A 9-year-old boy falls off a cliff and ends up in a coma. It doesn’t look good, but then a doctor tells the lad’s mother, “We’re not supposed to use the word ‘miracle,’ but this might call for an exception.” Sounds like a heartwarming tale, right? Not so fast. Turns out he was pushed — and bad stuff had happened to…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax's thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax" which has been waiting-in-the-wings for distribution has finally landed. The film, which stars Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey and Oliver Platt, will be released this fall via Lionsgate’s premiere. The project has had a long…

Indie Soda Pictures has inked a deal with Miramax Films to distribute the Barack Obama-Michelle Obama first-date movie Southside With You and thriller The 9th Life Of Louis Drax in the UK. Southside With You will bow in October in the territory after an August 26 bow in the U.S., and Louis Drax will bow in September…

Rosanne Korenberg, a former 20th Century Fox, Universal and Constantin Film exec and now executive producer on Miramax’s upcoming pic The 9th Life Of Louis Drax, has joined Miramax as SVP Acquisitions and Co-Productions. She begins right away as the indie studio turns its attention to the Sundance Film Festival that…

Oliver Platt, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey and Aiden Longworth are joining Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul and Sarah Gadon in The 9th Life Of Louis Drax. Alexandre Aja (Horns) is directing for Miramax, AntColony Films and Brightlight Pictures. Principal photography began today in Vancouver. Platt (X-Men: First Class, Chef, F…

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian actress Sarah Gadon has landed the female lead in The 9th Life Of Louis Drax, the adaptation of Liz Jensen’s best selling novel that Alexandre Aja (Horns) is directing for Miramax. The thriller centers on Louis Drax, a young boy who suffers a near-fatal fall on his ninth birthday. A psychologist…

Breaking Bad Emmy-winner Aaron Paul has joined the cast of Miramax’s supernatural thriller The 9th Life Of Louis Drax, directed by Horns‘ Alexandre Aja. He’ll play Peter, Louis Drax’s father, who becomes the target of a criminal investigation when his young son is injured in an accident. Back in August, Miramax set Fif…

Miramax has tapped French director Alexandre Aja (Horns, The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension) to direct psychological thriller The 9th Life Of Louis Drax, with Fifty Shades Of Grey star Jamie Dornan in the lead role. The adaptation of Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel follows young Louis Drax, who suffers a near-fatal fall…