Bleecker Street announced today that media executive and veteran Christine Manna has joined the company as EVP, Home Entertainment, bringing 20+ years of expertise in managing the home release of hundreds of films across multiple studios.
“We are so thrilled to have Christine join the team at this critical moment in the company’s evolution,” said Bleecker Street CEO Kent Sanderson in a statement. “Her expertise and decades of experience will be integral to amplifying Bleecker’s ongoing efforts in addressing and succeeding in the ever-changing landscape of sharing great theatrical films with audiences at home.”
“I am honored to be joining Bleecker Street at such an exciting time in its growth, ” said Manna. “The company has built an incredible reputation for curating films that truly connect with audiences, and I look forward to expanding that mission into the home entertainment space.”
Prior to joining Bleecker Street, Manna built an impressive track record in senior leadership, establishing, launching, and managing home entertainment divisions for leading studios such as New Line Cinema, The Weinstein Company, Relativity, EuropaCorp, and STX..
Throughout her career, Manna has cultivated and managed partnerships with dozens of distribution partners, driving hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and maximizing value in today’s rapidly evolving media landscape. She has overseen marketing campaigns for high-profile PVOD and TVOD releases including “Austin Powers,” “The Lord of the Rings,” “Wedding Crashers,” “A Bad Moms Christmas,” “Greenland” (among others) and has also led negotiations for numerous complex output deals with major platforms such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Fandango at Home, DirecTV, and Dish.
Manna’s hiring comes on the heels of a series of executive promotions at Bleecker Street including Kent Sanderson’s elevation to Chief Executive Officer, Tyler DiNapoli to President and Chief Marketing Officer, and Rachel Allen to EVP, Publicity.
Bleecker Street recently re-released the 1984 cult classic “This Is Spinal Tap,” created by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, and will release Rob Reiner’s “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” September 12th. Bleecker has built an eclectic and exciting slate as it heads into the end of 2025, including horror-thriller “Bone Lake” on October 3rd; Max Walker-Silverman’s Sundance favorite “Rebuilding” starring Josh O’Connor, Lily Latorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, and Amy Madigan on November 14th. The 2026 slate includes Oscar-winner Guy Nattiv’s “Harmonia” starring Bella Ramsey, Odessa Young, Carrie Coon and Lily James, “The Third Parent” starring Rob Lowe, Crispin Glover and Roselyn Sanchez, “Victorian Psycho,” a horror-thriller adapted from the acclaimed novel and starring Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, and Jason Isaacs, and the next, still-untitled feature from auteur Mike Leigh, with whom Bleecker partnered on the release of award-winning “Hard Truths” in 2024.
About Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street is an independent studio founded in August 2014 by Andrew Karpen and is now led by CEO Kent Sanderson. Bleecker has released more than 85 films and has established itself as a trusted label and champion of both commercial and filmmaker-driven cinema, curating an impressive and lauded slate that extends across all genres. Its releases have included films from auteurs like Steven Soderbergh (“Logan Lucky,” “Unsane”) and Debra Granik (“Leave No Trace”); Oscar-nominated films including “Captain Fantastic” and “Trumbo”; and works to bring brilliant new voices in cinema like Academy Award-winner Guy Nattiv (2024 Oscar-nominee “Golda”), Kitty Green (“The Assistant”), Fran Kranz (Spirit Award-winner for “Mass”), and Laurel Parmet (Spirit Award-nominee for “The Starling Girl”) to the big screen.