Open Road acquires “Bleed For This” Miles Teller boxing drama May 18, 2015 - 15:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new Miles Teller boxing drama, “Bleed For This”, about underdog boxer Vinny Paz, has been bought for $4 million by indie distributor Open Road at the Cannes Film Festival, TheWrap reports. CAA and WME showed footage to buyers at Cannes and several bidders were in the mix, but Open Road – which successfully released last year’s “Nightcrawler” – won out. Vinny Paz, who boxed under the nickname of “The Pazmanian Devil,” is a former American boxer and World Champion in the Lightweight, Jr. Middleweight, Middleweight and Super Middleweight weight classes. He was also the United States Boxing Association’s Jr. Middleweight Champion. He made a startling comeback after a car accident. The film was produced by Bruce Cohen, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Younger, Chad Verdi and Noah Kraft. Martin Scorsese, Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson of The Solution Entertainment Group executive produced and are handling international sales for the film. Ben Younger (“Boiler Room”) directed. Katey Sagal, Amanda Clayton and Aaron Eckhart also star with Eckhart portraying trainer Kevin Rooney. Photo: THR   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 |  Latest news Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |
