Latest in Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: We understand that Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to The Carpenter’s Son, a rarely told story about Jesus’ childhood starring Nicolas Cage as The Carpenter, FKA Twigs as Mother and Noah Jupe as the Boy. The Lotfy Nathan (Harka) directed movie is currently in post-production…

Concord, considered to be the world's leading independent music company, has acquired Broadway Licensing Global and its imprints Broadway Licensing, Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, and Stage Rights. All of the imprints will now become part of Concord Theatricals. The acquisition does not…

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Love, Brooklyn, an acclaimed indie drama produced by and starring André Holland (Exhibiting Forgiveness), which premiered in U.S. Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Executive produced by Steven…

EXCLUSIVE: Muse Films, an outfit behind films like Spring Breakers, The Virgin Suicides, and American Psycho, has acquired the film rights to New Millennium Boyz, a recent novel by Alex Kazemi. Chris and Roberta Hanley will produce the adaptation for the company, with Kazemi co-writing alongside…

EXCLUSIVE: The documentary about former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern that electrified in its Sundance Film Festival debut has found a home. Magnolia Pictures, HBO Documentary Films and CNN Films have joined forces to release Prime Minister in theaters on June 13, with special preview…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Kurtis David Harder has quietly wrapped production on Influencers, a new film following up his acclaimed 2023 Shudder thriller Influencer.Shudder, the genre-focused streaming service AMC Networks, has once again picked up rights in English-speaking territories. Cassanda…

Run the Night, a new action film starring and to be produced by Chris Pine, has landed at Lionsgate in a deal for worldwide rights. The story centers on a banker, accused of betraying the Dutch mob, who is dumped naked in the heart of Amsterdam with a $10 million bounty on his head. Hunted by…

Bleecker Street and frequent partner LD Entertainment have picked up U.S. rights to Bone Lake, a critically acclaimed survival thriller from filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation), which is coming off its premiere at Fantastic Fest with a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired North American rights to The Unholy Trinity, a Western actioner starring Pierce Brosnan (Golden Eye) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) alongside Brandon Lessard (Classified). In partnership with Roadside Attractions, the film will be released in theaters…

EXCLUSIVE: Shudder has acquired the distribution rights to the supernatural thriller Good Boy in the U.S,, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand following the film’s premiere at SXSW in March. Good Boy, which redefines the haunted house genre by telling its horror tale through the…

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's Folktales. A July 25 theatrical release is planned. The acquisition puts the filmmaking duo behind the Oscar-nominated Jesus Camp back in business with Magnolia…

EXCLUSIVE: New Line has preemptively acquired Cut Outs, an original sci-fi thriller spec by Isaac Louis García. J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, the duo behind buzzy genre outfit BoulderLight Pictures, are set to produce via their first-look deal with the studio. Plot details are under wraps…