Sentences with phrase «heated bidding war»

We even learned it has become standard practice for buyers in hot housing markets to waive home inspection and other contingencies in their offers, while participating in heated bidding wars.

Every once in a while, a factory - fresh car emerges with barely any miles on the odometer, causing well - heeled enthusiasts to wage heated bidding wars.

At Christie's, Piney Woods Nurse (2002) sold for $ 6,089,000, after a rather heated bidding war, to London dealer Jay Jopling.

Jessica Chastain's female spy thriller «355» sparked a heated bidding war, with Universal emerging as the victor in an eight - figure deal.

Acquired by Amazon Studios for $ 12 million after a heated bidding war, «The Big Sick» is drawn from the life of «Silicon Valley» actor Kumail Nanjiani, who stars as a younger (but present - day) version of himself.

Following a heated bidding war, STX Entertainment is nearing a deal to acquire Ilya Naishuller's «Hardcore,» an ultra-violent action movie starring Sharlto Copley and Haley Bennett, TheWrap has learned.

Of all the films at this year's festival, none received more love / hate than Brigsby Bear, so of course Sony Pictures Classics acquired it for $ 5 million after a heated bidding war.

The studio won a heated bidding war with several other studios for this thriller about an American family who are in the middle of an Asian coup.

Amazon nabbed the spec last winter after a heated bidding war.

The deal resulted in a heated bidding war, with Universal beating out Fox and Paramount.

The Weinstein Company picked up the movie for $ 2 million after a heated bidding war, and I would expect a release sometime later this year.

Of course, this isn't the first time that the studio paid so much for a Sundance darling — in 2006, they won a heated bidding war to acquire the rights to «Little Miss Sunshine» — and the two movies are very similar in the way that they effortlessly transition between comedy and drama.

«Wool» was one of Hollywood's hottest projects when 20th Century Fox acquired the property in a heated bidding war back in 2012.

After a heated bidding war, a major publisher bought the rights to his first two books.

Art Stars and Regular Stars Swanned at Watermill — This year's Watermill Benefit, done in concert with Artspace, lured an impressive crowd including Lady Gaga (who won a heated bidding war for a Marina Abramovic work), Josephine Meckseper, Cindy Sherman, Winona Ryder, and others.