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Australian streamer Stan has joined the crew of Nautilus after the Shazad Latif-starrer shot in Queensland. All episodes of the Captain Nemo story will “soon” dock at the service, dropping all at once. Stan tapped up Disney Entertainment for the Aussie rights. The series stars Latif (Star Trek: D…

EXCLUSIVE: Acquisition news out today will have comedy fans giving thanks — Thank You Very Much, the documentary about the late Andy Kaufman, has been picked up by Drafthouse Films. The film directed by Emmy winner Alex Braverman is presented by Morgan Neville's Tremolo Productions, Elara Pictures…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has lined up a blockbuster slate of short documentaries heading into Oscar season, including the latest from two-time Academy Award winner Ben Proudfoot in collaboration with the Obamas' production company. The streamer announced four acquisitions today, beginning with The Turnaroun…

Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. rights to The Shrouds, written and directed by David Cronenberg (Crash, Crimes Of The Future) and are planning a spring 2025 theatrical release.  The film world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it screened In Competition. It played the…

EXCLUSIVE: ARP Sélection has acquired French distribution rights for Jiří Mádl's historical thriller Waves, which was recently announced as the Czech Republic's entry to the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. Set during Prague Spring of 1968, the drama follows a…

EXCLUSIVE: Drafthouse Films has acquired worldwide rights to Ebony and Ivory, the latest surreal comedy from writer-director Jim Hosking, ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest. The move puts Drafthouse back in business with the filmmaker following their collaboration on the darkly comedic…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to the fantasy pic In the Lost Lands, reuniting Resident Evil filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich, from Constantin Film. Based on a short story by Game of Thrones‘ George R.R. Martin, the film also stars Dave Bautista of the Guardians of…

EXCLUSIVE: As we near TV trade confab MIPCOM, more high-profile deals are being struck off-cycle. Canadian pubcaster CBC has acquired streaming rights to Australian comedy Austin. The ABC show will launch on streamer CBC Gem on Friday, October 18, a week after the Sophie Turner drama Joan premieres…

EXCLUSIVE: Indican Pictures has acquired North American rights for Boaz Yakin's dance, rap and slam poetry-led romance Once Again (For The Very First Time) and will start rolling it out theatrically across the U.S. in October. Billed as a break-dance, hip-hop supernatural fantasy, the movie stars…

EXCLUSIVE: Nutcrackers opened the Toronto Film Festival and now is poised to become the first splashy acquisition deal on the ground since the festival began. Hulu is in final talks to pay eight figures for the family comedy directed by David Gordon Green and starring Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi…

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of a huge summer with It Ends with Us, its adaptation of the bestselling novel from Colleen Hoover, Wayfarer Studios is on to another literary adaptation to watch, as the company has won the film rights to Kirsty Greenwood’s USA Today bestselling romantic comedy The Love of My After…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has revealed how much it paid to bolster its international production footprint earlier this year with the acquisitions of Australia’s Werner Film Productions and Spain’s Brutal Media. BBC Studios paid an initial consideration of AUD$6M ($4M) for 100% of Werner, the company…