‘Paying for It,’ Sexy Indie Comedy, Lands U.S. Distribution

‘Paying for It,’ Sexy Indie Comedy, Lands U.S. Distribution

Indie distributor Movie Motion has acquired U.S. rights to “Paying for It,” an indie comedy about an introverted cartoonist who begins sleeping with intercourse staff that premiered positively in Toronto.  Set within the late ’90s, “Paying for It” is a live-action adaptation of Canadian alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown’s bestselling graphic novel. Within the partly autobiographical movie, … Read more

Angel Studios Signs Distribution Deal With U.K.’s Kova Releasing

Angel Studios Signs Distribution Deal With U.K.’s Kova Releasing

Angel Studios — the U.S. studio behind 2023 hit “Sound of Freedom” and identified for its faith-based movies and TV reveals — is coming into the U.Ok. following a strategic slate cope with Kova Releasing, which claims to be the U.Ok.’s first and solely faith-based distributor. The partnership with see the 2 launch a number of options … Read more

‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy’ Legal Fight Intensifies as Sony Moves to Take Over Distribution Rights From CBS Amid Lawsuit

‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy’ Legal Fight Intensifies as Sony Moves to Take Over Distribution Rights From CBS Amid Lawsuit

Sony Photos TV goals to take over full distribution of “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy” as early as subsequent week the studio battles CBS in a lawsuit over their longstanding partnership on the syndicated sport present stalwarts. Sony Photos despatched CBS a proper letter on the morning of Feb. 3 exerting that it’ll take […]

Palestinian Drama ‘The Teacher’ Lands U.S. Distribution Deal

Palestinian Drama ‘The Teacher’ Lands U.S. Distribution Deal

Watermelon Photos has acquired North American distribution rights to Palestinian-British filmmaker Farah Nabulsi’s well timed drama “The Instructor,” which is shot and set within the West Financial institution. The movie takes its cue from an actual prisoners’ swap that occurred in 2011, when Israel freed greater than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in trade for one soldier who … Read more

Norway’s Stær Film Opens Distribution Outlet with Carlos Reygadas

Norway’s Stær Film Opens Distribution Outlet with Carlos Reygadas

Two years after launch, Norway’s boutique manufacturing outlet Staer Movie headed by Elisa Fernanda Pirir, is ramping up its actions by venturing into distribution and larger price range films. With a give attention to visionary new and established auteurs, regional productions and worldwide collaborations, the brand new Tromsö-based distribution outfit led by Eleanor Debreu will … Read more

Gravitas Ventures Picks Up ‘Adult Best Friends’ For U.S. Distribution

Gravitas Ventures Picks Up ‘Adult Best Friends’ For U.S. Distribution

Gravitas Ventures has picked up the U.S. and Canadian rights for Delaney Buffett’s upcoming movie “Grownup Finest Pals.” “Grownup Finest Pals,” which premiered eventually yr’s Tribeca Movie Pageant, tells the story of a lady who goes on a weekend journey along with her co-dependent greatest good friend, the place she intends to interrupt the information … Read more

No Other Land’s Palestinian, Israeli Directors on No U.S. Distribution

No Other Land’s Palestinian, Israeli Directors on No U.S. Distribution

“No Different Land,” the Palestinian-Israeli doc which depicts the Israeli authorities’s efforts to power Palestinians from their houses in Masafer Yatta within the southern West Financial institution, has been steadily gaining accolades ever because it scored the very best documentary prize ultimately yr’s Berlin Movie Competition. The well timed piece, which exhibits the gradual demolition … Read more

Inside the ‘Crisis’ Facing U.K. Indie Film Distribution

Inside the ‘Crisis’ Facing U.K. Indie Film Distribution

Months after receiving strong critiques in Cannes — the place it premiered within the Un Sure Regard sidebar — Sandhya Suri’s fiction function debut “Santosh” was chosen to symbolize the U.Okay. within the Oscars’ worldwide movie class. The information gave the movie the honour of following within the footsteps “The Zone of Curiosity,” which turned first … Read more