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There’s Going to Be an Indie Dramedy Inspired by David Foster Wallace’s “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” Starring Bill Hader

November 18, 2015

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(via The Wrap)

Could you be more full of indie film buzzwords?

David Foster Wallace’s story “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” following a father and son on a cruise bonding on several levels with has inspired a feature length film that will star Bill Hader with Me and Earl and the Dying Girl writer Jesse Andrews’ directorial debut.

Called “The Empress of Serenity”, we’re pretty sure that, if everything goes well, this is the sort of movie that will dominate the festival circuit and make it into limited release sooner rather than later.

“Dope”, “The Overnight, “Me, and Earl and the Dying Girl”, and “Inside Out” Out in Theaters Now

June 19, 2015

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If you’re in one of those select cities that always gets limited release movies, you’ve got a busy weekend ahead of you.

Comedy is making a huge run for the top spot at the box office this weekend. Inside Out has its big nationwide release, but indie comedies Dope, The Overnight, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl also have their specialty releases this weekend.

Definitely, in LA, you can see all four. Just check these showtimes for Dope, The Overnight, Me and Earl and The Dying Girl, and Inside Out.

If not in a major city, you’ll definitely be able to see Inside Out at the very least. Hopefully you live close to an art house/indie theater to see the rest.

Here’s The Trailer For Sundance Hit “Me and Earl and The Dying Girl”

April 8, 2015

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A potential record deal was going to be made at The Sundance Film Festival this year for Me and Earl and The Dying Girl as Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush amongst others were in a bidding war for the movie.

For those of us not in attendance to Sundance, here’s our first look at was causing said bidding war.

Somewhere between 50/50 and the “sweded” movies of Be Kind Rewind is seemingly where Me and Earl and The Dying Girl lies according to this trailer. Also, it has Nick Offerman strangely holding cats.

That could be a winning a combo and we shall see if that’s so on it’s premiere on Jun. 12th.

Comedies From 2015 Sundance That You Might Have a Chance To See in Theaters

This year’s Sundance Film Festival has distributors combing through the big bills in their wallets for comedy/dramedy.

Even though, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl ended up not setting a buy record at the festival, it still carried a decently sized price tag in the mid 7 figure range.

Other films that might potentially rule the specialty box office and beyond this year include:

–Kevin Pollak’s documentary Misery Loves Comedy acquired by Tribeca Film.

–The D Train with Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike White, and Kyle Bornheimer bought up by IFC Films for $3 million.

-The world rights for Results from Andrew Bujalski, the man who brought Computer Chess into the world, acquired by Magnolia Pictures.

–The North American rights to Don Verdean with Sam Rockwell, Danny McBride, Leslie Bibb, Jemaine Clement, Will Forte, and Amy Ryan from Jared Hess acquired by Lionsgate.

–The U.S. rights to The Bronze starring and co-written by Melissa Rauch acquired by Relativity for $3 million.

–The Overnight produced by The Duplass Brothers and Adam & Naomi Scott’s Gettin’ Rad bought up by The Orchard for $4 million.

–The world rights to Tangerine, also produced by The Duplass Brothers, acquired by Magnolia Pictures.

–Dope with Zoe Kravitz, the voice of Forest Whitaker, Blake Anderson, and more bought up by Open Road Films and Sony Pictures for $7 million.

–Mistress America from Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig bought up by Fox Searchlight for $6.5 million before it even played at the festival.

It’s inevitable that we’ll all be obsessing over their trailers in the coming months.

Dramedy “Me And Earl And The Dying Girl” Bought By Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush For $12 Million UPDATE: Mid 7 Figures

January 26, 2015

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(via Deadline)

Studios are really shelling out the big bucks from their deep pockets for the festival films these days. Last year, Chris Rock got $12.5 million for Top Five from Paramount while at the Toronto International Film Festival.

That was a record buy for TIFF and another record buy was just set last night at Sundance. Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush put in $12 million, after a bidding war over the last several hours, to buy the much-buzzed about Me And Earl And The Dying Girl.

UPDATE 1/28: Me And Earl And The Dying Girl went to Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush for mid 7 figures, which won’t set a record.

The movie itself is getting a fantastic reception in Park City right now, has a cast of Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton and Molly Shannon, and follows a forced friendship with a classmate that has been diagnosed with leukemia.

In the coming months, we’re sure we’ll all get to see and hear plenty of promotion about it, but we hope it’s more 50/50 than The Fault In Our Stars.