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Magnolia Acquires ‘A Hijacking’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 15, 2012 @ 6:56am PSTTags: A Hijacking, Big Deals Film, Magnolia
Mike Fleming

Magnolia has acquired North American rights from TrustNordisk on the Tobias Lindholm-directed A Hijacking. The film premiered at Venice and Toronto.  The deal was negotiated between Susan Wendt, Head of Sales at TrustNordisk and Magnolia’s SVP of Acquisitions, Dori Begley.

The film will be released second quarter of 2013. It stars Pilou Asbæk and Dar Salim and focuses on the human consequences of modern piracy. The starting point comes when the cargo ship MV Rozen is captured by Somali pirates. Amongst the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death.

Said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles: “A Hijacking is a strikingly intelligent, thrilling and timely film, and Tobias Lindholm is a talent to be reckoned with.”

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Magnolia’s Magnet Picks Up Midnight Title ‘V/H/S:’ Sundance

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 1:40am PSTTags: Magnolia, Sundance, V/H/S
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Magnolia Pictures genre label Magnet Releasing has completed an acquisition of V/H/S, the Midnight movie thriller. Deal was low seven figures for North American rights. V/H/S is about a group of misfits hired by an unknown third party to … Read More »

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Magnolia Acquires Sundance Pic ‘Tucker & Dale Vs Evil’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 8, 2011 @ 9:04am PDTTags: Magnolia
Mike Fleming

 

New York, NY – June 8, 2011 – The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today they have acquired US rights to TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL, perhaps the most commercial and beloved undistributed horror

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Sundance: Participant Media, Magnolia Team For New York Times Docu ‘Page One’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 24, 2011 @ 1:23pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Andrew Rossi, Brian Stelter, Magnolia, New York Times, New York Times Page One Documentary, Participant Media, Sundance Film Deals, Sundance Film Festival
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Participant Media and Magnolia are partnering on the U.S. distribution rights to Andrew Rossi’s Page One. Deal was mid-six figures and a commitment for a strong theatrical release. Participant will provide the backing it did past documentary successes Food … Read More »

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