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Film School Rejects: Confirmed: Sundance Grand Jury Winner ‘Push’ Acquired by Lionsgate, Oprah

  • Cole_Abaius · 10 months ago
    Man, the make up crew did a crazy bang up job on making Dakota Fanning look like that. And she has super powers, right? Thanks Lionsgate!
  • Josh · 10 months ago
    I've heard things here and there, but do you know of any master list of what films have been picked up for distribution?

    Also, I'm very excited to see this.
  • Neil Miller · 10 months ago
    Hey Josh, I don't (laziness). But the lovely Karina over at Spout does have one in the works:

    http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/12/sundance-deals-2...
  • blackmanjew · 10 months ago
    wait. is this that same awful looking movie with dakota fanning and that black guy??? it looks like a knock off of Wanted... and nobody wants to see that
  • Julian Dean Shapiro · 10 months ago
    Only a teen by the alias of "blackmanjew" would be that incapable of noticing humor.
  • Silencio · 10 months ago
    Sundance 09 deals so far:

    You Won’t Miss Me :Visit Films
    Tyson:Sony Classics
    Black Dynamite: Sony
    Adam: Fox Searchlight
    The Winning Season: Lionsgate
    An Education: Sony Classics
    Amreeka: Entertainment One
    Rudo y Cursi: Sony Classics
    Burma VJ :HBO
    William Kunstler: POV (PBS)
    El General: P.O.V. (PBS)
    In the Loop:IFC Films
    Spread:Anchor Bay
    Moon: Sony Classics
    Art & Copy: Arthouse Films
    Cold Souls:E1 Films(canada)
    Brooklyn’s Finest: Senator Distribution
    Kimjongilia:Visit Films
    The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle:Visit Films
    Humpday: Magnolia
    Dead Snow:IFC Films


    I would love to see Push and Mystery Team to get good distribution. The Missing Person deserves to get picked up too.
  • GuiltyTrace · 10 months ago
    Never read the novel, but the article about Sapphire and her book sounds intriguing. Novels with themes such as abuse, incest, rape, murder - themes that are all too common and real - are apparently getting as much treatment as the fantasy works of JR Tolkien and Rowling, i.e. Push and the Lovely Bones. Will people pay to see movies about the same sad things that are broadcast on FOX and MSNBC every night?
  • Adam_Sweeney · 9 months ago
    Tyler Perry is going to take this idea and make a film about it with him as the cross-dressing lead.