Latest in Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: Juno Films has claimed North America rights to The Pact, a film from Oscar and Palme d’Or-winning director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror, House of Spirits), which is based on the true story of Out of Africa author Karen Blixen, planning to release it in U.S. and Canadian theaters in early 2022, followed…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to the dramatic feature Home—starring Jake McLaughlin (Savages, ABC’s Quantico), Oscar winner Kathy Bates (Fox’s American Horror Story, Misery) and more—from production company augenschein Filmproduktion, setting it for a day-and-date release on December 3rd. The first…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to indie horror film La Patasola from Glass House Distribution, with plans to release it in theaters in at least 10 major markets, and across streaming media and other platforms, on January 14, 2022. Shot over a 21-day period in a Covid-free bubble…

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Jon Wright’s (Grabbers, Robot Overlords) horror film, Unwelcome, with plans to release it in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2022. The film will be distributed to UK theaters by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. and make its streaming premiere following the…

Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to Sundown, the latest film from Mexican writer-director Michel Franco that world premiered this fall at the Venice Film Festival. A 2022 theatrical release in the U.S. is in the works for the tense family drama. Tim Roth reunites with Franco (he starred in Franco’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Virgil Films has acquired 100 Years from Mississippi, a documentary portrait of Mamie Lang Kirkland, who died in 2020 at age 111 after a remarkable life. Kirkland fled Ellisville, MS, in 1915 at age seven with her mother and siblings as her father and his friend, John Hartfield, escaped an approaching lynch…

EXCLUSIVE: Lawrence "LAW" Watford's Divine Write Pictures has optioned film, TV and digital rights to the book The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr. Watford is planning to adapt the book for television via his Tyler Street Films partnership with Jack Manning III and Tiffany Elle Burgess…

EXCLUSIVE: Sentient Entertainment has locked down English-language remake rights to Thesis, a horror-thriller from BAFTA Award-nominated filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar, which nabbed seven Goya Awards and other accolades upon its release in 1996. The original film centered on Ángela (Ana Torrent), a student writing a…

EXCLUSIVE: Magnet Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to Ultrasound, the first narrative feature from director Rob Schroeder, with plans to release it in theaters next year. The sci-fi thriller follows Glen (Vincent Kartheiser), who is stranded by two flat tires on a rainy night and must seek help at a nearby…

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Studios has acquired the spec script Darby Harper Wants You to Know starring Storm Reid, with Footprint Features and A Seed & Wings set to produce. The film will be executive produced by A Seed & Wings, the multimedia production house founded by Reid and Robyn Simpson. The story follows Darby…

Random Media has acquired worldwide rights to The Kybalion, a faith-based documentary featuring appearances by Paula Roberts, Daniel Ryan, Bryan Contnoir, and Raymond Moody. The film directed by Ronni Thomas (AMC's The Broken and the Bad) and hosted by occult historian Mitch Horowitz is set in 1908, examining an…

EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to For the Love of Money, a crime drama directed by Leslie Small that stars Keri Hilson and Katt Williams. The distributor plans to release the pic via its Freestyle Releasing, in association with Global View Entertainment, in 750…