EXCLUSIVE: Area23a has acquired We Are Guardians, an urgent documentary on Indigenous defenders of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil produced by Fisher Stevens’ Highly Flammable, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way. Area23a is set to release […]
EXCLUSIVE: Not many bands can claim to have surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify for a single song. But Simple Minds is one of them. The Scottish group best known for their hit “Don’t You […]
Photo Credit: !K7 Create Music Group has announced the acquisition of indie electronic label !K7. The deal was already in motion before the death of !K7 Founder Horst Weidenmueller in February 2025 at age 60. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Together Films has acquired international sales rights to Lowland Kids, a documentary produced by Darren Aronofsky about America’s first climate refugees, ahead of the film’s world premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. Danish-born filmmaker Sandra […]
EXCLUSIVE: Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber have acquired North American rights to the award-winning documentary A Photographic Memory, the directorial debut of Rachel Elizabeth Seed. Zeitgeist plans an early summer theatrical release for […]
Photo Credit: Artone Artone and Drew Hill have acquired the assets of the UK’s Proper Music Group—including Proper Music Distribution—the UK’s leading physical distributor of independent music. The acquisition follows the appointment of joint administrators, […]
EXCLUSIVE: As NBC prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, it’s interesting to recall the show’s second official musical guest – singer-songwriter Janis Ian. On October 11, 1975, she riveted the audience […]
EXCLUSIVE: AI studio Asteria in collaboration with Documentary+ has acquired documentary short The Reality of Hope ahead of its world premiere Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival. Joe Hunting directed the film, which focuses on […]
EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures is taking North American rights to Kevin Macdonald’s documentary One to One: John & Yoko, which after making its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and playing at Telluride is making […]
European live music powerhouse Superstruct Entertainment has reportedly acquired Boiler Room, the iconic electronic music livestream platform, from UK-based ticketing company DICE. The move signals a shift in DICE’s strategic priorities and a new chapter for […]
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to UnBroken, the award-winning documentary that tells an extraordinary story of survival from Nazi Germany. The distributor plans a February 21 theatrical release of the film from […]
Pophouse Entertainment has officially acquired Axtone Records, the influential electronic music label founded by Axwell, the company confirmed to EDM.com. The acquisition deepens the existing collaboration between the entertainment investment firm and Axwell, whose influence […]
EXCLUSIVE: The PBS series VOCES has acquired U.S. broadcast and streaming rights to Slumlord Millionaire, the David vs. Goliath story of people fighting back against the skyrocketing cost of rent in New York City. The […]
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to two films about the major U.K. rock band Blur: the documentary blur: To The End and the concert film blur: Live At Wembley Stadium, eyeing both […]
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has taken global rights to apocalypse horror movie Monsters starring Ella Balinska. Voltage will launch global sales for the film at the American Film Market, which runs November 5-10 in Las Vegas. Monsters follows a mother […]
Photo Credit: Amr Diab with his seven World Music Awards by Muhammad Rafaat / CC by 4.0 Sony Music signs an exclusive multi-album agreement with Egyptian icon Amr Diab, acquiring his catalog in the process. […]
EXCLUSIVE: October is Jim “Kitty” Kaat’s time of year. Not only did the southpaw pitch in the World Series three times – winning a ring with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982 – but he […]
UPDATED to clarify that Little, Big, and Far is a hybrid fiction-nonfiction film. EXCLUSIVE: Grasshopper Film has acquired North American distribution rights to Little, Big, and Far ahead of its world premiere at the New […]
Independent Lens, the Emmy-winning ITVS series that airs on PBS stations, has acquired TV and digital rights to Nicholas Bruckman’s latest documentary, Minted. The film, which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, explores the boom-and-bust […]
EXCLUSIVE: The Life of Chuck, the Mike Flanagan-directed genre-bending film that won the Audience Prize at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, is in final talks to be acquired for distribution by Neon, which Deadline […]