The streaming and distribution platform Angel Studios has announced that the independent film Sound of Freedom, which opens in theatres July 4, topped $10 million in pre-sales, two days ahead of its US/Canada theatrical release.
The Adobe Foundation, USC Annenberg, and Dr. Stacy Smith have released the results of the first-ever The Inclusion List, a new data-driven ranking that provides the titles of the 100 most inclusive theatrically released films from 2019 to 2022.
Digital Cinema United, a leading technical content services company specializing in feature and trailer digital cinema package mastering and delivery services, has announced the addition of more than 100 new exhibitors to the company’s DCU Connect electronic delivery network across the Americas.
CJ 4DPlex and Trafalgar Releasing today unveiled the ScreenX trailer for the upcoming theatrical release Coldplay - Music of the Spheres: Live at River Plate.
Tonis Kiis, the senior vice president of international distribution at Warner Bros., has been named CineEurope’s 2023 International Distributor of the Year award recipient. The award will be presented June 22 as part of the CineEurope Awards Ceremony hosted by the Coca-Cola Company at the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.
Telstra and media asset management specialists Silver Trak Digital have launched their new 5G Cinema Direct content delivery service, which the companies say is Australia’s fastest, most robust, and most secure delivery of digital content over 5G for cinemas, content distributors and movie studios.
As has been widely reported, Apple plans to spend $1 billion a year to produce movies that will be released in theatres. All the stories quote knowledgeable people familiar with the company’s plans. Apple has reportedly approached movie studios about partnering to release a few titles in theatres this year and a slate of films in coming years, according to those people, who asked not to be identified because the plans are private
Trafalgar Releasing will present The Rocky Horror Show to cinemas worldwide next month.
Marketing executive Briana McElroy has been named head of worldwide digital marketing for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. Her appointment was announced by JP Richards and Keri Moore, president, and co-president of marketing for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, to whom McElroy will report.
Nagra has announced that its NexGuard forensic and watermarking services have completed the Amazon Web Services technical review. The company said this provides AWS customers with the peace of mind that the integration with AWS infrastructure is fully validated and utilizes AWS resources efficiently to deliver market-leading forensic watermarking for audio and video content.
