MUMBAI: Sony Electronics‘ Digital Cinema Solutions and Services Group (DCSS) has finalised a virtual print fee agreement with Overture Films.
Under this arrangement, Overture will release its titles in digital format for playback in US theatres equipped with Sony 4K projection systems.
The agreement marks the latest alliance for the Sony DCSS group with a motion picture distributor, following recent announcements with Walt Disney Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Said Overture Films executive vice president, theatrical distribution Kyle Davies, " The Sony digital cinema team has the right resources in place to give exhibitors the strongest foundation for digital cinema,".
Overture‘s first film under this new agreement is the box-office hit Law Abiding Citizen about a brilliant sociopath seeking revenge for his wife and daughter‘s murder.
Released nationwide 16 October, the film stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. Up next on 6 November is The Men Who Stare at Goats, a quirky dark comedy that follows the U.S. Military‘s attempts to harness paranormal abilities to combat its enemies. The film stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.