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EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired Trick, a horror film starring Omar Epps and directed by My Bloody Valentine and Drive Angry helmer Patrick Lussier. The pic from Durango Pictures will hit theaters and digital day-and-date on October 18. Lussier co-wrote the script with his Drive Angry co-scribe Todd Farmer. The plot…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired rights to Mary, a thriller starring Oscar winner Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer produced by Tooley Entertainment and Entertainment One. The pic, written by The Shallows scribe Anthony Jaswinski and directed by veteran American Horror Story cinematographer Michael Goi, will now hit…

RLJE Films has acquired Satanic Panic, the latest pickup for the indie distributor of a pic from the recently relaunched Fangoria horror label. Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Michael Polish, Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn star in the pic, which had its world premiere earlier this year at the Overlook Film Festival…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Urban Movie Channel and its RLJ Entertainment corporate sibling RLJE Films are teaming for the release of I Got the Hook-Up 2, the sequel to the 1998 crime comedy that will return star Master P. UMC has set a July 12, 2019 theatrical release date for the pic, followed by an October streaming premiere on…

RLJE Films has acquired A Score to Settle, an action thriller starring Nicolas Cage that reteams the Mandy star with the indie horror hit’s distributor. The latest pic will hit theaters day-and-date with digital on August 2. Directed by Beautiful Boy‘s Shawn Ku from a script from Get Shorty‘s John Newman, the plot…

RLJE Films has scooped up rights to Plus One, Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer’s romantic comedy that will have its world premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival. The distributor, which recently released the Sundance revenge pic Mandy starring Nicolas Cage, acquired Plus One preemptively in a low-seven-figure…

RLJE Films announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to the upcoming adventure film The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot directed and written by Robert D. Krzykowski and starring A Star Is Born actor Sam Elliott. The film, which marks Krzykowski directorial debut made its World…

RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, the thriller written and directed by first-time feature director Henry Dunham that is making its world premiere tomorrow in the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section. An early 2019 theatrical and VOD release is planned. James Bad…

RLJE Films has acquired U.S. rights to Galveston, the indie drama that bowed this year at SXSW adapted from True Detective writer Nic Pizzolatto’s 2010 novel. Mélanie Laurent directed the pic, which stars Ben Foster, Elle Fanning, Lili Reinhart and Beau Bridges. The deal comes as the pic landed a spot in September’s…

RLJE Films and UMC have acquired the North American rights to the Jeremy Ungar-directed thriller Ride starring Bella Thorne (Famous in Love), Jessie T. Usher (Shaft), and Will Brill (The OA). Ride is the feature debut for Ungar, who also wrote the script. The film is set to open nationwide in theaters and will also be…

Jonathan Watson’s dark comedy Arizona starring Danny McBride has landed at RLJE Films, which has acquired all North American rights to the film. Arizona marks another collaboration between Watson and McBride, who have worked together on the HBO comedy Vice Principals. The film was penned by Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Luke…