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EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to A Mistake, a suspenseful medical drama starring three-time Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks (Skincare), from Cornerstone Films. The film comes to its Quiver deal following its successful launch at the 2024 Tribeca Festival and the now…

Roadside Attractions said Friday that it has acquired rights to Bob Trevino Likes It, the news coming off the indie comedy drama’s premiere at SXSW where it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Award. The pic, written and directed by Tracie Laymon, stars Euphoria‘s Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired U.S. and Latin American rights to State of Silence (Estado de Silencio), Santiago Maza's documentary on the perilous threat facing investigative journalists in Mexico. Actor-activist Diego Luna executive produced the film which made its world premiere at Tribeca…

EXCLUSIVE: Sister has upped its stake in podcast studio Campside Media to a majority shareholding. The Chernobyl producer’s 2023 company accounts, seen by Deadline, revealed that Jane Featherstone and Liz Murdoch’s transatlantic studio “now has a controlling stake” in Campside and “will continue to…

EXCLUSIVE: Viva Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Hitpig!, a new animated feature starring Ted Lasso‘s Jason Sudeikis, for release in theaters nationwide on November 1. Check out a trailer for the film above. Based on the New York Times bestseller Pete & Pickles from Berkeley Breathed, the film…

EXCLUSIVE: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder producer Moonage Pictures is on the sales block, Deadline has learned. We understand that BBC Studios will retain a minority interest in the company it took a stake in in 2018 for the time being, although this could change depending on who comes in for…

Picturehouse has acquired North American rights to Porcelain War, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. The film directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev will be released in theaters throughout North America in the fall, in advance of an expected Oscar…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American and UK & Ireland rights for A New York Story, about a New Yorker torn between the gilded cage of her wealthy uptown life and the bohemian downtown world of a new love interest from outside her social circle. The romantic drama is the second film from…

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Oh, Canada, the drama reteaming filmmaker Paul Schrader with actor Richard Gere for the first time since 1980s’s American Gigolo. Co-starring Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, and Michael Imperioli, the film will be positioned for awards contention with a…

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films and Shudder have acquired worldwide rights to Little Bites, a new horror film from writer-director Spider One. The deal comes following their work with the filmmaker on his 2022 horror pic Allegoria. RLJE will release the film exclusively in theaters on October 4, with its…

EXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson's trip to the Cannes Film Festival in May to support A24's sales launch of MMA fighting drama The Smashing Machine has paid off. A24 has unveiled a raft of deals on the movie starring Johnson as legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr as the biopic wraps production in Japan this…

EXCLUSIVE: U.S.-based distributor Synkronized has acquired world rights for supernatural romance Can You Hear Me. The deal was brokered by Iuvit Media Sales on behalf of UK production company CYHM Ltd, which produced the film in association with Primary Wave Music (Wanna Dance With…