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EXCLUSIVE: UK producer and distributor Signature has secured global rights to British true crime docs Bellfield and West End Girls: The Search for a Serial Killer. The dual-format docs, which have been produced as both features and multi-episodic shows, come from Tony Carne and Trevor Drane's firm Revelation…

Odeya Rush, Eric Dane, Saffron Burrows and Ray Liotta are set to star in Dangerous Waters, from Blood And Money director John Barr. The story, which is based on a script by Mark Jackson and a story by Barr, follows a sailing holiday which spirals out of control when a teenage daughter (Rush) uncovers the dark past of…

EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor and producer Signature Entertainment has appointed Ben Jacques to the newly created role of Head Of UK Production. Jacques most recently produced Scott Adkins action movies One Shot and Accident Man 2, which is in post-production. Reporting to Signature CEO and founder Marc Goldberg, Jacques…

EXCLUSIVE: Roger Michell’s last movie, the documentary Elizabeth about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, has been picked up by Signature Entertainment and set for a Friday, June 3 theatrical release to coincide with the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee. The late British filmmaker, known for movies including Notting Hill, The D…

EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor-producer Signature Entertainment has been re-acquired by its original stakeholders after being bought by completion guarantee firm FFI in early 2018. Company founder Marc Goldberg said today: "Myself and the other shareholders are delighted to have full control of the company again after our…

EXCLUSIVE: Following its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, UK horror film A Banquet has sold to Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The deal was negotiated between Signature's Elizabeth Williams and Hanway's Nicole Mackey. Release is set for 2022. A Banquet follows widowed mother Holly…

EXCLUSIVE: Brisk business has been concluded on Midas Man, the feature about the life of The Beatles manager Brian Epstein, by sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment. Signature Entertainment has picked up rights for UK and Ireland following the recent Cannes virtual market. Deals have also been concluded for…

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment is launching global sales on Australian family-adventure film Don't Go Below ahead of the virtual Cannes market. Signature has acquired global rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to the fantasy film which is written and directed by Dinosaur Island and My Pet Dinosaur…

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has acquired mob crime-drama The Birthday Cake for UK-Ireland and Australia/New Zealand. Starring in the feature are Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting), Val Kilmer (Heat), William Fichtner (Black Hawk Down), Luis Guzmán (Traffic), Emory Cohen (The Place Beyond the Pines), Aldis Hodge (The…

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Ireland rights to thriller The Ice Road, starring Liam Neeson (Taken) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix). In The Ice Road, after a remote diamond mine collapses in the far northern regions of Canada, an expert driver (Neeson) leads an impossible rescue mission…

EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Signature Entertainment has appointed sales exec Asia Muci to the newly created role of International Sales Manager. Muci joins Signature ahead of the virtual EFM after sales stints at Goldcrest and Independent Film Company. She most recently worked at Secret Cinema. Signature has been…

EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Signature Entertainment is launching its first ever international sales slate for the upcoming virtual AFM with movies including WWII spy thriller A Call To Spy and Brit library titles such as Scenes Of A Sexual Nature with Tom Hardy and Ewan McGregor. Signature’s Head of International…