Further developments are emerging at the beleaguered US distributor Row K, where Screen understands that president Megan Colligan and two other senior executives are in talks to exit the company.
Besides Colligan, the former Imax and Paramount top executive who joined shortly before the company’s launch at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), chief revenue officer Mo Rhim and chief marketing officer Ben Carlson are also said to be leaving. Distribution head Steve Garrett is understood to be staying.
Last week it emerged that the company, backed by Media Capital Technologies (MCT) run by principals Christopher Woodrow and Raj Singh, is reappraising its business model after losing around $10m on the January release of Gus Van Sant’s acclaimed Venice premiere Dead Man’s Wire.
As Woodrow and Singh question the commercial viability of some of their releases – the company acquired four films at TIFF – reports have emerged that Maude Apatow’s comedy Poetic License will go back on the market.
Colligan championed the film, which is said to have cost upwards of $5.5m in a North American deal with WME Independent. The comedy was originally scheduled to open in May before Woodrow and Singh pushed for a later release while they decided what to do with the film.
Amid reports of unpaid bills, the MCT pair are said to be pivoting towards more commercially-leaning fare, with Jaume Collet-Serra’s action reboot Cliffhanger starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan and the romance Charlie Harper starring Emilia Jones still on the schedule. The former is earmarked for August 28 and Charlie Harper has been lined up for September 25.
Neither Row K nor WME Independent could be reached for comment. The company is scheduled to present at CinemaCon on April 13.
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