Also in Tuesday afternoon's round up of news briefs, Magnolia Pictures and Strand Releasing each pick up a 2012 Tribeca Film Festival title, while Monique Gabriela Curnen and Kathy Baker join an indie thriller. Marina Abramovic nabs a French festival prize, Mark Cuban gives his two cents at a producers conference over the weekend and what to do about those pesky website responses? The British have an answer.
Magnolia Pictures Nabs U.S. Rights to �vocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
The documentary about the seminal talk show host is directed by Ironbound Films? Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger. Downey exploded made a splash onto the late ?80s talk show circuit, uprooting the traditional format by turning debate of current issues into a brouhaha, earning the title ?Father of Trash Television.?�The film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, will be released theatrically by Magnolia in the first quarter of 2013.
Tribeca's Yossi Heads to Strand Releasing
North American rights to Tribeca Film Festival debut Yossi are going to Strand Releasing. The follow up to the successful Yossi & Jagger, the film follows the main character, Yossi played again by Ohad Knoller as he lives a solitary existence as a workaholic doctor in Tel Aviv. Strand's Jon Gerrans negotiated the deal with Films Distribution?s Nicolas Brigaud-Robert.
Monique Gabriela Curnen and Kathy Baker Join Model Home
The actresses have joined indie the indie thriller to be directed by Patrick Cunningham. Cunningham co-wrote the screenplay, which marks his feature debut, with William Frank. The story explores the little-known practice of ?live-in staging,? where recently evicted families are recruited to live in unsold properties.
Marina Abramovic Takes Top Prize at 1st Champs-Elys�es Film Festival
The Sundance world premiere won the audience prize for feature-length film from…
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