When creating a film one must know what distributor they have behind them. The distributor is the link between the production of the film and the exhibition, circulation, and marketing of the film. This is extremely important, as the distributor could make or break a film.
I think the best distributors for our film would be Paramount Pictures, Icon Productions, or Lions Gate Entertainment. This is because they have all made a lot of fantasy films , or quite successful fantasy films. Icon distributed Bridge to Terabithia(2007) in the UK. Paramount films include The Wizard of Oz (1982), Charlotte's Web (1973 & 2006), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). Lions Gate films include The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). These are all successful fantasy films, some of which we even drew elements of our film from (i.e. the forest in Doctor Parnassus, and the alternate worlds in Wizard of Oz, and The Forbidden Kingdom). These film companies may want to back our film because it is a fantasy with a good narrative, which is also quite dark, twisting conventions of the genre. Due to this I think it would most likely be distributed by Lions Gate films, because of their darker more violent fantasy films. After that it would probably be Icon for the same reason. Paramount may not want our film if they do not feel confident enough in it, as it is the biggest of the 3 mentioned companies. However if they did distribute our film they would probably make us the most money due to their huge name and history of big films.
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