Michael Reuben
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Variety is reporting that HBO Films and New Line Cinema have reached an agreement to acquire Newmarket Films, the specialty house that started with Memento and is probably best known for distributing such diverse films as The Passion of the Christ and Monster. Newmarket will be combined with Fine Line features, and Newmarket's Bob Berney will head the new division.
Thus continues the trend of major media companies gobbling up the few remaining independents.
M.
Thus continues the trend of major media companies gobbling up the few remaining independents.
M.