Sundance 2019
Leaving Neverland to air on Channel 4 this March
February 11, 2019 | David FarnorLeaving Neverland officially has a UK TV release date, with the Sundance documentary set to premiere on Channel 4 this March.
The Michael Jackson film, which is directed by Dan Reed, premiered in Utah last month, and sparked a wave … Read More
Extremely Wicked: Netflix nabs US rights to Zac Efron Ted Bundy drama
February 5, 2019 | David FarnorLet it never be said that Netflix doesn’t know what it customers want – and, in the case of 2019, it turns out that is “Ted Bundy”. Hot off the heels of its own Conversations with a Killer docuseries about … Read More
Amazon acquires Sundance award winner One Child Nation
February 4, 2019 | David FarnorThe Sundance Film Festival may be over for 2019, but Amazon hasn’t quite finished its spending spree, with one more film on its shopping list: One Child Nation.
The film, directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, follows Wang’s 2016 … Read More
Amazon’s Brittany Runs a Marathon leads Sundance 2019 Audience Awards
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorAfter 10 days and 121 feature films, the 2019 Sundance Film Festival officially draws to a close today, and after a quiet year in 2018, this year has seen the return of major spending sprees from Amazon Studios, Netflix, HBO … Read More
Sundance: HBO snaps up Share and Native Son
February 3, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon has stolen the show at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, acquiring what can only be described as “a lot” of movies, some of them at record-setting prices. But HBO has also been busy quietly buying up a pair of … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Velvet Buzzsaw
January 31, 2019 | David FarnorDan Gilroy’s satirical horror is more surface than substance, but what deliciously gruesome surface it is.Read More
Sundance: Amazon acquires Adam Driver thriller The Report
January 31, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon’s Sundance spending spree continues this week with Adam Driver thriller The Report.
Amazon spent a reported $14 million on the global rights to the film, which follows Senate staffer Daniel Jones, who is assigned the task of leading an … Read More
Brittany Runs a Marathon: Amazon races to $14m Sundance deal
January 30, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon has once again splashed a huge sum on a new indie fresh out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, acquiring the rights to Brittany Runs a Marathon.
Written and directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo, the comedy-drama stars Jillian … Read More
Amazon acquires Sundance comedy Late Night for record $13m
January 27, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon Studios has acquired Sundance comedy Late Night for a record-breaking $13 million.
The deal, which was brokered overnight after a heated bidding war and announced by Deadline, gives Amazon the US rights to the movie, which is directed by … Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Paddleton to premiere at Sundance
January 16, 2019 | David FarnorMark Duplass and Ray Romano are heading to Sundance this year with new Netflix comedy-drama Paddleton.
Duplass and Romano will play two misfit neighbours, who find themselves on an unexpected emotional journey when one of them is diagnosed with cancer. … Read More