Grindstone Entertainment Group has bought North American rights to Uppercut, a boxing thriller starring Ving Rhames, for Hello Moment Productions. World sales are being handled by Sublimity Entertainment, which will be presenting the film to international distributors at the Cannes…

EXCLUSIVE : Buffalo 8 has acquired worldwide rights out of Cannes to The President and the Dragon , a Jimmy Carter documentary from Sudanese writer, director and producer Waleed Eltayeb and Irish director-cinematographer Ian D. Murphy. The film watches as the former U.S. President, a motley crew of…

EXCLUSIVE : Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment have acquired rights to the comedy The Duel , exec produced by and starring Dylan Sprouse ( Beautiful Disaster ), in North America, as well as all other English-speaking and Latin American territories. Marking Sprouse’s first project as EP, the film will…

Sling Blade   has been remastered in 4K and will be available digitally on May 28 exclusively on  Red Coral Universe , an AVOD, OTT streaming platform. Red Coral Universe is a free-to-use global platform available on all phones, tablets, smart TVs, connected devices, and the web, or via the Red Coral…

Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired North American rights to Night Call , a French thriller marking the feature directorial debut of Michiel Blanchart, whose live-action short You’re Dead Helene was shortlisted for the 94th Oscars. Slated for release later this year…

EXCLUSIVE : After a rapturous world premiere at the Palais des Festivals on Saturday night and an 11-minute standing ovation, Jacques Audiard's latest Cannes Competition entry  Emilia Perez  is nearing a deal with Netflix for North America and the UK. The Spanish-language musical crime comedy, starring…

Amazon MGM Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the action comedy Brothers from Legendary Pictures, Deadline has confirmed. Directed by Palm Springs ‘ Max Barbakow and starring Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage, the film will open in select theaters starting October 11, becoming available to stream on…

EXCLUSIVE : Buffalo 8 has acquired streaming and VOD rights to I NT. HALLWAY/NIGHT , an existentialist dark comedy from actor-director Billy Zane ( Titanic ), out of the Cannes Film Festival. Details as to the release plan haven’t been disclosed. Co-written by Zane, Andre Alves, Nick Loeb and Hugo Melo…

In a competitive situation, A24 has acquired U.S. rights to Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood , which will star Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer. It hails from Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company. Lyrical is fully financing the film. Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce…

EXCLUSIVE:  Neon has prebought North American rights to Joachim Trier's  Sentimental Value , the latest project from the Norwegian director that stars Renate Reinsve.  It marks the second collaboration for Neon, Trier and Reinsve after 2021's? The Worst Person In The World , which was nominated for a Best…

EXCLUSIVE : In a competitive situation, Julianna Baggott and son Finneas Scott have sold their short story “Except You” to Fox Entertainment Studios, for development as a one-hour drama. Maximum Effort’s Kevin Hill and Molly Milstein are leading the development effort and will exec produce the series…

Hulu has bought the Dannii Minogue-hosted I Kissed a Boy and follow-up I Kissed a Girl – the UK’s first ever queer dating series. The reality series, which has drawn plaudits for its open-book approach to queer issues coupled with high drama, has been acquired as part of a package for the streamer’s…