Latest in Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Uri Singer and talent manager and producer Orlando John have joined forces to secure adaptation rights to Frank Partnoy's book The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals. Described as The Great Gatsby meets Wolf of Wall Street…

Lionsgate has made a deal with Millennium Films to acquire rights to develop and produce all derivative works, including future film and TV productions, of The Expendables franchise, as well as worldwide distribution rights to John Rambo, the upcoming sixth installment of the Rambo film…

EXCLUSIVE: Quantify has boarded international sales rights to Nastasya Popov's buzzy SXSW comedy Idiotka as it revs up for its debut at the American Film Market. The film, which premiered to rave reviews at SXSW, stars Anna Baryshnikov and Camila Mendes, with Julia Fox, Benito Skinner, Owen…

EXCLUSIVE: In what sources described as a multi-studio bidding war, Colleen McGuinness has sold the pitch for a series adaptation of The Book of Cold Cases, the novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Simone St. James, to MGM Television, with Steve Stark’s Toluca Pictures…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has preemptively acquired Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan’s pitch for Valley of Ashes, a contemporized loose adaptation of The Great Gatsby set in San Francisco, on which he’s teaming with his Syriana producer Jennifer Fox. Specifics as to Gaghan’s take are under…

EXCLUSIVE: Wolfe Video has acquired writer-director Elena Oxman’s debut Outerlands, setting a North American digital release for November 26. Following its world premiere at SXSW in March, the drama starring Asia Kate Dillon (Orange is the New Black, Billions, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum)…

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has taken domestic distribution rights to the mixed martial arts action drama Beast in Me starring Oscar winner Russell Crowe, Daniel MacPherson, and Luke Hemsworth. Crowe co-wrote the movie David Frigerio in a story about a former MMA legend turned…

Lionsgate has acquired The Furious, a feature in the style of Hong Kong action filmmaking’s golden age, after it premiered to critical acclaim in the Midnight Madness section of this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The deal covers worldwide rights outside of the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and…

Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab, has landed a December 17, 2025 theatrical release in New York (Film Forum) and Los Angeles (Laemmle Theatres), with a national rollout to follow via the distribution arm of the pic’s production partner Willa. The movie, which received the l…

Banijay Group has made what it is describing as the “largest acquisition in its history” by buying a majority stake in betting behemoth Tipico Group for €3B ($3.5B). The European powerhouse has bought Tipico from CVC and will combine the company with its own betting outfit, Betclic, to open a…

EXCLUSIVE: Aura Entertainment, the new U.S. distributor launched earlier this year by Capstone Studios, Signature Entertainment and Ascending Media Group, has acquired Wildcat, a thriller starring Kate Beckinsale (Underworld franchise), which it will release in theaters and on digital on November…

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in the U.S., Latin America, most of Eastern Europe, Turkey, Southeast Asia, Portugal and South Korea on UK box office breakout I Swear by BAFTA nominee Kirk Jones (Waking Ned Devine, Nanny McPhee). The comedic biopic is inspired by the life story of…