Category: Acquisitions
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Penske Media buys The American Pavilion at Cannes Film Fest
by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: Today, Penske Media (PMC) announced the acquisition of The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, a relied upon communications, hospitality, and media center for global attendees. For over 30 years, The American Pavilion has made its mark providing an impressive array of facilities and services, including membership for the international film community, provocative and insightful programming, the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and immersive student programs. “We…
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NEON grabs THE END, Tilda Swinton, cast, hold up theirs for Joshua Oppenheimer
NEW YORK, NY: NEON today announced that Academy Award® Winner Tilda Swinton, George Mackay (1917, Captain Fantastic), and Stephen Graham (Venom: Let There Be Carnage, The Irishman, Boardwalk Empire) will star in Academy Award® Nominated Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) golden-age musical about the last human family, The End. NEON has acquired the North American rights…
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First-timer Rebeca “Beba” Huntt’s BEBA wowed at TIFF, now from NEON
New York, NY: NEON announced today it has acquired Worldwide rights to Beba, the debut film by New York Afro-Latina artist, Rebeca Huntt. The film received rave reviews at its World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), being praised for its originality, inventiveness, and the urgency of Huntt’s voice. NEON will release the film,…
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Valley Relics Museum nabs Ellen Havre Weis’ Museum of Modern Mythology critters & more
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Valley Relics Museum of Van Nuys, California, has acquired a collection of 3,000 advertising characters once housed in the galleries of the Museum of Modern Mythology in San Francisco, founder Tommy Gelinas announced today. The unique collection, featuring display versions of the Jolly Green Giant, Mr. Clean, Elsie the Cow, Tony…
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Valérie Lemercier’s Celine Dion-inspired ALINE from Roadside & Goldwyn sells
LOS ANGELES, CA: Cannes sensation ALINE — with Valérie Lemercier’s buzzworthy star turn of the titular character at ages 5, 12 and into adulthood — has been acquired for an early 2022 U.S. theatrical release by Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Two time Cesar Award-winning writer/director/star Lemercier’s musical dramedy begins in 1960s Quebec. Sylvette and Anglomard…
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DOLPHIN ISLAND splashes onto PureFlix, a division of SPE, this Fall
LOS ANGELES, CA: Pure Flix, a specialty division of Sony Pictures Entertainment streaming service, has acquired the SVOD rights for the film DOLPHIN ISLAND, which will debut Sept. 1 on the platform. Directed by Mike Disa (SPACE DOGS, HOODWINKED TOO!) and produced by Shaked Berenson (SPACE DOGS, A TIGER’S TALE), and written by Disa, Berenson and Rolfe Kanefsky (PUPPY SWAP: LOVE UNLEASHED),…
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We still heart Spike Lee & NEON nabs Jonas Carpignano’s film
by Screenmancer Staff CANNES FRANCE: Never mind the recent Spike Lee leak that named “Titane” as a winner as NEON took their second Palme d’Or in a row, just off the heels of Parasite, with Julia Ducournau’s new film. NEON also announced that it has taken North American rights to Jonas Carpignano’s festival sensation A Chiara, which won the Europa…
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CBSN takes BRING YOUR OWN BRIGADE from Lucy Walker, Topic Studios
by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: CBSN today announced the acquisition of “Bring Your Own Brigade” from two-time Oscar® nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker and Topic Studios. Walker takes the audience on an illuminating eyewitness journey into the very heart of a raging inferno in “Bring Your Own Brigade,” a character-driven exposé that answers a question…
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ROBOTS from Cannes: Shailene Woodley, Jack Whitehall wind up in new Anthony Hines film
by Screenmancer Staff LONDON, UK: Rocket Science announced today that Shailene Woodley (“Big Little Lies,” Adrift, The Spectacular Now) will star in rollicking comedy Robots for Academy Award® nominated writer Anthony Hines (the writer of Borat, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Brüno) who will co-direct with Casper Christensen (“Klown”). Woodley will star alongside Jack Whitehall (upcoming Jungle Cruise, The Bad Education Movie, Mother’s Day).…
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MTV Docs takes Skye Fitzgerald’s HUNGER WARD set for March 1
Curated by Screenmancer Staff NEW YORK, NY: MTV Documentary Films announced today it has acquired the documentary short subject Hunger Ward which will have its world premiere on Pluto TV’s 24/7 Documentary Channel, Pluto TV Documentaries at 7pm ET on Monday, March 1st. The film, directed by Oscar® nominated and Emmy® nominated director Skye Fitzgerald,…
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NEON buys Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s FLEE at Sundance & a GOT connection
Curated by Screenmancer Staff New York, NY: NEON is excited to announce the first acquisition out of this year’s Sundance, with North American rights to Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee. The film, executive produced by Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (GOT), was officially selected for Cannes 2020 and made its debut on opening night of Sundance…
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Pulitzer author’s “Bewilderment” set for Black Bear & Plan B in Fall
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES: In a highly competitive situation, Black Bear Pictures and Plan B Entertainment have acquired the rights to Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning novelist Richard Powers’ upcoming novel, Bewilderment, to be adapted for feature film. Author Richard Powers commented: ““I’m thrilled that this book about a deeply visual boy attuned to the magic…
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La-tee-dah: Saban runs with Dennis Dugan’s LOVE, WEDDINGS & OTHER DISASTERS fronted by Diane Keaton
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: In a competitive situation, Saban Films is closing on North American distribution rights to Dennis Dugan’s (Just Go with It, Happy Gilmore) Love, Weddings & Other Disasters. The romantic comedy stars Academy Award® winner Diane Keaton (Book Club, Something’s Gotta Give), Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons (Justice League), Maggie Grace…
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