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Nicolas Cage Pic ‘The Surfer’ Catches A Wave Stateside With Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have taken North America to the Nicolas Cage feature The Surfer which received a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes following its midnight section premiere. A 2025 theatrical release is planned.
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Quiver Acquires Comedy ‘The Problem With People’ Starring Paul Reiser & Colm Meaney
EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to The Problem with People, a comedy co-written, produced by and starring Paul Reiser (Stranger Things). Also starring Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Jane Levy (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) and Lucianne McEvoy (Red Eye), the…
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Neon Takes Worldwide Rights To Chris Stuckmann’s Horror Film ‘Shelby Oaks’
Fresh off its stellar box office for Osgood Perkins horror Longlegs, Neon has acquired worldwide rights to the upcoming documentary-found footage crossover Shelby Oaks, written and directed by filmmaker and YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann.
Stuckmann’s debut film will have its world premiere at…
Orion Acquires Horror Screenplay ‘If I Had Your Face’ From Ran Ran Wang; Concordia Studio & Hopscotch Pictures Producing
EXCLUSIVE: Orion has acquired If I Had Your Face, the 2023 Black List horror script written by Ran Ran Wang.
The official synopsis is under wraps, but the film is in the vein of Jordan Peele's 2017 Oscar-winning horror debut Get Out, with two Asian female leads.
The film is being produced by…
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Paramount Wins Six-Studio Bidding War For Erotic Revenge Thriller Spec ‘Over Asking’ From Caroline Dries, Striking Seven-Figure Deal
EXCLUSIVE: In a highly competitive situation involving six parties, Paramount Pictures has snapped up rights to Over Asking, a sexual revenge thriller spec from Caroline Dries.
Both streamers and traditional studios were in the mix, as others who made offers included Amazon, Apple, Skydance, New Line…
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‘Hollywoodgate’ Sets MENA Distribution With Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired Middle East and North African rights for documentary Hollywoodgate, capturing Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal in August 21.
Egyptian filmmaker and journalist Ibrahim Nash'at's audaciously takes…
Relativity Media Takes North America On Suspense Thriller ‘The Man In The White Van’ Starring Madison Wolfe, Sean Astin, Ali Larter & More
EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media has acquired North American rights to Warren Skeels’ thriller The Man in the White Van from Garrison Film and Legion M, slating the film for a wide theatrical release on October 11.
Starring Sean Astin (Stranger Things), Ali Larter (The Rookie), Madison Wolfe (The Conjuring…
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BritBox International Picks Up Channel 4 Menopause Comedy ‘The Change’
EXCLUSIVE: BritBox International has picked up Channel 4’s BAFTA-nominated menopause comedy The Change.
The show from Clarkson’s Farm maker Expectation is created, written by and stars Bridget Christie, and has already been recommissioned for a second season.
The Change follows Linda Jenkins…
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Shudder Acquires Jayro Bustamante’s Orphanage Fable ‘Rita’ Ahead Of Fantasia Film Festival Debut
EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ genre streamer Shudder has acquired the fantasy pic Rita from Jayro Bustamante, the writer-director behind its Golden Globe-nominated La Llorona, ahead of the film’s Fantasia Film Festival world premiere. Starring Giuliana Santa Cruz, Bustamante’s fourth feature will release on…
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Sony Wins Michael Crichton-James Patterson Bestseller ‘Eruption’ In Seven-Figure Deal
EXCLUSIVE: The Michael Crichton and James Patterson novel Eruption has been bought at auction by Sony in what we hear is a seven-figure deal after several circled.
The feature take of Eruption already has Oscar-winning Free Solo directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi attached to direct…
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Random House Publishing Group To Acquire Boom! Studios
The Random House Publishing Group, a division of the world’s largest trade publisher, Penguin Random House, has entered into an agreement to acquire comic book, graphic novel and licensed storytelling publisher and studio, Boom! Studios.
The Boom! Studios publishing program will now join the Random…
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Jennifer Lawrence To Produce & Star In A24 Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Why Don’t You Love Me?’
Jennifer Lawrence’s dance card continued to fill up on Tuesday, as A24 announced that it has optioned Paul B. Rainey’s graphic novel Why Don’t You Love Me?, tapping Lawrence to star and Robert Funke (On Becoming a God in Central Florida) to pen the feature adaptation.
The news comes a few weeks…
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