Mance Media Ties Up with Continental Media

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LOS ANGELES: Mance Media has signed a worldwide distribution pact with Continental Media to handle the TV rights for its first-run features, among them Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes, starring Battleship’s Drew Rauch.

Mance Media will be presenting eight new features to buyers in Cannes at MIPCOM through the deal. This includes Refuge, starring Krysten Ritter (Don’t Trust the B* in Apt 23) and Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker); Duke, featuring Carmine Giovinazzo (CSI: NY); Saturday Morning Massacre; Perfect Sunday, starring Machete’s Danny Trejo; and Solo, with Degrassi’s Annie Clark. Also part of the agreement are For My Brother and The Most Fun I Have Every Had with My Pants On.

“Mance Media has a proven track record within the TV rights business, and we are excited for them to carve out those rights on our titles that deserve proper placement in demanding broadcast markets around the globe,” said Continental’s managing partners, Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts.

Matthew Mancinelli, Mance Media’s CEO, commented, “Continental Media’s feature film slate has been meticulously curated by Matthew and James from AFI Fest, SXSW, Cannes, etc, with a keen eye for commercial viability, universal appeal and socially conscience narratives. With this new film distribution pact, Mance Media becomes a full-fledged film and TV distributor on a global scale. I look forward to this fruitful partnership with Contintenal Media for years to come.”