Movies With Butter

deadline.com – Toronto/Los Angeles/London/Amsterdam/Sydney – February 15, 2012 – Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that it has secured the rights to a broad selection of premium titles at this year’s annual European Film Market in Berlin. From comedies and dramas to zombie-flicks and thrillers, eOne scored films for each of its core markets and inked a number of key multi-territory deals. Entertainment One secured multi-territory rights for, among others: · 2 GUNS, starring Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington, from Foresight, UK & Canada · A MOST WANTED MAN, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, from FilmNation Entertainment, Canada & Benelux · DEAD MINE, Writer/Director Steven Sheil, from Celluloid Nightmares, UK, Canada & Benelux · LOVE PUNCH, starring Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan, from SND, UK, Canada & Australia · MISS YOU ALREADY, Director Paul Andrew Williams and starring Jennifer Aniston, from The Salt Company, UK, Canada & Australia · SIDE EFFECTS (‘BITTER PILL’), Director Steven Soderbergh and starring Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jude Law, from FilmNation, UK & Canada · WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, Director Jim Mickle, from Memento Films, UK & Canada Other acquisition highlights from across eOne territories include: Canada · CODENAME GERONIMO, starring Cam Gigandet, Xzibit and William Fichtner, from Voltage Pictures · PLUSH, Writer/Director Catherine Hardwicke and starring Evan Rachel Wood, from IM Global · SERENA, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Copper, from StudioCanal · ALL IS LOST, Director JC Chandor and starring Robert Redford, from FilmNation · THE SWEENEY, starring Ray Winstone and Ben Drew, from Protagonist Pictures · THE WRITERS, starring Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly, from The Solution Entertainment UK · ALBERT NOBBS, starring Glenn Close and Mia Wasikowska, from WestEnd Films Australia · CROOKED HOUSE, Writer Julian Fellowes and Director Neil LaBute, from Ealing Metro International · HAPPYTIME MURDERS, Director Brian Henson, from IM Global Benelux · LAST EXORCISM 2, starring Ashley Bell, from StudioCanal North America · DEVIL SEED, starring Vanessa Broze and Michelle Arygyris, from Imagination Worldwide · IRON SKY, starring Julia Dietze and Christopher Kirby, from Stealth Media Group · LET GO, starring Kevin Hart and Ed Asner, from Shoreline Entertainment · OSOMBIE, starring Corey Sevier and Eve Mauro, from Highland Films Overall, eOne had a very successful market for its major territories.

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