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1091 has secured worldwide rights Inez & Doug & Kira, the directorial debut feature from Julia Kots. Starring Michael Chernus (Spiderman: Homecoming, Orange is the New Black), Tawny Cypress (Blacklist Redemption, Billions), and Talia Thiesfield (Succession, Kevin Can Wait), the film will be released across all digital…

EXCLUSIVE: 1091 has taken worldwide digital and broadcast rights to the horror documentary The Mothman Legacy, we can report exclusively. The doc was initially set to premiere at the Mothman Festival on Sept. 18. That event was cancelled due to COVID-19 and The Mothman Legacy will now be released exclusively on…

Saban Films has secured North American rights to Alex McAulay's directorial debut Don't Tell a Soul, a thriller starring Jack Dylan Grazer (Shazam!), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), Mena Suvari (American Beauty), and Rainn Wilson (The Office). The Unbridled Films and Mangano Movies & Media film follows two young brothers…

Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American distribution rights to Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story, a feature docu directed by Ron Cicero and Kimo Easterwood. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will release in theaters and on-demand sometime in August. The doc offers a…

EXCLUSIVE: 1091 has secured all rights to Star Light, a young adult supernatural horror thriller that stars Scout Taylor-Compton (The Runaways), Cameron Johnson (Light as a Feather), Rahart Adams (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Liana Ramirez (Power Rangers Beast Morphers), and Tiffany Shepis (12 Monkeys). Directed by…

EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV marketing and distribution outfit 1091 Media has launched Unidentified, a new streaming channel carried by free, ad-supported service Xumo. The linear channel features programming on paranormal, alien-related and conspiracy-minded themes. It will leverage 1091’s catalog of documentaries and…

Of all the films opening this weekend at the specialty box office, all eyes will be on Judy, the biopic about Hollywood icon Judy Garland. The film made its premiere at Telluride and played the Toronto Film Festival to a great ovation, prompting early awards contender buzz for star Renee Zellweger. Joining Judy in a…

EXCLUSIVE: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann’s Sister Aimee, which had its premiere in the NEXT section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by 1091 (formerly known as The Orchard Film Group) and Obscured Pictures. It will now hit theaters September 27 at the Village East Cinema in New York and…

You know the voice. You know the face. It’s time to get to know the woman. Here is the first trailer for Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, a feature documentary that takes an insider’s look at one of the most successful recording acts of the 20th century. “Linda could literally sing anything,” longtime friend and…

EXCLUSIVE: North American distribution rights to Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice have been co-acquired by Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 (formerly The Orchard). The documentary, directed by Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and produced by James Keach and  Michele Farinola and CNN…

RLJE Films has secured the distribution rights to Aaron Harvey’s action-thriller Into The Ashes, which will get a day-and-date release July 19. The cast includes Luke Grimes (Yellowstone), Robert Taylor (Longmire), James Badge Dale (13 Hours), and Frank Grillo (Captain America). The plot centers on Nick Brenner who…

1091 has obtained the North American distribution rights to Midnight Family, the Luke Lorentzen-directed documentary which premiered at Sundance this year. The company, formally known as Orchard Film Group, is planning to release the doc sometime during the summer of this year. The doc, which won the Special Jury…