SUNDANCE: The new distributor has acquired worldwide rights to Brett Haley’s I’ll See You In My Dreams following the world premiere on January 27. Separately HBO has taken US TV rights to 3 1/2 Minutes.
Blythe Danner plays a widow who enjoys a new lease of life. Rounding out the key cast are Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Place.
Haley co-wrote the screenplay with Marc Basch and produced by Rebecca Green and Laura Smith.
“This film has so much heart and so much love for its characters, we immediately fell for it,” said Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen.
“Anchoring every scene, Blythe Danner delivers a performance that is so real and so touching from a script that is so funny and empathic, all of us at Bleecker Street can’t wait to bring it to audiences so they can discover what a beautiful story writer-director Brett Haley has created.”
Bleecker Street brokered the deal with Preferred Content and Smith and Green of Two Flints.
- HBO has licensed US television rights from Participant Media to Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes, the US Documentary Competition selection about the shooting death of black teenager Jordan Davis and the subsequent trial of his killer, Michael Dunn. The film will debut on HBO in late autumn following theatrical release. HBO brokered the deal with Submarine and Jeff Ivers at Participant Media.
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