Article: William Pohlad launches new movie studio; A Brad Pitt-Sean Penn film will be among the first releases from Apparition, which teams the Minneapolis producer with a respected indie-studio vet.(BUSINESS)

Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER

Minneapolis-based film producer William Pohlad is launching a new independent movie studio, he announced Thursday afternoon. Its initial releases will be "The Tree of Life," a mystical epic starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn and directed by Terrence Malick, and "Bright Star," a literary romance directed by Jane Campion. The venture, called Apparition, will be headed by Bob Berney, a veteran studio executive. Its goal is to distribute seven or eight films a year that reflect the partners' "belief and passion in the material," Pohlad said. The move is a major step forward for the soft-spoken Pohlad, who in just a few years has ...

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