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TOLDJA! Sony Pictures Classics Deal For ‘Hysteria’ Climaxes

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 10, 2011 @ 3:37pm PSTTags: Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett, Sony Pictures Classics, Tanya Wexler
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Deadline revealed September 30 that Sony Pictures Classics would acquire Hysteria, the film that covers the accidental discovery of the vibrator. SPC has just issued this official announcement of the deal:

NEW YORK (November 10, 2011) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all US and South African rights to HYSTERIA. The film is directed by Tanya Wexler from a script by the team of Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer. A trio of women produced HYSTERIA- Forthcoming Films’ Sarah Curtis (MANSFIELD PARK, HER MAJESTY MRS. BROWN), Informant Media’s Judy Cairo (CRAZY HEART), and Beachfront Films’ Tracey Becker (FINDING NEVERLAND).

The film stars Academy Award® nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal (CRAZY HEART, NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS) and Hugh Dancy (ADAM, CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC) alongside Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, and Felicity Jones and had its World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

HYSTERIA, a mischievously inspired romantic comedy, is based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world’s first electro-mechanical vibrator in the name of medical science.

“HYSTERIA is meant to be both funny and smart. It’s really a movie that says you are in charge of your own happiness,” says Director Wexler. “Sony Classics is the perfect company to unleash HYSTERIA into American movie theatres. They understand ‘smart and funny’ movies better than anyone else out there. They are just what the doctor ordered.”

“HYSTERIA is a winner on all counts. It is funny, fresh and warm. From director Tanya Wexler’s expert filmmaking to her accomplished production team (sets, costumes and cinematography are all impressive) to the great performances from the entire cast (Maggie Gyllenhal is at an all-time career best here), this is a movie audiences will embrace in a major way,” says Sony Pictures Classics.

The deal was negotiated by Cassian Elwes, with Elsa Ramo representing the producers.

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Toronto: Sony Pictures Landing ‘Hysteria’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 30, 2011 @ 1:10pm PDTTags: Christoph Waltz, Felicity Jones, Hugh Dancy, Hysteria, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Winslet, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Barker, Roman Polanski, Rupert Everett, Sony Pictures Classics, Tanya Wexler, Tom Bernard, Yasmina Reza
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that Sony Pictures Classics is near a deal to distribute Hysteria, the Tanya Wexler-directed romantic comedy based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world’s first electro-mechanical vibrator as an advance in … Read More »

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Toronto: Her Hot Button Film In Play, ‘Hysteria’ Helmer Tanya Wexler Signs With WME

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 12:47pm PDTTags: Felicity Jones, Hugh Dancy, Hysteria, Jonathan Pryce, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett, Tanya Wexler, WME
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Tanya Wexler. She’s the director of Hysteria, the 2011 Toronto Film Festival drama about the invention of the vibrator. The buzz is that film is in hot pursuit by suitors that include Sony Pictures Classics, Samuel … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Hysteria’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 16, 2011 @ 3:35pm PDTTags: Felicity Jones, Hugh Dancy, Hysteria, Jonathan Pryce, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Movie Trailers, Tanya Wexler, Toronto Film Festival

Hysteria is Tanya Wexler’s UK romantic comedy that revolves (among other things) around the invention of the vibrator during the Victorian age — apparently the device was used as a science-based antidote to certain mental maladies before it was discovered to have, well, ancillary value. Hugh Dancy and Maggie … Read More »

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Maggie Gyllenhaal And Viola Davis Lead Walden’s ‘Still I Rise’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 10, 2011 @ 8:03am PDTTags: Daniel Barnz, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mark Johnson, Michael Bostick, Tanya Wexler, Viola Davis, Walden Media
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EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media has has set a May 23 start in Pittsburgh on Still I Rise, the working title of a drama that will star Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis. Daniel Barnz, who most recently directed Beastly, will helm the … Read More »

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