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EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has acquired the U.S. rights to the Miramax and 6th & Idaho sci-fi thriller Mother/Android starring Chloë Grace Moretz. The streamer will premiere the movie at some point this year. The pic, which reps Mattson Tomlin’s feature directorial debut, is set in the near future and follows Georgia (Chloë…

EXCLUSIVE: MarVista Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights for the indie coming of age pic The Miseducation of Bindu directed by Prarthana Mohan and executive produced by Jay and Mark Duplass. The young adult feature stars Megan Suri (Atypical, The Brink), David Arquette (Scream franchise, Never Been Kissed)…

IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to Sonia Kennebeck's (National Bird) documentary thriller Enemies of the State which is executive produced by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War). The docu will be released this summer. Enemies of the State, which made its world premiere at…

EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Amazon Studios is in negotiations for Fuel, a pitch for an action vehicle movie for Lovecraft Country star Jurnee Smollett. She is attached to produce with Lovecraft Country EP Misha Green. The script will be written by Kat Wood. The plan is to develop this as a vehicle for Smollett…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment said Monday that it has acquired North American rights to Every Breath You Take, a psychological thriller directed by Vaughn Stein that stars Casey Affleck, Sam Claflin, Michelle Monaghan, Veronica Ferres and India Eisley. The pic will now get a U.S. theatrical release and Premium VOD…

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has acquired Masquerade, a thriller written and directed by Shane Dax Taylor and starring Bella Thorne. The deal struck with XYZ Films is for North American, UK and Ireland rights, and the pic will now get a day-and-day release in the U.S later this year. Bleiberg Entertainment is handling…

EXCLUSIVE: Decal, the newly formed home entertainment distributor from Neon and Bleecker Street, has secured the North American rights to Gaia, a South African horror-thriller directed by Jaco Bouwer. The pic, which is set to debut in the Midnight section of the upcoming virtual SXSW this month, is slated for a…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Giants Being Lonely, the coming-of-age drama that had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. The pic, which marked the feature debut for mixed media artist Grear Patterson, will now bow April 6 day-and-day in theaters and on demand. Jack…

EXCLUSIVE: After a competitive situation, Annapurna has successfully optioned the rights to bestselling author Sarah Gailey's most recent novel The Echo Wife and is adapting the book as a feature film. Gailey will executive produce the project alongside Annapurna. In The Echo Wife, brilliant scientist Evelyn Caldwell…

Sony and Higher Ground Productions will have its Kevin Hart drama Fatherhood released on Netflix on Friday June 18, just before Father’s Day. Note this is a licensing deal, not a full on acquisition of the movie by Netflix. It’s a similar deal that Sony has cut with Hulu on Happiest Season and AppleTV+…

Entertainment Squad has picked up the North American rights to Paper Spiders, a comedy-drama from director by Inon Shampanier. Lili Taylor, Stefania LaVie Owen, Ian Nelson and Peyton List star in the indie film, which will be released in select theaters on Mother's Day weekend and will be available to rent and own on…

Screen Media has acquired U.S. rights to Eat Wheaties!, Scott Abramovitch's comedy that stars Tony Hale along with Paul Walter Hauser, Danielle Brooks, Lamorne Morris, Robbie Amell, David Walton, Sarah Burns, Elisha Cuthbert, Sarah Chalke, Sarah Goldberg and Alan Tudyk. It now will hit theaters and on-demand on April…