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Protagonist To Proffer John Michael McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’: Berlin

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday February 9, 2012 @ 3:31am PSTTags: Brendan Gleeson, John Michael McDonagh, Protagonist Pictures

Protagonist Pictures has taken on international sales for Reprisal Films’ Calvary from The Guard director John Michael McDonagh. McDonagh also wrote the screenplay for the blackly comic drama about a good priest tormented by his community. The director reteams here with his Guard star Brendan Gleeson along with Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes) and Aidan Gillen (Shadow Dancer). Chris Clark and Flora Fernandez Marengo of Reprisal are producing. Elizabeth Eves will serve as co-producer. The film is slated to shoot from late summer this year. McDonagh is nominated for a BAFTA award this Sunday for his Guard screenplay.

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Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Acquires ‘The Guard’ With Brendan Gleeson

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday January 25, 2011 @ 2:03pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, John Michael McDonagh, Sundance Film Deals, Sundance Film Festival, The Guard
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics has closed a 7-figure deal for U.S. and Latin American distribution rights to The Guard, the Irish action comedy written and directed by John Michael McDonagh. The film premiered last Thursday and multiple distributors have been … Read More »

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Sundance: Screenings Start Very Sloooow; Buyers Circle ‘The Guard’ With Don Cheadle

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 21, 2011 @ 8:04pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Dealmaking, 2011 Sundance Film Festival, 2011 Sundance Films, John Michael McDonagh, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Movies, Pariah, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Sceenings, The Guard
Mike Fleming

On the second day of Sundance, buyers were beginning to get antsy. The first screenings generated moderate interest, but buyers haven’t loved anything and only liked a few films. So far, the consensus is that the unveiled crop of films can’t be released on a high screen count. Deals will be … Read More »

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