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The Birth of a Nation, which takes and twists its title from D.W. Griffith's 1915 KKK film of the same name, won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Festival; Fox Searchlight acquired the distribution rights to the biopic for $ 17.5 million, a record for the film festival.

The documentary made a big impression on audiences and studio exeutives as well; Fox Searchlight acquired remake rights shortly after its release, and plans to turn it into a narrative feature.

Earlier today Sony Pictures Classics picked up the Rashida Jones comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever and Fox Searchlight acquired...

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Not exact matches

The distributor's 2016 slate will include the buzzy 19th century slavery drama The Birth of a Nation, for which Fox Searchlight just paid a record $ 17.5 million to acquire at Sundance.

Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the comedy «Mistress America,» directed by Baumbach and cowritten by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig.

Disney recently acquired the majority of assets from 21st Century Fox, including Fox Searchlight, the studio behind many acclaimed movies - including «The Shape of Water.»

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl has already garnered some of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival's most enthusiastic reviews, but now Fox Searchlight & Indian Paintbrush have made a massive move to acquire the comedy - of - age comedy.

Fox Searchlight originally acquired screen rights in 2013 to Rock Star.

This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where it was acquired by Fox Searchlight, who's planning on bringing Another Earth to limited theaters starting on July 22nd this summer.

The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood films), and / or documentary films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018 distribution by an independent distributor (including STX Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).

These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of 20th Century Fox Film: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios.

OddLot also produced The Way, Way Back, a comedic drama from Academy Award ® - winning writers Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, which was acquired by Fox Searchlight at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was released in theatres on July 5, 2013.

HollywoodNews.com: Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to the suspenseful drama MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE.

Sierra / Affinity is handling international sales for the project for territories outside those acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

All eyes are on Fox Searchlight as the indie unit heads into its first Sundance Film Festival this week since Disney announced plans to acquire 20th Century Fox's film and TV assets.

Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired US rights to JACKIE, directed by Pablo Larraín (NO; NERUDA) and written by Noah Oppenheim, from LD Entertainment.

hollywoodnews.com: Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced today that the company has acquired most worldwide rights to the film HOMEWORK.

Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired rights to North America as well as most major territories to the heartfelt comedy THE WAY, WAY BACK.

HollywoodNews.com: Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to the inspirational true story THE SURROGATE.

Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to the existential drama I ORIGINS.

Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired U.S. rights as well as select international territories to the blackly comedic drama CALVARY.

PARK CITY, UT January 26, 2011 — Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced today that the company has acquired rights to English speaking territories for the emotionally charged sci - fi drama ANOTHER EARTH.

Both «Three Billboards» and «The Shape of Water» were in - house productions for Searchlight, which has in recent years put more focus into growing its own movies rather than acquiring them at festivals.

IFC Films acquired North American rights to the Ewan McGregor and Eva Green romantic thriller Perfect Sense, Sony Pictures Classics acquired the action comedy The Guard starring Don Cheadle and Brendan Gleeson, and Fox Searchlight snatched up the sci - fi drama Another Earth starring William Mapother and Brit Marling.

LOS ANGELES, CA July 16, 2013 — Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to Oscar nominated writer Nick Hornby's (AN EDUCATION, High Fidelity) adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's NY Times # 1 best - seller Wild, the book that re-launched Oprah's Book Club 2.0.

Fox Searchlight paid $ 17.5 m — the highest price tag in Sundance history — to acquire Nate Parker's slave uprising drama Birth of a Nation, which, in the high altitude, was prematurely hailed as a can't - miss Oscar contender.

HollywoodNews.com: Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced today that the company has acquired U.S. rights from River Road Entertainment to the epic drama «The Tree of Life.»

EXCLUSIVE: In a record - breaking deal for the Sundance Film Festival, Fox Searchlight is wrapping up a deal to pay around $ 17.5 million to acquire world rights for The Birth Of A Nation.

The film would be a prime candidate for any distributor looking to bolster its awards season slate, as Fox Searchlight did last year when it acquired Pablo Larraín's «Jackie» out of the festival, and went on to earn an Oscar nomination for star Natalie Portman.

Now Anne Thompson reports that Searchlight, and several others, have been beaten to the punch by Sony Pictures Classics, who have acquired the North American -LSB-...]

These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Animation.

Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired North American rights to the film «Youth,» starring Oscar winners Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz and Jane Fonda, and plans to release it later this year.

It's an appealing backstory and one that probably helped motivate Fox Searchlight Pictures to acquire this film for a record $ 17.5 million at Sundance.

The tale of a poor Jersey girl seeking success as a rapper, Patti Cake $ has been acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures for worldwide distribution.

Now Anne Thompson reports that Searchlight, and several others, have been beaten to the punch by Sony Pictures Classics, who have acquired the North American rights for $ 3 million:

Theatrical exhibition is dying, Fox is disappearing into the Disney fold — indie arm Fox Searchlight is operating «business as usual» this year, but it could very well be their last — and Netflix, driver of big deals in the recent past, has 80 films of their own slated already, so no one knows how much they're really looking to acquire (they were relatively quiet at TIFF last fall).

«The Birth of a Nation» Sells to Fox Searchlight for $ 17.5 Million Fox Searchlight closed a record - breaking deal to acquire worldwide rights to Nate Parker's «Birth of a Nation» for $ 17.5 million, which is believed to be the most paid for any film in Sundance history.

Fox Searchlight has acquired worldwide rights to the comedy Mistress America, starring Greta Gerwig and newcomer Lola Kirke and directed by Oscar - nominated helmer Noah Baumbach.

«A Birth of a Nation» Sells to Fox Searchlight Fox Searchlight closed a record - breaking deal to acquire worldwide rights to Nate Parker's «Birth of a Nation» for $ 17.5 million, which is believed to be the most paid for any film in Sundance history.

It's now been reported that Fox Searchlight have acquired his MISTRESS AMERICA, which played the Toronto International Film Festival 2014 and is set to hit Sundance at the end of the month.