Coda, Jockey, Superior among initial wave of deal-making.
While there hasn’t been the usual post-opening weekend torrent of Sundance deals this year, business is getting done and Apple delivered a record $25m buy on feel-good multi-award winnerCODA.
Sundance always has a long tail and deals will trickle in for weeks and months after the event, which officially ends on February 3.
At time of writing buyers were circling Questlove’s documentary Summer Of Soul, Sean Ellis’s werewolf film Eight For Silver, Franz Kanz’s post-shooting massacre drama Mass, and Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s thriller Wild Indian, among others.
While there hasn’t been the usual post-opening weekend torrent of Sundance deals this year, business is getting done and Apple delivered a record $25m buy on feel-good multi-award winnerCODA.
Sundance always has a long tail and deals will trickle in for weeks and months after the event, which officially ends on February 3.
At time of writing buyers were circling Questlove’s documentary Summer Of Soul, Sean Ellis’s werewolf film Eight For Silver, Franz Kanz’s post-shooting massacre drama Mass, and Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s thriller Wild Indian, among others.
- 3/29/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg says that he wanted to make a film on the battle against xenophobia and racial prejudice.
That's the reason he decided to reimagine the musical "West Side Story" for the big screen.
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"'West Side Story' was actually the first piece of popular music our family ever allowed into the home. I absconded with it -- this was the cast album from the 1957 Broadway musical -- and just fell completely in love with it as a kid. 'West Side Story' has been that one haunting temptation that I have finally given in to," Spielberg told Vanity Fair.
The classic New York tale tells the story of two lovers -- Maria, a Puerto Rican, whose brother Bernardo is the leader of the "Sharks" street gang and Tony, a former leader of "The Jets", who battled The Sharks.
That's the reason he decided to reimagine the musical "West Side Story" for the big screen.
Also Read:?Dua Lipa and Mamamoo fame Hwasa's 'Physical' remix out now
"'West Side Story' was actually the first piece of popular music our family ever allowed into the home. I absconded with it -- this was the cast album from the 1957 Broadway musical -- and just fell completely in love with it as a kid. 'West Side Story' has been that one haunting temptation that I have finally given in to," Spielberg told Vanity Fair.
The classic New York tale tells the story of two lovers -- Maria, a Puerto Rican, whose brother Bernardo is the leader of the "Sharks" street gang and Tony, a former leader of "The Jets", who battled The Sharks.
- 3/18/2020
- GlamSham
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