LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chris McGurk does not sound like a Hollywood studio boss when he says one of his smartest moves in his first year running Liberty Media Corp's Overture Films was to avoid ...

Gearing up for a move into distribution, Overture Films has tapped marketing exec Peter Adee as president of worldwide theatrical marketing, distribution and new media. Overture Films CEO Chris McGurk ...

Prior to the invention of synchronized sound on the silver screen, silent films were all the rage. Music would swell and dramatic facial expressions and gestures would showcase the plot lines and ...

Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media has made a major play to expand. In the wake of the recent departures of Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett at Overture Films, the company said Friday that Relativity ...

LOS ANGELES, May 25 (Reuters) - Billionaire brothers Alec and Tom Gores, aiming to establish a big Hollywood presence, are talking with Walt Disney Co about buying Miramax and are also looking at ...

Overture Films has tapped Omnicom's PHD as its media agency for an account that could run to $80 million to $100 million in the next year. The unit of Liberty Media is just 6-months-old and plans to ...

Another indie bites the dust. At a time of serious contraction in the indie market, Overture Films has been on the block since January. The Chris McGurk/Danny Rosett era is now over. Since April 1, ...

Homevid player Anchor Bay Entertainment has formed theatrical unit Anchor Bay Films, with plans to release up to 10 pics per year. Venture should provide indie filmmakers with an outlet to distrib ...