Latest in Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights for filmmaker and actress Nicki Micheaux's coming-of-age love story, Summer of Violence. The film stars Kasey Inez, Jahking Guillory, Madhulika Krishnan, Pedro Correa, and Damon Gupton, and will next appear at the Black Girls Rock! Film…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one in the European M&A world. Beta Film has taken a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of Carol and Living producer Number 9 Films. Number 9 TV will be helmed by Kate Laffey, who has left her role running Paramount TV International Studios in the UK. She…

EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Ozi, Voice of the Forest, an animated feature produced by Appian Way Productions, Mike Medavoy and GCI Film, which features a voice cast led by Amandla Stenberg. World premiering at last year’s Annecy Animation Film Festival, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired Autumn and the Black Jaguar from Studiocanal. Blue Fox will release the family-friendly adventure film in theaters nationwide later this year. Directed by Gilles de Maistre (Mia and the White Lion), the film stars Lumi Pollack (The Fallout), Emily Bett…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix UK & Ireland has acquired Channel 5’s BAFTA TV-winning documentary White Nanny, Black Child. Originally for Paramount Global’s UK network Channel 5 and co-financed by the BFI Doc Society fund, the doc explores the story of how over 70,000 West African children were unofficially…

Denise Richards is returning to E! for Denise Richards and the Wild Things (wt), a half-hour “comedic” docuseries that will premiere in 2025.   The new series will follow Richards, her husband Aaron Phypers and her daughters Sami, Lola and Eloise. Richards’ last series for E! was Denise Richards: It’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and its Grindstone Entertainment Group have acquired the indie drama Continue, extending their relationship with writer-director-actress Nadine Crocker with a deal for multiplatform domestic distribution of her latest film. Set to screen at the Bentonville Film Festival this week…

Gkids has acquired worldwide (excluding China) videogram and digital transactional rights for Season 1 of hit animated series Arcane from L.A.-based developer and publisher Riot Games, which produced the show with French animation company Fortiche Production for Netflix. The series inspired by Riot…

EXCLUSIVE: The Millie Magnificent preschool brand is expanding ahead of its CG-animated series launch. The Nelvana series has landed five new pre-buyers — YLE in Finland, RTS (Switzerland), SVT (Sweden), HOP (Israel), and Cinetel (Hungary) — who join the previously announced Canal+ (France) and…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its June 8 world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, the road trip buddy comedy Sacramento, directed by and starring Michael Angarano (Oppenheimer), has been acquired by Vertical for distribution in North America, the UK and Ireland later this year. In addition to Angarano, the…

EXCLUSIVE: In-between its months-long pursuit of Paramount, Skydance has found time to make what we understand to be an $80M-$85M global deal for Chris Pratt Cannes package Way of the Warrior Kid. We make this one of the single biggest package deals since Apple splashed on Emancipation back in 2020…

In a major M&A move, Banijay UK has acquired independent scripted production company Caryn Mandabach Productions Limited (CMP). CMP, founded by prolific award-winning producer Caryn Mandabach, produces and owns the BAFTA-winning global hit drama series and brand, Peaky Blinders. Under the agreement…