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Sundance: ‘Margin Call’ To Roadside Attractions And Lionsgate

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday January 23, 2011 @ 8:43am PSTTags: Cassian Elwes, Howard Cohen, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Lionsgate, Margin Call, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Rena Ronson, Roadside Attractions, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Sundance, UTA, Zachary Quinto
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The JC Chandor-directed drama Margin Call sold to Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate after an all night bargaining session. The film stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell and Stanley Tucci. That cast alone had buyers circling the modestly-budgeted film because of its ancillary prospects. Talk last night had the film in the low-seven figure range, and plans for a theatrical release that’s described as a joint release between the companies. I haven’t heard deal figures yet, but the film becomes the second Sundance sale, after Like Crazy sold to Paramount and Indian Paintbrush.

The Margin Call deal was brokered by Cassian Elwes and UTA’s Rena Ronson, with Roadside’s Howard Cohen and Lionsgate’s Steve Beeks. The film premieres Tuesday night at the Eccles. Chandor wrote the script, which takes place in a 24-hour period at the start of the financial collapse of 2008. A group of characters at a financial firm make decisions that have moral implications as the firm teeters on the brink of collapse. Myriad Pictures is selling international, and brokered many of those deals at AFM.

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‘Margin Call’ Director J.C. Chandor Snags Big Warner Bros Writing Gig From DiCaprio

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 13, 2010 @ 2:47pm PDTTags: Demi Moore, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio Appian Way, Margin Call, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci
Mike Fleming

TORONTO: JC Chandor, who just wrapped writing and directing the indie financial crisis thriller Margin Call, has made a two-picture writing deal at Warner Bros. His first project: Portofino, an international thriller for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way that is a potential vehicle for the star. Meanwhile, Margin Call is creating buzz in Toronto … Read More »

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Jeremy Irons Answers The ‘Margin Call’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 6, 2010 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: Demi Moore, Indie, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Margin Call, Mary McDonnell, Myriad Pictures, New York, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Wall Street, Zachary Quinto
Mike Fleming

jeremy-irons-20080715-436952Jeremy Irons is the final piece of an impressive cast for Margin Call, the indie film by director JC Chandor that is shooting in New York City. Irons is the chief executive of a financial firm in a 24-hour period during … Read More »

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