Shout! Factory, ITVS GE Ink Distribution Deal

LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Shout! Factory and ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) have signed a multi-year home entertainment and digital distribution agreement that will bring more than 30 films to the U.S. and Canada.

Titles include Sophie’s Choice, On Golden Pond, The Eagle Has Landed, The Last Unicorn, The Tamarind Seed, Capricorn One, The Cassandra Crossing, Brief Encounter, Saturn 3, The Merchant of Venice, Voyage of the Damned and Boys from Brazil, among many others. These movies will be available as physical home entertainment releases and on certain digital platforms later in the year. Shout! Factory is currently developing bonus content for special editions and double features.

Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, Shout! Factory’s founders, commented: "We are excited about this new opportunity with ITV Studios Global Entertainment. Many of these iconic films have been unavailable or long out-of-print in the home entertainment marketplace. We look forward to bring these cinematic treasures back to their original luster and present these films to movie fans and collectors on digital entertainment platforms as well as at retail."

"ITVS GE’s catalogue boasts some internationally acclaimed films, and this deal with Shout! Factory will give U.S. and Canadian consumers the opportunity to view some of these cinematic classics across physical and digital platforms," added Carol Lee, the senior VP of home entertainment for the Americas at ITVS GE.