Leonine Distribution
LEONINE distribution
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legal form | GmbH |
founding | 1979 |
Seat | Munich , Germany |
management | Bernhard zu Castell, Fred Kogel , Markus Frerker |
Number of employees | <65 |
Branch | media |
Website | leoninedistribution.com |
The Leonine Distribution (formerly Universum Film) is a German media company based in Munich and is part of the Leonine .
It acquires feature film and series rights on the national and international market and exploits them in cinema and home entertainment . Universum Film is the leading independent video provider in German-speaking countries and also offers license evaluation for external partners (including Tobis , Wild Bunch , DCM , Weltkino ) in the DVD / Blu-ray and digital sectors .
history
Leonine Distribution was founded in 1979 under the name Universal Film. In the year it was founded, the company began evaluating film licenses on video cassettes . In 1987 the company was renamed BMG Video / Universum Film GmbH and in 1993 it was incorporated into BMG . In 1998 BMG Video was sold to the RTL Group . While from 2000 entrepreneurial responsibility lay with the RTL Group, in 2001 entrepreneurial responsibility was transferred to RTL Television. The managing director of Universum Film GmbH is Bernhard zu Castell. Universum Film started marketing in 2002 and coproducing motion pictures in 2005.
In February 2019, Universum Film was taken over by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. The US investor had previously taken over the Tele München Group (which includes Concorde Filmverleih). Universum Film was subordinated to the newly founded Leonine Holding in 2019 . In January 2020, Universum Film was renamed Leonine Distribution.
Business areas
Coproduction
Since entering the production of cinema titles in 2005, Universum Film has co-produced a large number of titles. The variety of genres is typical for Universum: In addition to family entertainment titles such as Kleiner Rabe Socke , Hexe Lilli saves Christmas , Niko - A Reindeer Takes Off , Sams im Glück and Das kleine Gespenst or the documentary Serengeti , Universum was involved in the production of titles like the club of the red ribbons - how it all began , Marc Rothemund's comedy Today I'm blonde or his last race with Dieter Hallervorden. International co-productions such as Transsiberian with Woody Harrelson and Ben Kingsley are also part of the portfolio.
Film rental
Since entering the cinema business, Universum has brought titles such as Luc Besson's Valerian - The City of Thousand Planets , Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight , Oliver Stones Snowden , the action films 96 Hours - Taken 3 and London Has Fallen , The Circle , Lion - Der in addition to the co-productions Long way home , Captain Fantastic - Once wilderness and back and a very hot number as well as the nature documentary Our Earth - The film and the children's film The Bunny School - Hunt for the Golden Egg on the screen.
Universum Film also has some productions in its catalog that did not originally appear under its label. For example, the extra large version of Der Schuh des Manitu or Der Wixxer and Neues vom Wixxer can be rented from Universum. These three films were originally released by Constantin Film .
In 2019 the Oscar-nominated Vice followed - The second man . In the film year 2019, Universal released film Hellboy - Call of Darkness , The Little Raven Sock - Search for the Mysterious Treasure , Asterix and the Secret of the Magic Potion , Angel Has Fallen and Roland Emmerich's Midway - For Freedom .
Films by Universum Film GmbH (selection)
- Adèle and the Pharaoh's Secret
- Asterix in the land of the gods
- Asterix and the Vikings
- Crank
- Crank 2: High Voltage
- Colombiana
- The end is my beginning
- Life is a festival
- The order lover
- The moon bear - the big cinema adventure
- The client
- The last Knight Templar
- Dragon Hunters - The Dragon Hunters
- The Fakers
- The rabbit school - hunt for the golden egg
- A very hot number
- Fame
- From Paris with Love
- Gamer
- Hacksaw Ridge - The Decision
- The Hateful Eight
- The witch Lilli saves Christmas
- In 80 days around the world
- Jane's Journey - Jane Goodall's journey through life
- LA crash
- Lion - The long way home
- Mothers and daughters
- Niko - A reindeer takes off
- Open Water 2
- Party animals
- Ponyo - The great adventure by the sea
- Princess lillifee
- Princess Lillifee and the little unicorn
- Sahara - Adventure in the desert
- Sams in luck
- Serengeti
- StreetDance 3D
- The Circle
- The Transporter 1 + 2 + 3
- Our earth - the film
- Our oceans
- Valerian - the city of a thousand planets
- Vice - the second man
Home entertainment
Home entertainment is the largest division of Leonine Distribution. Around 360 titles appear annually on DVD or Blu-ray Disc. In the Blu-ray Disc area, Universum Film is already integrating the new BD-Live technology as a pioneer, with which viewers can download the latest additional content via the Internet in the future. The feature film highlights include a. Our Earth - The Film , PS I Love You , the Almodovar Collection , Burn after Reading , Crank , News from the WiXXer , Brokeback Mountain , the Transporter series, Death Proof - Dead Safe and The Shoe of Manitu . The Kids Non Feature label stands for classic children's films and series such as Pippi Longstocking , Nils Holgersson , Wickie , Emil und die Detektiven , Caillou and many other successes by Astrid Lindgren and Erich Kästner . Universum Film has been the market leader in this area since 2007 with a market share of 16%. The television series include CSI: Las Vegas , CSI: Miami and CSI: New York as well as the romantic films by Rosamunde Pilcher and Inga Lindström. German TV series such as Berlin, Berlin or Turkish for beginners , as well as German and international cult series such as Die Schwarzwaldklinik and The Bill Cosby Show are also popular . Titles from the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF were or are distributed by Universum Film, but some titles are now available from Eurovideo or other providers ( Studio Hamburg Enterprises ).
