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51-450: Angel Studios, Inc. is an American independent media company and film distribution studio based in Provo, Utah . It operates the over-the-top video on-demand service Angel Studios . The streaming service is available worldwide and can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smartphones , tablet computers , and smart TVs . Angel Studios emerged as

102-478: A March 2023 live-action drama retelling the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac produced by RockBridge Productions, Sound of Freedom , produced by Santa Fe Films and released in July 2023, and The Shift , a sci-fi film released in late 2023 starring Neal McDonough , Sean Astin , Kristoffer Polaha , and Emily Rose , which was Angel Studios's first original theatrical feature film. David , an animated film about

153-448: A copy of the DVD is ordered, and then ship it to the customer. A distributor may also maintain contact with wholesalers who sell and ship DVDs to retail outlets as well as online stores, and arrange for them to carry the DVD. The distributor may also place ads in magazines and online and send copies of the DVD to reviewers. Although there are now numerous distribution techniques, in the past

204-524: A decision by the arbitrator in favor of The Chosen was given in late May 2024. One day after Jenkins announced the ruling, Angel Studios' CEO Neal Harmon announced his company planned to appeal. Dry Bar Comedy was one of the preceding company's first forays into original content, launched in 2017. It began as a series of 52 original stand-up comedy sets filmed in Utah that are generally clean and performed by lesser-known comedians. Dry Bar Comedy has attracted

255-401: A distributor is going to distribute a movie on a physical format such as DVD, they must arrange for the creation of the artwork for the case and the face of the DVD and arrange with a DVD replicator to create a glass master to press quantities of the DVD. Some movie producers use a process called "DVD-on-demand." In DVD-on-demand, a company will burn a DVD-R (a process called "duplication") when

306-437: A goal of $ 6.5 million. Production began in 2023 on Season 2, which covers the first half of Book 2, which released on April 5, 2024. The series is being distributed by Angel Studios. Season 3 has a projected release date of Fall/Winter 2025, and will cover the second half of Book 2. Season 4 has a projected release date of 2026, and will cover the first half of Book 3. Season 5 has a projected release date of 2027, and will cover

357-464: A large social media following, particularly on YouTube . As of 2021, Dry Bar Comedy videos have attracted over 2 billion views. Angel Studios produced an animated TV adaptation of The Wingfeather Saga , a fantasy book series for children and young adults written by Andrew Peterson . Investors contributed $ 5 million to produce the first season, which is currently streaming. As of July 2023, Angel's distributed feature films include His Only Son ,

408-652: A multi-season television series about the life of Jesus and his disciples. After a pilot episode was developed, the company raised $ 13 million in equity crowdfunding to finance the first season, the largest amount ever crowdfunded for a TV show. Also in 2017, a third foray into equity crowdfunding came from the launch of Dry Bar Comedy , a series of 52 original  stand-up comedy sets filmed in Utah that are generally  clean and performed by lesser-known comedians. Much of its content went viral, with Dry Bar Comedy videos receiving over two billion views as of 2021. The success of Dry Bar Comedy and The Chosen gave way to

459-409: A new business model that would allow the company to produce and distribute original content. The founders decided to focus on developing original content using its equity crowdfunding model and rebrand as Angel Studios. Angel Studios was named after the "angel investors" that participate in the new model that uses equity crowdfunding to finance original productions. These productions are distributed via

510-486: A non-theatrical screening are that the latter has to be to a closed audience in some way, e.g. pupils of a school, members of a social club or passengers on an airline, and that there can be no individual admission charge. Most non-theatrical screening contracts also specify that the screening must not be advertised, except within the group that is eligible to attend (e.g. in a membership organisation's newsletter or an in-flight magazine ). Non-theatrical distribution includes

561-415: A profit and eliminate failure. These new distribution methods benefited audiences that were normally too small to reach and expanded the content of television. With the new age of technology, networks accepted the fact that it was a consumer demand industry and accepted the new models of distribution. The primary distribution companies will usually receive some billing for the film. For example, Gone With

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612-462: A rough love for his grandsons but a soft spot for his granddaughter. He tends the garden, protects the family, and tells stories of his former wild life as a pirate at sea. A dragon bit off his leg and he replaced it with a peg leg , often described as a stump. Janner, Kalmar and Leeli's father, High King of the Shining Isle of Anniera. Assumed to be dead after the invasion of Anniera. Artham

663-449: A specified time period. The latter are often purchased by pubs and students' unions , to enable them to show occasional feature films on a TV in their bars. Some distributors only handle home video distribution or some subset of home video distribution such as DVD or Blu-ray distribution. The remaining home video rights may be licensed by the producer to other distributors or the distributor may sub-license them to other distributors. If

