Moving Pictures/Bennett Unveils Slate Highlights

LOS ANGELES: A lineup of 23 feature films and more than 100 hours of series and specials will be introduced to buyers at MIPCOM from Moving Pictures Film & TV, which recently acquired the Bennett Media Worldwide operation.

Moving Pictures will also be debuting its new magazine series The Moving Pictures Show. The series features in-depth interviews with actors and directors as well as special-effects artists, stunt coordinators, stylist and costume designers of movies. HD programming on the roster includes a new season of Bikini Destinations, The Wild Side, Destination X and DNA of Sport.

The HD film side includes titles from the recently announced acquisition of Victory Films’ classic library. This includes Zulu Dawn, Ashanti and around a dozen horror and action films. Among those titles from Moving Pictures’ catalogue are Being Michael Madsen and Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe.

“With our arsenal of HD film and TV content and our launch of The Moving Pictures Show we’re demonstrating our successful evolution into a world-class media company," said Margaret Tritch, Moving Pictures’ president.