January 14, 2014 – D Films is pleased to announce the new adaptation of the timeless Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo & Juliet, will be available on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD on February 4, 2014. The film will also be available for digital download beginning January 28, 2014. Adapted by Academy Award® winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park, Downton Abbey) and directed by Carlo Carlei (The Fight of the Innocent), the film stars Academy Award® nominee Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Douglas Booth (LOL) as the iconic star-crossed lovers.

The ageless story from the world’s most renowned author is re-imagined for the 21st Century by Julian Fellowes and director Carlo Carlei. This adaptation is told in the lush traditional setting it was written, but gives a new generation the chance to fall in love with the enduring legend. In addition to Steinfeld and Booth, the all star cast includes Academy Award® nominated Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Emmy winner Damian Lewis (Homeland), Stellan Skarsgård (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End) and Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl).

Romeo & Juliet is a co-production of Amber Entertainment, Swarovski Entertainment and Echo Lake Entertainment.

ABOUT D FILMS:

D Films is a Canadian full service motion picture and television marketing and distribution boutique that acquires exclusive, long-term rights to film and television content across all media platforms. D Films recently had two high profile films make their world premieres at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival; Richard Ayoade’s The Double, starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska and Paul Haggis’ star studded Third Person. Directed by Academy Award® winner Paul Haggis, Third Person features an all star cast including Academy Award® winners Adrien Brody and Kim Basinger, Academy Award® nominees Liam Neeson and James Franco, as well as Mila Kunis and Olivia Wilde. Upcoming releases from D Films include My Old Lady, starring Academy Award® winners Maggie Smith and Kevin Kline and the comedy Welcome to Me starring Academy Award® nominee Kristin Wiig. Welcome to Me, the newest film from Gary Sanchez Productions, also features Academy Award® winner Tim Robbins, Academy Award® nominee Joan Cusack, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Jason Leigh and James Marsden.

ECHO LAKE ENTERTAINMENT AND BLUE LAKE MEDIA FUND:

Founded by Doug Mankoff in 1997, Echo Lake Entertainment is an independent film production and financing company (under the banner Echo Lake Productions) as well as a literary and talent management company (Echo Lake Management). Mankoff remains the majority owner of the company and runs it with industry veteran Andrew Spaulding. Since its founding in 1997, the company has produced and/or financed more than 30 films. The company provides investments in films through its Blue Lake Media Fund, which the company manages in partnership with Blue Ice Capital, a Toronto-based fund headed by Steven Silver and Neil Tabatznik. The 8-figure fund, backed by private investors in the US and Canada, finances films with budgets of $10 million and higher with an emphasis on commercial fare with bankable directors and casts. The Blue Lake Media Fund financed Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In and I’m So Excited, which Sony Pictures Classics released, along with Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children. The fund also financed the upcoming Alexander Payne film Nebraska, which Paramount Pictures will release.

ABOUT SWAROVSKI ENTERTAINMENT:

Swarovski Entertainment collaborates with established industry partners and exceptional talent to develop, finance and produce original and artistically accomplished feature films with international box office appeal. With a history spanning 80 sparkling years on the silver screen, and having worked hand-in-hand with countless costume, jewellery and set designers on some of Hollywood’s most iconic productions, it is a natural evolution for Swarovski to move into film production. Swarovski Entertainment aims to express Swarovski’s philosophy, ideas and values through moving images to enchant and inspire audiences around the world.

www.swarovski-entertainment.com

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For more information, please contact:

Kevin McLean | Kevin@districtpr.ca | (647) 444-7300