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Magnolia Acquires SXSW Pic ‘Drinking Buddies’

By JEN YAMATO | Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ 9:49am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Drinking Buddies, Joe Swanberg, Magnolia Pictures, SXSW

SXSW Drinking BuddiesDirector Joe Swanberg brought his most accessible film yet to SXSW this year, with name actors Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick SXSW 2013 Winnersand Ron Livingston starring in the relationship comedy about a pair of Chicago craft brewery co-workers whose platonic friendship veers toward flirtation. Magnolia Pictures has taken notice, acquiring North American distribution rights today. Drinking Buddies has a more traditional look than Swanberg’s previous mumblecore releases, with Beasts Of The Southern Wild DP Ben Richardson doing the lensing. The pic was entirely improvised as the cast worked from Swanberg’s outline. Here’s today’s release announcing the deal, which will see the pic hit theaters sometime this year:

New York, NY (March 19, 2013) – The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired North American distribution rights to writer-director Joe Swanberg’s DRINKING BUDDIES, starring Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston. Produced by Dark Arts’ Alicia Van Couvering and Andrea Roa; Burn Later’s Paul M. Bernon and Sam Slater; and Swanberg, the film premiered this month at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival. The film was executive produced by Mike Witherill, Ashley Bernon, Jessica Klapman, David Kaplan, Anish Savjani, and Wilde. Magnolia Pictures is planning a theatrical release for later this year. READ MORE »

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Joe Swanberg Makes Mainstream Bid With ‘Drinking Buddies’: SXSW

By JEN YAMATO | Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 8:31pm PDTTags: Drinking Buddies, Joe Swanberg, Olivia Wilde, SXSW

Back at SXSW to premiere his 14th feature, Drinking Buddies writer-director Joe Swanberg brought something new to the festival: A movie with name stars, a polished look, and mainstream sales potential. The relationship comedy stars Tron: Legacy‘s Olivia Wilde and New Girl‘s Jake Johnson as a pair of Chicagoan craft brewery co-workers whose platonic friendship veers toward flirtation. Ron Livingston and Anna Kendrick co-star as their respective significant others in the pic which marks Swanberg’s first modestly-budgeted (vs. micro-budgeted) feature.

SXSW Drinking BuddiesDrinking Buddies has a more traditional look than Swanberg’s previous mumblecore releases thanks to Beasts Of The Southern Wild DP Ben Richardson. It was entirely improvised as the cast worked from Swanberg’s outline. “Putting dialogue in somebody else’s mouth has always seemed strange to me. The writing process shifted to the editing, so that’s when the script gets written”, Swanberg explained after Saturday’s premiere. Read More »

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Olivia Wilde, Ron Livingston & Jake M. Johnson Join ‘Drinking Buddies’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday July 11, 2012 @ 12:07pm PDTTags: Drinking Buddies, Olivia Wilde, Ron Livingston

EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Wilde, Ron Livingston and Jake M. Johnson are now Drinking Buddies. The trio joins Anna Kendrick in the cast of Joe Swanberg’s indie … Read More »

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Anna Kendrick Joins ‘Drinking Buddies’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday July 10, 2012 @ 6:20pm PDTTags: Anna Kendrick, CAA, Drinking Buddies, Movie Casting

EXCLUSIVE: The actress has signed up for a lead role in the indie comedy. Anna Kendrick will start shooting Drinking Buddies in Chicago later this month. Joe Swanberg is directing. Andrea Roa, Anish Savajani and Alica … Read More »

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