Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Circus of Books, Rachel Mason’s documentary about growing up alongside the iconic West Hollywood gay porn book store run by her parents. The deal comes ahead of the pic’s world premiere at in the Feature Documentary section at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Mason’s film spotlights t…

RLJE Films has acquired A Score to Settle, an action thriller starring Nicolas Cage that reteams the Mandy star with the indie horror hit’s distributor. The latest pic will hit theaters day-and-date with digital on August 2.

Directed by Beautiful Boy‘s Shawn Ku from a script from Get Shorty‘s John Newman, the plot…

Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to All Rise, the drama written and directed by Anthony Mandler that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival as Monster. The pic based on Walter Dean Myers’ New York Times-bestselling novel of that name is now headed for a fall 2019 domestic…

1091 has obtained the North American distribution rights to Midnight Family, the Luke Lorentzen-directed documentary which premiered at Sundance this year. The company, formally known as Orchard Film Group, is planning to release the doc sometime during the summer of this year.

The doc, which won the Special Jury Awar…

Shudder, AMC Networks' streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, has acquired all rights to writer/director Issa Lopez's acclaimed feature Tigers Are Not Afraid across all its territories. The film is set to premiere on Shudder later this year.

"Tigers Are Not Afraid is a horror fable for the ages…

The comedy-thriller Villains was a hit at SXSW earlier this year and Gunpowder & Sky took note. The global content studio announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Villains from the BRON Studios genre arm The Realm. Gunpowder & Sky will partner with MoviePass Films to release the film on a…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer David Harris has acquired rights to The Protector, the 2003 thriller novel from David Morrell. Morrell is the New York Times bestselling author who penned First Blood, the book that launched Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo movie franchise.

The deal marks the first major IP deal for Harris Films, which…

Magnolia Pictures has acquired the North American rights to Cunningham Alla Kovgan’s documentary about Merce Cunningham, one of the world’s most influential and groundbreaking choreographers. The film immerses viewers in the choreographer’s world and will be released in both 2D and 3D later this year. Dogwoof will…

EXCLUSIVE: New Line has acquired the rights Tom O’Donnell’s forthcoming fantasy novel Homerooms and Hall Passes in a competitive situation.

O’Donnell’s book puts a twist on your typical fantasy story. The novel follows a group of adventurers who exist in a fantasy world. During the day they embark on quests and battle…

After announcing its relaunch earlier this month, 1091, which was formally known as The Orchard Film Group, has made its first acquisition, snagging North American distribution rights to the Hannah Pearl Utt-directed Sundance film, Before You Know It. Utt, who made her directorial debut with this feature, also stars…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has picked up spec script Meet the MacHines, written by Matt Lieberman, the screenwriter behind the Netflix, Kurt Russell-starring holiday film, The Christmas Chronicles. Temple Hill producers Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner are on board to produce the project

Meet the MacHines follows Jack and…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is in preliminary talks with American Cinematheque to buy the venerable Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. This will become the first brick and mortar movie theater acquisition for Netflix. But sources said it would be wrong to eye this as the start of a move into the operational theater…