Homegrown titles The Dark Fields and Kids in America to be released via Relativity Distribution and The Warrior’s Way via rent-a-system deal
(Beverly Hills, CA) August 12, 2010– Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh announced today that its films, The Dark Fields and Kids in America will be added to Relativity’s film slate released by its own distribution team. The Warrior’s Way will additionally be distributed as part of a rent-a-system deal with production companies Emerald City and Sad Flutes. Other upcoming Relativity titles include Fighter, Skyline, Catfish and My Soul To Take, a film by Wes Craven. Relativity’s distribution arm will also be releasing Jack Goes Boating, Let Me In, and Stone via a distribution deal with Overture.
Arriving March 4, 2011 is Kids In America starring Topher Grace (Spiderman 3), Anna Faris (The House Bunny), Dan Fogler (Taking Woodstock), Teresa Palmer (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), Chris Pratt (Wanted) and Michelle Trachtenberg (17 Again). In the vein of a John Hughes film, a recent MIT graduate decides to finally win the heart of his high school crush, who barely knew he existed, by creating a false identity and becoming the person he thinks she wants. The story follows the intersection of the 5 main characters at an all-night, no holds barred party. Michael Dowse (Fubar) directs the script written by Jackie Filgo and Jeff Filgo (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), with Ryan Kavanaugh producing alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Jim Whitaker and Susan Bowen. Executive Producers are Topher Grace, Tucker Tooley, Dany Wolf, and Gordon Kaywin.
Following on March 18, 2011 is the much-anticipated The Dark Fields, starring Oscar®-winner Robert De Niro (Raging Bull), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Abbie Cornish (Stop-Loss), and Anna Friel (Land of the Lost). Neil Burger (The Illusionist) directs Leslie Dixon’s (Pay it Forward) script about a copywriter who discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities. As his usage begins to change his life, he begins to consider the drug’s shadowy origins; meanwhile, a group of killers trails his every move. The film is produced by Dixon, Scott Kroopf, Ryan Kavanaugh and executive produced by Tucker Tooley.
In theaters December 3, 2010 is The Warrior’s Way, a visually-stunning modern martial arts western starring Korean actor Dong-gun Jang who plays an Asian warrior assassin forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands. Rounding out the ensemble cast are Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Oscar®-winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine), Danny Houston (The Kingdom), and Tony Cox (The Hustle).The fantasy action film was written and directed by newcomer Sngmoo Lee, and is being produced by Barrie Osborne (Lord of the Rings), Michael Peyser (Hackers) and Jooick Lee (Seven Swords). Relativity is releasing the picture as a rent-a-system deal for Osborne’s Emerald City and Peyser’s Sad Flutes.
“We’re thrilled to be adding these two homegrown Relativity titles to our distribution slate and happy to be releasing The Warrior’s Way on behalf of Emerald City and Sad Flutes,†said Kavanaugh, adding, “It’s an honor to have such great partnerships in these productions with both the filmmakers and talent.â€
Per its arrangement with Relativity, Overture’s Jack Goes Boating will be released on September 17, 2010 and expands in the weeks to follow. Let Me In opens on October 1, 2010 and Stone on October 8, 2010 as a platform release. All of these dates were previously announced and have not changed since the Relativity partnership.
ABOUT RELATIVITY MEDIA, LLC
Relativity Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company that focuses on creating, financing and distributing first class, studio-quality entertainment content and intellectual property across multiple platforms, as well as making strategic partnerships with, and opportunistic investments in, media and entertainment-related companies and assets. Relativity owns and operates Rogue, a company that specializes in the production and distribution of films from new and cutting edge filmmakers. Building upon its foundation of financing and producing films, Relativity has grown to include music, sports and television divisions and the next-generation social network iamrogue.com. Relativity also owns and operates RelativityREAL, Relativity’s television arm, which has become one of the leading suppliers of reality television with more than 20 shows in episodic or pilot. RelativityREAL is run by Tom Forman; his past successes include Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Kid Nation. This year, Relativity acquired the marketing and distribution operations of Overture Films and reached a first of its kind TV pay deal with Netflix.
To date, Relativity has committed to, produced and/or financed more than 200 studio-quality motion pictures through 2014. Released films have accumulated more than $13.0 billion in worldwide box office revenue. Relativity’s recent films include Despicable Me, Charlie St. Cloud, Salt, Dear John, Brothers, The Wolfman, It’s Complicated, Zombieland, Couples Retreat, The Bounty Hunter and, most recently, Get Him to the Greek, Robin Hood and Grown Ups. Upcoming films for Relativity include The Fighter, Nanny McPhee Returns, The Social Network as well as James Cameron’s Sanctum in 3D and Wes Craven’s My Soul To Take in 3D. Twenty-nine of the company’s films have opened at No. 1 at the box office. Relativity films have earned 43 Oscar® nominations, including nods for Nine, A Serious Man, Frost/Nixon, Atonement, American Gangster and 3:10 to Yuma. Forty-eight of Relativity’s films have each generated more than $100 million in worldwide box-office receipts.
Leave a Reply