Starz finalized another deal at Toronto International Film Festival with the pick-up of the psychological thriller Every Secret Thing. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Amy Berg and based on the 2004 novel of the same name, Every Secret Thing stars Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning, Danielle MacDonald, Common and Nate Parker. Pick up includes all distribution rights for the U.S and will include a theatrical release and a pay TV premiere on STARZ. WME Global negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
"This is an amazing film," said
Kevin Kasha, head of acquisitions for Starz. "It's a gripping story with a great cast and we're excited to have it on
Starz and to handle distribution via
Starz Digital Media and Anchor Bay."
"Every Secret Thing is a remarkable collaboration of females in film and offers a unique look into the minds of teenagers," commented
Amy Berg. "I am so pleased it will be in theatres in the spring."
When a three-year-old girl goes missing, a small suburban New York town must revisit a tragic crime from seven years earlier. The underage perpetrators of the original crime,
Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller (Danielle Macdonald and
Dakota Fanning), have been released from prison after coming of age and, justly or unjustly, come under suspicion once again. Detective Porter (
Elizabeth Banks), who cracked the original case and is now the investigating officer of the missing girl, must examine her conscience and her deeply conflicted memories of the former crime. Alice's mother,
Helen Manning (
Diane Lane), is given a chance to save her daughter from her complicated past.
The consequences of the original crime and of the current missing child investigation put into question the characters' motivations and culpability - past and present. Every Secret Thing is a psychological thriller that also questions our judgment of the socio-economic fabric of suburban America. It allows the audience a complex portrait of murder and murderer, thought and deed.
Every Secret Thing was produced by Anthony Bregman (Begin Again, Enough Said) and
Frances McDormand. Executive producers are Palmstar's Kevin Frakes, Merced Media's Raj Singh and
Stuart Brown, Hyde Park's Ashok Amritraj, Likely Story's Stefanie Azpiazu, and Michael Bederman.
About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Networks), global content distribution (Starz Distribution) and animated television and movie production (Starz Animation), www.starz.com.
Starz Networks is a leading provider of premium subscription video programming through the flagship STARZ(R) and ENCORE(R) pay TV networks which showcase premium original programming and movies to U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies. As of June 30, 2014,
Starz and ENCORE serve a combined 55.9 million subscribers, including 22.0 million at STARZ, and 33.9 million at ENCORE, making them the largest pair of premium flagship channels in the U.S. STARZ(R) and ENCORE(R), along with
Starz Networks' third network MOVIEPLEX(R), air more than 1,000 movies monthly across 17 linear networks, complemented by On Demand and authenticated online offerings through
Starz PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY.
Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires entertainment content, distributing it to consumers globally on DVD, digital formats and traditional television.
Starz Distribution's home video, digital media and worldwide distribution business units distribute original programming content produced by Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third parties.
Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.
About Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading home entertainment company. Anchor Bay acquires and distributes feature films, original television programming including
Starz Original series, children's entertainment, anime (Manga Entertainment), fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports, and other filmed entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray(TM) formats. The company has long term distribution agreements in place for select programming with
AMC Networks, RADiUS, and
The Weinstein Company. Headquartered in
Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment has offices in Troy, MI, as well as Canada, the United
KINGDOM and Australia. Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.
About
Starz Digital Media
Starz Digital Media is a leading distributor of digital and on-demand content.
Starz Digital Media distributes original programming content (Starz and AMC), feature films (
The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Films,
Starz Digital Media), anime (Manga Entertainment) and other filmed entertainment utilizing various business models including download-to-own/electronic sell-through, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, subscription video-on-demand and ad-supported streaming.
Starz Digital Media also programs and supports numerous ad-supported broadband channels and develops games, applications and other related content from many of its properties for distribution worldwide.
Starz Digital Media is a
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.
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