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Cannes: Vertical Revs Up With Josh Duhamel-Dan Fogler Pic ‘Scenic Route’

By JEN YAMATO | Friday May 17, 2013 @ 10:58am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Josh Duhamel, Scenic Route, Vertical Entertainment

Scenic Route Vertical EntertainmentEXCLUSIVE: It didn’t take long for Vertical Entertainment to score at Cannes. The newbie indie distributor snapped up U.S. rights to Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven, Transformers) and Dan Fogler (Balls Of Fury, Kung Fu Panda) as road-tripping buddies whose friendship is tested when they’re stranded in the desert. Co-helmers Kevin and Michael Goetz directed from a screenplay by Kyle Killen (The Beaver). The pic first premiered at SXSW. Vertical is planning an August theatrical bow, supplemented by digital/VOD and home video releases. The pick-up aligns with Vertical’s strategy to acquire and release a yearly slate of two dozen $5M-10M genre and family films anchored by name stars.
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Hot Trailer: SXSW Premiere ‘Scenic Route’

By JEN YAMATO | Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ 4:07pm PSTTags: Josh Duhamel, Scenic Route, SXSW

EXCLUSIVE: The SXSW sales climate is no Sundance, but last year more than two dozen features struck deals out of the annual Austin festival. Kevin and Michael Goetz’s thriller Scenic Route is one SXSW 2013 pic that … Read More »

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