Black Bear, the company behind movies such as Train Dreams and Sing Sing, has a new head of television distribution. The company, founded by Teddy Schwarzman, has hired former Paramount exec Dan Cohen in the role. It comes just over a year after Cohen left the studio ahead of its takeover by Davi…

Laika’s live-action feature take of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller Atmosphere from Captain Marvel filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck has seen its global rights scooped up by Black Bear in a competitive situation. Black Bear is also co-financing the project with Laika and will serve as the…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear is set to distribute and produce Jonah, a feature adaptation of the acclaimed Off-Broadway play by Rachel Bonds, to star Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Greta Lee (Past Lives). After directing the stage production, which earned Gabby Beans an Obie Award, a Lucille Lortel…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear’s management division has signed rising directors Sandra Wollner and Stephanie Ahn. Wollner’s Everytime recently played in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the section's top honor. The film wasacquired by 1-2 Special for U.S…

If there’s any hope for a feature film to break out on the big screen, particularly with streaming competition from home, a filmmaker needs to break genre in order to intrigue and eventize. With his sophomore directorial, The Rivals of Amziah King, Oklahoma filmmaker Andrew Patterson is doing…

“There’s absolutely no shame in living out your remaining days alone,” the ostracized local fishmonger is told. But she’s having none of that and weaves together a plan. Here is the rather randy first trailer for Wicker, the comedic fable starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård and Peter…

Black Bear Releasing has hired Bianca Parkes as their new Head of Marketing and Heather Phillips as their new Head of Publicity. Parkes joins from Neon where she led creative campaigns for Best Picture winners and hit genre films. Phillips is longtime publicity vet having worked at 20th…

Black Bear has set an Oct. 23 limited theatrical release of their Sundance pick-up, Wicker. The Tango and Topic Studios financed feature was directed by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer and stars Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Golden Globe winner Alexander Skarsgård, and Emmy winners Peter…

The David Leitch directed action comedy Jason Statham Stole My Bike will be hitting theaters on Aug 6, 2027 via Black Bear. Principal photography wraps this this week. Plot details for the film are currently under wraps, but take a guess what it’s about. The pic reps a long-standing…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear is handling international sales on the horror title White Elephant at the Cannes market.  The film features a robust ensemble including Nick Jonas (Jumanji), Kathryn Newton (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come), KJ Apa (Riverdale), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Ashley Park (Emily in Par…

Black Bear has dropped the first trailer for Guy Ritchie's latest feature, In the Grey.  The film's synopsis reads: In the Grey follows a covert team of elite operatives who live in the global shadows, as comfortable wielding power and influence as they are automatic weapons and high explosives…

EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård fantasy film Wicker is the latest Sundance 2026 movie to secure a domestic theatrical release after Black Bear clinched a deal out of the European Film Market following a competitive situation. Elizabeth Debicki, Peter Dinklage Marli Siu, and…