Latest in Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has obtained rights to Seoul Girls, a comedy feature written by Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson, with a recent revision by Young iI Kim (Rodham, Billions). Wilson also will take on a role in the pic, which follows a Korean American high school girl and her friends who enter a worldwide talent…

Greenwich Entertainment has secured North American distribution rights to The Capote Tapes, a documentary feature by first-time director Ebs Burnough. The pic, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and closed the DOC NYC event last week, will get a theatrical release in 2020. The…

EXCLUSIVE: The long-running PBS documentary series POV has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to Midnight Traveler, the Hassan Fazili-directed feature that been collecting awards-season noms since it bowed this year winning a jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. POV, produced by American Documentary, will air the…

EXCLUSIVE: Discovery has acquired global television rights to Warsaw Ghetto documentary Who Will Write Our History from the film’s distributor Abramorama. The Discovery broadcast is scheduled for January 2020 in the U.S. and several territories worldwide. Giant Pictures, Kathadin Productions, Playmount Productions and…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Waiting for Anya, Ben Cookson’s World War II drama based on the novel by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. A day-and-date release is planned for early next year. Stranger Things‘ Noah Schnapp, Anjelica Huston and Jean Reno star in…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has secured English-speaking world rights to the neo-noir thriller Blood on Her Name, with an aim for a day-and-date release in early 2020. Bethany Anne Lind (Reprisal, Ozark), Will Patton, (Remember The Titans, Armageddon) and Elizabeth Röhm (American Hustle, Joy) star in the film…

EXCLUSIVE: Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American rights to Dirty God, the Sacha Polak-helmed drama that screened in the World Cinema Dramatic competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The deal comes out of the American Film Market, with Dark Star aiming for a March 2020 theatrical release in time for…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired the U.S. rights to the Éric Baudelaire-directed Un Film Dramatique. The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. in 2020. A refreshing approach to documentary filmmaking, Un Film Dramatique made its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and went on to the Toronto Film…

EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Mosul, the Matthew Michael Carnahan-directed drama that is the among the first films generated by AGBO, the monied production company launched by Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo. AGBO financed the film, and produced with Condé Nast…

UPDATED with DOC NYC winners, 6:30 PM: CNN Films has acquired the documentary feature Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice and set its television premiere for New Year’s Day on CNN. Ronstadt was 21 when she first hit the national charts with the Stone Poneys’ “Different Drum,” and her plaintive vocal leapt off the…

BREAKING: Paramount has acquired world rights for Babylon, a script that Damien Chazelle has written to direct as his next film. His La La Land star Emma Stone is circling to star with Brad Pitt. The actor deals aren’t yet done, but the plan is for them to team in an original R-rated drama that is set in a shifting…

Neon has nabbed North American rights to Memoria, the Tilda Swinton-starring Colombian drama from Palme d'Or-winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The secretive project stars Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is set in…