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EXCLUSIVE: Noble Story Co. has secured the rights to New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews’ The Heart Mender, with plans to develop it for film. The historical fiction novel tells the story of Helen Mason, a young woman who is unable to abandon her resentment toward the Nazi war machine that took her…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to the comedy Unplugging, starring Eva Longoria (Sylvie’s Love), Matt Walsh (Veep), Lea Thompson (J. Edgar), Keith David (Greenleaf) and Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), with plans to release it in theaters nationwide next spring. In the feature directorial debut of…

Right To Try, a documentary short chronicling HIV survivor and activist Jeffrey Drew's pursuit to find a cure for the disease, is headed to Peacock. The NBCU streamer has acquired the rights to the film, which is produced by Octavia Spencer and directed by The Late Late Show With James Corden…

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired U.S. rights to Kyle Thomas’ drama Range Roads, along with North American rights to Dylan Reid’s semi-autobiographical film, By the Grace of…The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios will release the former title…

Gkids, the producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced that it has acquired the North American distribution rights for Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (Gyoko no Nikuko-chan). Produced by Japanese comedy legend Sanma Akashiya, this is a cinematic adaptation of the novel of the same name…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has your first look at Six Days to Die, the second film in a sci-fi western trilogy series by Matt Campagna, which he wrote, directed, shot and edited. The film brought to life through virtual environments, comprised of elaborate 360-degree digital matte paintings, centers on a desperate gambler…

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…