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Film Arcade And Paramount Team On Sundance Comedy ‘A.C.O.D.’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 16, 2013 @ 8:52am PDTTags: A.C.O.D., Paramount Pictures, Sundance Film Festival, The Film Arcade

April 16, 2013 – The Film Arcade and Paramount Home Media Distribution announced today the acquisition of the breakout Sundance comedy A.C.O.D. The Film Arcade will release the film theatrically throughout North America and Paramount Home Media Distribution will manage domestic home entertainment, television licensing and digital distribution, as well as all international distribution.

A.C.O.D., which comedically explores the world of Adult Children of Divorce, marks the directorial debut of Stuart Zicherman (creator of J.J. Abrams/ABC’s “Six Degrees”), who co-wrote the script with Ben Karlin, a producer and writer on “Modern Family” and previously on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”. The film features an all-star cast of comedic talent including Adam Scott (“Parks and Recreation”, Friends with Kids), Richard Jenkins (Step Brothers), Catherine O’Hara (For Your Consideration), Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”), Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four), Jane Lynch (“Glee”), Clark Duke (“The Office”) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs the World). Teddy Schwarzman’s Black Bear Pictures (Broken City, upcoming At Any Price) fully financed A.C.O.D. and Schwarzman produced the film alongside Karlin and Tim Perell. READ MORE »

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Amy Poehler Joins ‘Parks And Recreation’ Cohort Adam Scott In Feature ‘A.C.O.D.’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 12:07pm PSTTags: A.C.O.D., Adam Scott, Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Poehler is in final negotiations to join the Black Bear Pictures comedy A.C.O.D. She will star in the film alongside her Parks and Recreation co-star Adam Scott. Directed by Stu Zicherman, the comedy focuses on a young man … Read More »

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins ‘A.C.O.D.’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 11:43am PSTTags: A.C.O.D., Black Bear Pictures, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

EXCLUSIVE: Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been added to a cast with the previously announced Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins and Jane Lynch in the comedy directed by Stuart Zicherman and based on a script from Zicherman … Read More »

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‘Glee’s Jane Lynch Joins Indie Film Comedy

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 10, 2012 @ 4:20pm PSTTags: A.C.O.D., Black Bear Pictures, Glee, Jane Lynch
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Glee star Jane Lynch has boarded Black Bear Pictures’ feature film A.C.O.D. She joins Richard Jenkins and Adam Scott in the Stuart Zicherman-directed comedy which Zicherman wrote with Ben Karlin. Karlin is the co-creator of The Colbert Report and long time exec producer of The Daily Show who most recently got a Golden Globes nomination for producing 50/50. Teddy Schwarzman is producing and fully financing the project through his Black Bear Pictures’ shingle. Karlin and Tim Perell will also produce. Read More »

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Richard Jenkins Joins Divorce Comedy ‘A.C.O.D.’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 7, 2011 @ 8:03am PSTTags: A.C.O.D., Adam Scott, Ben Karlin, Richard Jenkins, Stuart Zicherman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Jenkins has joined A.C.O.D. (Adult Children Of Divorce), the Stuart Zicherman-directed film for Black Bear Pictures. Ben Karlin (50/50) wrote the script with Zicherman and Teddy Schwarzman, Karlin and Tim Perell are producing. The film centers on a … Read More »

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