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Echelon Studios announces digital release for Dead to Rights

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 […]

January 27, 2026

Ella McCay streams on Disney+ this February

20th Century Studios’ Ella McCay arrives on Digital including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Sky Store on January 27th, then streams exclusively on Disney+ from February 5th. After a long stint producing movies such as The Edge of Seventeen and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret as well as long-standing series work on The Simpsons, James L. […]

January 22, 2026

HBO Max, A24 renew US Pay-1 output and library deal

HBO Max and film studio A24 have announced a renewed multi-year partnership that will continue to bring A24 movies exclusively to HBO and HBO Max in the US during the Pay-1 window. As part of the agreement, HBO Max subscribers will also have access to a library of dozens of A24 films throughout the course […]

January 19, 2026

5 returns to Play for Today

Following the successful launch of the revived Play for Today strand,  5 has confirmed the next wave of films. Six brand-new one-off films have been announced, working with the two production companies from the first series. 3×45’ films from Vertigo Films and 3×60’ films from LA Productions. The productions will all have a limited theatrical release. The […]

December 12, 2025

Mischief Movie Night (In) episodes released for streaming worldwide this Xmas

Mischief is releasing eight episodes of the hilarious improvised stage show Mischief Movie Night (In) over the festive season.  The episodes were filmed in front of a live audience at the Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London last year. The first four episodes, Me and Zoo, The TurKEY to Christmas Joy and […]

December 3, 2025

Warp Films hires Film4’s O’Hara

Warp Films has appointed Amy O’Hara as Producer, reinvigorating and reinforcing the Sheffield-based company’s commitment to feature film production alongside its acclaimed television output. O’Hara joins from Film4, where she has served as Development and Production Executive since 2021, supporting a broad slate of feature and short-form projects from early development through to production. Recently […]

November 12, 2025

Freakier Friday sets Disney+ streaming date

Disney’s Freakier Friday movie will begin streaming exclusively on Disney+ from November 12th. The comedy sequel marks the next chapter for on-screen mother and daughter Jamie Lee Curtis (playing Tess Coleman) and Lindsay Lohan (playing Anna Coleman), as the Coleman family’s story moves into a new generation. Anna now has a daughter of her own […]

October 28, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Content Partners acquires Hoodwinked movies

Content Partners, the independent owner of major studio-distributed films, television programming, and related participations, has announced that the company has acquired the animated feature films Hoodwinked (2005) and Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011) from Kanbar Entertainment. The deal includes derivative rights, providing Content Partners with the ability to develop sequels, prequels and other related […]

October 28, 2025

Data: Movies account for 48% of US streaming revenue

A Parrot Analytics analysis of thousands of titles across Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix and HBO Max in the US finds that movies deliver disproportionately high engagement relative to the volume of content hours they represent. The recent narrative has been that movies, in contrast to TV series, were in decline – casualties of a once-in-a-century […]

October 17, 2025

Fremantle partners with MyTime Movie Network

Fremantle is partnering with MyTime Movie Network, in a dual-agreement to represent both their FAST and YouTube channels. This global carriage deal will begin from November 1st offering MyTime Movie Network’s content to audiences in the US currently live on Roku, LG and TCL and across three YouTube channels in the US and Latin America […]

October 14, 2025