Hannover House enters 2027 Oscars Best Picture Race with historic thriller: 17N Revolution

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - the first major picture that will benefit from the new HHSE financing tool of collateral shares (to be pledged but not released), is an epic and historic feature thriller about the Greek revolutionary movement known as 17N. The impressive script for 17N REVOLUTION transcends the political timing and universal impact of Hemdale's PLATOON, and promises to be not only a major box office release... but also a title destined for top awards status. 

Hannover House (and the Hemdale releasing brand) have entered into a venture with Crisis Cinema of Athens for director Giorgos Papatheodorou's powerful story of the late 20th Century fight for democracy in Greece. Inspired by the government massacre of student protestors at the Polytechnic University (Nov. 17, 1973), a resistance movement known as "17N" began as series of anti-government terrorist actions that ultimately led to the overthrown of the authoritarian structure and facilitated the rise Democracy in Greece. 

One of the seminal moments that sparked worldwide attention to the 17N movement occurred on Dec. 23, 1975, with the shocking assassination of Athens C.I.A. Stationmaster, Richard Welch, which remains to this day the highest profile killing ever of a C.I.A. officer.

The $10-mm budgeted drama-thriller will feature four significant international stars, whose cumulative box office results exceed $15-billion. The film will shoot in Athens and Ioannina, Greece in November and December (2026) as well as Nicosia, Cyprus in January (2027), and is expected to be the official Cyprus entry for the Oscars in 2027. The producers anticipate a major international film festival premiere prior to a wide North American theatrical release in October, 2027. The USA release through Hemdale (HHSE), will be timed to a wide theatrical release on the same weekend in Greece and France. Additional major markets for presales and coordinated worldwide release will be pursued during the coming months.

Legal consultation for the production venture, bank financing, distribution sales and major cast contracts will be handled by industry veteran attorney and deal maker JERE HAUSFATER (formerly SVP at Disney), with both Hausfater and HHSE CEO Eric Parkinson credited as the film's Executive Producers. 

Entertainment attorney, Major Studio Distribution specialist and producer JERE HAUSFATER.

The film's "department heads" (including Cinematography, Art Direction, Make Up, Wardrobe and others) are populated with Oscar winners and Oscar nominated artisans; the film's music score and motion picture soundtrack will also make quite a bit of noise when the contributors are publicly announced.

The production budget for 17N Revolution includes a substantial "Overhead and Administrative" fee for Hannover House to be paid during the production period... as well as the company to earn distribution fees and equity in the film. Under the financing structure, the entire capitalization of the movie will ultimately be reflected on the HHSE Balance sheets, despite a majority of funding coming from various Greek production incentives and production ventures. The HHSE Distribution rights will be held by the company in perpetuity, so that the HHSE can build its film library with higher-profile titles that are not subject to expiration within the first decade following the initial release launch.

Due to various "NDA" agreements, the major cast members will NOT be announced until actual filming in November... nor will the precise structure of the government incentives, co-production ventures and non-recourse collateral pledge until that time. 

17N Revolution is the first of a slate of major feature productions that HHSE / Hemdale will be facilitating and distributing under the recently enacted collateral financing structure.

Writer-Director Giorgos Papatheodorou is a major figure within the Greek production community - and everywhere that the HHSE team accompanied him for meetings, scouting and dining throughout Greece, he was treated like royalty.

Much more to follow on 17N Revolution, and other activities of HHSE / Hemdale NOW IN MOTION for building the company into one of the top entertainment studios. 

Greek Media legend GIORGOS PAPATHEODOROU with HHSE C.E.O. ERIC PARKINSON at the Crisis Cinema Offices in Athens, Greece. Other production team photos to follow, including some behind-the-scenes images from the recent ODYSSEY production (featuring many of the crew members and suppliers committed to working on the HHSE-Hemdale 17N Revolution production). 

Hannover House Wins the A.I. Race with November Release of Christmas Thriller, JOLLY

 

Bad Santa meets Avatar in this stunning new Christmas thriller.

JOLLY production principals include (left-to-right): Writer-Director ARTHUR G. NIGHT, Producers ERIC PARKINSON and VICTOR REYES, and Sound Designer JOE JOHNSTON.

