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I have learned that Universal Cable Productions has teamed with Shout! Factory to develop a TV series based on Bill Carter's best-selling 2006 book Desperate Networks. Carter, former longtime New York Times media reporter and current CNN contributor, will write the adaptation, which is in very early stages. Desperate N…

UPDATED, 8:48 AM: Shout! Factory has set a September 22 release date for The Tiger Hunter and released a poster and trailer (watch it above). Lena Khan's comedy will open in New York, Los Angeles and select major markets. PREVIOUSLY, April 25: Lena Khan's comedy feature, The Tiger Hunter has been acquired by the…

Shout! Factory has acquired North American distribution rights to psychological thriller Jackals, directed by Kevin Greutert, written by Jared Rivet and starring Deborah Kara Unger (Crash), Stephen Dorff, Johnathan Schaech, Nick Roux (Jane By Design), Chelsea Ricketts (Scream Queens, True Blood) and Ben Sullivan (Hell…

Shout! Factory and Funimation Films will jointly launch the animated feature In This Corner of the World on August 11. Based on the award-winning mJapanese anga by Fumiyo Kouno, the film is written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi and produced by Genco and Japanese animation studio Mappa. The film is a coming-of-age…

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Factory has acquired worldwide rights to Untitled Shulman Horror Project, writer-director Kevin Shulman's new feature film about a well-known reporter who is held captive by terrorists who are threatening to behead her. However, they have no idea what terror awaits them from her. The film, which is…

EXCLUSIVE: Dane DeHaan, who has the title role in Luc Besson’s Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets and stars in the upcoming A Cure For Wellness, has just joined Martin Sheen and J.K. Simmons in the voice cast for animated feature The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island from Legacy Classics and Shout! Factory…

EXCLUSIVE: Animatsu Entertainment’s new animated feature In This Corner of the World, based on the award-winning manga by Fumiyo Kouno and written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, will be released in North America by Shout! Factory. The award-winning story follows a young lady named Suzu Urano who, in 1944, moves to…

Mark Hamill, the beloved Star Wars actor, is taking a little time out to voice an animated Lovecraft feature. He, along with Jeffrey Combs (Transformers Prime), Christopher Plumme and Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) have been set for the voice cast in the upcoming animated feature Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom…

Classic TV game show Starcade is making a comeback. Shout! Factory has acquired worldwide television format and ancillary rights to Starcade from JM Production company, the original game show creators, and show creators James Caruso and Mavis E. Arthur. The agreement provides Shout! Factory the rights to develop and…

Martin Sheen and J.K. Simmons have boarded the animated feature The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as voice cast for Legacy Classics and Shout! Factory. The pic is currently in production. Sheen steps into the role of James Alden, and Simmons will voice Dr. Moore. The picture is the first of three new animated films…

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Factory has acquired North American distribution rights to The Ticket, which had its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Ido Fluk and written by Fluk and Sharon Mashihi, the film stars Downton Abbey and Beauty and the Beast‘s Dan Stevens in a story about a blind man who…

Odin's Eye Entertainment and Shout! Factory have partnered for a multi-picture deal for a new animated film: Kikoriki: Legend of the Golden Dragon for exclusive North American distribution rights including theatrical, VOD, digital, broadcast and home entertainment. In addition, the agreement covers the same for the…