Columbia Pictures will distribute "Foxcatcher," the movie being shot in Western Pennsylvania with Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Michael Hall.
Bennett Miller is directing a screenplay by Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye about a real-life chemical fortune heir who went to prison for killing an Olympic gold medalist and wrestler.
In January 1996, John du Pont shot and killed David Schultz,
a 1984 gold medal winner who came to live and train at the
state-of-the-art Foxcatcher National Training Center that Mr. du Pont
had built on his 800-acre property in Newtown Square, Pa. The movie
could be released in fall 2013.Here is the official press release:
Columbia Pictures Acquires U.S Rights to Bennett Miller's FOXCATCHER
Culver City, CA (November 1, 2012) –
Columbia Pictures has picked up the United States distribution rights to
Bennett Miller's FOXCATCHER from Annapurna Pictures. In addition to the
U.S. distribution rights, Columbia Pictures also joins the film as a
co-financer. The deal reunites Miller with Columbia, having previously
collaborated with the studio on last fall's release of the Academy
Award®-nominated picture, MONEYBALL. Panorama Media is commencing
International sales of the film at the upcoming American Film Market.
Starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum,
Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Michael Hall,
FOXCATCHER was written by Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye. Producing the
film are Megan Ellison, Anthony Bregman, and Miller. The film is
currently in production.
Columbia's Andrew Gumpert and Michael
Marshall negotiated the deal with Panorama Media. Rights were acquired
from Panorama Media, which is serving as the film's sales agent. SPE
will aim to release the film in the fall of 2013.
For more information see Post Gazette.
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