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The Orchard has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the documentary Monkey Business: The Adventures Of Curious George’s Creators, with a planned release sometime next year. The film is directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki with Sam Waterston narrating. Monkey Business chronicles the largely unknown story of George's…

Former Viacom Music Group chief Van Toffler just boosted the distribution and marketing capabilities of his independent video company, Gunpowder & Sky, with the acquisition of FilmBuff. The operation will be renamed Gunpowder & Sky Distribution and will continue to be run by CEO Janet Brown, who becomes the parent…

Filmbuff has licensed all worldwide rights to Summer Of 8, the debut feature of writer-director Ryan Schwartz, with day and date release in select theaters and all VOD platforms planned for September 2. Set in the summer after the end of high school, Summer Of 8 follows eight close friends having as much fun together…

Cinema Guild has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Albert Serra's The Death of Louis XIV, starring French New Wave legend Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film premiered as an Official Selection at Cannes, where Léaud was awarded an Honorary Palme d'Or, 57 years after his first appearance at the fest at age 14 in…

The first film ever to shoot in Equatorial Guinea will stream for audiences in the English-speaking world, as Netflix has announced acquisition of the drama Where The Road Runs Out. The streaming service is planning an early 2017 release for subscribers in the U.S., Canada, The UK, Australia, New Zealand, and English…

RLJ Entertainment has picked up North American rights to The Mind’s Eye, a thriller from writer-director Joe Begos that premiered at Toronto last year. The pic revolves around Zack and Rachel (Graham Skipper and Lauren Ashley Carter), who both have telekinetic powers. When they are discovered by Dr. Slovak (John…

EXCLUSIVE: FilmBuff has picked up U.S. rights to We the People: The Market Basket Effect, an only-in-America documentary about employees and customers fighting a billion-dollar company. The distributor will open the film in theaters starting April 14, followed by a VOD release April 22. Directed by Tommy Reid, The Mark…

FilmBuff has acquired output rights to Temps, a comedy about modern love, commitment and careerism. The film will hit select theaters and VOD day-and-date on April 5. Check out the trailer above. Directed by Ryan Sage from Tim Bennett-Huxtable’s script, Temps centers on Jefferson (Grant Rosenmeyer), a temp worker <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/filmbuff_logo__130604174308.png" rel="attachment wp-att-513081"…

FilmBuff has licensed worldwide rights to distribute Thank You For Playing, the Tribeca Film Festival documentary from David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall that follows indie video game developer Ryan Green as he created That Dragon, Cancer, a game based on his youngest son's battle with terminal cancer. The game was…

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Uncork'd Entertainment has acquired North American rights to The Hollow, written and directed by Miles Doleac (The Historian). The cast includes James Callis (Bridget Jones), Christiane Seidel (Boardwalk Empire) Jeff Fahey (Lost), William Sadler (Freeheld), William Forsythe and David Warshofsky (Now…

Paladin has acquired rights to Michael Damian's dance-driven drama High Strung after the pic premiered over the weekend at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The plan is to release the film theatrically on more than 100 screens nationwide April 8. The Orchard has home entertainment rights and will launch the film later…

Worldwide right to the crazy-weird indie thriller Sympathy, Said The Shark have been picked up by FilmBuff, with plans to release the film on all major on demand platforms beginning January 15th, coinciding with a special premiere screening at Laemmle’s Ahrya Fine Arts theater in Los Angeles the same day. A new…