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Fox Searchlight's Fourth Festival Buy: "Another Earth"
Fox Searchlight will handle all English-speaking distribution on Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry "Another Earth," the feature debut of Mike Cahill. The sci-fi romance, which centers on the discovery of a mirror Earth, stars Brit Marling, who also co-wrote and produced the film. William Mapo...
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"Brick Novax" & "Yesterday" Win Top Shorts Prizes at Sundance Film Festival
Writer-director Matt Piedmont's "Brick Novax pt 1 and 2" won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking Wednesday night at the Sundance Film Festival, while Australian writer-director Ariel Kleiman's "Deeper Than Yesterday" received the fest's Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking. The recipients wi...
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Weinsteins Closing a Deal for "The Details"
The Weinstein Company is currently closing a deal for worldwide rights to "The Details" starring Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks and Laura Linney.
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Four Filmmakers Receive First Sundance Institute|Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award
Sundance Institute and Mahindra named the winners of the first Sundance Institute|Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award, a new annual grant that recognizes and supports emerging independent filmmakers globally. The winners include Bogdan Mustata, "Wolf" from Romania; Ernesto Contreras, "I Dream in Anothe...
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Sony Classics On "Guard" at Sundance
In their third pickup from this year's Sundance roster, Sony Pictures Classics acquired U.S. and Latin American rights to John Michael McDonagh's comedy/thriller, "The Guard," which is screening in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
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Magnolia and Shorts International to Take Oscar-Nominated Short Films on North American Tour
Magnolia Pictures and Shorts International are teaming up to bring the 2011 Oscar short films to over 150 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. The screenings, which allow a wide audience to see the easily neglected films, began in 2005. The annual screenings have been picking up steam ever since, ...
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HBO Wants To Turn Sundance's "Knuckle" Into A TV Series
HBO is closing a deal for remake rights to "Knuckle," an entry in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, with the intent of turning the project into a series.
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Producer Bernd Eichinger dies in Los Angeles
Bernd Eichinger, the Constantin Film head whose producing credits include "Downfall" and "The Baader Meinhof Complex," died yesterday in Los Angeles, Variety reports. He was 61.
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Fox Searchlight Takes Remake Rights for "Detective"
Fox Searchlight has picked up the worldwide remake rights to Philip Cox's "The Bengali Detective," produced by Giovanna Stopponi, Annie Sundberg and Himesh Kar. The deal was brokered on Fox Searchlight's side by Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Megan O'Brien with Andrew Hurwitz of Schreck R...
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Liddell buys "Silent House" rights; up next, a distributor
Mickey Liddell's Liddell Entertainment has acquired most rights to Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's Sundance thriller "Silent House," according to Deadline. To be clear, Liddell is not on as a distributor; he'll work with "Silent House" reps at CAA to close distribution deals.
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