondros: A Life in Frames" director Greg Campbell! The project received the most votes to win August's Project of the Month. The prize is a creative consultation and Tribeca Film Institute. Here's a look at the film's pitch: Chris Hondros, a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, covered practically every major conflict since the late 1990s. Known as much for his compassion and humanity as for his photography, Chris died covering the Arab Spring in Libya. What many don't know about Chris are the behind-the-scenes stories of some of his most famous photographs in which he impacted the lives of his subjects in ways that have nothing to do with a camera. This film retraces his steps around the globe to tell those stories and offer a deeper insight into one of the world's greatest conflict photojournalists. For more information on this project, visit its Project of the Day page.
- 9/5/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The authors of Flawless: Inside The Largest Diamond Heist In History are quick to point out how laughable the portrayals of big robberies in movies like Ocean’s Eleven and The Italian Job are. In spite of claims to the contrary, it’s unlikely that there were any double crosses or overly elaborate tricks involved in the theft of some $100 million in cash and jewelry from the Antwerp Diamond Center in 2003. But the truth behind the story makes it as compelling as any work of fiction. Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell try to let their research speak ...
- 3/4/2010
- avclub.com
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