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Toronto: Magnolia Lands Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy ‘God Bless America’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 2:30pm PDTTags: Film Acquisition, Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Pictures, Midnight Madness, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures is closing a world rights deal for God Bless America, the Bobcat Goldthwait-directed killing spree comedy. The film premiered over the weekend in the Midnight Madness program. I’ve heard it’s a high six figure deal and that Magnolia will release through Magnet, and the film will be an Ultra VOD title in 2012. That means it will start as a premium VOD title, then play theatrically in at least 25 cities.

Satire is about a guy who has nothing going right and could be terminally ill. He takes a gun and decides to kill the stupidest, cruelest and most repugnant members of society, assisted by a 16-year-old accomplice. Joel Murray plays the shooter, and Tara Lynn Barr plays the sidekick. Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta are the producers. Cassian Elwes and Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina and Christine D’Souza brokered the deal.

It is the second deal in the last 24 hours for the Mark Cuban- and Todd Wagner-owned company, which acquired the hockey comedy Goon last night.

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Toronto Update: IFC Midnight Buying Midnight Madness Title ‘The Incident’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 10:54am PDTTags: IFC, IFC Midnight, Midnight Madness, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that IFC Midnight is finalizing a U.S. distribution rights deal for The Incident, the horror title that created a stir when a couple of audience members responded to the hardcore scenes by fainting. IFC Midnight … Read More »

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Toronto: Midnight Madness Title ‘The Raid’ Gets New Soundtrack

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 12:25pm PDTTags: Linkin Park, Midnight Madness, The Raid, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

The Raid, which had its Midnight Madness screening last night, is getting a soundtrack overhaul. Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has been hired to create a new musical score for a film that was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide … Read More »

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Toronto Fest Fills Out Slate With Genre And Documentary Films

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 3, 2011 @ 8:15am PDTTags: 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Midnight Madness
Mike Fleming

The 2011 Toronto Film Festival has filled out its fest slate with the genre fare of its Midnight Madness program, and foreign, kidfare and documentary offerings. Among the highlights: the Masters program will unveil the Wim Wenders-directed Pina; the Jafar … Read More »

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