Hannover Pacts With Starz for "Twelve" and "Racing Dreams"
25 September 2010 - 3:00AM
Marketwired
Hannover House, the entertainment division of Target Development
Group, Inc., (PINKSHEETS: TDGI) has licensed two of its current
theatrical release titles to Starz for cable television release in
2011.
"Racing Dreams," which launched to theaters May 21 and is still
in limited release, will become eligible for cablecast through
Starz in March, 2011. The acclaimed documentary will hit video
store shelves next Tuesday, Sept. 28, including a major in-store
monitors promotion with Best Buy locations nationwide. "Racing
Dreams" was produced by Jack Turner and Dwayne Johnson, and
directed by Academy Award nominee Marshall Curry. The film has
played theatrically in over 25 USA markets, including New York, Los
Angeles and Chicago, and is "the year's best reviewed film"
according to the consolidated major reviews on
RottenTomatoes.com
"Twelve" is the controversial teen-thriller from legendary
director Joel Schumacher that opened at theaters nationwide August
6. Under the agreement, the film will become eligible for cablecast
through Starz in July, 2011. "Twelve" stars Chace Crawford, Emma
Roberts, Curtis '50-Cent' Jackson and Rory Culkin, with an
especially notable performance from newcomer Emily Meade. "Twelve"
will be released to the home video and video-on-demand markets in
January, 2011, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
"We are very excited to begin a new relationship with Starz for
the cable television distribution of these theatrical titles, and
look forward to licensing additional films to them in the near
future," said Fred Shefte, President of Hannover House and Target
Development Group, Inc. "Our agreement with Starz is non-exclusive,
and leaves open the prospect of licensing these titles to Showtime,
HBO or other television licensors, which we find beneficial to our
corporate goals."
ABOUT STARZ: Starz Entertainment, LLC, is
a premium movie and original programming entertainment service
provider operating in the United States. The company offers 16
premium channels, including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands,
with approximately 17.3 million and 31.9 million subscribers
respectively. Starz Entertainment airs in total more than 1,000
movies and original series every month across its pay TV channels.
Starz Entertainment is recognized as a pay TV leader in providing
HD, On Demand, HD On Demand and online advanced services for its
Starz, Encore and MoviePlex brands. Starz Entertainment
(www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a
controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation and is
attributed to the Liberty Starz tracking stock group.
For more information on Hannover House contact: SUSANNAH
PATTON ERIC PARKINSON Hannover House 479-751-4500 818-481-5277
Susannah@HannoverHouse.com HannoverHouse@aol.com
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