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Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Assassins, the latest feature documentary from Ask Dr. Ruth filmmaker Ryan White. The film just had its world premiere in the Sundance Film Festival’s Documentary Premieres lineup. A 2020 release is planned. Part true crime and global spy thriller, the documentary…

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with more details: In a Sundance Film Festival deal on the ground by a WarnerMedia division, HBO Documentary Films confirmed Deadline’s scoop that it has made a mid-seven-figure deal for worldwide TV and streaming rights to Siempre, Luis, the John James-directed documentary about Luis Miranda, the…

The New Hollywood Podcast has returned from hiatus and is back with a live Sundance episode from the winter wonderland of Park City with director Sam Feder and subjects Emmy-nominated Jen Richards (Her Story, Mrs. Fletcher), Marquise Vilson (Ben Is Back, Tales of the City) and Tre'vell Anderson (journalist from Out, Lo…

Heather Young’s debut feature film Murmer won the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival, which announced winners at the end of its 26th edition Thursday. Merawi Gerima’s Residue was named honorable mention and won the fest’s audience award. The jury called Murmur a “richly detailed and…

Deadline's studio at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 4 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers such as Steven Yeun of Minari, director Dee Rees of The Last Thing He Wanted, Kyle Maclachlan of Tesla and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more photo galleries and…

Deadline's studio at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 3 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of Hillary, Tessa Thompson of Sylvie’s Love, Andy Samberg of Palm Springs and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more…

UPDATED: Deadline today broke that Hulu and Neon set the high bar for deals at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival with a $15 million world rights deal for the Andy Samberg-starrer Palm Springs. At the time, we heard it might be a bit higher, and waited for a definitive number. The deal at that price was certainly a…

UPDATE: Sony Pictures Classics has confirmed Deadline’s story that it acquired The Truffle Hunters. Release is below original scoop. EARLIER EXCLUSIVE, 6:25 pm PST: Sony Pictures Classics has dug out The Truffle Hunters, a documentary that got a tasty reaction since it premiered Sunday at The Prospector. The docu…

Deadline's studio at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 2 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers such as Will Ferrell of Downhill, Lin-Manuel Miranda of Siempre, Glenn Close of Four Good Days and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more photo galleries and video…

Apple and A24 have acquired all global rights for Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s documentary Boys State.  A report said it went for $10 million, however, we learned Boys State actually went for $12M, which makes it a sales record for a documentary out of Sundance. The previous documentary sales record at $10M was…

Harvey Weinstein isn't anywhere near the Sundance Film Festival this year, but the now-disgraced producer's ongoing criminal trial for rape in New York is front of mind for many at the gathering he dominated for years. "I was at screenings he was at here, I was at parties he was at here, I worked on movies that he…

EXCLUSIVE: The next big movie to go in a sale will be Palm Springs, the Max Barbakow-directed comedy that stars Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes and Peter Gallagher. Sources said that Neon and Hulu are in advance talks to team on a world rights deal worth around $15 million…