Cleopatra Entertainment
Cleopatra Entertainment is the film division of long time Los Angeles-based indie label Cleopatra Records, most known for promoting dark and experimental music. Founded in 2015, the company has distributed, developed, and produced several films most of which have a strong horror and/or music component. The company has focused primarily on the home video market through partnerships with New York-based film distributor The Orchard[1] as well as AMPED Music Distribution,[2] and MVD Entertainment Group.
 | |
| Type | Film division of Cleopatra Records |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion picture |
| Founded | Los Angeles, CA (2015) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Key people | Brian Perera, |
| Parent | Cleopatra Records |
| Website | cleopatra-entertainment |
History
Cleopatra Entertainment officially began in 2015 with the U.S. release of "Forever and a Day", a documentary/concert film about German heavy metal band Scorpions [3] This was followed in August of the same year by the company's first major production, Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival, the second installment of the cult horror musical franchise from director Darren Lynn Bousman (director of several installments in the Saw series) and writer Terrance Zdunich (of Repo! The Genetic Opera). In addition to financing the film, Cleopatra produced the Blu-ray and DVD releases and also released the official CD soundtrack, which included all of the musical numbers from the film featuring Paul Sorvino, Barry Bostwick, David Hasselhoff, Ted Neeley, Tech N9ne, Emilie Autumn, Adam Pascal, Butcher Babies and Nivek Ogre.
In 2016, Cleopatra Entertainment released its second music documentary to the home video market, this one about UK punk band The Damned, called Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead,[4] which premiered a year earlier at the SXSW Film Festival.
Cleopatra Entertainment also purchased the vampire thriller Blood Trap,[5] starring Gianni Capaldi , Costas Mandylor and Vinnie Jones, and released it to the home video market in October of that year. Also in October 2016, Cleopatra brought the dark romantic comedy StalkHer, starring John Jarratt and Kaarin Fairfax, to US audiences. The company will also see a theatrical release for the film A Street Cat Named Bob,[6] based on the book of the same name by James Bowen.
Coming productions for the company include more thrillers such as The Devil's Domain (starring Michael Madsen), The Black Room (starring Lin Shaye), and The 27 Club. In 2017, the company released England is Mine, the biopic of the Smiths frontman Morrissey[7] and Street Survivors, based on a plane crash involving band Lynyrd Skynyrd, co-written by Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle,[8] one of the members who survived the incident.
Films
2015
| Title | Directors | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival | Darren Lynn Bousman | Paul Sorvino, Barry Bostwick, Tech N9ne, David Hasselhoff, Ted Neeley | 11 August 2015 | Spring 2016 |
| Forever and a Day | Katja von Garnier | Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Scorpions | 16 October 2015 | 27 November 2016 |
2016
| Title | Directors | Cast | Theatrical release Date | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead | Wes Orshoski | The Damned, David Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies, Brian James | 19 March 2015 | 20 June 2016 |
| Blood Trap | Alberto Sciamma | Costas Mandylor, Gianni Capaldi, Vinnie Jones | 19 March 2015 | 23 September 2016 |
| StalkHer | John Jarratt, Kaarin Fairfax | John Jarratt, Kaarin Fairfax | 30 September 2016 | 25 October 2016 |
| A Street Cat Named Bob | Roger Spottiswoode | Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt | 18 November 2016 | TBA |
2017
| Title | Directors | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devil's Domain | Jared Cohn | Michael Madsen | 2017 | |
| The Black Room | Rolfe Kanefsky | Lin Shaye, Natasha Henstridge | 2017 | |
| The 27 Club | 2017 | |||
| England Is Mine | Mark Gill | Jack Lowden | 2017 | |
| Street Survivors | 2017 | |||
| Diamond Cartel | Salamat Mukhammed-Ali | Peter O'Toole, Bolo Yeung | 2017 | |
2018
| Title | Directors | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladyworld | 2018 | |||
2019
2020
| Title | Director | Cast | Theatrical release date | DVD release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Gone | Michael Thomas Daniel | Lin Shaye, Weston Cage Coppola, Bradley Stryker | 24 January 2020 | |
| Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash | Jared Cohn | Ian Shultis, Taylor Clift, Samuel Kay Forrest, Rich Dally III | 18 February 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| Game of Death | Sebastien Landry, Laurence Morais-Lagace | Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman | 14 July 2020 | |
| Skin Walker | Christian Neuman | Udo Kier, Amber Anderson, Jefferson Hall | 4 August 2020 |
References
- "Cleopatra Films Builds 'The Black Room' into Release Slate".
- "AMPED Distribution - Alliance Entertainment - Premier Wholesale Distributor".
- "Film Review: Scorpions - 'Forever and a Day'". 30 December 2015.
- "The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead".
- "Exclusive Blood Trap Clip Vamps it up". 19 September 2016.
- "Luke Treadaway's 'Street Cat Named Bob' Gets U.S. Release".
- McNary, Dave (28 July 2016). "Luke Treadaway's 'Street Cat Named Bob' Gets U.S. Release". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- "Former Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer Readies Biopic 'Free Bird'". 25 June 2016.