If Mark Urman makes any buys at Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals this year, it won’t be as the head of flanking indie distributor THINKfilm. The trades report that Marco Weber has saved Urman from an hara kiri future and has tasked the veteran to be in full charge of the distribution output, working on projects such as the dumped Weinstein horror title All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, the torture thriller Unthinkable, the difficult to market addiction days found in The Informers, and the double dose of a French crime ring leader in Public Enemy No.1 and Death Instinct.
Not long ago I was wondering outloud why there was a delay in Senator Entertainment‘s film slate release. Today’s announcement proves that though some specialty divisions are going thru a rough patch, while others are joining the nutty crapshoot.
Weber commented, “Mark’s expertise in the independent film world is without rival. He has proven consistently that he understands how to design specific campaigns for movies that are high quality, yet challenging to release successfully.”
