LOS ANGELES, CA (May 23, 2017) – Revolution Studios has signed Creative Licensing Corporation as its worldwide merchandise licensing agent to represent Revolution Studios’ film and television library. The titles in the library include properties the studio produced, such as xXx, Academy Award®-winning Black Hawk Down, White Chicks and Daddy Day Care, as well as titles recently acquired by Revolution Studios, such as Morgan Creek International’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Major League and GK Films’ The Tourist, among others.
“This relationship allows us to continue to develop and exploit our film and television titles so they’ll reach an even larger audience worldwide,” said Revolution Studios CEO Vince Totino. “This is the perfect way to bring even more exposure to the Revolution Studios library.”
Creative Licensing will introduce the Revolution Studios titles to the international audience at this year’s Brand Licensing Europe in London at booth F72. Creative Licensing, led by Rand Marlis, Founder, President and CEO, is an independent agency that focuses on growing iconic film brands over the long-term. Under the terms of the agreement with Revolution, Creative Licensing will develop worldwide licensing programs for Revolution Studios’ large library of films and television series. Anticipated categories include apparel, art posters, accessories, collectible figures, digital/interactive, games, gaming graphic novels, live events, publishing and more.
“Creative Licensing has a proven track record of success and our new relationship will enable us to take the Revolution Studios properties to the next level,” said Scott Hemming, Revolution President and COO.
“Revolution Studios has a vast array of iconic, award-winning films that are a natural fit in our portfolio,” said Marlis. “The initial interest has already proven strong and we are looking forward to our burgeoning partnership with the Revolution team.”
About Revolution Studios
Revolution Studios is a diversified entertainment company that owns, acquires and exploits film, television and stage productions. Led by CEO Vince Totino and President and COO Scott Hemming, the company boasts one of the largest independent libraries of premium content, including 126 motion pictures which collectively earned more than $7.1 billion in box office receipts, as well as 240 television episodes. Revolution most recently produced xXx: Return of Xander Cage, as well as 46 of the motion pictures in its library, including Maid in Manhattan, Anger Management, Daddy Day Care, America’s Sweethearts, Hellboy, xXx, White Chicks and the Academy Award®-winning Black Hawk Down. Additionally, Revolution has also acquired 80 movies through library acquisitions, including those of Morgan Creek International, Cold Spring Pictures and GK Films. Originally founded by Joe Roth in 2000, the company was acquired by Content Partners in January 2017.
About Creative Licensing
Located in Los Angeles CA, Creative Licensing is a full-service independent merchandise licensing agency that specializes in long-term brand development. Founded in 1982, Creative Licensing represents a catalogue of over 100 classic films and properties. Representations include the film catalogue of Studiocanal with iconic films such as The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the first three films in the Rambo franchise, Evil Dead 2, Highlander and Escape From New York. Most notably, Creative Licensing has represented the original Terminator film since its box office debut in 1984 and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure since its release in 1989. Creative Licensing attends more than a dozen industry trade shows each year, and is one of the few independent agencies to exhibit both domestically at The Licensing Expo, Las Vegas and internationally at Brand Licensing, London.
http://www.creativelicensingcorporation.com/
For further Revolution Studios information:
Vivian Mayer
Mayer & Associates
(818) 720-8846
vivian@vmayer.com
Brie Strohmeyer
Mayer & Associates
(310) 428-4592
Brie@vmayer.com
For further Creative Licensing information:
Stephanie Kupperman
(310) 562-7868
stephanie@creativelicensingcorporation.com
