From: Deadline.Com TORONTO: The Toronto deals are exploding! Anchor Bay Films has just closed all English-speaking rights to Beautiful Boy, the Shawn Ku-directed drama. I’m told the deal was 7-figures, negotiated by Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group’s Ben Weiss with Anchor Bay Films’ Kevin Kasha. Deal includes a P&A commitment. Lightning Entertainment is selling foreign. …
Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff thriller expected in 2011
From: The Hollywood Reporter Anchor Bay Films has the keys for the distribution rights to “Carjacked,” a thriller being directed by John Bonito (“The Marine”). The film, set to star Maria Bello and Stephen Dorff, is scheduled to begin principal photography November 15 in Baton Rouge. The rights deal is for theatrical and video and …
Anchor Bay takes English-speaking on Bello, Dorff thriller Carjacked
From: Screendaily.com Anchor Bay Films has acquired North American, UK and Australian rights to John Bonito’s thriller Carjacked set to star Maria Bello and Stephen Dorff. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on November 15, on the story about a single mother who helps her son escape from a carjacking and …
Beautiful Boy — Film Review
From: Hollywood Reporter TORONTO — A spare, unflinching examination of a married couple coping with the tragic death of their 18-year-old son, “Beautiful Boy,” which won a FIPRESCI prize at Toronto, is graced by a pair of equally raw, affecting turns by Michael Sheen and Maria Bello. Sharing the theme of loss and healing with …
