All the Movies That Got Bought at Sundance!
Filed under: Deals, Sundance, Cinematical Indie
To most movie fans, Sundance is this far-off and distant place they can't visit because, well, it's a pretty damn expensive trip -- and who the heck wants to spend a week on a mountain in January and not ski? The second question I'm always asked upon my return home from Sundance (after "What good movies did you see?") is "What famous people did you meet?" But the third question is usually something like "So when will I actually get to see these movies that everyone's been chattering about for the last two weeks?" And so I decided to collect all the acquisition news from this past festival and offer it all up on one convenient platter. I'll keep the chatter to a minimum, but if you want more info on a particular film, please do partake of all the links below.- Clubland -- Warner Independent Pictures -- $4,000,000
- Crazy Love -- Magnolia Pictures -- n/a
- Grace is Gone -- The Weinstein Co. -- $4,000,000
- How She Move -- Paramount Vantage -- $4,000,000
- In the Shadow of the Moon -- ThinkFilm -- $2,500,000
- Joshua -- Fox Searchlight -- $4,000,000
- King of California -- First Look Pictures -- $3,000,000
- La Misma Luna (The Same Moon) -- The Weinstein Co. & Fox Searchlight -- $5,000,000
- My Kid Could Paint That -- Sony Pictures Classics -- $1,500,000
- Nanking -- Fortissimo Films -- n/a
- Once -- Summit Entertainment -- n/a
- Protagonist -- IFC & Netflix -- Under $1,000,000
- The Signal -- Magnolia Pictures -- $2,300,000
- Son of Rambow -- Paramount Vantage -- $8,500,000 (some say even higher)
- Teeth -- The Weinstein Co. & Lionsgate -- $1,000,000
- The Ten -- ThinkFilm & City Lights Home Entertainment -- $4,500,000
- Waitress -- Fox Searchlight -- $4,500,000
- Weapons -- After Dark Films -- $1,000,000
Thanks to Variety, Movie City News, THR's RiskyBiz Blog, and our own Cine-maniacs (particularly Jette and Karina) for all the info. [Have any updates, additions or corrections? Leave 'em in the comments section please!] Added Bonus: After the jump you'll find a list of movies that already had North American distribution set up before they arrived at Sundance!
- Longford -- HBO -- February 17
- Black Snake Moan -- Paramount Vantage -- February 23
- Angel-A -- Sony Pictures Classics -- March 23
- The Last Mimzy -- New Line Cinema -- March 23
- Red Road -- Tartan Films -- April 6
- Trade -- Lionsgate Films -- April 13
- Year of the Dog -- Paramount Vantage -- April 13
- Smiley Face -- First Look Pictures -- April 20
- Away From Her -- Lionsgate Films -- May 4
- Fay Grim -- Magnolia Pictures -- May (?)
- Eagle vs. Shark -- Miramax Films -- June 1
- Fido -- Lionsgate Films -- June 15
- The Savages -- Fox Searchlight -- TBA









Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-01-2007 @ 2:14AM
akstanwyck said...
I would happily link to this most useful entry on the Riskybizblog if you weren't ignoring all the Sundance breaking news we broke on The Hollywood Reporter, THR online, and riskybizblog.com. All the deals you list above were announced FIRST on the riskybizblog.
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2-01-2007 @ 5:34AM
Scott Weinberg said...
My apologies. I absolutely should have mentioned THR as one of my sources. Complete oversight on my part.
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2-02-2007 @ 7:45AM
snesgirl said...
What happened to Four Eyed Monsters?
Did nobody buy it? I'm in the Uk and it's looking like I'll never see this movie !?!
Gah!
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2-02-2007 @ 5:39PM
Brian said...
I think MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES, the best film I saw at the festival, belongs on the second list, as it came to Sundance with a Zeitgeist Films distrubution deal.
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