Gunpowder & Sky's The Little Hours debuted this weekend with two standout engagements at the Specialty box office. The medieval nun rom-com easily owned the weekend among the newcomers, grossing $61,650 in a pair of theaters. Rialto bowed a 1960 restoration of Le Trou in an exclusive engagement, taking in $7K. Sony…

The story of a hired hand (played by Dave Franco) who disrupts the lives of a Medieval nunnery is among the new Specialty titles out this weekend. Also starring Alison Brie, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza and John C. Reilly, The Little Hours was picked up by distribution outfit Gunpowder & Sky. The feature is among a…

Three nuns' lives get disrupted when a young servant who is fleeing from his master arrives at their convent in The Little Hours, the Sundance comedy written and directed by Jeff Baena. Gunpowder & Sky, which acquired the film at this year's festival, unveiled the first decidedly NSFW redband trailer for the comedy…

EXCLUSIVE: After acquiring The Little Hours at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Gunpowder & Sky is set to release the quirky comedy about nuns gone wild in theaters on June 30, with plans to roll out to at least 50 markets. Written and directed by Jeff Baena, The Little Hours follows three nuns, Alessandra (Alison…

EXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Film Festival deals keep coming. Gunpowder & Sky has made one for low-seven figures for The Little Hours. Written and directed by Life After Beth helmer Jeff Baena, the film revolves around a young servant fleeing from his master who takes refuge at a dysfunctional convent in medieval Tuscany. A…

On Friday at Sundance, Aubrey Plaza was quickly shaping up into the festival’s MVP for 2017, presenting two films – The Little Hours and Ingrid Goes West – that had Park City audiences rolling in the aisles. On both projects, she’s a credited producer, boarding early and attracting other talent like a magnet. And in…

International sales veteran Kevin Hoiseth has been tapped as EVP Worldwide Sales at Concourse Media. In the new position, he'll be responsible for leading the company's distribution efforts to drive global sales for Concourse Film Trade, the newly bolstered film sales and financing arm of Concourse Media. Hoseith…

EXCLUSIVE: Concourse Media, which acquired international rights during Cannes to Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours, has just sealed a deal with Productivity Media to finance eight to 12 features with budgets between $2.5M-$20M each. Productivity, managed by William Santor, John Hills and Andrew Chang-Sang, financed and…

EXCLUSIVE: Joshy and Life After Beth helmer Jeff Baena recently completed principal photography on dark comedy The Little Hours. The film, which shot under the radar in Italy, has now been acquired for international by Concourse Film Trade, the sales arm of Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ Concourse Media. The…