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WWE Studios and Anchor Bay Films have set Road To Paloma for a release in L.A. on July 11, before coming out on-demand and on DVD July 15. The film marks the directing debut of Jason Momoa, who starred in the first season of HBO’s Game Of Thrones and played the slave-turned-king in Conan The Barbarian. He stars as…

EXCLUSIVE:  Past Oscar nominees Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III) and Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air and also a recent Emmy nominee for Bates Motel) team up in the romantic comedy At Middleton. They play two strangers who meet when they take their college-age kids on a campus tour of Middleton College. Soon the pair…

The 24 creator wrote and directed the story of a divorced used car salesman (Christopher Meloni) whose son (Devon Bostick) eschews college to join him on the lot. Dean Norris, Bridget Moynahan and Kevin Nealon also star in Small Time, Joel Surnow‘s feature debut. It’s alsothe first big-screen effort from Asylum Enterta…

EXCLUSIVE:  Anchor Bay Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to Snake & Mongoo$e in a post-AFM deal. The fast-paced pic produced by Entertainment Universe and Rhino Films tells the true-life story of the friendship and rivalry between 1960s Southern California drag racing champs Don "Snake" Prudhomme and Tom…

A couple deals with the accidental death of their child in writer-director Leland Orser’s Morning, based on his short film. Orser and Jeanne Tripplehorn as the grief-stricken mother lead an ensemble cast that includes Laura Linney, Elliott Gould, Kyle Chandler, Jason Ritter, Charlie McDermott and Julie White. It’s…

Mactavish Pictures’ Murph: The Protector centers on the life of fallen Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, who died in battle in 2005 and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2007. Scott Mactavish wrote and directed the story told via friends, family and Murphy’s fellow SEALs. Anchor Bay has bought…

LOS ANGELES, CA – Anchor Bay Films has once again joined forces with CineTel Films to release the next chapter of the controversial I Spit On Your Grave film franchise. I Spit on Your Grave 2 wrapped production late last year with Steven R. Monroe directing. The film is expected to be released in fall 2013. Anchor Bay…

NEW YORK, NY – Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of small time starring Christopher Meloni (42, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Man of Steel), Bridget Moynahan (I Robot, Lord of War, "Blue Bloods") and Dean Norris ("Breaking Bad," Little Miss Sunshine, "Under The Dome"). Written and directed by Joel…

NEW YORK, NY – Anchor Bay Films has landed the rights to Mr. Jones at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The company has picked up all North American rights to the thriller from writer/director Karl Mueller (screenwriter of The Divide). Mr. Jones is produced by Preferred Film & TV's Ross M. Dinerstein and executive…

Veteran Bill Lewis most recently was EVP and GM at Summit Entertainment, where he helped guide the releases of Twilight films and Oscar Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker for the company before it was acquired by Lionsgate and staff was consolidated. Before that he headed Eastern U.S. theatrical distribution efforts…

EXCLUSIVE: As the Toronto Film Festival draws to a close, a deal that has been in the works nearly a week has finally been closed. Anchor Bay Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem, which debuted to a raucous crowd last Monday in the fest’s Midnight Madness section. The deal was…

Submarine Pacts With SnagFilms, Launches Torpedo Pictures Submarine Entertainment announced today at the Cannes Film Festival that it has licensed three films to on-demand hub SnagFilms: Sundance 2011 entry Letters From The Big Man, about a Forest Service employee who stumbles across a sasquatch in the Oregon…