IDT Ent. today announced the launch of New Arc Ent., a film production company dedicated to producing live-action and animated feature films in the supernatural/thriller/action genre. Within its first 15 months of operation, the new division hopes to have multiple pics and one toon series in production. IDT Ent. COO John W. Hyde will manage the offshoot.
Animated productions included under the New Arc umbrella are El Superbeasto by Rob Zombie, Todd McFarlane’s Spawn, and the six-picture series Stan Lee Presents, the first two of which are Chameleon and El Lobo. The company will rely on IDT’s growing network of animation houses, including DPS Film Roman, Digital Production Solutions (DPS) and Mainframe Ent.
Principal photography on The Fallen Ones, New Arc’s first feature, was completed in September. The supernatural thriller is directed by first timer Kevin Van Hook and stars Casper Van Dien (Starship Stoopers), Robert Wagner (To Catch a Thief), Tom Bosley (TV’s Happy Days) and Kristin Miller (HBO’s Sex and the City). A second film, a zombie chiller titled All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos, began lensing this month under the direction of Jeremy Kasten (The Attic Expeditions). The film was produced by Mindfire Ent. through their CFQ Films division and was written by Mark Altman and produced by Mark Gottwald and Altman, publishers of CFQ (formerly Cinefantastique) and Femme Fatales magazines.
Additional New Arc projects in pre-production include several feature films with acclaimed producer Stephen J. Cannell, whose series, Silk Stalkings, 21 Jump Street and The Commish, are in home video distribution through IDT Ent.’s home video subsidiary, Anchor Bay.
Initially, New Arc will distribute its movies direct to DVD with Anchor Bay handling titles in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., while IDT Ent. Sales leads international efforts.
For many of the live action features, New Arc will rely on DPS Film Roman’s Forum Visual Effects for pixel trickery. Forum Visual Effects is well known for creating movie magic for such films as Daredevil, My Favorite Martian, Miss Congeniality and I, Robot. IDT also owns DKP Effects, a 3D animation and special effects production company.
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