Anchor Bay Entertainment Movie Updates

Anchor Bay Films has acquired all distribution rights for the U.S., U.K. and Australia/New Zealand territories to Joker Films' Daydream Nation. The movie made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival where it opened the "Canada First!" sidebar.

Anchor Bay Films and Celluloid Nightmares have closed distribution deals in English-speaking terrotories for the Adam Wingard-directed A Horrible Way To Die, a thriller which premiered Wednesday night at TIFF's Vanguard program. A theatrical component is part of the mix.

Anchor Bay Films has just closed all English-speaking rights to Beautiful Boy, the Shawn Ku-directed drama. I'm told the deal was 7-figures, negotiated by Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group's Ben Weiss with Anchor Bay Films' Kevin Kasha.

Anchor Bay Films announced today it had acquired U.S. and Australia/New Zealand distribution rights to Tekken from Steven Paul's Crystal Sky Pictures. Based on the bestselling videogame franchise from Namco, Tekken was written by Alan McElroy and directed by Dwight Little. Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President Worldwide Acquisit ...

Josh Radnor's feature directorial debut Happythankyoumoreplease has severed ties with distributor Hannover House, and is negotiating a new deal to be distributed by Anchor Bay Films. The intention is to release the film theatrically.

Anchor Bay is currently planning a theatrical release in February 2011, with a DVD to follow; Studio Canal, which co-produced and co-financed the film, is handling foreign distribution.

Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up U.S. distribution rights to “Altitude,” the indie supernatural thriller directed by comics artist Kaare Andrews.