Focus Features is no longer Focus Features. It’s FilmDistrict — with a new owner and a new name. That’s the takeaway from Universal’s announcement on Tuesday, which unveiled the label’s ...

In an overhaul of its Focus Features imprint, Universal Pictures is installing FilmDistrict founder Peter Schlessel as the new head of the specialty movie label. James Schamus, Focus’ current ...

Variety ranks the 30 best films from Focus Features, celebrating its 20th anniversary, including "Brokeback Mountain" and "Atonement." ...

The London-based Focus Features International will close its doors on Dec. 31, marking the final step in a dramatic overhaul of the Universal-owned specialty division. Official word of the closure ...

Focus Features has announced a shift in ideology, folding in FilmDistrict and focusing on a broader cache of product. While the label isn't dead, the identity will most certainly change.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Focus Features has in that time become a fixture of the art-house scene and awards circuit. The company is known for releasing such movies as “Brokeback ...

Current CEO James Schamus, who co-founded Focus Features more than 12 years ago, will leave the company to concentrate on Ang Lee’s next film, which he is producing with Lee and developing at ...

This was the first Cannes for Focus Features, which literally had been formed three weeks prior, to be able to take a swing at a movie like this. We had that experience at Cannes, right away.

Focus Features announced more executive appointments as new CEO Peter Schlessel prepares to take the helm of the reconfigured company in January. Schlessel will bring over several execs from ...

Underlining the need for specialty units to think globally, Focus Features will create a new entity under its umbrella: Focus Features Intl., which will now include Universal’s international ...

Universal’s Focus Features offered theater owners a first look at Alexander Payne’s New England prep school comedy The Holdovers, Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls and the last installment of My ...

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