EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films announced today that Chief Financial Officer Shanan Becker will expand his responsibilities and add the title of Chief Operating Officer.  Becker has served as the CFO at Saban Films since 2014, when he co-founded the company alongside President Bill Bromiley.  Simultaneously, the company…

Saban Films has promoted Jonathan Saba to SVP Distribution Sales & Marketing and Ness Saban to VP Business Development. The pair have been with the company since its May 24 launch, and the indie distributor has released 23 films since then with another 22 in the pipeline into 2018. Saba had been VP Sales since coming…

There’s plenty of art in arthouse and indie film productions, but today’s indie-focused panel at the Produced By Conference was all about commerce. Despite its pointed title – “Is The Sky Falling?” – the session certainly wasn’t all doom and gloom, thanks to the force of VOD. Moderator Ted Mundorff, president and CEO…

Saban Films launched just before Cannes in May and made a statement by acquiring Tommy Lee Jones’ Competition title The Homsesman, which it will release in the U.S. via Roadside Attractions. It was the first glitzy step in a plan to release 8-10 commercial, talent-driven features per year via a distribution partner…

Los Angeles-based Rilean Pictures has acquired the remake rights to Eric Rohmer's Le Beau Mariage (A Good Marriage). Rilean partners Jonathan Saba and Juan Iglesias will write and produce. Iglesias most recently co-wrote and executive produced AMC's The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks starring Jeffrey Tambor, Adam…