Focus Features to release 6 films in 2010

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Focus Features has announced plans to release at least six films in U.S. theaters next year.

"Next year's Focus slate follows one of the company's best years ever -- our eighth profitable year in a row since our inception, and the year in which we passed the $1 billion mark in cumulative domestic box office alone," Chief Executive Officer James Schamus said in a statement Thursday. "Our 2010 lineup is as audacious as any in our history, ranging from American indies like Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's 'It's Kind of a Funny Story' to big international productions like Anton Corbijn's 'The American.'"

"This month's tremendous showing at the American Film Market once again proves the resiliency and flexibility of Focus' global approach to the business," added Focus President Andrew Karpen. "The breadth, depth, and nuance we bring to the international release of each film on our slate -- and our ability domestically to manage every kind of release, from specialized platforms to wide openings -- is what truly defines Focus' unique approach."

Focus also said it plans to release in 2010 the Ben Stiller comedy "Greenberg," the documentary "Babies," the Roman epic adventure "The Eagle of the Ninth" and Sofia Coppola's father-daughter drama "Somewhere."