Bleecker Street (company)
Bleecker Street is an American film distribution company based in New York City. The company was named after 65 Bleecker Street, the street address of Andrew Karpen's prior company Focus Features.[2]
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | August 2014 |
Founder | Andrew Karpen |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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Products | Motion Pictures |
Services | Film distribution |
Number of employees | 21 (January 2018) [2] |
Website | www |
History
Bleecker Street was formed in August 2014 by CEO Andrew Karpen, who is the former co-CEO of Focus Features, with backing from Manoj Bhargava.[3] With the announcement of the company's formation, Bleecker had indicated an exclusive U.S. distribution output deal with Shivani Rawat's ShivHans Pictures, effective immediately. Initial plans have the distributor releasing three to five pictures in 2015 and expanding from there.[4] Karpen hired four former Focus Feature employees as presidents in September 2014.[1] At the September 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, Bleecker Street made its first film deal for Pawn Sacrifice's North American rights.[5]
In January 2015 at Sundance Film Festival, Bleecker Street made its first acquisition of worldwide rights with the purchase of Brett Haley's I'll See You In My Dreams[6] At the same time, the company signed a multi-year home entertainment distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.[7] Later in the month, the company signed a multi-year Canadian distribution deal with Elevation Pictures starting with Danny Collins.[8] Bleecker Street followed that up with an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement with Amazon Prime.[9]
In 2019, Bleecker Street partnered with Hulu on a new output deal granting Hulu exclusive SVOD rights to all upcoming Bleecker Street theatrical films. The first film to hit the streaming service in Fall 2019 is Hotel Mumbai.[10]
Distribution library
Released films
Release date | Film | Notes |
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March 20, 2015 | Danny Collins | |
May 15, 2015 | I'll See You In My Dreams | |
September 16, 2015 | Pawn Sacrifice | |
October 16, 2015 | Beasts of No Nation | co-distribution with Netflix |
November 6, 2015 | Trumbo | |
March 11, 2016 | Eye in the Sky | |
April 22, 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | co-distribution with Amazon Studios[11] |
July 8, 2016 | Captain Fantastic | |
August 12, 2016 | Anthropoid | |
September 30, 2016 | Denial | |
December 28, 2016 | Paterson | co-distribution with Amazon Studios |
March 3, 2017 | The Last Word | |
April 14, 2017 | The Lost City of Z | co-distribution with Amazon Studios |
June 9, 2017 | Megan Leavey | |
August 18, 2017 | Logan Lucky | |
October 13, 2017 | Breathe | |
November 22, 2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | |
February 16, 2018 | Nostalgia | |
March 23, 2018 | Unsane | |
April 11, 2018 | Beirut | |
April 27, 2018 | Disobedience | |
May 18, 2018 | On Chesil Beach | |
June 29, 2018 | Leave No Trace | |
July 20, 2018 | McQueen | |
August 24, 2018 | Papillon | |
September 21, 2018 | Colette | |
October 12, 2018 | What They Had | |
February 1, 2019 | Arctic | |
March 22, 2019 | Hotel Mumbai | co-distribution with ShivHans Pictures[12] |
April 12, 2019 | Teen Spirit | co-distribution with LD Entertainment |
May 22, 2019 | The Tomorrow Man | |
July 12, 2019 | The Art of Self-Defense | |
August 9, 2019 | Brian Banks | |
January 31, 2020 | The Assistant | |
February 14, 2020 | Ordinary Love | |
March 13, 2020 | The Roads Not Taken | |
May 22, 2020 | Military Wives | |
Upcoming
Release date | Film | Notes |
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September 4, 2020 | Dream Horse[13] | |
September 16, 2020 | The Secrets We Keep | |
October 2, 2020 | Save Yourselves![14] | |
2022 | Mr. Malcolm's List[15] | |
TBA | Wild Mountain Thyme[16] | |
TBA | Untitled Mike Leigh project[17] | |
References
- Team, The Deadline (September 4, 2014). "Andrew Karpen's Bleecker Street Bulks Up With Four New Hires". Deadline. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Siegel, Tatiana (January 18, 2018). "Bleecker Street CEO on Sundance Post-Weinstein and the Future of Indie Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Fleming, Mike (2014-08-13). "Ex-Focus Co-CEO Andrew Karpen Launches Bleecker Street". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- Cheney, Alexandra (August 13, 2014). "Ex-Focus Features Chief Launches Distribution Company". Variety. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- Fleming, Jr, Mike (September 10, 2014). "Toronto: Bleecker Street Makes First Big Deal For Chess Match Pic 'Pawn Sacrifice'". Deadline. Penske Business Media. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Fleming, Mike (2015-01-31). "'I'll See You In My Dreams' Acquired By Bleecker Street At Sundance". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- McNary, Dave (January 22, 2015). "Bleecker Street Signs with Universal for Home Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Hipes, Patrick (January 20, 2015). "Bleecker Street Pacts With Canada's Elevation Pictures". Deadline. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Lang, Brent (March 31, 2015). "Amazon, Bleecker Street Sign Streaming Distribution Pact". Variety. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "Hulu, Bleecker Street Ink Multiyear Output Deal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- Jaafar, Ali (2015-06-23). "Amazon Teaming Up With Bleecker Street To Acquire 'Elvis + Nixon'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 22, 2018). "'Hotel Mumbai', The Former Weinstein Movie, Scores Bleecker Street & ShivHans Deal Ahead Of Toronto Premiere". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- Lang, Brent (October 25, 2019). "Bleecker Street Buys Harvey Weinstein-Inspired Drama 'The Assistant'". Variety. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 13, 2020). "'Save Yourselves!' Alien Sci-Fi Comedy Nabbed By Bleecker Street After Sundance Bow". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- Keslassy, Elsa; Lang, Brent (July 9, 2020). "'Mr. Malcolm's List' With Freida Pinto, Constance Wu Sells to Bleecker Street (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- Ritman, Alex (September 3, 2019). "Emily Blunt, Jon Hamm Joining Jamie Dornan in 'Wild Mountain Thyme'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- Ritman, Alex (February 14, 2020). "Mike Leigh Sets Next Film, Bleecker Street Takes U.S. Rights". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 17, 2020.