Arc Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the family film "Standing Up." Based on Brock Cole's award-winning young adult novel "The Goats," the film was written and directed by D.J. Caruso ("Disturbia," "I Am Number Four"). "Standing Up" tells the story of an 11-year-old boy (Chandler Canterbury) and a 12-year-old girl (Annalise Basso) who are bullied by their peers at summer camp. Rather than returning to camp, the pair embarks on a three day journey where they encounter new experiences and form a unique friendship. Also starring is Val Kilmer. "We're glad to be a part of a film that sends a positive message to young people and the community at large that we all need to come together to 'Stand Up' against bullying," said Arc Entertainment CEO Trevor Drinkwater. "This is a film with great courage and heart." The deal was brokered by Drinkwater, CAA and...
- 7/11/2013
- by Julia Selinger
- Indiewire
Distribution round-up: Universal has said [10] it will release Angelina Jolie’s upcoming second feature as director, Unbroken, on Dec 25 2014. Separately, Arc Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Standing Up, while Monterey Media has taken Approaching Midnight and Gravitas Ventures has picked up Ass Backwards.
The drama is based on Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand and is set to commence production in late September.
The story chronicles the survival at sea and subsequently in a Japanese Pow camp of downed WWII airman Louis ‘Louie’ Zamperini.
Joel and Ethan Coen rewrote the screenplay from earlier drafts by William Nicholson and Richard Lagravenese.
Jolie produces alongside Matthew Baer and Erwin Stoff, while Mick Garris and David Crockett are on board as executive producers. Roger Deakins serves as cinematographer.
Arc Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the family film Standing Up based on Brock Cole’s young...
The drama is based on Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand and is set to commence production in late September.
The story chronicles the survival at sea and subsequently in a Japanese Pow camp of downed WWII airman Louis ‘Louie’ Zamperini.
Joel and Ethan Coen rewrote the screenplay from earlier drafts by William Nicholson and Richard Lagravenese.
Jolie produces alongside Matthew Baer and Erwin Stoff, while Mick Garris and David Crockett are on board as executive producers. Roger Deakins serves as cinematographer.
Arc Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the family film Standing Up based on Brock Cole’s young...
- 7/10/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
"The Lightkeepers" is a dark horse candidate for awards season attention, offering up Richard Dreyfuss in his showiest lead performance since 1995's "Mr. Holland's Opus" and an offbeat marketing plan by a well-financed foreign sales company intent on making a splash in the U.S. marketplace.
Opening on Friday in Los Angeles for an Oscar-qualifying run, the performance-driven period drama written and directed by Daniel Adams also features strong performances by Blythe Danner, Tom Wisdom and Mamie Gummer (Meryl Streep's daughter) in an old-fashioned love story set on Cape Cod in 1912.
"Lightkeeprs" is the third platform release this year by New Films International, a Sherman Oaks-based foreign sales company founded by Nesim Hason that has output deals in Latin America, Japan, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. The move into domestic distribution comes at a time it has gotten much harder to make presales without a U.S. release in place.
Opening on Friday in Los Angeles for an Oscar-qualifying run, the performance-driven period drama written and directed by Daniel Adams also features strong performances by Blythe Danner, Tom Wisdom and Mamie Gummer (Meryl Streep's daughter) in an old-fashioned love story set on Cape Cod in 1912.
"Lightkeeprs" is the third platform release this year by New Films International, a Sherman Oaks-based foreign sales company founded by Nesim Hason that has output deals in Latin America, Japan, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. The move into domestic distribution comes at a time it has gotten much harder to make presales without a U.S. release in place.
- 12/14/2009
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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