714-404: A studio decides to partner with a native distributor, upon release both names will appear. The foreign distributor may license the film for a certain amount of time, but the studio will retain the copyright of the film. When a film is produced and distributed by an independent production company and independent distributor (meaning outside the studios), generally an international sales agent handles

765-440: A theatrical exhibitor, the distributor secures a contract stipulating the amount of the gross ticket sales the exhibitor will be allowed to retain (usually a percentage of the gross). The distributor collects the amount due, audits the exhibitor's ticket sales as necessary to ensure the gross reported by the exhibitor is accurate, secures the distributor's share of these proceeds, surrenders the exhibitor's portion to it, and transmits

816-502: A year in the United States alone on direct buys of advertising such as TV commercials, billboards, online banner ads, radio commercials and the like. That distributor-spending figure does not include additional costs for publicity, film trailers and promotions, which are not classified as advertising but also market films to audiences. Distributors typically enter into one of the two types of film booking contracts. The most common

867-756: Is a  group of approximately 400,000 members who review and vote on completed episodes and movies to help Angel Studios decide if they should take on a project. If a film or show’s voting results meet the Guild's minimum eligibility requirements, the project enters into a due diligence process to determine its potential for distribution. Angel Guild members pay a monthly or annual membership fee to receive exclusive benefits such as access to Angel Studios’ entire library, new monthly releases, merchandise discounts, two complimentary movie tickets to every release, and more. The Angel Guild supports Angel Studios’ mission to share stories that amplify light. Notable films greenlit by

918-437: Is also responsible for ensuring a full line of advertising material is available for each film which it believes will help the exhibitor attract the largest possible audience, create such advertising if it is not provided by the production company, and arrange for the physical delivery of the advertising items selected by the exhibitor at intervals prior to the opening day. Film distributors spend between $ 3.5 billion and $ 4 billion

969-505: Is gifted a Whistleharp, that is later revealed to have belonged to her great-grandmother, Madia, Queen of Anniera. The regal mother to Janner, Tink and Leeli, and later revealed to be Queen of the Shining Isle of Anniera. After the Fangs took control, she hid herself and her children by returning to the town her father grew up in, and taking her mother's maiden name, Igiby. Podo is Nia's father, and grandfather to Janner, Tink and Leeli. He has

1020-421: Is the aggregate deal where total box office revenue that a given film generates is split by a pre-determined mutually-agreed percentage between distributor and movie theater. The other method is the sliding scale deal, where the percentage of box office revenue taken by theaters declines each week of a given film's run. The sliding scale actually has two pieces that starts with a minimum amount of money that theater

1071-424: Is to keep—often called "the house nut"—after which the sliding scale kicks in for revenue generated above the house nut. However, this sliding scale method is falling out of use. Whatever the method, box office revenue is usually shared roughly 50/50 between film distributors and theaters. If the distributor is handling an imported or foreign film, it may also be responsible for securing dubbing or subtitling for

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1122-409: The airlines and film societies . Non-theatrical distribution is generally handled by companies that specialize in this market, of which Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) and Film bank media are the two largest: Motion Picture Licensing Company Film bank media Representing the major Hollywood studios and independent producers. Home video media is sold with a licence that permits viewing in

1173-533: The Angel Guild include His Only Son , which earned $ 13 million at the worldwide box office, and Sound of Freedom , which grossed $ 250 million after Angel Guild members voted for its distribution. The Chosen , a streaming multi-season television series created by Dallas Jenkins and about the life of Jesus, was first produced under the VidAngel umbrella and later distributed by Angel Studios. The series

1224-577: The Angel Studios streaming platform for free. The company relies on a pay what you want revenue model, coined "Pay It Forward", in which viewers can optionally pay for the content if they choose to support it. In early 2021, Angel Studios purchased the domain angel.com for $ 2 million. Soon after, Angel Studios launched an investment portal called Angel Funding that offered investment opportunities through Regulation Crowdfunding securities offerings. Several productions were successfully funded through

1275-621: The Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness , North! Or Be Eaten , The Monster in the Hollows , and The Warden and the Wolf King . The series relates the adventures Igiby family, made up of grandfather Podo, mother Nia, and three children, Janner, Kalmar "Tink" and Leeli. They discover secrets of their family history, then run into the evil Fangs of Dang who are occupying the country of Skree where

1326-518: The Igiby family through Aerwiar and eventually settling down in the Green Hollows. A friend of Janner who was taken by the Fangs to be a slave. When Janner is later taken, she helps him escape and afterward leads a mass exodus of other young slaves. The leader of the rebellion against the Fangs and the dark hero of Dugtown. He also became the adopted father of Maraly Weaver. A member of one of

