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Seine Pictures turned 12 this year, and to mark the occasion, the upstart, Latino-led production company released three films in 2024: the 2024 Cinema for Peace Award-winning documentary, “Invisible Nation”; “La Cocina,” starring Rooney Mara and Raul Briones, which premiered in North America at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival in June; and “Mistura,” an original period drama from Ricardo de Montreuil set in company founder Ivan Orlic’s home country.

“Having three films in one year for a company our size is quite an achievement that we’re very proud of and have worked very hard to achieve,” Orlic told TheWrap for our latest Office With a View Q&a.

At first glance, Orlic doesn’t make your everyday film producer. A Peruvian marine scientist-turned-filmmaker, he authored two college-level biology textbooks before combining his family’s fishing tradition and his own love for film for a career pivot in 2012. To date, Seine Pictures...

Heeeeere's Johnny! Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" is just one title being added to Amazon Prime: Instant Video in June 2015. Classics like "Roman Holiday" and "Apocalypse Now" are also coming, along with more random additions like "Troll" (and "Troll 2"!) and "Leprechaun: Origins." Most of the additions are arriving June 1, which is just a couple of weeks away at this point, but here's the full list:

June 1

"The Shining"

"Roman Holiday"

"Apocalypse Now"

"Apocalypse Now Redux"

"Something Wild" (1986)

"Sid & Nancy"

"Sucker Punch"

"Troll"

"Troll 2"

"Rep: The Genetic Opera"

"The Island of Dr. Moreau"

"Seven Psychopaths"

"The Paper Chase"

"People Will Talk"

"Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog"

"Murder of a Cat"

"Nine Months"

"Word and Pictures"

June 12

"Life of Crime"

June 13

"Transformers: Age of Extinction"

June 15

"Leprechaun: Origins"

June 19

"A Most Wanted Man"

June 22

"Lucky Number Slevin"

June 24

"Covert Affairs" - Season 5

June 26

"Katy Perry: The Prismatic...

Sneak Peek footage from producer Sam Raimi's detective comedy "Murder Of A Cat", directed by Gillian Greene, starring Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, Nikki Reed, Fran Kranz and Greg Kinnear, now available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment:

"...when someone kills his beloved cat, 'Clinton' (Kranz), an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, 'Greta' (Reed), and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town.

"But as Clinton searches for the truth, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than he anticipated..."

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I’ve got no problem seeing human beings get torn apart in horror movies, but if you harm just one hair on a cat or dog’s head, I can’t handle it. However, Fran Kranz’s new comedy is an exception. Normally I’d opt out soon after learning that the movie follows what happens when Kranz’s character, Clinton, finds his beloved cat Mouser dead in the street with an arrow lodged in him, but there was enough fun to be had with Murder of a Cat to get me to deal with it and appreciate his wacky yet heartfelt mission to track down Mouser’s killer. With Murder of a Cat hitting VOD platforms, iTunes and select theaters on December 5th, I got the opportunity to sit down with Kranz to talk about his experience making the film. He discussed his first impression of the script, playing such an unlikable character,...

Clinton Moisey (Fran Kranz) is something of a simpleton. He lives at home with his mother (Blythe Danner) where he operates a daily yard sale table selling toys, comic books and self-made action figures. His attempt at making something of himself — a corner comic shop with zero clientele — closed after six months, and while anyone could see the problem was his lack of motivation Clinton sees it a bit differently. It was a man named Ford (Greg Kinnear) who killed his shop by opening a megastore nearby. Sure the megastore doesn’t sell comics, but that’s not really the point as far as Clinton is concerned. He awakes one morning after drowning his sorrows with a marathon session of Who’s the Boss? episodes to find his beloved cat Mouser dead in the street. This was no accident though as a crossbow bolt had been shot through the cat’s heart. No...

