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Searchlight Lands Jesse Eisenberg-Directed Topic & Fruit Tree-Produced ‘A Real Pain’ In First Big Sundance $10M WW Deal; ‘Succession’s Kieran Culkin Stars In Poland Road Trip Pic
EXCLUSIVE: The dealmaking has begun. Searchlight Pictures is closing the first major deal on the ground — $10 million for WW rights for A Real Pain, directed and written by Jesse Eisenberg. H…
Searchlight Pictures is closing the first major deal on the ground — $10 million for WW rights for A Real Pain, directed and written by Jesse Eisenberg. Not sure there’s going to be a record breaker like the $25 million Apple paid for eventual Best Picture Oscar winner CODA, but a lot of these films will find homes. Most probably won’t sell until buyers and sellers go home, because the dealmaking pace is much more deliberate than in the past because you can appreciate the artistry of a film, but you have to be sure you can market it and release it and make some money.
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