Echelon Studios has announced the digital release of Dead to Rights, China’s official selection for the 2026 Academy Awards® for Best International Features category. The film will be available from February 3rd, across the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Based on true events surrounding the Nanjing Massacre, Dead to Rights has drawn attention for […]

Echelon Studios has acquired North American rights to July Jung’s powerful Korean drama, Next Sohee. With Jung’s directorial debut A Girl at My Door (2014) selected for Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, her second feature Next Sohee returns to Cannes as the closing film at Critics’ Week section. Starring the […]

Echelon Studios has captured the global rights to The Opera Game, a hidden-figure story starring Clarke Peters (The Wire), Blaine Kern III (The Walking Dead) and Evan Daigle (Daisy Jones & The Six). Directed by Monty Ross (Malcolm X), Marshall Woodworth (We Are the Beginning), and Wendy Fleetwood (Woman Thou Art Loosed), and penned by […]

Echelon Studios, in collaboration with 815 Pictures, has officially picked up US distribution rights to Kim Sung-su’s latest feature and box office hit, 12:12 The Day. The historical action drama broke records last year, grossing $90m to become Korea’s biggest film of 2023. Since its release, the box office sensation has received rave reviews from critics […]

Echelon Studios has announced the launch of the Echelon Studios Podcast, a new show that aims to bring film fans closer to the movies and moviemakers they love. The original series, hosted by filmmaker Jesse Randall, will feature different guests each episode and offer first-person audio and video conversations that delve deep into the creation […]

Echelon Studios has acquired award-winning feature films Address Unknown and Bad Guy from critically-acclaimed South Korean writer-director Kim Ki-Duk. Two of the filmmaker’s earlier works, both feature characteristically boundary-challenging shock elements. Address Unknown offers an uncompromising view of humanity and the dehumanising effects of war, while Bad Guy tows the line between what is right […]

Echelon Studio’s latest release, The Gods 2: The Dark Side is headed to VoD, with the film available for early Premium Digital Ownership from May 24th. The movie, which premiered on February 22nd, will be available to own on participating digital platforms. The Gods 2 is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Gods (2019) […]

Echelon Studios has acquired global rights to the multi-award-winning documentary “In Support of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Greek War of Independence”, from writer and director Eleftherios Kostans. The short film tells the story of the little-known history of Philadelphia’s support and ties to the Greek War of Independence and highlights how Phil-Hellenes in America embraced […]