The Criterion Collection and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced today that they have agreed to a multi-year extension of their distribution agreement.
Under the new agreement, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will continue to distribute Criterion's home video releases in the United States.
"We are thrilled to extend our relationship with SPHE. Working together over the past year -- both on the distribution of Criterion's titles and on adding new Sony titles to the Collection -- has been rewarding on every front. We look forward to a successful collaboration for many more years," said Criterion Collection CEO Jonathan Turell.
"We are pleased to build upon the partnership with Criterion and view this extension as an affirmation of our efforts as a world-class distributor of content in the home entertainment industry," said SPHE president Man Jit Singh.
Criterion's upcoming releases include Brian De Palma's
Dressed to Kill, François Truffaut's
Day for Night, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's
Two Days, One Night, Wes Anderson's
Moonrise Kingdom, and David Lynch's
Mulholland Drive, amongst others.