August
29
Mark Urman Exits ThinkFilm
Finally, Mark Urman has left ThinkFilm and found himself a new job at Senator Entertainment as distribution chief. The guy must be heaving a huge sigh of relief as he gets out from under the strain of dealing with the financially challenged David Bergstein empire. It remains to be seen what will happen to yet another indie distrib under fire. Urman built a good organization but was strapped by owner Bergstein's inability to pay his vendors in a timely manner.
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The full press release is after the jump.
MARK URMAN JOINS MARCO WEBER'S SENATOR ENTERTAINMENT US
Executive to Head All Distribution
Hollywood, CA (August 29, 2008)—Effective October 1, veteran film industry executive Mark Urman will join Marco Weber’s Senator Entertainment US as president of his newly formed distribution company. The teaming with Urman follows Weber’s recent acquisition of all shares in U.S.-based Senator Entertainment Inc. in order to focus solely on the production of English language films and to establish this U.S. based distribution entity. The company will be fully bi-coastal with main offices in both Los Angeles and New York.
Urman co-founded THINKFilm in 2001, heading the company’s theatrical division and serving, most recently, as president. Prior to that, he was co-president of Lionsgate Releasing. Urman will work side-by-side with Weber in establishing all windows of distribution for the company’s slate, allowing Weber to concentrate on the original productions the company is making with a broad spectrum of A-list actors and filmmakers.
“I believe this is the perfect time to launch a company of this shape and size,” says Urman, “and I’m thrilled to be joining Marco in this exciting new endeavor. We start with an exceptional line-up that combines commercial crossover films with classically niche-oriented ones, and we’ll have the ability to alternate wide releases-- involving hundreds of prints--with prestige titles that expand from exclusive platforms. By building a company that can be big and bold when it wants to be, but streamlined and strategic when it needs to be, we plan on being the best possible combination of a studio specialty division and a true independent.”
Weber commented, “Mark’s expertise in the independent film world is without rival. He has proven consistently that he understands how to design specific campaigns for movies that are high quality, yet challenging to release successfully. It is our good fortune to have secured him as a partner to work with us as the company prepares to release its first slate.”
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So does this mean Jonathan Levine's "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" could finally get released?
Posted by: GloryG | August 29, 2008 at 03:16 PM