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The Orchard Film Group has been acquired by 1091 Media, an investment group affiliated with the team of a holding company that once owned the indie distributor. Terms were not disclosed, but 1091 said it will continue operations of the film and TV business under a new name, and that it will look to invest in content…

Sam Elliott gets the role of his long acting career in The Hero, and as he told a packed audience at Deadline’s 7th annual The Contenders awards-season event last month, the biggest surprise of all for him was that he actually got to play an actor for the first time. In our conversation in front of AMPAS and key guild…

As in so many films throughout his storied career, Sam Elliott is The Hero in Brett Haley’s indie drama, which bowed to acclaim at Sundance. Elliott appeared at Deadline’s The Contenders this afternoon to discuss his experience with the film, which provided him with the role of a lifetime. Playing off Elliott’s status…

Beatriz At Dinner dished up the best numbers on the Specialty side this weekend. Released by Roadside Attractions and FilmNation, Beatriz, starring Salma Hayek and John Lithgow, grossed over $150K in five New York and L.A. theaters. The second weekend in June had a pared down number of new Specialty releases compared…

Fox Searchlight is opening My Cousin Rachel starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin in over five hundred locations this weekend, the widest of the upcoming weekend's offerings. The feature by writer-director Roger Michell is the second big screen version of the title based on a novel by Daphne Du Maurier. Roadside…

As an ailing Western actor suddenly facing is own mortality, the value of his life and how he has lived it, Sam Elliott not only excels but also has the role of his nearly half-century career. The Hero is one of those movies that creeps up on you as it goes along and by its conclusion has knocked you out with an…

Brett Haley’s The Hero, about an aging Western film star who faces his own mortality after being diagnosed with cancer, will open limited on June 9 before expanding on July 4. Deadline‘s Mike Fleming broke the news exclusively out of Sundance that The Orchard landed domestic rights for the Sam Elliott feature after pay…

Writer-director Brett Haley, who appeared at Sundance 2015 with I'll See You In My Dreams co-starring Sam Elliott, has returned to the festival this year with The Hero. This one stars Elliott in another film playing off of and celebrating the Western movie icon; the pic was just acquired by The Orchard in a $3 million…

EXCLUSIVE: In a deal worth around $3 million for North American rights, The Orchard has acquired the Brett Haley-directed The Hero, the drama that stars Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman, and Katherine Ross. Haley, who helmed I’ll See You In My Dreams, wrote the script with Marc Basch. The…

Sam Elliott is starring in The Hero, the new film directed by Brett Haley, who scored with the Sundance 2015 pic I’ll See You In My Dreams. Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter and Katharine Ross co-star in the film, which was written by Haley and Marc Basch and just wrapped production in Los Angeles. A 2017…

In a summer where Dwayne Johnson seems to be everywhere the blockbuster star hit the small screen last night with the debut of The Hero  on TNT. With just over 1.5 million viewers tuning in at 8 PM for the reality competition series hosted by the Fast & Furious 6 actor, The Hero had a solid debut. Last night's…

Other networks are announcing their season finales this week but TNT is putting up dates for when its shows are coming back and when new series are debuting this summer. The network announced that the Dwayne Johnson reality competition show The Hero will premiere on June 6 at 8 PM. The Electus produced show aims to…