Exclusive Media News

May 11, 2010

Newmarket and Lionsgate strike deal

Lionsgate and Newmarket Films have announced that they have entered into a home entertainment distribution deal including DVD, Blu-ray, digital delivery, TV and Video On Demand (VOD). Under the terms of the arrangement, Lionsgate will become the exclusive Home Entertainment distributor for all Newmarket Films theatrical releases in the United States in addition to a large majority of Newmarket’s extensive library of high profile releases including Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking psychological thriller, Memento.

The first  Home Entertainment  release under the deal will be  the recently released Jon Amiel’s Creation, about the life of Charles Darwin, starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, which will be released on DVD, VOD and available for digital download on June 29th . The deal also includes the upcoming Newmarket theatrical releases Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora (May 28) starring Rachel Weisz, and Sundance favorite Hesher (Fall), starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Natalie Portman. The announcement was made by Steve Beeks, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Lionsgate and Chris Ball, Co-Chairman Exclusive and President of Newmarket Films.