IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT RECEIVES CHAIN LETTER AND MORE IN LATEST DEAL WITH NEW FILMS INTERNATIONAL
CHATSWORTH, CA– Image Entertainment, Inc. (OTC: DISK .PK) announced today an output agreement to exclusively distribute all theatrical New Films International/New Films Cinema titles in the U.S. and Canada. The deal covers all DVD , digital, television, Pay-Per-View and VOD rights to all New Films current and future titles. The announcement was made jointly by Nesim Hason, President of New Films International and Bill Bromiley , Chief Acquisitions Officer of Image Entertainment.
The output deal includes Chain Letter, starring Nikki Reed (the Twilight franchise) and Betsy Russell (Saw III , Saw IV). New Films Cinema will release Chain Letter in the U.S. theatrically this October with multi-million dollar p&a backing on over 400 screens. Their previous theatrical release, The Lightkeepers starring Academy Award® winner Richard Dreyfuss and Golden Globe® nominee Blythe Danner, opened in Los Angeles on May 7th, and played in fifteen U.S. markets.
“We are looking forward to working on these exciting films with New Films International.” commented Bromiley. “Their strong support of their theatrical titles creates a perfect synergy with our efforts in the home entertainment, VOD , and digital television arena.”
“We are excited to have a partner like Image Entertainment to help us continue to successfully move forward in the domestic theatrical market place. Image’s capability and reputation is unmatched and we are thrilled to be in business with them,” remarked Hason.
“We’ve long admired what Image has been able to accomplish in today’s competitive market place and we are looking forward to a long, prosperous partnership,” said Izak Saul, General Manager.
A terrifying horror film that will leave audiences wondering if modern technology is really as safe as we think it is, Chain Letter was directed by Deon Taylor and written by Taylor and Michael J. Pagan. When high school senior Jessie Campbell (Reed) and her tight-knit group of friends begins to receive a series of foreboding email chain letters, they have no idea the terror that awaits them. With a warning that if they break the chain, they will lose a life, the seemingly harmless email turns deadly when one-by-one the friends that do not forward the chain letter are hunted down and gruesomely killed by horror’s newest villain: the Chain Man. In addition to Reed (Twilight, New Moon, Thirteen), the film stars Michael J. Pagan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Nite Tales:The Movie), Noah Segan (Deadgirl), Matt Cohen (Boogeyman 2), Cody Kasch (“Desperate Housewives”), Betsy Russell (Saw III , Saw IV), Cherilyn Wilson (“90210”), Brad Dourif (Alien, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Keith David (Crash, Barbershop), with Michael Bailey Smith (The Hills Have Eyes) as the killer.
The deal was negotiated by Michael Bayer and J. Beck for Image Entertainment; Nesim Hason, President of New Films International negotiated for New Films.
About Image Entertainment
Image Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB: DISK) is a leading independent licensee and distributor of entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and more than 450 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and has digital download rights to over 2,100 video programs and approximately 400 audio titles containing more than 5,600 individual tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth , California . For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com.
About New Films
New Films International is a full service distribution and production company servicing the worldwide market place. New Films Cinema is the U.S. theatrical release entity. Acquiring, distributing, and marketing feature films and television series, New Films offers a wide variety of genres with A-list talent and a film library which is home to hundreds of titles. As a company on the rise, NFI also produce’s and co-finances a substantial amount of their own content. The company was founded in 1996 by Nesim Hason, a successful foreign markets distributor who had established himself within the film industry in multiple capacities starting in 1980. Nesim has been committed to bridging the distance between the United States and the rest of the world by consistently striving to blend both foreign and American cultures and introducing American films to the foreign marketplace and distributing commercial projects which appeal to the movie-goer.
This movie looks amazing!
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