EXCLUSIVE: Blue Fox Entertainment has boarded world rights to writer-director Becca Gleason's SXSW debut Summer 03, starring Joey King (Independence Day: Resurgence). Todd Slater brokered the deal on behalf of U.S. sales firm Blue Fox while ICM and UTA's Grace Royer negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers. Blue Fox’s…

“You’ll come of age when you see this. Everybody’s going to come of age!” Summer ’03 star Joey King said during her stop at Deadline’s Studio at SXSW along with writer-director Becca Gleason and co-star Paul Scheer, who called the pic “the Transformers of coming-of-age movies.” Inspired by true events, the story…

EXCLUSIVE: Summer 03 is having its world premiere at SXSW on Saturday afternoon at the Stateside Theatre in the Narrative Feature Competition section. The pic serves as the the debut feature film from writer-director Becca Gleason. Her comedy’s plot revolves around Jamie (Joey King), whose grandmother on her deathbed…