The Toronto International Film Festival is off and running. Netflix has just made its first major purchase of a feature film at the film event. The streaming giant has chosen its contestant with a new thriller starring Anna Kendrick called Woman of the Hour. Not only does the film star Kendrick, but the movie is also the Pitch Perfect star’s directorial debut. Deadline is reporting that Netflix has initiated the film festival acquisitions with this title at an estimated $11 million.
According to Deadline, the plot of Woman of the Hour “tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a young woman who actually won a date on The Dating Game with a man who turned out to be a notorious serial killer. Rodney Alcala was convicted or murdering at least eight women, but investigators believe the number could be as high as 130. The handsome and charming Alcala lured women by posing as a photographer looking for models.
According to Deadline, the plot of Woman of the Hour “tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a young woman who actually won a date on The Dating Game with a man who turned out to be a notorious serial killer. Rodney Alcala was convicted or murdering at least eight women, but investigators believe the number could be as high as 130. The handsome and charming Alcala lured women by posing as a photographer looking for models.
- 9/12/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Netflix pounces on US, remaining international rights at TIFF to Anna Kendrick’s ‘Woman Of The Hour’
France, Italy, Japan also sell.
In the first major on-site deal at TIFF Netflix has pounced on US and remaining international rights to Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman Of The Hour following overwhelmingly positive reviews from Friday’s world premiere.
‘Woman Of The Hour’: Toronto Review
Screen understands the deal was vauled at $11m. Netflix also acquired rights for France, Italy, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra, Benelux, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Romania, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, and West Indies.
Woman Of The Hour was originally set up at the streamer based on Ian MacAllister’s Black List screenplay,...
In the first major on-site deal at TIFF Netflix has pounced on US and remaining international rights to Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman Of The Hour following overwhelmingly positive reviews from Friday’s world premiere.
‘Woman Of The Hour’: Toronto Review
Screen understands the deal was vauled at $11m. Netflix also acquired rights for France, Italy, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra, Benelux, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Romania, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, and West Indies.
Woman Of The Hour was originally set up at the streamer based on Ian MacAllister’s Black List screenplay,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has acquired Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut following a buzzy premiere for the acclaimed dark dramedy at the Toronto Film Festival, TheWrap has learned. “Woman of the Hour” is based on a true story concerning a serial killer who appeared as a guest on a dating game show.
The film will stream on Netflix in the United States, France, Italy, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra, Benelux, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Romania, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, West Indies and their territories & possessions.
It marks the first big-deal acquisition at this year’s TIFF, with Deadline reporting an $11 million pricetag. This marks, thus far, an exception to the rule this festival season, which has been low on sales. As previously discussed in TheWrap, this is partially due to uncertainty concerning the strikes, as well as hesitancy from studios and streamers to buy films made or promoted amid interim agreements.
The film will stream on Netflix in the United States, France, Italy, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra, Benelux, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Romania, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, West Indies and their territories & possessions.
It marks the first big-deal acquisition at this year’s TIFF, with Deadline reporting an $11 million pricetag. This marks, thus far, an exception to the rule this festival season, which has been low on sales. As previously discussed in TheWrap, this is partially due to uncertainty concerning the strikes, as well as hesitancy from studios and streamers to buy films made or promoted amid interim agreements.
- 9/12/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Anna Kendrick’s directing debut “Woman of the Hour” has been acquired by Netflix after its Toronto premiere on Friday. The streamer is paying in the $11 million range for the ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, making it the first major sale of the festival. The deal covers the U.S. and several international territories including France, Italy, Japan and South Korea.
Sources tell Variety that Netflix won out in a competitive situation after the film garnered multiple offers.
In the movie based on a true story, Kendrick plays a contestant on “The Dating Game” in 1978, who picks Rodney Alcala as her potential date. Alcala, who died in prison in 2021, turned out to be a serial killer of at least eight victims but possibly over a hundred. The “Dating Game” contestant, Cheryl Bradshaw, never went on the date with Alcala, who had already been convicted of being a sex offender. Daniel Zovatto plays the killer,...
Sources tell Variety that Netflix won out in a competitive situation after the film garnered multiple offers.
In the movie based on a true story, Kendrick plays a contestant on “The Dating Game” in 1978, who picks Rodney Alcala as her potential date. Alcala, who died in prison in 2021, turned out to be a serial killer of at least eight victims but possibly over a hundred. The “Dating Game” contestant, Cheryl Bradshaw, never went on the date with Alcala, who had already been convicted of being a sex offender. Daniel Zovatto plays the killer,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Pat Saperstein and Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In the first major acquisition deal on the ground here at the Toronto Film Festlval, Netflix is closing on Woman of the Hour, the fact-based thriller that marks the directing debut of Anna Kendrick. We’re hearing the deal is for around $11 million.
While some festival-bound pictures signed SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements so cast members could make the trip, many didn’t. That’s because signatories especially streamers would not make quick deals on films when they are battling both WGA and SAG-AFTRA on a new deal. Woman of the Hour did not sign the Ia, which is why this deal happened in the first weekend of the festival.
Pic tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a young woman who actually won a date on The Dating Game with a man who turned out to be a notorious serial killer. Rodney Alcala was convicted or murdering at least eight women,...
While some festival-bound pictures signed SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements so cast members could make the trip, many didn’t. That’s because signatories especially streamers would not make quick deals on films when they are battling both WGA and SAG-AFTRA on a new deal. Woman of the Hour did not sign the Ia, which is why this deal happened in the first weekend of the festival.