1377-543: The Igibys were raised. They combat Gnag the Nameless, the master of the Fangs. The story takes place in the fantasy world of Aerwiar, which has not developed electricity or firearms and which has a number of strange creatures. The series has a number of related books. Janner is the oldest brother. He helps around the farm and bookstore and has a dream to sail. As the oldest, the ancient role of Throne Warden (protector of

1428-461: The Wind was shown on the one sheet as "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release". A modern example, Jurassic Park , would be the credit " Universal Pictures presents ...". The Universal production logo also opened the film's trailer . In some cases, there is split distribution as in the case of Titanic (1997) : " 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures present ...". Both companies helped to finance

1479-694: The bands of vagabond outlaws called Stranders. She helped Artham Wingfeather and was later adopted by Gammon after her biological father, Claxton Weaver, died. In March 2016 a Kickstarter was successfully funded to produce a pilot episode for a 7-season animated series adaptation. That campaign also funded a series of short stories set in the world of Aerwiar. The stories were written by Andrew Peterson, Jennifer Trafton, N. D. Wilson, A. S. Peterson, Jonathan Rogers, and Douglas Kaine McKelvey. They were illustrated by Cory Godbey, Nicholas Kole, John Hendrix, Joe Sutphin, Doug TenNapel , Justin Gerard, and Aedan Peterson; and

1530-521: The credibility of its subject Tim Ballard , and its ties to the QAnon conspiracy theory. Film distributor The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing; for example, directly to the public either theatrically or for home viewing ( DVD , video-on-demand , download , television programs through broadcast syndication etc.). A distributor may do this directly, if

1581-411: The distributor owns the theaters or film distribution networks, or through theatrical exhibitors and other sub-distributors. A limited distributor may deal only with particular products, such as DVDs or Blu-ray, or may act in a particular country or market. The primary distributor will often receive credit in the film's credits , one sheet or other marketing material. If a distributor is working with

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1632-457: The eponymous biblical hero is set to be released in 2025. On July 3, 2023, Angel Studios released the film Sound of Freedom as its first international theatrical release. Directed by Alejandro Monteverde , the film stars Jim Caviezel , Mira Sorvino , and Bill Camp . The film was a box office success, earning over $ 250 million worldwide. However, the film also attracted controversy due to allegations of exaggerated ticket sales, challenges to

1683-456: The exclusive right to exploit the film in various media (theatrical, TV, home entertainment, etc.) for a certain amount of time. This term, used mainly in the British film industry , describes the distribution of feature films for screening to a gathered audience, but not in theatres at which individual tickets are sold to members of the public. The defining distinctions between a theatrical and

1734-600: The film Sound of Freedom , and the television series The Chosen . Angel Studios was originally founded as VidAngel in 2014 by Neal Harmon, Jeffrey Harmon, Daniel Harmon, Jordan Harmon, and Benton Crane. According to Neal Harmon, the brothers wanted to be able to show any movie to their children without worrying about explicit material. VidAngel provided a filtering service that allowed viewers to skip or mute scenes they did not want to watch from streamed movies and TV shows, by allowing viewers to set customized filters on graphic violence, nudity, and profanity. In 2016, VidAngel

1785-413: The film, and securing censorship or other legal or organizational "approval" for the exhibition of the film in the country/territory in which it does business, prior to approaching the exhibitors for booking. Depending on which studio that is distributing the film, the studio will either have offices around the world, by themselves or partnered with another studio, to distribute films in other countries. If

1836-558: The film. The Wingfeather Saga The Wingfeather Saga is a series of four children 's fantasy novels written by singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson . It is being adapted into a free-to-watch, seven-season animated television series by Angel Studios , with Peterson as an executive producer along with J. Chris Wall. Production of the show has been funded by equity crowdfunding . The first season aired from December 2, 2022 to March 10, 2023. The second season aired from April 5, 2024 to May 17, 2024. The series proper consists of On

1887-502: The home only. Until these technologies were widespread, most non-theatrical screenings were on 16 mm film prints supplied by the distributor. Today, the most common business model is for a distributor to sell the exhibitor a licence that permits the projection of a copy of the film, which the exhibitor buys separately on a home video format. These licences can either be for individual, one-off screenings, or cover an unlimited number of screenings of titles represented by that distributor for

1938-457: The investment portal after its launch in March 2021. Tuttle Twins , a show for children with educational themes on economic freedom raised $ 4.6 million in equity crowdfunding for its production. The Wingfeather Saga , an animated series based on the award-winning book collection of the same name raised $ 1 million in the first 48 hours and $ 5 million in 20 days. In April 2021, The Chosen , which

1989-458: The king) belongs to him and places much pressure on his shoulders. Tink (Kalmar, his birth name as mentioned early on in the book) is the second born younger brother. He is revealed to be heir to the throne by the Annieran tradition that the second child inherits the crown. Leeli is the youngest and only sister. She is musically talented, and crippled, but brave and adept with her crutches. She