DVDs from Leonine Distribution (selection)
- Babel
- Brokeback Mountain
- See Bruges ... and die?
- Burn After Reading
- Spirited Away
- Crank
- The Empire of the Wolves
- Death Proof
- The doctor and the dear cattle
- The fog
- The wanker
- Hannibal
- Happy-go-lucky
- News from the wanker
- Pan's labyrinth
- PS I Love You
- The Transporter
- Transporter - The Mission
- (T) Spaceship Surprise - Period 1
- Our earth - the film
- Valerian - the city of a thousand planets
Leonine Anime
Under the label Leonine Anime (formerly Universum Anime), Universum Film acquires rights to anime feature films and series and exploits them in cinema and home entertainment on DVD , Blu-ray Disc and as download. The anime are also distributed by ADV Films .
Title from Leonine Anime
- 009 Re: cyborg
- The adventures of the little panda
- Afro samurai
- Ancien and the magical kingdom
- Angel Beats!
- Angels of Death
- Appleseed
- Appleseed XIII
- Arrietty - The wondrous world of borrowers
- Astra Lost in Space
- Atom the Beginning
- B: The beginning
- Bayonetta: Bloody Fate
- Berserk - The Golden Age I / II / III
- Blame!
- A letter to Momo
- Canaan
- Captain Future
- Captain Harlock
- Card Captor Sakura
- Spirited Away
- The Chronicles of Earth Sea
- Death Parade
- Devil May Cry
- Devils' Line
- Dragonball Z: Battle of the Gods
- Eden of the East
- Eden of the East - The King of Eden
- Eden of the East - Paradise Lost
- Memories of Marnie
- Evangelion: 1.11 - You Are (Not) Alone.
- Evangelion: 2.22 - You Can (Not) Advance.
- Evangelion: 3.33 - You Can (Not) Redo.
- The Eccentric Family
- Fireworks: It's all a matter of time
- Whispers of the Sea - Ocean Waves
- Ghost in the Shell - Arise
- Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence
- Giovanni's island
- Girls' Last Tour
- Grimoire of Zero
- Guardian of the Spirit
- Human Lost
- In this corner of the world
- Inuyashiki Last Hero
- The boy and the beast
- Kiki's small delivery service
- Kokkoku: moment by moment
- The kingdom of cats
- The legend of Princess Kaguya
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis
- Liz and the Blue Bird
- The girl with the magic hair
- Made in Abyss
- Madoka Magica - The Movie: Rebellion
- Maquia - an immortal love story
- Mardock Scramble - The First Compression
- Mardock Scramble - The Second Combustion
- Mardock Scramble - The Third Exhaust
- My neighbor Totoro
- My neighbors the Yamadas
- Millennium Actress
- The poppy mountain
- Naruto - The Movie - Secret Mission in the Land of Eternal Snow
- Nausicaä from the Valley of the Winds
- Origin - Spirits of the Past
- The Perfect Insider
- Pokémon 6 - Jirachi: Wishmaker, Pokémon 7: Destiny Deoxys
- Pom Poko
- Ponyo - The great adventure by the sea
- Porco Rosso
- Pretty cure
- Princess Mononoke
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Rainbow: The seven of cell six
- Rock 'n' Roll kids
- Ronja the robber's daughter
- The red turtle
- The castle in the sky
- Voice of the Heart - Whisper of the Heart
- Terror in Tokyo
- The Sky Crawlers
- Tokyo magnitude 8.0
- Tears of Memory - Only Yesterday
- Under the Clouds - Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden
- Violet Evergarden
- Die Walkinder - Children of the Whales
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Weathering With You - The girl who touched the sun
- Welcome to the Space Show
- How the wind rises
- Your name. - Yesterday, today and forever
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Universum Film GmbH - About Universum. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
- ↑ DWDL de GmbH: KKR also takes over Universum Film from the RTL group. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.digitalfernsehen.de/news/medien-news/maerkte/leonine-ist-die-neue-mediengruppe-von-fred-kogel-546945/. In: digitalfernsehen.de. September 21, 2019, accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ^ Leonine Distribution GmbH, Munich. In: northdata.de. Accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Manitou's Shoe - Extra Large (single). Ufa / DVD, accessed August 3, 2019 .
- ↑ The wanker / News from the wanker. Universum Film GmbH, accessed on August 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods - Universum Anime brings 18th Dragonball Movie ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )