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Former Curzon head Philip Knatchbull is set to return to the UK arthouse cinema chain and distributoras interim executive chairman following the company’s acquisition by US firm Fortress Investment Group.

Edward Fletcher, who joined the company as CEO in November 2023, has left after spending a year in the role.

Charles S. Cohen’s US company Cohen Media Group acquired Curzon in late 2019.Knatchbullstepped down in November 2023 having helmed the company for 17 years.

Former Soda Pictures executive Fletcher took over on November 15, 2023.

Earlier this year, Fortress sued billionaire Cohen – also the head of Cohen Brothers Realty – alleging he had defaulted on a $534m loan.

Ed Fletcher has been at the helm of UK distributor and exhibitor Curzon for six months as CEO, following the departure of Philip Knatchbull from the Cohen Media Group-owned company in November 2023.

Fletcher brings with him experience spent managing cinemas in London and Cambridge, and working in theatrical distribution at first Ica Projects and then distributor Soda Pictures, the company he co-founded with Eve Gabareau in 2002 that became Thunderbird Releasing in 2014. He also runs a production label called Beef with Emma Biggins as a sideline to his day job.

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Stars: Amanda Adrienne, Tom Ardavany, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Rodney Rowland, Brionne Davis, Ed Fletcher, Jason Gurvitz, Daniel Knight, John Charles Meyer, Kyle Morris, Marc Anthony Samuel | Written and Directed by Micheal S. Ojeda

Travelling across country to be with her fiancé, deaf mute Zoe (Adrienne) stumbles on a horrific crime. Zoe’s brave attempt to intervene seals her fate; she’s brutalized and left for dead. When an Indian shaman finds her clinging to life in a shallow grave he attempts to save her – but in the mystical process the spirit of an ancient Apache warrior enters her corpse hell-bent on revenge. But can she slaughter the men who attacked her in time before her body decomposes completely?

Described as a more horrific take on The Crow, Savaged is actually more a supernatural take on I Spit on Your Grave (or The Last House of the Left) – complete with a tortured heroine,...