Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. theatrical, digital and video rights to “Elián,” the story of Elián González, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits on Thanksgiving Day in 1999, and how the fight over his future sparked a flashpoint for U.S. and Cuban tensions. Directed by Ross McDonnell and Tim Golden, the film is executive produced by Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions.
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“Elián” is slated for a platform theatrical release beginning in New York and Los Angeles on May 19. The film will also be premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival on...
– Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. theatrical, digital and video rights to “Elián,” the story of Elián González, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits on Thanksgiving Day in 1999, and how the fight over his future sparked a flashpoint for U.S. and Cuban tensions. Directed by Ross McDonnell and Tim Golden, the film is executive produced by Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions.
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“Elián” is slated for a platform theatrical release beginning in New York and Los Angeles on May 19. The film will also be premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival on...
- 4/14/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Alyssa Milano likes to think of her new sitcom Romantically Challenged (premieres tonight, ABC, 9:30 p.m. Et) as Friends for the Facebook and Twitter generation. "It’s edgy and real and about a group of friends who are functional and awesome when they’re together, but outside of their circle, they’re socially inept," she says. The show, created by Ricky Blitt (who's written for Family Guy and Politically Incorrect), follows Milano's character -- a lawyer and single mother named Rebecca -- as she's, say, encouraged to have her first one-night stand, and Kyle Bornheimer's Perry -- Rebecca's...
- 4/19/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
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