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EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to Don't Fall in Love With Yourself, a documentary about influential musician-artist-actor Justin Pearson. Gravitas plans to release the film, directed by Jon Nix, on August 20 through its "hybrid distribution system,"…

EXCLUSIVE: Monument Releasing on Friday announced it has acquired rights spanning multiple English language territories to Rule of Two Walls, "a visceral and vital portrait of today's Ukraine through the lens of artists." The documentary directed by David Gutnik and executive produced by actor Liev…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Television has acquired the television rights to adapt Seveneves by Hugo Award winner Neal Stephenson. Former Color Force executive Allison Friedman (The Mortuary Collection) will executive produce. Seveneves follows how the best scientific minds come to the same conclusion after…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Bad Genius, an English-language remake of the same-name Thai thriller, from Picturestart, Picture Perfect Federation, and Little Ray Media. Marking the directorial debut of J.C. Lee, a veteran producer whose credits include The Morning Show and How…

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 …