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EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has taken U.S. rights to LD Entertainment's Jacob's Ladder, a re-imagination of the 1990 thriller about a Vietnam vet who suffers from a severe case of dissociation. DISH will premiere Jacob’s Ladder in an exclusive July window, followed by a theatrical release in August. David M…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race, a sequel to the cult sci-fi parody that returns director Timo Vuorensola and those Nazis in space that so buzzed the Berlin Film Festival when the original bowed there in 2012. The new pic stars Lara Rossi, Tom…

EXCLUSIVE: The Operative is heading for U.S. movie screens after Vertical Entertainment acquired North American rights to the spy thriller toplined by Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman and Cas Anvar. A third-quarter 2019 release is being eyed for the pic, which world premiered in February out of competition at the Berlin…

Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment have acquired American Woman, the drama directed by Jake Scott that stars Sienna Miller. Brad Ingelsby penned the pic, which had its bow at the Toronto Film Festival last fall. Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul and Amy Madigan also star in the movie, which is now set for a…

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired domestic rights to Bardo Blues, the feature film debut of director Marcia Kimpton. The pic stars Stephen McClintic and is based on the semi-autobiographical story of Kimpton's mentally ill brother, and Freestyle will bow the pic in theaters and on digital May 3 during Mental…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has secured the North American distribution rights to director Luke Jaden’s horror film, Boo!, with plans to release the pic in limited theaters April 12 as well as a digital rollout on platforms including iTunes and Amazon and through local cable providers. Co-written by Jaden and…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired Dominique Swain and Michael Welch-fronted feature Blood Craft and is set to release the witchcraft-centric horror film in the U.S. in April. The company, which released John Travolta mob drama Gotti, is set to release the film, which is directed by Bethany filmmaker James…

Vertical Entertainment and DirecTV have acquired North American distribution rights to Lying and Stealing, the Matt Aselton-directed crime drama starring Theo James and Emily Ratajkowski. A second-quarter 2019 day-and-date release is planned after a one-month exclusive bow on the satellite service. The deal comes as…

EXCLUSIVE: The Mel Gibson-Sean Penn period film The Professor and the Madman will be getting a theatrical release with Vertical Entertainment after the distributor took U.S. rights to the Voltage Pictures production. A theatrical release is planned for the second quarter of this year. Gibson and his Icon Productions…

Editors Note: This story has been updated to correct the U.S. distributor information EXCLUSIVE:  Vertical Entertainment has obtained U.S. distribution rights to Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World Of Ben Ferencz, a documentary that tells the story of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor whose…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Giant Little Ones, the coming-of-age drama from Canadian director Keith Behrman that had its world premiere earlier this fall as a Toronto Film Festival special presentation. The plan is for a March 2019 platform theatrical release. Josh…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has picked up global distribution rights to Jordan Downey’s medieval horror movie The Head ahead of the American Film Market next week.   The Head follows the lonely, twisted trek of a bounty hunter who seeks vengeance on the monster that slayed his only daughter. The movie has played…