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Sony buys Alliance Atlantis' State for Screen Gems

Sony Pictures' mid-level releasing division Screen Gems has acquired US rights to Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Production's action comedy The 51st State starring Samuel L Jackson and Robert Carlyle. Screen Gems plans to release the film in 2002.Directed by Ronny Yu, The 51st State was financed by Alliance Atlantis with the UK's Film Consortium. Other distributors which have already bought the film include Gaga in Japan, New World in Spain, Metropolitan in France ...

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