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30WEST, which invested in Parasite releaser NEON back in 2018, has taken a significant minority stake in UK and Ireland distribution, sales and production outfit Altitude Media Group. Launched in 2012 by Will Clarke and Andy Mayson, Altitude saw early successes with Asif Kapadia's Oscar-winning doc Amy and Barry…

Here’s something to sail NEON’s Parasite past the $50M mark at the domestic box office: The 4x Oscar winner, including, best picture is getting an Imax release in 214 U.S. and Canadian auditoriums tomorrow for a one week release. The Cannes Palme d’Or winning movie was digitally re-mastered into the Imax format. In…

Who says theatrical is dead? Despite Bong Joon Ho’s historic Best Picture Oscar winner Parasite already being available on DVD and SVOD, there’s a huge appetite among moviegoers following Sunday’s awards ceremony to watch it on the big screen this weekend.  As of EOD Monday, advance ticket sales for Parasite had…

Following its triumphant Oscar night, Bong Joon Ho's Parasite is set for an extended theatrical run in European markets as exhibitors and distributors look to capitalize on the film's astronomic levels of current hype. Tomorrow, the film is headed back onto 160 cinema screens in France, topping up a hugely successful…

UPDATED, Monday PM: Neon is still counting exactly how wide Parasite will go following its historic Oscar Best Picture win Sunday, but the forecast is around 2,300 theaters. Industry estimates factor, despite the pic being available on DVD now, that it will go to $45 million, becoming the fourth highest-grossing…

EXCLUSIVE: Hours after making Oscar history on Parasite‘s dual Best Picture and Best International Film Oscar, Neon has closed a deal for the Sundance Film Festival buzz title Shirley. Deal is for North American rights and went for low seven figures. Directed by Josephine Decker from a script by Sarah Gubbins, the…

In a truly stunning win that caps off an equally stunning awards season run, Bong Joon-ho's Parasite scooped the Oscar for Best Picture tonight. Since it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last May, Bong's black comedy thriller has been making history, and has now become the only foreign-language film to ever take…

As Neon rides the awards-season wave with Bong Joon Ho’s cinematic masterpiece Parasite, it isn’t stopping with delivering genre titles that speak to the brand. This weekend, its will debut its chilling thriller The Lodge directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Written by Fiala, Franz and Sergio Casci, The Lodge …

As we celebrate Black History Month, GLAAD has unveiled a new ongoing digital content series titled “Neon”, which will increase the visibility of Black LGBTQ people and their experiences. The new series will launch today with Neon's “Black History Month: Legacy Series” featuring artist and poet Roya Marsha (which you…

Exactly one year ago the filmmakers behind Honeyland were fresh from victory at Sundance, where they earned the festival's top prizes for international documentary—the grand jury and audience awards. The year since has brought more honors around the world, leading up to an unprecedented double Oscar nomination: one…

On Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite, production designer Lee Ha-jun took great care, while crafting two extremely different South Korean homes, which spoke to the director's thoughtful dissection of class divisions. The centerpiece of the film is the home of the extremely affluent Parks—a space that evokes the family's cold…

UPDATED: Deadline today broke that Hulu and Neon set the high bar for deals at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival with a $15 million world rights deal for the Andy Samberg-starrer Palm Springs. At the time, we heard it might be a bit higher, and waited for a definitive number. The deal at that price was certainly a…