Vertical Entertainment has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “Burn Your Maps,” an adventure drama starring Jacob Tremblay, Vera Farmiga and Virginia Madsen, the company announced Wednesday.
Vertical Entertainment is planning a Q2 theatrical release for the film, and Warner Bros. Pictures will handle international distribution.
Jordan Roberts, who wrote the screenplay for Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” wrote and directed “Burn Your Maps,” which made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016.
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The story involves a family in emotional turmoil who is taken by surprise when an eccentric eight-year-old boy, Wes, (Tremblay) has an existential epiphany: he believes that he is in fact a Mongolian goat herder.
“‘Burn Your Maps’ is a funny, heartwarming, and deeply human portrait of a family navigating hardship,” Rich Goldberg, co-President of Vertical Entertainment said in a statement.
Vertical Entertainment is planning a Q2 theatrical release for the film, and Warner Bros. Pictures will handle international distribution.
Jordan Roberts, who wrote the screenplay for Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” wrote and directed “Burn Your Maps,” which made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016.
Also Read: Seth Rogen Says Jacob Tremblay Can't Watch the 'Good Boys' Red Band Trailer (Video)
The story involves a family in emotional turmoil who is taken by surprise when an eccentric eight-year-old boy, Wes, (Tremblay) has an existential epiphany: he believes that he is in fact a Mongolian goat herder.
“‘Burn Your Maps’ is a funny, heartwarming, and deeply human portrait of a family navigating hardship,” Rich Goldberg, co-President of Vertical Entertainment said in a statement.
- 4/3/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Big Hero 6 writer Jordan Roberts wrote, directed adventure story.
Vertical Entertainment has acquired Us rights to the adventure Burn Your Maps starring Jacob Tremblay, Vera Farmiga and Virginia Madsen. Warner Bros handles international distribution.
Vertical plans a theatrical release for the second quarter of the year on the story about a troubled family taken aback when the eight-year-old boy has an epiphany and believes he is a Mongolian goat herder.
Big Hero 6 writer Jordan Roberts directed from a screenplay he wrote based on the short story by Robyn Joy Leff.
Cinelou Films, Big Wheel Entertainment and Defender Films...
Vertical Entertainment has acquired Us rights to the adventure Burn Your Maps starring Jacob Tremblay, Vera Farmiga and Virginia Madsen. Warner Bros handles international distribution.
Vertical plans a theatrical release for the second quarter of the year on the story about a troubled family taken aback when the eight-year-old boy has an epiphany and believes he is a Mongolian goat herder.
Big Hero 6 writer Jordan Roberts directed from a screenplay he wrote based on the short story by Robyn Joy Leff.
Cinelou Films, Big Wheel Entertainment and Defender Films...
- 4/3/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Julie Kirkham, a studio executive and script consultant who produced such films as “Black Rain” and “Anna and the King,” died June 10. She was 61. She was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Kirkham, a graduate of Princeton University, broke into the industry as a script reader in the 1980s. She served as VP of production at Orion Pictures and then as Svp at Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender‘s production company, A Band Apart, and later at Lawrence Bender Productions. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2015 (Photos) She executive produced Ridley Scott‘s 1989 thriller “Black Rain” and co-produced 1999’s “Anna and the.
- 6/19/2015
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Julie Kirkham, a producer, teacher and former studio executive who went on to become one of Hollywood's great muses, has died. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma only a month ago, she died June 10 at her home in Santa Monica. She was 61. A graduate of Princeton University, Kirkham got her start in show business in the 1980s as a script reader and climbed the studio ranks to become VP Production at Orion Pictures. She later served as Svp at Lawrence Bender Productions. She…...
- 6/19/2015
- Deadline
Julie Kirkham, who produced such films as Cherry 2000, Black Rain and Anna and the King and served as an executive for Lawrence Bender and Quentin Tarantino, has died. She was 61. Kirkham died June 10 after recently being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, her friend, Black Rain screenwriter Craig Bolotin, said. Kirkham began as a script reader in Hollywood. She worked for Ray Stark Productions at Columbia Pictures as a development executive, shifted to TriStar Pictures and then became vice president production at Orion Pictures, the company behind the 1987 Melanie Griffith sci-fi film Cherry 2000. She later served as
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- 6/19/2015
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to the romantic comedy “3,2,1… Frankie go Boom,” written and directed by Jordan Roberts (“Around the Bend”). The SXSW Film Festival selection will open on VOD platforms in September, followed by a theatrical release in October through Variance Films. Charlie Hunnam, Chris O’Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Chris Noth, Whitney Cummings and Ron Perlman star in a raucous story about a man perpetually harassed by his brother, often on video, and the brokenhearted girl, sex tape and pig with which they get entangled. Marcel Langenegger, Pavlina Hatoupis and Katayoun Marciano produced the film; Elliott Lewitt and Julie Kirkham serve as executive producers. “‘3,2,1… Frankie Go Boom’ offers a hysterical and subversive look at love, family and the perils and possibilities of modern technology,” said Gravitas CEO Nolan Gallagher. “The performances and direction are first rate and we...
- 6/21/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Red Sea Media has acquired international sales rights to Jordan Roberts’ Frankie Go Boom, which it will launch at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Photos: The Scene at Sundance Film Festival 2012 The romantic comedy, which Roberts wrote and directed, stars Charlie Hunnam as a young man who’s continually humiliated by his brother, played by Chris O’Dowd. The film also stars Ron Perlman, Lizzy Caplan, Whitney Cummings and Chris Noth. It was produced by Pavlina Hatoupis, Marcel Langenegger and Katayoun A. Marciano, and exec produced by Elliot Lewitt and Julie Kirkham. “Jordan has created a wild and whimsical film that’s
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- 5/3/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- When I saw this bit of news that Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson would be starring in Fools Rush In I thought surely hell had frozen over. Could Hollywood possibly have gotten to the point where they were remaking the oeuvre of Matthew Perry? I’ll concede that Bloom has about as much appeal as Perry (read: little), I just couldn’t see Neeson filling the ample bosom ermm role of Salma Hayek – no offense to the Irish giant. All kidding aside the polar opposite talents have been cast in the adaptation of Bill Carter's autobiographical novel Fools Rush In. No doubt a name change is in the cards. Carter’s tome recounts his experiences working as an aid worker in Sarajevo during the Balkan War in 1992. In his determination to help the Bosnian Serbs, who eventually lost some 10,000 citizens (including 2,000 children) to the siege, he famously brought mega-band
- 8/14/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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