deadline.com – BREAKING: Relativity Media (“Relativity”) and EuropaCorp announced today the companies have formed a new U.S. distribution and marketing joint venture to support both Relativity’s and EuropaCorp’s U.S. distribution for their respective film slates. Under the terms of the deal, EuropaCorp will pay approximately $130 million, anticipated to be paid over a six year timeframe, for a 50 percent stake in the joint venture. 2 weeks 1 day ago via jetli

variety.com – Picked up by Relativity Media for North America at the American Film Market, “Desert Dancer,” with Freida Pinto, has further consolidated its sales credentials licensing three of the biggest markets out: Germany (Senator), Latin America (Paris Filmes) and Russia and CIS territories (Exponenta-Film). “Dancer” screens Friday in Berlin. Directed by Richard Raymond, and sold by... 4 weeks 2 days ago via jetli

thewrap.com – Zach Galifianakis is in final negotiations to star opposite Owen Wilson in Relativity’s Untitled Armored Car Project, which was formerly titled “Loomis Fargo,” TheWrap has learned. Galifianakis and Wilson recently worked together on the indie comedy “You Are Here,” written and directed by “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner. Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”) will direct the Relativity comedy from a script by Chris Bowman and Hubbel Palmer, based on an original screenplay by Emily Spivey (“Up All Night”). 13 weeks 4 days ago via jackiechan

deadline.com – The McG-directed action thriller starring Kevin Costner had been slated for the busy Valentine’s Day slot but now will open February 21. Three Days To Kill faces a much less crowded opening field led by Sony TriStar’s volcanic actioner Pompeii. The film from Relativity and Luc Besson’s Europacorp centers on an elite government hitman (Costner) who finds out he has a terminal disease and decides to give up his high-stakes life to build a relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he’s kept at arm’s length to keep out of danger. 18 weeks 3 days ago via donnieyen