Universal partners with Relativity

February 28, 2008 Relativity will co-finance about 75% of Universal's releases during a term that runs until 2011, a deal that could encompass close to 45 films and involve a fund of about $500 million. The deal includes all the studios' titles, including Working Title and Imagine Entertainment projects, and operates similarly to the one Relativity inked with Sony in January 2007. Sources said the first title covered under the partnership is "Leatherheads," the George Clooney period comedy set to bow April 4.

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