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When Zack Gottsagen, a young man with acting dreams who also happens to have Down syndrome, asked creative duo Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz to write and direct a film for him, they responded with pure determination to make it happen. "Honestly, I thought, 'That’s a great idea,'" Schwartz says. "He’s the best…

UPDATED with additional distributors and adjustments. As blockbusters battled it out at the box office, the specialty space hit high notes with Judy, flew with The Peanut Butter Falcon, shined with Uncut Gems, gave us one helluva Farewell and took us back to Downton Abbey. Major box office strides were made in 2019…

When it came to discussing the making of one of the year’s biggest sleeper prestige-film hits The Peanut Butter Falcon, writer-directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, and star Shia LaBeouf couldn’t help but focus on Zack Gottsagen. The young actor, who has Down syndrome, plays the centerpiece role of Zak, a…

There are all the usual paths that film projects take on their way to the big screen and then there’s the one-of-a-kind flight plan followed by The Peanut Butter Falcon, the heartfelt comedy-drama from Roadside Attractions. Co-directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, who represented The Peanut Butter Falcon on…

The ReelAbilities Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup of films and events for the second annual fest in Los Angeles (the New York edition launched in 2007).  ReelAbilities Los Angeles runs October 25-27 at Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood. The three-day festival will showcase new and classic films…

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has largely sold out on Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson and Zack Gottsagen drama The Peanut Butter Falcon, which has slow-burned its way to a healthy $19M at the U.S. box office for Roadside Attractions and Armory Films, after opening in early August. Deals have closed with Rialto for…

UPDATED with actuals and adjustd grosses. Clang, clang, clang went the box office! The Roadside Attractions and LD Entertainment musical biopic Judy starring Renee Zellweger had an over-the-rainbow debut this weekend to the tune of  $2,910,160. Even more good news — the stellar opening landed Judy in the #7 spot in…

Hints of autumn are unspooling this weekend with stars fronting Specialty fare opening in theaters. Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup and Abby Quinn headline Sundance '19 opener After The Wedding, starting in New York and L.A. today via Sony Pictures Classics. The film by Bart Freundlich is based on the…

Writer-directors Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson were visiting a camp for disabled actors when they came upon Zack Gottsagen, a unique young man with Down syndrome who was determined to be an actor no matter what life has thrown in his way. Schwartz and Nilson left with the idea that they would write a movie in…

The Ruderman Family Foundation has honored TV series Ramy and This Close, as well as films, Give Me Liberty and The Peanut Butter Falcon with its Seal of Authentic Representation for accurate depictions of people with disabilities. This is the second time the foundation has awarded its Seal and the first time it has…

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK rights to SXSW Audience Award winner The Peanut Butter Falcon, starring Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson and newcomer Zack Gottsagen. LaBeouf plays as a small time outlaw turned unlikely coach who joins forces with Zak, a young man with Down syndrome on the run from a…

Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. distribution rights to The Peanut Butter Falcon, the road trip comedy that stars Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson and Zack Gottsagen and won the SXSW audience award this year after its world premiere there. The pic will now hit theaters August 9. The film was written and directed by…