Anyone who knows me knows I love cats. Seriously. It may be why I'm still single. (Well, maybe just one reason). I actually have two of them (Sookie and Phoenix), was practically raised by them (there are photos of them in the crib with me)  and, well, you don't want to get into a debate with me on the age old question of which is better, cats or dogs?  So, when I read that Gillian Greene's "Murder of a Cat" centered on a man who is convinced his "best friend" has been taken out I was pretty much in.  If any crime demands justice in my book it's that of a murdered cat! "Cat" stars Fran Kranz ("Dollhouse" and "A Cabin in the Woods") as Clinton, a man who refuses to give up on finding his feline's killer, but eventually finds out something more sinister is going on around him.

Clinton Moisey (Fran Kranz), the man-child in Murder of a Cat, calls his sleuthing alter ego Doghouse Reilly, after Philip Marlowe's jokey alias in The Big Sleep. This choice sums up the tone of Christian Magalhaes and Bob Snow's screenplay (on the 2010 Black List), which sprinkles hard-boiled detective jargon onto a comic mystery that mostly reveals Clinton's obliviousness to the world outside his mother's basement. Director Gillian Greene's debut feature plays up these elements with Deborah Lurie's full-throttle film noir score, but she never gets heavy-handed, even when things take a dangerous turn. The death of his beloved Mouser (played by a cat named Bogart) triggers Clinton to leave his comfort zone and begin investigating, albeit in a bathrobe instead of a tre...

Some independent movies are worth seeking out. Others remain obscure and hidden for a reason, and that seems to be why we haven't heard anything about Murder of a Cat, an indie comedy starring Cabin in the Woods scene stealer Fran Kranz along with an interesting mix of supporting players. The film follows a harmless oddball who is thoroughly upset that someone has just murdered his best friend, a cat named Mouser. J.K. Simmons is the investigating officer, and he soon learns that the cat was seemingly leading a double life. Yeah, it's about as stupid as it sounds. Pretty much everyone in this movie is better than this. Here's the trailer for Gillian Greene's Murder of a Cat, originally from Apple: Murder of a Cat marks the feature directorial debut of Gillian Greene, working from a script by Robert Snow & Christian Magalhaes (both of the series"New Girl"). Produced by Sam Raimi,...

The distributor has picked up North American rights to Gillian Greene’s feature directorial debut starring Oscar contender Jk Simmons. Separately, Cinedigm and Moguldom Studios have entered into a multi-year, multi-title deal for Moguldom’s slate.

Sam Raimi, Molly Hassell and Ivan Orlic produced Murder Of A Cat, a surburban noir about a young man on the trail of his pet’s killer.

Fran Kranz, Nikki Reed, Blythe Danner and Greg Kinnear round out the key cast.

Bob Snow and Christian Magalhaes wrote the screenplay to Murder Of A Cat, which premiered earlier this year at Tribeca.

Gravitas brokered the deal with CAA and will distribute across theatrical and digital platforms on December 5.

The deal between Cinedigm and Moguldom Studios calls for a minimum of 10 new films a year. Cinedigm has also acquired distribution rights to seven catalogue titles from the Moguldom Studios’ library and will get certain Us distribution rights to the films, including digital...

Wasting the talents of such reliable veteran performers as Greg Kinnear, Blythe Danner and J.K. Simmons, Murder of a Cat is the sort of would-be satirical comedy that substitutes forced quirkiness for humor to relentlessly grating effect. Gillian Greene’s debut feature produced by her husband Sam Raimi and receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival woefully fails in its attempt at being a comic, modern-day noir. It also features one of the most irritating lead characters in recent memory in the form of Clinton (Fran Kranz), a twenty-something man-child who still lives with

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Exclusive Media has scored the international rights to two supernatural thrillers and a crime caper.

The first is Guillem Morales's "Shomer" which deals with a religious overnight vigil of a corpse that results in a demonic encounter. Aneurin Barnard stars in the film which is currently in pre-production.

The second is Luís Quílez's "Out Of The Dark" which stars Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman as a couple in Colombia who discover a shocking family secret. It is currently in post-production.

The last is Gillian Greene's "Murder Of A Cat" which is also currently in post-production. It follows an oddball who tries to uncover the truth behind his murdered cat. Fran Kranz, Nikki Reed, Jk Simmons, Blythe Danner and Greg Kinnear all star in that one, while Sam Raimi is producing.

