Indie distributor Gravitas Ventures on Tuesday launched Gravitas Movies, an ad-free streaming service that will showcase the company’s library of at least 1,000 movies. The price is $4.99 a month for the service, which is available as of today at gravitasmovies.com and via Comcast's Xfinity X1, Apple TV and iOS…

Fresh off of its world premiere at SXSW, Ben Masters’ documentary The River and the Wall has released its first full trailer. Gravitas announced today that the film will be released in theaters in the U.S. and Canada and On Demand May 3 with a one night preview in nearly 100 theaters on May 2.

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EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Changeland, which is Seth Green’s feature film writing and directorial debut. He stars alongside Breckin Meyer in the buddy comedy-drama, which will now hit theaters day-and-date June 7.

Shot in Thailand, the movie centers on Brandon (Green), an unexcep…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired rights to Beers of Joy, a feature documentary directed by David Swift and Scott Owen that examines the history of brewing as the backdrop to tell four stories about the, er, craft. It will hit theaters in 10 cities day-and-date on March 1. The pic, done in a partnership with…

Horror thriller A Brilliant Monster, which premiered last June at the Dances with Films festival in LA, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures.

The film is slated for limited theatrical and on-demand release in May 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to director Ben Masters’ documentary feature The River and The Wall ahead of its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival this March. The film, which follows five friends on a 1,200 mile journey along the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the Gulf of…

Melrose Place alum Daphne Zuniga is set to mark her feature directorial debut with The Protegé, an indie thriller starring Jeanette Sousa (American Housewife), Breanne Hill (Frontier), Keenan Tracey (Bates Motel), and Philip Boyd (The Have and Have Nots). It follows Amanda Birch (Sousa) who, after three years of…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American theatrical and VOD rights to the Scott Christopherson documentary The Insufferable Groo. The docu follows a low budget indie filmmaker Stephen Groo who sets off to cast Jack Black in his newest feature film about an elf-human love story. The Insufferable…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Egg, the satire on motherhood helmed by Marianna Palka the premiered this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. Christina Hendricks, Alysia Reiner and Anna Camp star in the comedy, which will now hit theaters January 18 day-and-date with a digital…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Lez Bomb, written and directed by and starring Jenna Laurenzo and executive produced by Bobby Farrelly. The pic, financed and produced by Sprockefeller Pictures, won a jury award when it world premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival, and now will…

EXCLUSIVE: The Jason Stone-directed sci-fi thriller At First Light has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures. The Red Arrow Studios company landed U.S., Australia, and New Zealand rights to the film which made its world premiere at SXSW. At First Light will be released in theaters and available on demand Sept. 28.

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Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American distribution rights to What Still Remains, a post-apocalyptic thriller from Strike the Sun Entertainment. Josh Mendoza wrote and directed the film, which stars Lulu Antariksa (T@gged), Colin O'Donoghue (Once Upon a Time), and Mimi Rogers (Ginger Snaps). It follows a…