SUMMIT RENEW VOWS WITH MANDALAY
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[ December 18th 2001 ]

Summit Entertainment and Mandalay Pictures have renewed their sales and distribution vows for a further three years according to Variety Magazine. Included in the deal will be Mandalay Pictures' Martin Campbell helmed refugee drama Beyond Borders, which stars Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. Paramount Pictures will handle domestic distribution and Summit Entertainment will control its overseas distribution.

The arrangement will provide three movies a year for Summit Entertainment, who have previously partnered on titles such as Seven Years in Tibet starring Brad Pitt, Donnie Brasco starring Al Pacino, Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and The Score starring Robert De Niro and Edward Norton. Upcoming is "Servicing Sara," starring Elizabeth Hurley and Matthew Perry.

"I am especially proud of our relationship with Summit, which has enabled Mandalay to establish a continuous and effective reach into the international market," said Mandalay chairman Peter Guber. "Patrick Wachsberger and Bob Hayward provide a creative partnership that allows Mandalay to maximize its production and success."