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Three titles being repped by Exclusive Media at the American Film Market have been revealed. The first is Murder of a Cat , produced by Sam Raimi, Molly Hassell and Ivan Orlic. Currently in post-production and written by "New Girl" writers Christian Magalhaes and Robert Snow, the film stars Fran Kranz, Nikki Reed, J.K. Simmons, Blythe Danner and Greg Kinnear and is a comedic murder mystery full of hilarious hijinks as the story follows Clinton Moisey, an endearing oddball who sets out to uncover the truth behind the secret double life of his murdered cat and finds himself in the middle of a city wide conspiracy, unexpectedly finding love along the way. Next up is the supernatural thriller Shomer from producer Lawrence Bender and directed by Guillem Morales ( Julia's...

And the barrage of Afm news keeps rolling in even though it's still technically the evening before the show. Next out of the gate is word regarding three projects Exclusive Media will be shopping at this year's big dance.

According to The Wrap Exclusive Media has picked up the international rights to three new feature film titles and will be offering them to buyers, including a supernatural thriller titled Shomer that will star Aneurin Barnard. Exclusive Media will also be shopping Gillian Greene’s directorial debut Murder of a Cat, which is produced by Sam Raimi, as well as Participant Media’s Out of the Dark, which stars Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman.

Spanish filmmaker Guillem Morales is directing Shomer, which will be produced by Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds), Lauren Selig (Lone Survivor) and Ray Ricord.

Currently in pre-production, Shomer follows 25-year-old Isaac (Barnard), a shomer for the deceased who...

Three titles being repped by Exclusive Media at the American Film Market have been revealed.  The first is Murder of a Cat, produced by Sam Raimi, Molly Hassell and Ivan Orlic.  Currently in post-production and written by New Girl writers Christian Magalhaes and Robert Snow, the film stars Fran Kranz, Nikki Reed, Jk Simmons, Blythe Danner and Greg Kinnear and is a comedic murder mystery full of hilarious hijinks as the story follows Clinton Moisey, an endearing oddball who sets out to uncover the truth behind the secret double life of his murdered cat and finds himself in the middle of a city wide conspiracy, unexpectedly finding love along the way.

Next up is the supernatural thriller Shomer from producer Lawrence Bender and directed by Guillem Morales (Julia's Eyes).

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Exclusive Media has picked up international rights to the supernatural thrillers Shomer and Out Of The Dark and the crime caper Murder Of A Cat.

Lawrence Bender, Lauren Selig and Ray Ricord are producing Shomer, which is in pre-production and centres on a religious overnight vigil of a corpse that results in a demonic encounter. Guillem Morales will direct his follow-up to Julia’s Eyes from a screenplay by David Abram Nahmod. Aneurin Barnard stars.

Len Blavatnik of Access Industries is the executive producer with Shomer financier Aviv Giladi and Vince Holden of AI Film.

Gillian Greene’s directorial debut Murder Of A Cat is in post-production and tells of an oddball who tries to uncover the truth behind his murdered cat. Sam Raimi, Molly Hassell and Ivan Orlic produce and Fran Kranz, Nikki Reed, Jk Simmons, Blythe Danner and Greg Kinnear star. CAA handles Us sales.

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The Twilight Saga star Nikki Reed has joined the cast of Murder of a Cat.

Fran Kranz stars as a young man who investigates the death of his beloved cat, when he learns that his pet was leading a double life with another owner. No details were given for Nikki Reed's character, but she joins a cast that also includes Greg Kinnear and J.K. Simmons.

Gillian Greene, the wife of Sam Raimi, will make her directorial debut, working from a 2010 Black List screenplay by Christian Magalhaes and Robert Snow. Sam Raimi is producing alongside Molly Hassell. No production schedule was given.

Nikki Reed will next be seen in Pawn and Empire State.

Murder of a Cat comes to theaters in 2014 and stars Greg Kinnear, Fran Kranz, J.K. Simmons, Nikki Reed. The film is directed by Gillian Greene.