NEW LINE CINEMA TO MAKE BOX OFFICE MAGIC

NEW LINE Cinema has acquired domestic distribution rights to ‘Dungeons and Dragons: The Movie’.
The announcment was made jointly by acquisitions chief Mark Ordesky, President of Fine Line Features, and producer/director Courtney Solomon, of Sweetpea Entertainment.
‘Dungeons and Dragons’ is one of the best-known fantasy titles in existence with products having been translated into 18 different languages.
New Line will begin developing a marketing, distribution and publicity campaign immediately to support a year-end launch.
Solomon said: “With New Lines’ great track record releasing genre films, and their experience with ‘The Lord of the Rings’, I think they are the perfect match for ‘Dungeons and Dragons’.”
In addition to landing domestic distribution rights, New Line has secured an option to make a potential prequel and sequel, as well as other ancillary platforms including cable, pay and network television.
Along with Ordesky, New Line’s Vice President of Acquisitions, Arianna Bocco, was responsible for landing the rights to the project.
New Line’s Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, Suzanne Rosencrans, negotiated the agreement on behalf of the studio. At Silver Pictures, the project was brought in and overseen by Steve Richards.
Solomon currently has several other projects in development, including a film adaptation of the comic book ‘Gen 13’, as well as ‘The Bell Witch’, ‘The Herald’, and ‘Puppetland’, a computer generated live-action feature.