Shires Releasing

Shires Releasing (originally established as Pentagon Film Distribution Company, Inc., Pentagon Distribution Company, Inc., Pentagon Pictures Distribution, Inc. and Michael Shires Studios Motion Pictures) is a Overseas film distributor owned by The Micahel Shires Company. Established in 1943 as Pentagon Film Distribution Company, the company that distributes Rank movies from 1944 to 1954 before it handles theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by the Michael Shires Studios since 2005, including Michael Shires Pictures, Shires Animation Studios, Queensland Animation Studios, ShiresToon Studios, Melvin Studios, ShiresNature, Mike Nestle Pictures, Davidovich Films and Thunderstone Pictures. The division took on its name in April 1997, which before that had been Pentagon Pictures Distribution since 1977.

since 1984, Pentagon became an International Theatrical and Worldwide Home Video division of Shires while makes a deal with other studios.

in January 2015, it has took it's current name, although Pentagon continues to distribute Michael Shires Pictures films Overseas in Cinemas and Home Video.