Sony Pictures acquires Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear comedy “Brigsby Bear”January 27, 2017 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “Brigsby Bear”, an off-beat comedy with Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, and Greg Kinnear. The film was sold for $5 million, according to insiders, Variety reports. “Brigsby Bear” is the brainchild of “Saturday Night Live’s” Kevin Costello and Kyle Mooney. It premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section. The film centers on the creator of a children’s TV show who must deal with the program’s cancellation. In a largely positive review, Variety’s Geoff Berkshire wrote, “the eccentric, heartfelt curio is sure to attract a cult following.” There were a number of bidders who were interested in the film, including the Orchard and Netflix, with eOne and Universal International looking at foreign rights. The Lonely Island (“Popstar”), Lord Miller (“21 Jump Street”), and 3311 Productions (“In a World…”) produced the film with YL Pictures. Sony Pictures Classics is planning a summer release for the movie. The indie label has been busy at this year’s Sundance, snapping up the rights to the gay romance “Call Me by Your Name” and the religious drama “Novitiate.” The deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and Ian Stratford of Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des Rochers LLP, on behalf of the filmmakers. UTA put the pic together — the agency reps “Brigsby Bear’s” writers, directors, and most of the producers. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |