Open Road, Sony win bidding war for "Dope" Sundance comedyJanuary 27, 2015 - 13:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Open Road and Sony Pictures Entertainment have won the bidding war for the comedy "Dope" at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. As AceShowbiz reports citing THR, some companies such as The Weinstein Co., Lionsgate and Relativity competed to buy the rights to the movie before Open Road, which will release it domestically, and Sony, which will release the movie internationally, acquired it with approximately $7 million. "Dope" premiered at the festival on Saturday. It tells the story of a high school student played by Shameik Moore who wants to get into Harvard. Directed and written by Rick Famiyuwa, the comedy wowed the audience at the premiere. "Dope is Go meets Risky Business meets True Romance meets Fingers, with a little bit of Boyz N the Hood and We Are the Best! thrown in," Vulture wrote. They also commented that the movie managed to tackle various topics such as celebrity in the age of social media as well as academic issues, adding, "That Famiyuwa and his cast can keep so many of these balls in the air without everything collapsing into an inchoate mess is remarkable." The movie also features appearances from rapper A$AP Rocky as a drug dealer named Dom and Zoe Kravitz who plays Nakia. Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons and Kimberly Elise are also among the cast members. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |