1st Screening: March 11, 9:15 p.m., Zach Theatre He’s been absent, and in an attempt to lead her to sobriety, looks to repair their relationship. Dad is trying to save his daughter after she overdoses on benzodiazepines and opioids. YOU SING LOUD, I SING LOUDER – Christine Vachon is one of the producers on this Emma Westenberg movie that stars real-life father-daughter Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor in this road trip movie. 1st Screening: March 11, 12:45 p.m., Alamo Lamar There’s a lot of excitement around this Sundance Lab-developed project as it’s tri-repped with WME Independent, UTA and CAA and selling. Luis Guzman, Asante Blackk, Melvin Gregg, Alex Hibbert star. Luis will give Kadir the cash he needs if he just has a meal with him, one that could be life-changing for the teen. He tries to rob a Latino MTA conductor on the Story Avenue subway platform. The movie follows South Bronx native Kadir Grayson, who after losing his older brother plunges himself in with a graffiti gang that is as criminal as they are artistic. STORY AVE - The crime drama co-written and directed by Aristotle Torres has been several years in the making. 1st Screening: March 11, 6:30 p.m., Paramount EPs are Lonely Island’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Johnson also wrote, and he produced with Ali Bell and Joe Hardesty. His only problem is that none of his friends or family believe the game is real. Logline: When a man is offered $1 million to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: they can only attack when he’s alone. Johnson stars with Anna Kendrick, Andy Samberg, Natalie Morales, Christopher Lloyd, Wayne Brady, GaTa, Emily Hampshire, Mary Holland and Boban Marjanović. SELF RELIANCE - Jake Johnson’s feature directorial debut Self Reliance has a sweet premiere spot on Saturday night at the Paramount, a spot typically reserved for studio fare. First screening: March 17, 1:30 p.m., Paramount WME Independent and Bron are handling worldwide sales. Heroes and villains collide in this dark, comedic crime thriller. In addition to starring Sweeney, Americana also stars Paul Walter Hauser and reps the feature debut of pop singer Halsey in this Southern heist-gone-wrong movie involving the mythical Native American artifact the Lakota Ghost Shirt. Pic reps the feature directorial debut of Tony Tost (creator of Netflix period drama Damnation). which is standard for any indie making a big splash at a major film festival (not to mention, it’s after Oscar weekend). But why is Americana going later rather than sooner at the fest with a world premiere March 17? We understand there was a tight a turnaround with the movie’s post-production. Paul Walter Hauser and Sydney Sweeney in ‘ Americana’ Bron StudiosĪMERICANA - Heads and tails, this is the glitziest grab for any buyer following HBO scooping up Sydney Sweeney’s Reality out of Berlin. Exhibition has also been loud about the need for more titles. However, with the WGA and studios bound to square off, along with the DGA and SAG, in the next round of contract negotiations, distributors will be in need of product should there be a strike down the road - especially in a theatrical marketplace that is on the rebound from Covid. High-water marks have included Roadside Attractions nabbing the 2015 Sally Field movie Hello, My Name Is Doris for $1.75M it yielded a $14.4M domestic gross. Historically, SXSW is a cash cow for sellers with the occasional $1 million deal here and there (i.e., 2016’s Adam Scott-Nick Kroll-Jenny Slate movie My Blind Brother). Shout Studios acquired the Jim Gaffigan-Rhea Seehorn comedy Linoleum, while IFC and AMC+ picked up the Aubrey Plaza-Alison Brie movie Spin Me Round as well as the social class comedy Pretty Problems. That distributor also took Blumhouse’s female thriller Soft & Quiet. ![]() This year, there’s a the world premiere of Paramount’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a surprise sneak screening of John Wick: Chapter, Warner Bros’ Evil Dead Rise, and Lionsgate’s Asian American comedy Joy Ride.Īmong the films last year finding buyers were Andrea Riseborough’s ultimate Best Actress Oscar nom contender To Leslie, which went to Momentum Pictures. Last year marked a return to an in-person affair after a three-year hiatus due to Covid, and SXSW came back swinging not just with rock concert-like premieres for Everything Everywhere All at Once, but also Paramount’s The Lost City and the Nicolas Cage satire The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. 'Americana' Review: Tony Tost Turns The Western Genre Upside Down In Directorial Debut Dramedy Starring Sydney Sweeney & Halsey - SXSW
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