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EXCLUSIVE: Viva Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Hitpig!, a new animated feature starring Ted Lasso‘s Jason Sudeikis, for release in theaters nationwide on November 1. Check out a trailer for the film above. Based on the New York Times bestseller Pete & Pickles from Berkeley Breathed, the film…

EXCLUSIVE: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder producer Moonage Pictures is on the sales block, Deadline has learned. We understand that BBC Studios will retain a minority interest in the company it took a stake in in 2018 for the time being, although this could change depending on who comes in for…

Picturehouse has acquired North American rights to Porcelain War, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. The film directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev will be released in theaters throughout North America in the fall, in advance of an expected Oscar…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American and UK & Ireland rights for A New York Story, about a New Yorker torn between the gilded cage of her wealthy uptown life and the bohemian downtown world of a new love interest from outside her social circle. The romantic drama is the second film from…

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Oh, Canada, the drama reteaming filmmaker Paul Schrader with actor Richard Gere for the first time since 1980s’s American Gigolo. Co-starring Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, and Michael Imperioli, the film will be positioned for awards contention with a…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films and Shudder have acquired worldwide rights to Little Bites, a new horror film from writer-director Spider One. The deal comes following their work with the filmmaker on his 2022 horror pic Allegoria. RLJE will release the film exclusively in theaters on October 4, with its…

EXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson's trip to the Cannes Film Festival in May to support A24's sales launch of MMA fighting drama The Smashing Machine has paid off. A24 has unveiled a raft of deals on the movie starring Johnson as legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr as the biopic wraps production in Japan this…

EXCLUSIVE: U.S.-based distributor Synkronized has acquired world rights for supernatural romance Can You Hear Me. The deal was brokered by Iuvit Media Sales on behalf of UK production company CYHM Ltd, which produced the film in association with Primary Wave Music (Wanna Dance With…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American and UK/IRE rights to I Don’t Understand You, the comedic thriller starring Nick Kroll (Don’t Worry Darling), Andrew Rannells (A Simple Favor), Morgan Spector (The Gilded Age) and Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia! franchise), which world premiered at this year’s…

EXCLUSIVE: BritBox has struck a deal to bring British dramas Captivated and Pren ar y Bryn (Tree on a Hill) to its American service. The international streamer will launch both series in the U.S. later this year following the deal with distributor All3Media International. Captivated comes from…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has locked down rights to Hurt People, a legal thriller spec from Monarch creator Melissa London Hilfers, sources tell Deadline. Details as to the plot of the film are under wraps. Written amid last year’s writer’s strike, it marks the rising scribe’s fifth feature spec sale to…

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,"…