Sci-Fi Thriller APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN Coming to Theatrical & Home Audiences

Paramount Home Media Distribution and Vertical Entertainment announced today a collaboration to bring APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN to theatrical and home viewing audiences. Starring Mark Strong (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Luke Wilson (Concussion), Sanaa Lathan (Now You See Me 2), Anders Danielsen Lie (Oslo, August 31st) and Charles Baker ("Breaking Bad"). APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN was written and directed by Mark Elijah Rosenberg, winner of the Sundance Institute / NHK Award (2014).

Vertical Entertainment will handle U.S. theatrical distribution beginning June 3, 2016, day-and-date with Paramount Home Media Distribution's Digital and On Demand release. Paramount will also handle other U.S. ancillary platforms and worldwide distribution excluding Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Middle East, and South Africa.

Captain William D. Stanaforth (Mark Strong) is on a one-way solo mission, taking humanity's first steps toward colonizing Mars. Although the entire world is watching him, he is completely alone in a dark and distant sea of stars. Stanaforth rockets bravely through space facing insurmountable odds, but as THE JOURNEY takes a toll on his life-sustaining systems, he is forced to make impossible choices that threaten his sanity, mission and very existence.

The deal was negotiated by Paramount Home Media Distribution, CAA and WME Global.

APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN is a Tiderock Media and 3311 Productions presentation of a Department Of Motion Pictures / Loveless production in association with Hinkson Entertainment. Produced by Josh Penn, Matthew Parker, Thomas B. Fore, Jason Michael Berman, Mark Roberts, and P. Jennifer Dana. Executive produced by Richard Loughran, John Hinkson, Fred Bolle, Ross Jacobson, Sheldon Rabinowitz, and Edward Vaisman. Written and directed by Mark Elijah Rosenberg.

About Vertical Entertainment Vertical Entertainment serves a unique role in the industry by operating as one of the leading independent distributors and as a full-service content marketing company dedicated to providing highly effective end-to-end solutions. Vertical has unparalleled relationships in both the content and retailer communities to service a variety of revenue streams throughout NORTH AMERICA including theatrical markets, DVD, Blu-ray, digital, electronic sell-through, streaming, VOD, PPV, Pay and Free TV. With the combined distribution, marketing, and sales expertise of Co-President's Rich Goldberg and Mitch Budin, and VP of Acquisitions & Marketing Peter Jarowey, Vertical offers its content partners a truly dynamic advantage. Recent and current titles include "Playing It Cool" starring Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, and Anthony Mackie; "The Calling" with Susan Sarandon and Topher Grace; "Home Sweet Hell" starring Katherine Heigl, Patrick Wilson, and Jordana Brewster; "Into the Grizzly Maze" starring James Marsden, Thomas Jane, Piper Perabo, and Billy Bob Thornton; and "Dial A Prayer" starring Brittany Snow, Tom Lipinski, and William H. Macy. For more information, please visit http://www.facebook.com/VertEnt.

About Paramount Home Media Distribution Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), home to premier media brands that create television programs, motion pictures, consumer products, and digital content for audiences in 180 countries and territories. The PHMD division oversees PPC's home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHMD additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.

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