Amplify nabs “Little Accidents” Elizabeth Banks’ hit Sundance dramaMay 2, 2014 - 13:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cementing itself as a major buyer of Sundance movies with its third purchase from this year's festival, Amplify has acquired all U.S. rights to Sara Colangelo's acclaimed Sundance drama “Little Accidents”, TheWrap said. Inspired by Colangelo's 2010 Sundance short of the same name, “Little Accidents” is the story of a small coal town reeling from a recent mining disaster. When tragedy strikes again, its inhabitants’ buried secrets begin to spill out, threatening to unravel the delicate threads that hold the community together. Boyd Holbrook and Elizabeth Banks star alongside Jacob Lofland, Josh Lucas and Chloë Sevigny. “Sara has made a film of true authenticity and accomplishment,” said Amplify's Logan Mulvey. “We couldn't be more thrilled to share this film with audiences around the country.” “We're incredibly excited to have a home for ‘Little Accidents' at Amplify, and thrilled to be working creatively with them to bring our film to a wide U.S. audience,” said Colangelo. “Little Accidents” was a production of Maiden Voyage Pictures, Archer Gray Productions, TideRock Media, Soaring Flight Productions and Mindsmack Productions. Written and directed by Sara Colangelo, the film was produced by Anne Carey, Jason Michael Berman, Thomas B. Fore, and Summer Shelton, and executive produced by Chris Columbus, Amy Nauiokas, Eleanor Columbus, Ruth Mutch, Richard Loughran, Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer and Todd Feuer. The deal was orchestrated by Kent Sanderson on behalf of Amplify and by WME on behalf of the filmmakers. Formed in 2014 from a merger of innovative theatrical distributor Variance Films (“Sound City,” “Red Hook Summer”) and leading digital distributor GoDigital, Amplify uses cutting edge marketing and distribution techniques with a focus on working directly with filmmakers to craft hand-tailored release campaigns for each film. Led by an executive team comprised of GoDigital's Logan Mulvey, Variance Films’ Dylan Marchetti, and former Focus Features executive Kent Sanderson, Amplify is financed by Preferred Ventures. Upcoming releases from Amplify include Terry Gilliam's “The Zero Theorem,” Stuart Murdoch's pop musical “God Help The Girl” and AJ Edwards’ Terence Malick-produced historical drama “The Better Angels.” 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |