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ATO Pictures Buys James Marsh’s ‘Shadow Dancer’: Sundance

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 27, 2012 @ 9:23pm PSTTags: ATO Pictures, James Marsh

ATO Pictures has acquired all North American rights to director James Marsh’s Shadow Dancer. It stars Andrea Riseborough (Wallis Simpson in W.E.) and Clive Owen. Screenplay was written by Tom Bradby and is based on his novel. Riseborough plays a woman who’s forced to betray her beliefs and spy on members of her family to protect her son in 1993 Northern Ireland. Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen and Domhnall Gleeson co star. Shadow Dancer is Marsh’s third film to bow at Sundance. He also directed the documentaries Project Nim and Man On Wire. Produced by Chris Coen of Unanimous Entertainment, Shadow Dancer is also screening at the Berlin Film Festival. Exec producers are Joe Oppenheimer, Brahim Chioua, Norman Merry, Vincent Maraval, Tom Bradby and Rita Dagher. ATO head of acquisitions Sarah Lash negotiated the deal with CAA who represented the producers.

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Toronto: ATO Pictures Acquires ‘Last Call At The Oasis’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 21, 2011 @ 8:19am PDTTags: ATO Pictures, Josh Braun, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

ATO Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Participant Media’s Last Call at the Oasis, the Jessica Yu-directed film that premiered at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival. The documentary is about the global water crisis, the role that water plays in … Read More »

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TOLDJA! ATO Pictures Acquires ‘Thin Ice’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 19, 2011 @ 10:10am PDTTags: Alan Arkin, ATO Pictures, Billy Crudup, Greg Kinnear, The Convincer
Mike Fleming

Back in March, Deadline broke the story that ATO Pictures was near a deal to acquire US rights to The Convincer, the Karen Sprecher-directed dark comedy that made its debut at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The distributor has changed the title to Thin Ice, but has just confirmed the deal. Here’s the official announcement:

New York, NY (July 19, 2011) – ATO (Art Takes Over) Pictures announced today that it has acquired U.S. theatrical rights to THIN ICE (formerly titled THE CONVINCER) starring Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup, Lea Thompson, David Harbour and Bob Balaban.

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Sundance Film ‘The Convincer’ Nears ATO Distribution Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 8:50am PDTTags: Alan Arkin, ATO Pictures, Billy Crudup, George Hickenlooper, Greg Kinnear, The Convincer
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The impressive volume of distribution deals for 2011 Sundance Film Festival fare is about to expand again. I’m told that ATO Pictures is wrapping up a deal for US rights to The Convincer, the Karen Sprecher-directed dark comedy that … Read More »

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And In Other Film Deals…

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 8:26am PDTTags: ATO Pictures, Casino Jack, John C. Reilly, Kevin Spacey, Movie Deals, Movies
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Kennedy/Marshall will try to turn the life of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger into a feature film. They’ve optioned life rights of the pilot who landed his jumbo jet in the Hudson River after the engines stalled when the plane hit a flock of birds on takeoff. He saved … Read More »

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TORONTO: ATO Rolls Dice On ‘Casino Jack’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 9, 2010 @ 7:36am PDTTags: ATO Pictures, Casino Jack, George Hickenlooper, Kevin Spacey
Mike Fleming

Casino Jack, the drama that stars Kevin Spacey as disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has a new home. ATO Pictures has acquired US theatrical rights to a film which was orphaned when its original distributor, Metropolitan, failed to meet its commitments … Read More »

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