"Exploitation maven Roger Corman, the producer of hundreds of films on the outer fringes of the studio system, is bringing his DVD base to Disney. Concorde-New Horizons, the company Corman runs from his headquarters in Brentwood, has inked a DVD-distribution pact with Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Under the 12-year pact announced Wednesday, BVHE gains distribution rights to more than 400 cult-classic Corman films in the U.S. and on select films in Canada. Amongst them 1960's "The Little Shop of Horrors"; "Rock and Roll High School," starring the Ramones; and 1975 sci-fi actioner "Death Race 2000," starring Sylvester Stallone..." (full details)
"MTV Films has acquired film rights to action-horror vidgame "The Suffering" from Sumner Redstone-owned Midway Games. MTV is working with Stan Winston and Brian Gilbert from Stan Winston Prods. and Jason Lust and Rick Jacobs from Circle of Confusion on development of "The Suffering" as a feature project..." (full details)
"Strand Releasing was finalizing a deal Wednesday to snap up domestic rights to Gallic helmer Francois Ozon's "Time to Leave" in advance of the pic's screening at the Toronto Film Festival on September 15th in the contemporary world cinema section. Pic stars Jeanne Moreau, Melvil Poupaud, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Daniel Duval in the story of handsome, successful fashion photographer who is unexpectedly diagnosed with untreatable cancer. Project is the second part of Ozon's trilogy about death and mourning that began with the Charlotte Rampling starrer "Sous le sable"..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'.
