Eagle Pictures S.p.A. is an Italian film

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and

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company. It is Italy's leading independent film distributor.

History

Eagle Pictures was founded by and Stefano Dammicco in 1986. Producer

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acquired a

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in the company in late 2007. In late 2018, Eagle Pictures established a film and television production division, having previously produced

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's '' The Lark Farm'' (2007) and

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's '' Mozzarella Stories'' (2011). It had also acted as a

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during the Italian shoots of '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015), '' Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' (2017), and '' 6 Underground'' (2019). In January 2020, Eagle Pictures entered into a distribution agreement with Paramount Pictures International. In February 2021, Eagle entered into a home entertainment distribution agreement with

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. The following year, it also entered into a production and distribution agreement with Sony, effective in 2023. In June 2023, Eagle Pictures announced that they would be investing between €40 and 50 million in the construction of new

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Mergers and acquisitions

In July 2020, Eagle Pictures acquired distributor M2 Pictures for around €8.5 million. In August 2022, it acquired 302 Original Content, a film and television production

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; it was later renamed to Eagle Original Content. In March 2023, Eagle Pictures merged with 3 Marys Entertainment. Later that year, it acquired , a production company specializing in unscripted television.

Production credits

Film

Television

References

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* {{Authority control 2020 mergers and acquisitions 2022 mergers and acquisitions 2023 mergers and acquisitions Companies based in Rome Entertainment companies established in 1986 Film distributors of Italy Film production companies of Italy Italian companies established in 1986 Italian film studios International sales agents Mass media companies established in 1986