Random House Enters Film Business Random House has announced another big step beyond traditional publishing with the creation of long-term “creative and strategic filmmaking partnership” with Focus Features, the division of NBC Universal run by David Linde and James Schamus. Together the companies will develop, co-finance and co-produce “a substantial slate of feature films for theatrical release” based on books published by Random House, where “rights are available and can be acquired.” The films will be jointly owned by the two companies, with Focus controlling worldwide sales and distribution rights. The publisher is creating a Random House Films division, which […]