Anchor Bay Entertainment ( is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, ABOUT DISTANT HORIZONĭistant Horizon, a subsidiary of the South African based diversified media and entertainment company, Videovision Entertainment, is an independent film production, distribution and financing company and produces films in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Films in its library include the recent theatrical release of Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison and genre favorite Ken Foree, 10 Years starring Channing Tatum and Rosario Dawson, the critically-acclaimed comedy City Island starring Andy Garcia and Solitary Man starring Michael Douglas as well as Kill the Irishman starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken, and Toronto Film Festival award-winner Beautiful Boy with Maria Bello and Michael Sheen. Theatrical releases include Billy Bob Thornton's Jayne Mansfield's Car starring Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon and Ray Stevenson, Slasher Films' premiere release Nothing Left to Fear featuring music from legendary guitarist Slash and the critically-acclaimed At Middleton starring Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga. The company focuses on a platform release strategy for its films with an eye toward maximizing their potential across all ancillary distribution platforms. Anchor Bay Films uniquely offers the creative community a fully integrated distribution capability on all platforms and an international solution extending beyond the United States. The deal was negotiated by Anant Singh and Alan Grodin of Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin for Distant Horizon.Īnchor Bay Films is a division of Anchor Bay Entertainment and provides quality distribution with operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and offers distribution capabilities in other key territories. Several sequels exist including Mezzo Forte and Mezzo DSA.The most recent installment in the series is Kite Liberator, which was released in 2007 and also distributed in the U.S. Over the years, it has become an Anime cult classic. The Anime version of Kite was known as A Kite when it was first released in 1998. Kite was produced by Anant Singh (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) and Distant Horizon's Brian Cox (remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse) along with executive producers Moises Cosio and Alberto Muffelmann of Detalle Films. Will she find the satisfaction that she is seeking or will she find only emptiness? ![]() Aiding her in this search is her dad's former partner, Karl Aker. The story centers on her quest to track down the murderer of her beloved parents and the corruption behind it. As a result, Sawa, the daughter of a police detective, is orphaned at the young age of 12 when an unknown assailant targets both of her parents. It is there a corrupt security force engages in human trafficking, turning young women into prostitutes for their own financial gain. Kite centers on Sawa, a young woman who lives in a dystopia caused by economic collapse. ![]() We are delighted that Kevin has acquired Kite, and to continue our successful working relationship with him in our previous collaborations at New Line and TWC." She's terrific in Kite and we know audiences are going to take note."Īnant Singh added, "Anchor Bay has a proven track record of effective distribution, maximizing the potential of their acquired properties. "It has an amazing cast including the incomparable Samuel Jackson as Inspector Aker with India Eisley in the lead role. "We are excited to have picked up the rights to the action-packed film Kite," commented Kasha. Jackson (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Django Unchained) takes on the role of Inspector Karl Aker, a renegade cop who firmly believes to succeed, he has to take the law into his own hands ![]() and Canada with today's announcement being jointly made by Kevin Kasha, head of acquisitions for Starz and Anant Singh, president of Distant Horizon.ĭirected by Ralph Ziman (Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema), Kite stars India Eisley (Underworld: Awakening) in the pivotal role of Sawa along with the youngest winner of GQ's Men of the Year Award, Australian actor Callan McAuliffe (Underworld and I am Number Four), as Oburi. The company has picked up theatrical, home entertainment, digital and VOD rights for the U.S. NEW YORK, NY - Anchor Bay Films has landed the rights to Distant Horizon's live action film adaption of Yasuomi Umetsu's ground-breaking hit, Kite, starring Samuel L. ANCHOR BAY FILMS LANDS DISTANT HORIZON'S KITE THE LIVE ACTION FILM ADAPTION OF THE GROUND-BREAKING ANIME CULT CLASSICīased on the Original Animated Feature by Yasuomi Umetsu, Kite Stars Samuel L.
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