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EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to the Sundance documentary Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins, an ode to the firebrand journalist whose blistering political wit made her an outsized legend in the Lone Star State. Magnolia is eyeing a theatrical release by year’s end for the…

The just-released trailer for Love, Antosha, the documentary about the life and art of Anton Yelchin, hints at why the film’s world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival ended in a stirring standing ovation. The 27-year-old Yelchin died three years ago this month in grisly fashion but the emphasis of the…

Deadline's studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 4 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers including Pete Davidson of Big Time Adolescence, Demi Moore of Corporate Animals, Jim Gaffigan of Light From Light, Blythe Danner of The Tomorrow Man and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the…

Deadline's studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 3 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers including Jeff Goldblum of The Mountain, Judith Light of Before You Know It, Jake Gyllenhaal of Velvet Buzzsaw, Storm Reid of Relive and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned…

Deadline's studio at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival kicked off Day 1 at Hotel Park City by hosting fest-goers such as Julianne Moore and Billy Crudup of After The Wedding; Jada Pinkett Smith of Hala; Awkwafina of The Farewell; and many more. Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. Stay tuned for more photo…

Neon has acquired U.S. rights to Monos, from director Alejandro Landes, which world premiered Saturday night in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance. The thriller features a score by Mica Levi, who did Under the Skin and Jackie. It will have its international premiere at the Berlinale in Panorama in…

Before the New Year rings in the Sundance Institute added five features and a Special Event today to the 2019 Sundance Film Festival taking place from Jan. 24 to Feb. 4. This includes the world premiere of Alex Lehmann’s Paddleton which follows the friendship of two misfit neighbors, one of whom has been diagnosed…

EXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab has accepted 15 writers from countries including the U.S., Lebanon, South Africa, Turkey and the UK who will bring 12 projects to the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah from January 18-23. The January Screenwriters Lab was created and organized under the leadership of…

No word yet if Eminem will be showing up in Park City for one of those late night concerts that only happen at Sundance but the Oscar winning 8 Mile star is certainly part of the New Frontier slate for next year’s festival. While it’s usually the films in competition and the premieres that attract a lot of the…

Of the projects announced in the Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections by the Sundance Film Festival today, 53% were directed or created by one or more women, 51% were directed or created by one or more filmmaker of color, and 26% by one or more people who identify as LGBTQIA. Those stats made a…

There isn't anywhere nearly as much Donald Trump at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival as there was the past two years, but there is certainly a lot of everything else from all over the world. With 112 films being shown at the Robert Redford founded snowy Utah shindig from January 24 to February 3 next year, the 35th…

Harvey Weinstein is returning to the Sundance Film Festival, at least on screen. A looming and powerful presence at the Robert Redford founded huddle for decades, an Ursula MacFarlane directed documentary about the rise and fall of the now disgraced and much accused producer is one of the premieres at this year's…