2040-402: The licensing of international rights to the film. The international sales agent will find a local distributor in each individual international territory and license the exclusive rights to the film for a certain amount of time but in the same case as the studios described above, the production company will retain the copyright of the film. This means that this distributor in a certain territory has

2091-693: The musical score was composed by The Arcadian Wild and Kurt Heinecke . The fifteen-minute short film, titled A Crow for the Carriage , was premiered on November 2, 2017, at Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee. The short is available for streaming on multiple platforms. The series' producer, J. Chris Wall, and author, Andrew Peterson, then tried to pitch the show to film and television outlets. The show went through another round of crowdfunding with investment platform Angel Studios in May 2021. The campaign

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2142-466: The prints' return to the distributor's office or other storage resource also on the contract-based return date. In practical terms, this includes the physical production of release prints and their shipping around the world (a process that is being replaced by digital distribution in most developed markets) as well as the creation of posters, newspaper and magazine advertisements, television commercials , trailers, and other types of ads. The distributor

2193-453: The remainder to the production company (or to any other intermediary, such as a film release agent). The distributor must also ensure that enough film prints are struck to service all contracted exhibitors on the contract-based opening day , ensure their physical delivery to the theater by opening day, monitor exhibitors to make sure the film is in fact shown at the particular theatre with the minimum number of seats and show times, and ensure

2244-548: The result of a bankruptcy reorganization from VidAngel , using equity crowdfunding through Angel Funding to finance its original productions by offering individual investors the opportunity to purchase shares in the company and its titles. Content produced by Angel Studios is distributed for free on their own streaming service. Some titles are also available in other third-party streaming services as distribution deals . The studio has become known for its Christian -themed films. Notable titles that Angel Studios has produced include

2295-437: The studios and networks were slow to change and did not experiment with different distribution processes. Studios believed that new distribution methods would cause their old methods of revenue to be destroyed. With time, the development of new distribution did prove to be beneficial. The studios revenue was gained from myriad distribution windows. These windows created many opportunities in the industry and allowed networks to make

2346-472: Was Esben Wingfeather's older brother and the Throne Warden. At the start of the saga he is mad. It is revealed the socks conceal that his hands have been magically transformed into talons. An old, wise, roundish, well-read bookseller and gentle soul. He is also a self-proclaimed "appreciator of the neat, strange and/or yummy". He lived in his Glipwood bookstore, Books and Crannies, before traveling with

2397-677: Was able to raise $ 5 million in total, with $ 1 million being raised in the first 48 hours. This campaign met its goal, raising enough money to fund the production of Season 1, which covered and adapted the events of the first book. The first episode, Leeli and the Dragon Song (later renamed Leeli and the Sea Dragon Song ), released on December 2 free on the Angel Studios app, YouTube , and Facebook . The second and third rounds of crowdfunding for Season 2 began soon after, with

2448-663: Was originally distributed through the VidAngel platform, was made available on Angel Studios for the launch of Season 2. The show became a viral hit with renowned success worldwide. In 2022, Angel Studios raised $ 47 million in an investment round led by a Gigafund, a venture capital company. In May 2022, the studio reported that it had $ 123 million in revenue, and that 50,000 people have invested over $ 100 million for production of new original content on its platform. As of 2022, Angel Studios had 50,000 individual investors and had over $ 100 million worth of original content, including 12 titles, in production. The Angel Guild, launched in 2023,

2499-597: Was sold to VidAngel Entertainment, and the company was rebranded as Angel Studios in 2021. In December 2016, VidAngel was undergoing a lawsuit. To raise money for operations and lawsuit costs, the company conducted a Regulation A+ securities offering with a goal of $ 5 million in investment. It met its goal after 28 hours and had crowdfunded over $ 10 million after five days. In 2017, the company conducted another Regulation A+ securities offering to crowdfund Season 1 of The Chosen . Neal Harmon and Jeff Harmon worked together with Dallas Jenkins and Derral Eves to produce and stream

2550-644: Was sued by several major Hollywood studios for copyright violations, accusing the service of streaming unlicensed content that was not created by VidAngel. VidAngel fought the lawsuit for several years, asserting its method was legal under the Family Movie Act of 2005, and then eventually reached a settlement in 2020. As a result of the lawsuit, the Harmon brothers decided to sell the filtering service business and instead focus on producing original content through equity crowdfunding. The previous VidAngel service

2601-626: Was supported by equity crowdfunding and raised over $ 13 million, the largest amount ever crowdfunded for a TV show. Following the Season 3 finale in February 2023, The Chosen and Jenkins broke away from Angel Studios. The show is now handled by the Come and See Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation formed specifically to produce, license, and distribute The Chosen . Following months of legal arbitration between Angel Studios and The Chosen LLC,

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