Latest in Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired North American rights to distribute writer/director Juan Martinez Vera's Spiked. The pic will be produced by Per Melita. Aidan Quinn, Deirdre Lovejoy, Carlos Gomez, Danay Garcia, Wendy Makkena, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Walter Belenky. Sal Lopez...

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to the Chris McKim-directed documentary Wojnarowicz which is also known for its full, and for some, controversial title, Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F*cker. The documentary which spotlights the artist and activist David Wojnarowicz is produced by Randy...

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment has landed worldwide rights to Red Rocket, the first film that Sean Baker has directed since his Oscar-nominated film The Florida Project. FilmNation will sell the film globally. Red Rocket was one of the first projects to safely and successfully shoot during the COVID-19 pandemic...

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has optioned Free Radicals, a short story by Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro, which revolves around the harrowing encounter between a young killer on the run and an ailing widow. The story will be adapted by writer-director Xia Magnus and producer Alyssa Polk, with Magnus also attached to...

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has secured the film and television rights to Meg Mason's novel Sorrow and Bliss in what was said to be a competitive situation. The book is set to be released via HarperCollins in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday and by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK on June 10. It was published by HarperCollins...

A24 said Monday that it acquired U.S. rights to the Ninja Thyberg-directed 2021 Sundance Film Festival drama Pleasure. This was a film that had been announced as a Cannes title for 2020 before the fest was canceled because of Covid, and made its debut as part of virtual Sundance. The drama stars Sofia Kappel as an...

Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Feral State, written and directed by Jon Carlo (First We Take Brooklyn) and starring AnnaLynne McCord and Ronnie Gene Blevins. The indie thriller, which wrapped shooting late last year, will now get a theatrical release in May along with its digital bow. The...

Two days after picking up Sundance's Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has been picked up by Searchlight and Hulu. The acquisition of Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's directorial debut is for worldwide rights, parent company Disney says, in a deal put together...

Gravitas Ventures has picked up the North American rights for a day-and-date release of Insight, an action film produced and directed by Livi Zheng. Ken Zheng wrote the screenplay and stars alongside Madeline Zima, Sean Patrick Flanery, John Savage, Adam Huss, Tony Todd, and Keith David. Set to be released on March...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Tarzan and Arab Nasser's Gaza Mon Amour, Palestine's official submission for Best International Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards. The film will be released later this year. Written and directed Tarzan and Arab Nasser, the film stars Salim Daw (Tel Aviv on Fir...

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has secured the North American distribution rights to Us Kids, the Kim A. Snyder-directed documentary, which chronicles the March For Our Lives student-led movement that was sparked by the plague of gun violence ravaging their schools. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival...

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios will team with 101 Films International to distribute Christian Sesma's new action thriller Take Back. Directed by Sesma and written by Zach Zerries, the film stars Mickey Rourke, Michael Jai White, Gillian White and James Russo. Take Back follows Zara (White) and Brian (White), a couple...