Pic tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a young woman who actually won a date on The Dating Game with a man who turned out to be a notorious serial killer. Rodney Alcala was convicted or murdering at least eight women,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
For her directorial debut, Anna Kendrick chose a particularly daunting task in tackling the story of the notorious serial killer Rodney Alcala, who staged a terrifying murder spree in the ’70s in which he is thought to have killed upwards of 130 people. The center of Kendrick’s movie, Woman of the Hour, focuses on his appearance in plain sight on a 1978 episode of ABC’s The Dating Game, in which he was the bachelor that contestant Cheryl Bradshaw wound up choosing to go on a date with, not knowing that this was a period in the middle of his murderous spree.
ABC’s 20/20 devoted a full hour in May 2021 to the story of the cold-blooded killer who died in incarceration, but Kendrick’s film version has more on its mind that just the facts. It had its world premiere Friday as a Special Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival.
ABC’s 20/20 devoted a full hour in May 2021 to the story of the cold-blooded killer who died in incarceration, but Kendrick’s film version has more on its mind that just the facts. It had its world premiere Friday as a Special Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival.
- 9/9/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS is looking to expand its relationship with Shane Brennan. The network has handed out a script commitment to an untitled drama exec produced by the NCIS: Los Angeles showrunner, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. See more Faces of Fall 2014 The untitled entry, written by writing duo J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani (Anchorwoman), centers on four agents who go undercover as the perfect family for an operation that has them rooting out dangerous criminals in the suburbs while becoming an unlikely family at the same time. Brennan is attached as a non-writing exec producer alongside Stephen Crawford and
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- 10/24/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Literary manager Stephen Crawford and former ICM agent Ava Jamshidi have joined the Literary Department at Industry Entertainment Partners as managers. Crawford most recently handled the lit side of Luber/Roklin Ent. All his clients are expected to follow. Crawford started his career at Industry Entertainment as an assistant. Jamshidi has spent the last 6 years at ICM in the Motion Picture Literary Department. She also spearheaded the agency’s comic book and graphic novel division. Jamshidi began her career at Apa. In a statement, the Industry Partners said: “We are thrilled to have both Ava and Steve join Industry Entertainment. Ava was a well respected agent with a great eye for identifying talent and intellectual properties, and we look forward to launching her career in management. We welcome Steve back; he’s an accomplished manager with a terrific client list. Both Ava and Steve’s clients and sensibilities will...
- 4/9/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Disney will celebrate "Opposite Day."
The studio is developing a high-concept comedy with that title and has hired "Nancy Drew" scribe Tiffany Paulsen to write it.
"Opposite," based on an original idea by studio production president Oren Aviv, centers on a corporate hatchet man who wakes up one morning and finds he must follow the exact opposite of his normal routine. Mara Jacobs and Scott Sanders are producing, with LouAnne Brickhouse overseeing for the studio.
Paulsen, repped by CAA and Stephen Crawford at Luber Roklin, penned 2007's "Drew," an adaptation of the classic children's detective series for Warners. She also is attached to write "Further Adventures in Babysitting," Disney's reboot of the 1980s teen hit.
Aviv has conceived of a number of ideas that became hit Disney projects, including the adventure franchise "National Treasure," for which he received a story credit.
Opposite movies have gained a quiet cachet in recent years in Hollywood, with pics including Brett Ratner's "The Family Man" and Gwyneth Paltrow starrer "Sliding Doors" offering variations on the theme. DreamWorks and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" director Nicholas Stoller had been developing a project with the same name as "Opposite Day," though its status is uncertain.
The studio is developing a high-concept comedy with that title and has hired "Nancy Drew" scribe Tiffany Paulsen to write it.
"Opposite," based on an original idea by studio production president Oren Aviv, centers on a corporate hatchet man who wakes up one morning and finds he must follow the exact opposite of his normal routine. Mara Jacobs and Scott Sanders are producing, with LouAnne Brickhouse overseeing for the studio.
Paulsen, repped by CAA and Stephen Crawford at Luber Roklin, penned 2007's "Drew," an adaptation of the classic children's detective series for Warners. She also is attached to write "Further Adventures in Babysitting," Disney's reboot of the 1980s teen hit.
Aviv has conceived of a number of ideas that became hit Disney projects, including the adventure franchise "National Treasure," for which he received a story credit.
Opposite movies have gained a quiet cachet in recent years in Hollywood, with pics including Brett Ratner's "The Family Man" and Gwyneth Paltrow starrer "Sliding Doors" offering variations on the theme. DreamWorks and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" director Nicholas Stoller had been developing a project with the same name as "Opposite Day," though its status is uncertain.
- 10/8/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Silver Pictures has acquired the spec "Conviction," an undercover cop thriller from first-time scribe Jon Herman. The project is set up at Warners, with which Silver Pictures has a deal.
The story centers on a master bank thief who, after serving time in prison, is enlisted by an FBI agent to trap a former associate; those familar with the project say it contains elements of "Heat" and "Donnie Brasco."
The spec sale marks the first buy for Silver Pictures since former Focus exec Andrew Rona joined as president last month. Joel Silver and Rona will produce.
"Conviction" joins other Silver Pictures projects such as Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" and the Denzel Washington western "The Book of Eli."
Herman, who is repped by Wma and Steve Crawford at Luber Roklin, is a longtime script reader in the business who also worked for producer Alli Shearmur.
The story centers on a master bank thief who, after serving time in prison, is enlisted by an FBI agent to trap a former associate; those familar with the project say it contains elements of "Heat" and "Donnie Brasco."
The spec sale marks the first buy for Silver Pictures since former Focus exec Andrew Rona joined as president last month. Joel Silver and Rona will produce.
"Conviction" joins other Silver Pictures projects such as Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" and the Denzel Washington western "The Book of Eli."
Herman, who is repped by Wma and Steve Crawford at Luber Roklin, is a longtime script reader in the business who also worked for producer Alli Shearmur.
- 2/9/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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