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EXCLUSIVE: Decal, the recently launched film label, has acquired U.S. rights to Naveen A. Chathapuram's thriller The Last Victim and will release it theatrically day-and-date in the first quarter of 2022. The pic stars Ron Perlman, Ali Larter (Resident Evil) and Ralph Ineson (The Green Knight). Set in rural America…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to The Accursed, the first feature from writer-directors Elizabeta Vidovic and Kathryn Michelle, which will be released in theaters and on demand November 12. The horror film from Almost Normal Productions centers on Hana…

Sony Pictures Classics has taken global rights sans France and Germany, to Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine's documentary Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song. The docu made its premiere at Venice and Telluride, with SPC eyeing a theatrical release for 2022. Inspired by the book The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Co…

EXCLUSIVE: Cranked Up Films has acquired North American rights to This Game’s Called Murder, an indie thriller from writer-director Adam Sherman (Wristcutters: A Love Story), with plans to release it in theaters and on demand December 3rd. This Game’s Called Murder centers on Jennifer Wallendorf (Vanessa Marano), the…

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has claimed worldwide rights to Winterstate Entertainment’s musical comedy Summertime Dropouts, ahead of its October 26 virtual premiere benefitting The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, with plans to release it next year. The film centers on three best friends in a pop-punk…

Paramount said Monday that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Infernal Machine, a psychological drama/ thriller written and directed by Andrew Hunt and starring Guy Pearce. The pic just wrapped filming at Moviebox Studios’ facilities in the Algarve region of Portugal, which doubled for the U.S…

EXCLUSIVE: Kandoo Films has acquired worldwide rights to Famous, a drama from writer-director Michael Leoni that melds elements of live theater and film to shine a light on the impact of abuse in the entertainment industry. The indie distributor will release the pic in 10 U.S. theaters to start December 10…

EXCLUSIVE: Mila Kunis’ Orchard Farm Productions has sold its comedy The Masters of Mini-Golf to Warner Bros. for HBO Max, the company announced today. Ashton Kutcher will star in the film, which is currently in development. It centers on a golf hustler (Kutcher) and his older brother who decide to take their schemes…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide and streaming rights to Simple as Water, a new documentary from Oscar winner Megan Mylan (Lost Boys of Sudan, Smile Pinki), which will hit theaters in limited release later this year before debuting on HBO, subsequently becoming available for streaming on HBO…

EXCLUSIVE:  Studiocanal and The Picture Company have preemptively acquired the true story female-driven package Hellish Nell. The Black List writer Chris Basler adapted Malcom Gaskill’s novel, which tells the story of Helen Duncan, a famous Scottish medium whose ability was put to the test and eventually became the…

Hungary Selects Oscar Entry Hungary has selected Péter Bergendy's Post Mortem as its official entry for the International Oscar race this year. The period horror tells the supernatural story of a post mortem photographer and a little girl confronting ghosts in a haunted village after the First World War. The film…

UK audiences are to be taken Inside Beverly Hills: The Land Of The Rich And Famous as broadcaster Channel 4 acquires Operation Royal Wedding producer Spun Gold TV’s three-parter. The show, which was part-funded by distributor All3Media International, reveals a whole new side to the world famous home and playground of…