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EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to Taurus, the film starring Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly). The drama, which had its world premiere earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival, is gearing up for its North American premiere next month at the Tribeca Festival. It will now get a…

EXCLUSIVE: Shudder, AMC Networks' streaming service for horror, and RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, have partnered on the newest Shudder Original Film, Destroy All Neighbors. From music-video and commercial director Josh Forbes and starring Jonah Ray Rodrigues (Mystery Science Theater 3000) and Alex…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to the Western Murder at Yellowstone City, directed by Richard Gray (Robert the Bruce), for release in theaters and on demand on June 24. The film written by Eric Belgau (Robert the Bruce) sees a former slave arrive in Yellowstone City, Montana—a desolate former…

EXCLUSIVE: Shudder has acquired rights to The Cellar, the Irish horror film written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken. The deal comes as the pic is prepping for its world premiere next month at SXSW. It will now get an April 15 day-and-date release in the U.S., with Shudder…

AMC+ and RLJE Films have acquired worldwide rights to the holiday comedy Christmas with the Campbells, starring Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect franchise), Justin Long (He's Just Not That Into You), Alex Moffat (Saturday Night Live), Julia Duffy (Newhart), George Wendt (Cheers) and JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Sweet…

RLJE Films last night acquired U.S. rights to Riley Stearns’ thriller Dual in a competitive bidding situation, striking a low-mid seven figure deal for the film, which recently premiered in U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. XYZ Films, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group closed the…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to Last Looks, an action comedy toplined by Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson. Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend, Dominic Monaghan, Lucy Fry and Cliff "Method Man" Smith also star in the pic, directed by Tim Kirkby (Brockmire) and originally titled Waldo after the lead…

The title South of Heaven means some kind of hell for parolee Jimmy Ray in director Aharon Keshales’ noirish genre action drama that brings star Jason Sudeikis a film role that is well south of his current success in Ted Lasso. This film was actually shot several months before Lasso became a sensation and gave…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to Apex, the futuristic action thriller toplined by Bruce Willis and Neal McDonough. Edward Drake directed and co-wrote the pic, which will now be released day-and-date November 12. Written by Drake and Corey Large, the pic centers on ex-cop James Malone…

RLJE Films has unveiled the first trailer for Nicolas Cage starrer Prisoners of the Ghostland, which it will release in theaters, on digital and VOD September 17. The crime thriller from director Sion Sono (The Forest of Love, Tokyo Vampire Hotel) tells the story of Hero (Cage), a ruthless bank robber from the…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired U.S. rights to Creation Stories, the rock biopic of Creation Records creator and founder Alan McGee that is directed by Nick Moran and stars Trainspotting alum Ewen Bremner. That’s one of several connections to the that 1996 film; Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh co-wrote the Creatio…

EXCLUSIVE:  AMC Networks’ RLJE Films has taken North American rights to the Elijah Wood and Luke Kirby dramatic thriller No Man of God, based on real transcripts and conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI agent Bill Hagmaier. The deal for the Amber Sealey-directed feature went down ahead of the pic’s Tri…