Actors CHRIS OROZCO and CRYSTAL JIMINEZ in the upcoming thriller, JOLLY, from Hannover House.

“Bad Santa” meets “Avatar” in this creative spin on Santa’s legend, destined for major holiday success.

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We are very excited to be one of the first indie studios to embrace this new film production technology.”

— Eric Parkinson, CEO - Hannover House, Inc.

SACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES, July 4, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Independent media company Hannover House, Inc., (OTC: HHSE) and its affiliate label Hemdale Film Corporation, are poised to be among the first companies with a fully completed and released feature film title this year, utilizing the newest breakthroughs in CGI / AI technology. “JOLLY” – a Christmas themed horror thriller from writer-director Arthur G. Night (“Unholy Song”) - will hit theatres in key U.S. markets this November before a wide placement onto streaming platforms in December by All Channel Films.

Although computer-generated-imagery has been a mainstay of major studio productions for the past twenty years, recent breakthroughs with A.I. software promise to democratize the media world by making high-quality feature productions more accessible to independent producers.

“It is absolutely jaw-dropping to look at the image quality that Arthur and his team have been able to achieve on this production,” said Eric Parkinson, C.E.O. of Hannover House. “They are utilizing the highest end of current software and hardware, including the just-released Seedance 4k rendering system. The look of the film will compare to major studio hits, with imagery comparable to other CGI-AI features such as ‘Avatar’ and surpassing the look of films such as ‘The Polar Express.’ We are very excited to be one of the first indie studios to embrace this new film production technology and get a feature to market by this holiday season,” he continued.

“Jolly” has been produced with real-life actors performing their scenes and recording their dialogue in an audio studio. Motion capture technology and facial scans are fed into the A.I. systems where they are merged with pre-designed locations and dynamic action. The resulting film shows photo-realistic renditions of the performers as their avatars enact the scenes as directed by Arthur G. Night. Cast members for Jolly include Chris Orozco, Victor Reyes, Amber Smith, Crystal Jiminez and Clayton Taylor. Eric Parkinson is portraying Santa, with Arthur G. Night bringing life to the title character, Jolly.

The film was written and directed by Arthur G. Night, whose 2025 theatrical release “Unholy Song” turned into a modest streaming hit for Hannover House. Victor Reyes, Eric Parkinson and Alessandra Di Caterino are serving as Producers. Production has occurred at Pus Cavern Studios in Sacramento and Scorpion House Media in Lodi, CA.

“JOLLY” will hit theatres in selected markets on November 13, including New York, Los Angeles, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston and Sacramento. The film will appear on multiple streaming platforms beginning December 15, 2026.

 

Hannover House Implements Corporate Financing Tool for ‘A’ Movie Productions & Acquisitions

Respected indie distributor Hannover House steps up with creative financing structure to provide up to $100-million in off-balance sheet production financing.

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“We are building a major media company that will surpass the successes we achieved at Hemdale, and put us on a level field with respected players such as A24, Neon and Briarcliff Entertainment.”— Eric Parkinson, CEO of Hannover House

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, July 1, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / -- Hannover House, Inc. (OTC: HHSE), a 33-year-old independent entertainment and media company is about to step up in a very big way into high-profile feature productions and distribution. Fueled by a credit-enhancement mechanism to collateralize large productions and acquisitions, Hannover House is immediately moving into two high-profile productions and a half-dozen smaller films and ventures. The combined value of the ventures already under contract is $26-million, and Hannover House believes it has created the ability and the financing mechanism to acquire up to $100-million in high-value properties.

“We have struggled and survived in the evolving world market for media companies, which has been especially challenging these past five years,” said Eric Parkinson, CEO of Hannover House and affiliate label, Hemdale Film Corp. “During our growth, we have established many solid relationships with program suppliers, production service companies and distribution outlets. The decline in the DVD market six years ago spelled the end for most low-budget productions, and this has underscored the essential need for star-driven, higher-end features. Our new financing structure will enable Hannover House to compete with other major independent studios in putting up bankable guarantees, advances and production funds for the major studio level of films that will enable us to grow our annual revenues to north of $250-million,” he concluded.

