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Hot Trailer: ‘Fruitvale Station’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday May 11, 2013 @ 12:11pm PDTTags: Fruitvale, Fruitvale Station, The Weinstein Co

Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights) stars in Fruitvale Station as Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old Bay Area man whose fatal 2009 shooting by Oakland BART police sparked outrage and protests against police brutality. The Weinstein Co. nabbed Ryan Coogler’s directorial debut out of Sundance for $2 million before it won the fest’s U.S. Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. Now the pic’s set for a July 12 release, eyeing awards season. Check out the trailer:

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Sundance Hit ‘Fruitvale’ Gets New Name

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 17, 2013 @ 2:20pm PDTTags: Fruitvale, Fruitvale Station, The Weinstein Company

The Weinstein Company picked up Fruitvale, about the fatal 2009 shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant on San Francisco’s BART by security guards, during the Sundance Festival for north of $2 million. It was one of the biggest … Read More »

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Forest Whitaker Takes Over Richard Pryor Biopic, Producing With Comic’s Widow

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 28, 2013 @ 9:59am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Forest Whitaker, Fruitvale, Jennifer Pryor, Richard Pryor
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from producing the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner Fruitvale, Forest Whitaker has taken over the nearly 20-year effort to bring the turbulent life of stand-up comedy legend Richard Pryor to the big screen. … Read More »

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Sundance Awards 2013: ‘Fruitvale’ & ‘Blood Brother’ Win Grand Jury; Dramatic Directing Goes To Jill Soloway Of ‘Afternoon Delight’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Saturday January 26, 2013 @ 7:31pm PSTTags: Fruitvale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute, Sundance Wrap-Up

Fruitvale and Blood Brother were the big winners tonight at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Awards. Fruitvale, about the fatal shooting of 22-year old Oscar Grant on San Francisco’s BART by security guards in 2009, won both the Grand Jury … Read More »

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Sundance: The Weinstein Company Acquires ‘Fruitvale’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 12:37pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Fruitvale, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up, The Weinstein Company
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: The Weinstein Company has confirmed Deadline’s break on this deal. Release appears below original story.

EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Weinstein is salting his Oscar arsenal for next year. After a heated auction with numerous bidders, The Weinstein Company is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Fruitvale for a bit north of $2 million, and a commitment for a big theatrical release. Deal covers English-speaking territories, I hear. The Ryan Coogler-directed drama is about the last day in the life of 22-year-old Oscar Grant before he was killed in a case that galvanized protests against police brutality in Oakland. It is the first big theatrical deal for Weinstein at the festival. The bidding on this one has been going hot and heavy since last night with multiple distributors. Weinstein got into exclusive deal talks after late-hour negotiating that also included Fox Searchlight, Paramount Pictures, Focus Features and CBS Films.

Related: Sundance: Is ‘Fruitvale’ This Year’s ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’? Read More »

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Sundance: Is ‘Fruitvale’ This Year’s ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’? 7-Figure Auction To Be Decided Monday Morning

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 3:02am PSTTags: Fox Searchlight, Fruitvale, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up, The Weinstein Company
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Fruitvale, the Ryan Coogler-directed drama about the last day in the life of 22-year-old Oscar Grant before he was killed in a case that galvanized protests against police brutality in Oakland, is at the center of a multi-distributor auction that will be wrapped up first thing Monday morning at Sundance. I’m hearing that the deal will be worth just north of a $2 million minimum guarantee with commitments for screen commitments and a theatrical release, with P&A. The suitors in the mix at this late hour are led by The Weinstein Company and Fox Searchlight, with Paramount Pictures and Focus Features in the mix. Read More »

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