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France’s Newen Studios has bought Johnson Production Group (JPG), a financier, producer and distributor of TV movies. The 32-year-old group’s founding president Timothy O. Johnson will continue to lead the company. JPG said it packages, finances and distributes more than 40 TV movies per year…

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films and Shudder have acquired North American rights to Azrael, a new action horror thriller from director E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), which stars Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Femme). Hailing from Republic Pictures, the film will release exclusively in…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of its wrestling drama The Iron Claw, A24 has teamed up with Zac Efron for his next project as Deadline is hearing the studio has landed domestic distribution rights to the thriller Famous, starring Efron. Jody Hill is on board to direct with Michael Sagol, Sam Esmail and…

EXCLUSIVE: The Forge has acquired North American rights to Guan Hu’s drama Black Dog, along with worldwide rights to Alison Tavel’s documentary Resynator, slating both acclaimed features for release in theaters in the fourth quarter of this year. Winning the Un Certain Regard prize in its premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has pre-emptively bought the original horror thriller script Familiar by Julien Magnat. Walter Hamada's 18hz Productions will produce through its output deal at the studio. The plot line is being kept under wraps, but it surrounds a single mother who inadvertently invites an…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has won a five-way auction to land Sasha. Producers attached to the psychological thriller package include Berlanti Schechter Films' Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Mike McGrath and These Pictures' Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn.  Micah Schraft is…

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to The Critic, a period thriller starring Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings franchise), which adapts Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call. Directed by Anand Tucker (Hilary and Jackie) from a script by Academy Award nominee Patrick…

Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have taken North America to the Nicolas Cage feature The Surfer which received a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes following its midnight section premiere. A 2025 theatrical release is planned. Related Stories …

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to The Problem with People, a comedy co-written, produced by and starring Paul Reiser (Stranger Things). Also starring Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Jane Levy (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) and Lucianne McEvoy (Red Eye), the…

Fresh off its stellar box office for Osgood Perkins horror Longlegs, Neon has acquired worldwide rights to the upcoming documentary-found footage crossover Shelby Oaks, written and directed by filmmaker and YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann. Stuckmann’s debut film will have its world premiere at…

EXCLUSIVE: Orion has acquired If I Had Your Face, the 2023 Black List horror script written by Ran Ran Wang. The official synopsis is under wraps, but the film is in the vein of Jordan Peele's 2017 Oscar-winning horror debut Get Out, with two Asian female leads. The film is being produced by…

EXCLUSIVE: In a highly competitive situation involving six parties, Paramount Pictures has snapped up rights to Over Asking, a sexual revenge thriller spec from Caroline Dries. Both streamers and traditional studios were in the mix, as others who made offers included Amazon, Apple, Skydance, New Line…