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Palm Springs was the hit of Sundance in January, at least in terms of sales, when it rocketed up to a festival-record $17 million-plus deal with Hulu and Neon — actually, as Deadline reported, the real figure was probably closer to $22 million. That is pretty impressive for the feature directorial debut of AFI grad…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary has closed a deal for Max Barbakow to direct Good Bad & Undead, with Peter Dinklage and Jason Momoa making deals to star and produce the action adventure. The film is based on an original idea by Mark Swift & Damian Shannon. Dinklage and Momoa starred on Game of Thrones, bookending as major male…

In the Sundance film Palm Springs, Andy Samberg plays the carefree Nyles, who meets Cristin Milioti’s Sarah, a reluctant maid of honor who is in Palm Springs for a wedding. Trapped at this venue, they begin to go on a journey of getting to know each other and themselves. According to screenwriter Andy Siara, it was…

EXCLUSIVE: The next big movie to go in a sale will be Palm Springs, the Max Barbakow-directed comedy that stars Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes and Peter Gallagher. Sources said that Neon and Hulu are in advance talks to team on a world rights deal worth around $15 million…

EXCLUSIVE: In its first go picture, Limelight has set an April start date for Palm Springs, a Max Barbakow-directed comedy that will star Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti and J.K. Simmons. The comedy has a script by Andy Siara (Lodge 49), and it will be produced by Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone and Becky…