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Well Go USA has released the first official trailer to Cut Throat City, the post-Katrina heist drama slated to premiere at SXSW in Austin next month. Directed by RZA, the pic has a stacked cast that includes Shameik Moore, Tip T.I. Harris, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Kat Graham, Keean Johnson, Denzel Whitaker, Isaiah…

EXCLUSIVE: Another casualty of China's crackdown on potentially sensitive local films this past summer has been given a lifeline. Derek Tsang's Better Days will release this Friday in the Middle Kingdom after being okayed just this week. Well Go USA has the movie domestically and was forced to postpone the release…

Well Go USA Entertainment announced today that they have acquired the North American rights to Jason Kim's action-thriller The Divine Fury starring Seo-jun Park, Sung-ki Ahn and Do-hwan Woo. The film will be released in theaters August 16 followed by a digital and home video release later in the year. The film stars…

Well Go USA Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Takashi Miike's First Love following its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The noir-tinged yakuza film follows the story of a young boxer and a call girl who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up…

EXCLUSIVE: Distributor Well Go USA has entered into an exclusive first-look deal with The Endless production outfit Rustic Films whose principals include producer David Lawson Jr. and writer-directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. The deal gives Well Go first look at financing and distributing the genre specialist…

EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke is set to appear in heist thriller Cut Throat City, joining Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Eiza González, Kat Graham, Tip "T.I." Harris, Joel David Moore, Isiah Washington, Keean Johnson, Sam Daly, Denzel Whitaker, Rob Morgan, Rich Paul, Demetrius Shipp Jr., and Shameik…

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA has struck a deal with Arclight Films for U.S. rights to Brandon Cronenberg's (Antiviral) upcoming sophomore sci-fi thriller Possessor, I can reveal. As we broke in Cannes, the film is due to star Andrea Riseborough (The Death Of Stalin) and Christopher Abbot (Catch 22). Possessor centers on…

EXCLUSIVE: An all-night auction has resulted in Well Go USA taking English-speaking rights to Freaks for a deal in the $2 million range. Directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein from their script, the film is a genre-bending psychological thriller described as Room meets Monsters and underscores Well Go’s aspirations to…

Lee Chang-dong's drama Burning has been selected by South Korea as its submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race this year. Burning made its debut at Cannes in May where it won the FIPRESCI. It's also headed for Toronto, Fantastic Fest and the New York Film Festival. The film, loosely based on Haruki Murakami's…

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA has nabbed North America, UK, and Australia/New Zealand rights to Zhang Yimou's action-epic Shadow ahead of its world premiere in Venice and its North American premiere at Toronto. The deal was negotiated by Dylan Marchetti for Well Go USA. Endeavor Content and Bloom handled the deal. Pic will…

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA has secured all North American rights to the New Orleans-set heist drama Cut Throat City, directed Wu-Tang Clan's by RZA, with plans for a 2019 theatrical release. The film stars Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Eiza González (Baby Driver), Tip "T.I." Harris (Ant-Man), Rob Morgan (Mudbound), Kat…

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Once Upon A Time, the 3D fantasy romance from China’s Alibaba Pictures that IM Global acquired to handle worldwide sales at Cannes this year. The film will get an August 11 U.S. theatrical bow this summer in the original 3D format, in Mandarin with…