Star driven major acquisitions already in motion include the sci-fi action adventure “TEMPUS PORTA” and the historic drama “NOVEMBER 17.” Mid-Level projects for Hannover House and Hemdale include the drama “MODERN ANTIQUITIES,” the historic western “INDIAN TERRITORY” and the horror-thrillers “THE MEAT MAN” and “SHADOWLAND.” Additionally, Hannover House plans to allocate funding resources to a production studio facility in Arkansas, and towards the launch of the company’s indie-film streaming service, MyFlix. Over the next three weeks, Hannover House plans to announce additional films that are being produced with funding provided in whole, or in part, by investors and lenders providing production funding secured against Hannover House distribution contracts and collateral structures.

“This is a brilliantly structured new way to provide supplemental production financing,” said Parkinson. “As the means of media distribution has evolved recently, we felt that the means for funding productions needed a new structure as well. I suspect that other distributors and studios will observe our success and will eventually seek to replicate this new financing tool.”

Acquisition consultation and production legal services for Hannover House are now being handled in part by veteran producer and attorney Jere Hausfater, formerly SVP at Disney.

Hannover House was established in 1993 as a book publishing company. Eric Parkinson, former CEO of Hemdale Communications, Inc. (INASDAQ) bought the company in 2002 and promptly added DVDs to the book product line. Within three years, Hannover House was selling over 5-million DVDs per year to mega-retailer Walmart Stores, Inc., and had built solid sales relationships with Target, Best Buy, Blockbuster and thousands of other mass merchants and video specialty stores. The decline in DVD sales first hit Hannover House in 2011 as the “budget bins” at mass merchants began to eschew indie releases in favor of studio catalog titles, such as “Top Gun”, “Chronicles of Riddick” and “The Hangover.” These higher profile studio hits began to grab the the lion’s share of consumer dollars with DVDs priced at only $5.00 each. By 2018, sales of indie DVDs declined so precipitously that wholesale giant Anderson Merchandisers went bankrupt, and dragged more than a dozen indie suppliers down with them.

Hannover House, under Parkinson’s direction, persevered and refocused on the growing market for Video-On-Demand platforms. In 2019, the company launched its first feature production venture with “WILDFIRE: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse.” Production on that film hit a wall with the COVID shut downs of early 2020, but ultimately completed filming in 2022, just weeks before the tragic death of one of the film’s principal stars, Anne Heche. Post production labored ahead for over 18-months due to cash struggles and a robust touring schedule for composer Michael Martin Murphey, who not only wrote the song that inspired the movie, but also wrote the majority of the music score along with his son, Ryan Murphey. “WILDFIRE” ultimately launched to theatres in September 2025, and onto a 60-day streaming exclusive with FANDANGO AT HOME beginning Oct. 10, 2025. The film premiered on Amazon Prime and advertising supported V.O.D. sites such as TUBI and ROKU on December 15, 2026. International sales were launched at Cannes 2025 by Free Dolphin Entertainment (Paris) with significant licensing activity occurring recently on the momentum of the film’s tremendous success with the USA release. Despite the long time-frame impacting the “WILDFIRE” project from start-to-release, the financial results from accrued sales validate the new business model that Hannover House is implementing for providing production guarantees and advances for productions.

“This is the beginning of a very exciting period for Hannover House and our production partners,” said Parkinson. “We are building a major independent company that will surpass the successes we achieved at Hemdale, and should put us on a level field with respected and emerging media players such as A24, Neon and Briarcliff Entertainment.”

For More Information Contact:

ERIC PARKINSON / Hannover House

818-481-5277 / EnterLinkMedia@gmail.com

Cannes 2026 event for SINATRA ETERNITY with Hannover House CEO Eric Parkinson, Actor Rico Simonini and director Giorgos Papatheodorou - who is also directing the major feature thriller, "November 17."

Preproduction meeting in Malta for "TEMPUS PORTA" with director Eric Parkinson, production manager Alessandra Di Caterino and legendary casting director Brenda Camilleri ("Gladiator 2", "Jurassic World 4").

Behind-the-Scenes still from the current feature production of "INDIAN TERRITORY." Steadicam operator Dengo Naify films as stunt-rider Cody Crank rides bareback into a herd of 400 stampeding Bison.