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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 ...
But the market has since evolved tremendously, and now smarter consumers have forced camera makers to move away from pixel counting to, ahem, focus on new innovative features at more affordable ...
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 ...
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.