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The theatrical rollouts will be very small, but it's an interesting move in the face of major studio "indies" closing left and right.

Well, this certainly clarifies things: I sort of did a double take when I saw the Anchor Bay logo preceding the "Flashbacks of a Fool" trailer

Because Tartan did so well in their similar venture

Tartan tanked when they went from distribution to co-production. AB seems to be keeping things simpler and sticking with distribution. I'm the first to admit I know zilch about the business, but I would guess that picking up finished films is less dicey than financing them yourself.