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Focus Features is no longer Focus Features. It’s FilmDistrict — with a new owner and a new name. That’s the takeaway from Universal’s announcement on Tuesday, which unveiled the label’s ...
With audacious directors, courageous actors and unforgettable stories that have touched the lives of cinephiles on a global scale, Focus Features has been a fixture in the Hollywood firmament for ...
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Focus Features has in that time become a fixture of the art-house scene and awards circuit. The company is known for releasing such movies as “Brokeback ...
From "Pariah" to "The Motorcycle Diaries," look back at some of Focus Features' finest films as the studio turns 20. One of the leading producers and distributors of arthouse films, Focus Features ...
Focus Features’ new leadership team under incoming CEO Peter Schlessel will be a blend of executives from both Focus and Film District — but it won’t include current Focus co-CEO Andrew Karpen.
Focus Features has joined Toronto's end-of-festival sale by buying rights to Mike Mills' "Beginners," starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer. By Borys Kit, Gregg Kilday Focus Features has ...
Focus Features, along with its genre label, Rogue, entered 2006 on the strength of its successful expansion of its 2005 release “Brokeback Mountain” from director Ang Lee. The groundbreaking ...
See About archive blog posts. Universal Pictures is in talks to sell its specialty film label Focus Features to investor brothers Alec and Tom Gores, according to people familiar with the matter.
Focus Features is turning 20 years old this year, and they are celebrating by highlighting all of the awesome films they have helped bring to the big screen. Focus already has the very awesome ...
Focus Features has tapped Jason Cassidy as president of marketing, less than a year after he led the campaign for Open Road Films that landed “Spotlight” a Best Picture Oscar.