Often the best movies of the second half of the year come almost preordained as the Oscars Industrial Complex revs into high ...

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 ...

Neil Young tribute band feel-good drama Song Sung Blue with Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson will hit U.S. theaters on Christmas Day 2025. Written and directed by Craig Brewer, the movie is based on a ...

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 ...

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.

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 set a limited Thanksgiving release of November 27 for two-time Oscar winner Chloé Zhao's Hamnet. The movie will go wide on December 12. Hamnet, which Zhao co-wrote with Maggie ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of the Focus Features shake-up two weeks ago, Comcast-owned parent studio Universal Pictures announced the new leadership of its top-ranking executives at Focus.

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 ...