To be or not to be sold
The last movie to get into the 2008 Sundance Film Festival is the first to make a major distribution deal.
"Hamlet 2," director Andrew Fleming's comedy about a high-school staging of a Shakespearean sequel, had its worldwide release rights bought by Focus Features.
According to Daily Variety, Focus paid $10 million for the film, after an all-night bidding war that included Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Lionsgate, Fox Searchlight and Warner Independent Pictures
The movie stars Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener and this year's Miss Sundance, Melonie Diaz (one of her four movies at this year's festival.)
"Hamlet 2," director Andrew Fleming's comedy about a high-school staging of a Shakespearean sequel, had its worldwide release rights bought by Focus Features.
According to Daily Variety, Focus paid $10 million for the film, after an all-night bidding war that included Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Lionsgate, Fox Searchlight and Warner Independent Pictures
The movie stars Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener and this year's Miss Sundance, Melonie Diaz (one of her four movies at this year's festival.)
-- Sean P. Means
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