Wrekin Hill and Movie Merchandiser NECA Partner to Release Films

First film to be released will be Joseph Gordon Levitt’s “Hesher”

Wrekin Hill and the movie merchandising giant NECA announced on Monday that they would begin distributing films.

The companies will distribute four or five films each year.

Its first film will be "Hesher," starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Academy Award winner Natalie Portman. The movie screened Sunday night at the SXSW Film Festival and will be released May 13.

In a written statement, Wrekin Hill president and CEO Chris Ball (below) said, “The Wrekin Hill team has built a reputation working on such classic indie films as 'Memento,' 'Donnie Darko,' 'The Prestige' and 'Boondock Saints,' films that helped ignite the fanboy culture that now dominates the mainstream.

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