Death at a Funeral for MGM
Filed under: Comedy, Independent, Deals, Cannes, MGM, Distribution, Newsstand, Cinematical Indie
In a move that serves to remind us that
MGM is now primarily a
distributor, the company has acquired the rights to Death at a Funeral, a dark comedy from independent
production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, one of the indie groups that signed an early, non-exclusive
distribution deal with MGM. Though MGM owns domestic rights, international sales remain with SKE, which will try to
sell the film at Cannes.The movie will be direct by Frank Oz, and "revolves around a dysfunctional Brit family as they gather to mourn the passing of their patriarch." Needless to say, what with the film being a comedy and all, things don't go as smoothly as planned at the funeral. Oz will have a pretty good cast on his hands when production begins, including Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage and Ewen Bremner, who you may remember as the homelier of the two Trainspotting Ewans (he was Spud).
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5-01-2006 @ 12:46PM
Paul said...
Hey, nice little synopsis, I was just gonna pipe up and say at a UK Convention Yesterday (The 30th of April) Alan Tudyk (Wash from Serenity/ Pirate Steve from Dodgeball.) Said in a Q and A session that he will also be working on this film.
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7-13-2006 @ 5:04PM
Vicki said...
to add to the post above. I was at that convention too in the UK and yes Alan Tudyk is playing a part in it......He is supposed to have a very funny charcter!!
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