NEW YORK -- Picturehouse and New Line International have nabbed all international rights to the comedy performance documentary Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights -- Hollywood to the Heartland.
Ari Sandel's film, produced by Vaughn, follows the actor as he leads a team of unknown comics on a monthlong tour across the U.S. In addition to showcasing stage performances with such guests as Justin Long and Dwight Yoakam, the film takes a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of Vaughn and comedians Bret Ernst, Ahmed Ahmed, Sebastian Maniscalco and John Caparulo.
The pickup comes seven months after the Weinstein Co. purchased the feature for $2.5 million-$3.5 million at the Toronto International Film Festival. After tentatively slating the film for a spring release, the company put the project back up for sale with UTA a month ago. A source close to the deal said the new purchase was slightly below $2.5 million, with a larger allocation of the money put toward marketing.
Ari Sandel's film, produced by Vaughn, follows the actor as he leads a team of unknown comics on a monthlong tour across the U.S. In addition to showcasing stage performances with such guests as Justin Long and Dwight Yoakam, the film takes a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of Vaughn and comedians Bret Ernst, Ahmed Ahmed, Sebastian Maniscalco and John Caparulo.
The pickup comes seven months after the Weinstein Co. purchased the feature for $2.5 million-$3.5 million at the Toronto International Film Festival. After tentatively slating the film for a spring release, the company put the project back up for sale with UTA a month ago. A source close to the deal said the new purchase was slightly below $2.5 million, with a larger allocation of the money put toward marketing.
- 4/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- During the Toronto International Film Festival's frenetic first weekend, MGM preemptively nabbed all rights to Werner Herzog's much-anticipated Vietnam War drama Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale. Many distributors did not even get a shot at the film, which MGM claimed as its own before the movie's Saturday world premiere. Meanwhile, the Weinstein Co. was busy, showing its love for the teen horror flick All The Boys Love Mandy Lane by picking up all worldwide rights for $3.5 million, as well as the the comedy documentary Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights--Hollywood to the Heartland, which it acquired for $2.5-$3.5 million. In a strange echo of last year's tug-at-war over the acquisition of Thank You for Smoking, which wound up being released by Fox Searchlight, the negotiations for Rescue were conducted by neophyte producers who didn't necessarily follow normal acquisition protocols. Rookie producers Steve Marlton, a nightclub owner, and Elton Brand, Los Angeles Clippers basketball star, hired Endeavor Independent head Graham Taylor to whip up a buyers' frenzy in Toronto.
- 9/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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