It's been revealed that Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the Goetz brothers' remake of Pascal Laugier's cult classic horror film, Martyrs.

Press Release: BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment, a leading distributor of STARZ Original series and other TV/independent feature film content, and the home entertainment division of Starz, announced today the acquisition of all North American rights -- theatrical, Digital HD, Blu-ray™/DVD and broadcast (except first pay TV window) to the feature film MARTYRS from Wild Bunch.

Starring Troian Bellisario (“Pretty Little Liars”), Caitlin Carmichael (300: Rise of an Empire), Kate Burton (127 Hours), Bailey Nobel (“True Blood”) and Taylor John Smith (Insidious: Chapter 3) MARTYRS is directed by Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz, and produced by Peter Safran (The Conjuring). MARTYRS was screened at the market in Cannes this year where the deal was negotiated by Carole Baraton of Wild Bunch and Josh Thomashow, who was recently put in charge of acquisitions for Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Synopsis:
A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them.

About Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading independent home entertainment company celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015. Anchor Bay acquires and releases a wide array of filmed entertainment in the theatrical and home entertainment markets, including STARZ Original series, children's entertainment, fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports and specialty films on Blu-ray™ and DVD formats. The company has long-term distribution agreements in place for select programming with The Weinstein Company, AMC Networks and RADiUS, among others. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a full service distributor in the North American market. Anchor Bay Entertainment is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business,www.starz.com.

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