Acquisitions

Magnolia Picks Up 'Borat' Writer Dan Mazer's SXSW Comedy 'I Give It A Year'

Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Dan Mazer's romantic comedy "I Give It A Year" from StudioCanal, who fully financed and released the film in the UK, France, and Germany in February. Magnolia will distribute the film in the U.S.,, with plans for both a theatrical and VOD release in thei...

SXSW Grand Jury Prize Winner 'Short Term 12' Lands With Cinedigm; In Theaters This Summer

A runaway hit at this year's SXSW Film Festival, "Short Term 12" has landed with Cinedigm after winning both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the event in Austin. The company plans to release the Brie Larson-starring drama theatrically this summer in North and Latin America.

Factory 25 Acquires Andrew Semans' Tribeca Debut 'Nancy, Please'

Part cringingly distressful comedy, part taut dramatic thriller, "Nancy, Please," the debut film of director Andrew Seman, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival last year (you can read our review here). Starring relative newcomer Will Rogers and Eleonore Hendricks ("The Dish and the Spoon") as his titu...

Oscilloscope Rides With SXSW Urban Dirt Bike Doc '12 O'Clock Boys'

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired all North American rights to Lotfy Nathan's debut feature "12 O'Clock Boys," fresh off the documentary's world premiere at SXSW. The film is next slated to screen at the Hot Docs and Full Frame Documentary festivals. O-Scope have yet to announce a release date.

Kristen Bell Indie Vehicle 'The Lifeguard' Lands at Screen Media and Focus World

This March, it's good to be Kristen Bell. Hot off the announcement that a "Veronica Mars" movie will indeed see the light of the day following a record-breaking Kickstarter run, Focus World and Screen Media Films have partnered together to acquire U.S. rights to her Sundance indie vehicle "The Lifeg...

Sony Pictures Classics Takes On Mike Leigh's "Most Ambitious Film Yet"

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North/Latin American and Eastern European rights to Mike Leigh's upcoming biopic of British artist J.M.W. Turner, staring Leigh regular Timothy Spall. The film, which is currently untitled, has been in development for over a decade. Sony dubbed it "his most am...

Cohen Media Group Takes Drake Doremus' 'Breathe In'

Filmbuff Will Give a VOD Release to 'TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard'

"TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard," Simon Klose's documentary about the notorious Torrent site, will be getting a release across all broadband VOD platforms on Tuesday, March 12, courtesy of Filmbuff, the company announced today.

Seven Years Later, The Weinstein Company Rebuys and Resurrects 'Mandy Lane'