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EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American and UK/IRE rights to I Don’t Understand You, the comedic thriller starring Nick Kroll (Don’t Worry Darling), Andrew Rannells (A Simple Favor), Morgan Spector (The Gilded Age) and Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia! franchise), which world premiered at this year’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Bad Genius, an English-language remake of the same-name Thai thriller, from Picturestart, Picture Perfect Federation, and Little Ray Media. Marking the directorial debut of J.C. Lee, a veteran producer whose credits include The Morning Show and How…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to Clawfoot, a darkly comic psycho thriller from Yale Entertainment starring Francesca Eastwood (Outlaws & Angels), Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) and Olivia Culpo (I Feel Pretty). In the film, which will be released July 19, an upper-class suburban…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to the adventure comedy Bookworm, starring Elijah Wood (Yellowjackets) and Nell Fisher (Evil Dead Rise). Directed by Wood’s frequent collaborator Ant Timpson (Come to Daddy), who penned the script with Toby Harvard, the film is slated for release later this…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Girl You Know It’s True, a music biopic chronicling pop sensation Milli Vanilli’s meteoric rise and tabloid-fueled fall in the late ’80s to early ’90s. Written and directed by Simon Verhoeven, and starring Tijan Njie and Elan Ben Ali, the film will…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its June 8 world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, the road trip buddy comedy Sacramento, directed by and starring Michael Angarano (Oppenheimer), has been acquired by Vertical for distribution in North America, the UK and Ireland later this year. In addition to Angarano, the…

EXCLUSIVE: In advance of its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, scheduled for June 6th, the supernatural horror film The Damned, marking the feature directorial debut of Thordur Palsson (The Valhalla Murders), has locked in North American distribution with Vertical. The film will be released later…

If you’ve been keeping up with distribution news recently, there’s been one name you’ll have seen pop up again and again: Vertical. Since the pandemic, the bottom has fallen out of the film business, with more quality indie packages hitting the marketplace than there are distributors willing to take…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has snapped up U.S. rights to Elevation, a new sci-fi thriller starring Anthony Mackie (Captain America franchise) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool franchise). Directed by George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) and produced by Brad Fuller, the film will be released in theaters later this…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights from AGC Studios to The Order, a dramatic thriller directed by Australia’s Justin Kurzel (Macbeth), on which we were first to report. Starring Jude Law (Firebrand), Nicholas Hoult (X-Men franchise), Tye Sheridan (The Card Counter), Jurnee Smollett (Birds of Prey…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has closed a North American rights deal for A Sacrifice, writer-director Jordan Scott's gripping thriller. The film, originally titled Berlin Nobody, is from Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions and augenschein Filmproduktion. A Sacrifice stars Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down), Sadie…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Susanna Fogel’s Winner, a political dramedy based on the true story of NSA whistleblower Reality Winner (Emilia Jones), which world premiered at Sundance 2024. Also starring Connie Britton (Nashville), Zach Galifianakis (A Wrinkle in Time)…