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EXCLUSIVE: An adaptation of Caitlin Rother’s true-crime book Death On Ocean Boulevard: The Coronado Mansion, is in the works for the small screen. Untitled Entertainment has acquired the film/tv rights to the book, and the project is currently in early development as a scripted limited series. Rother will serve as…

A24 announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Marcell the Shell with Shoes On, a stop-motion feature from Dean Fleischer Camp, which premiered to critical acclaim at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. Deadline hears that the company nabbed rights in a competitive situation involving at least three…

HBO has acquired Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off, a feature documentary on the life and career of the skateboarding legend, from Mark and Jay Duplass’ Duplass Brothers Productions and director Sam Jones (Audience Network’s Off Camera with Sam Jones). The film will hit the premium cabler in 2022, and will also be…

EXCLUSIVE: Criminal Productions, the rising podcast studio founded by Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer, has been acquired by Vox Media. It is the latest major acquisition in the audio space and follows Amazon's purchase of Wondery, a slew of deals for Spotify and The New York Times Company's acquisition of Serial…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to Roshan Sethi’s feature directorial debut, 7 Days, with plans to release it in theaters early next year. The rom-com exec produced by the Duplass Brothers centers on Ravi (Karan Soni) and Rita (Geraldine Viswanathan), two Indian-Americans who are set up on a…

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Palmer (Camp Cold Brook, The Funhouse Massacre) has signed on to direct When They Come For Me as his next film, after wrapping production on the comedy The Re-Education of Molly Singer, starring Britt Robertson, Nico Santos, Jaime Pressley and Holland Roden. The thriller from Citizen Skull Productions…

EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment have co-acquired North American rights to The Forgiven, a starry thriller written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary), which premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival. Roadside will release the film in theaters next spring, with…

EXCLUSIVE, updated with new trailer: Anne Boleyn, the British drama series starring Jodie Turner-Smith in the titular role, is heading to AMC+. The streaming service has picked up the U.S. rights to the series, which was originally commissioned by ViacomCBS-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 and co-financed by Sony…

In another big deal out of the American Film Market, A24 has landed domestic rights to Nicole Holofcener’s next film Beth & Don, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus set to star. The pic will be written and directed by Holofcener and will begin shooting in early 2022. UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the sale of the rights…

The Avenue has claimed North American rights to Press Play, a romantic drama from Parasite producer CJ ENM, starring Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Clara Rugaard (I Am Mother), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon franchise) and Matt Walsh (Veep), which it will release next year. The film picked up by Highland Film Group's…

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to A Week in Paradise, a Caribbean-set romantic comedy starring Malin Akerman (The Final Girls), Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman), Philip Winchester (Flyboys) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis), with plans for a day-and-date release early next year. The film directed…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to Lance Kawas’ thriller Good Thief, also claiming North American rights to Sonny Mallhi’s Hurt and Phil Harding’s The Reunion. The Red Arrow Studios company will release the first title on TVOD and digital platforms on November 30, with the second debuting in…