Latest in Acquisitions

The former head of the Berlinale series has joined German network ZDF to oversee acquisitions for the international fiction team. Julia Fidel replaced the retiring Ingrid Gränz in November. She joins a feature film and series acquisitions department that is responsible for licensing for ZDF, ZDFneo…

EXCLUSIVE: After co-producing and co-financing Magic Farm, the latest film from writer-director Amalia Ulman (El Planeta), which is set to world premiere in the Premieres section of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Mubi has locked down distribution rights to the dark comedy in North America and the UK…

EXCLUSIVE: In a strong year-end book deal, Apple Studios has paid seven figures for the Elliot Ackerman novel Sheepdogs for Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to develop as a series. The book will be published summer 2025 by Alfred K. Knopf/Penguin Random House. Eleven bidders were in the…

EXCLUSIVE: MAD Distribution, the theatrical arm of Cairo-based studio MAD Solutions, has acquired MENA rights to Tunisian director Amel Guellaty's coming-of-age road movie Where The Wind Comes From ahead of its world premiere in Sundance. The movie – described by MAD Distribution as "a refreshing…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has preemptively acquired “H.A.V.E.N.”, a sci-fi short story by Carter Blanchard, who will pen an adaptation for the big screen. While plot details for the film are under wraps, we’ve heard the short story described as Men in Black meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of the summer hit Longlegs, Neon and Maika Monroe have found their next thriller to team on as the studio has acquired North American rights to Watcher director Chloe Okuno's Brides starring Monroe. It marks the third collaboration for Neon and Monroe, and the pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has landed the pitch Stand-In, with Rudy Mancuso attached to direct and compose the film’s original soundtrack. Mancuso will also write the script alongside Dan Lagana, from a story by Andy Muschietti. Andy and Barbara Muschietti will produce the film, which follows a…

EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the documentary October H8te, the explosive Oscar-contending film directed by Wendy Sachs. Briarcliff plans a theatrical release in the first quarter of 2025 for the film, which documents the sharp rise in antisemitism and…

Apple TV+ has acquired global rights to Spanish rom-com series Love You to Death. The streamer has acquired rights to the seven-ep series, which is from Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia TV and created by director Dani de la Orden (Casa en Flames). It will debut on Apple TV+ globally on Wednesday…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has snapped up critically-acclaimed Channel 4 comedy Big Boys as part of a multi-title deal with Fifth Season. Big Boys Season 1 and 2 are available now on the U.S. streamer. Created by Jack Rooke and based on his personal experiences, Big Boys has been a Channel 4 success…

EXCLUSIVE: The PBS series VOCES has acquired U.S. broadcast and streaming rights to Slumlord Millionaire, the David vs. Goliath story of people fighting back against the skyrocketing cost of rent in New York City. The film – winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC in November — will open in theaters…

EXCLUSIVE: Bill O’Dowd’s Dolphin Entertainment has acquired rights to The Woman Who Saved the Children, Clare Mulley’s acclaimed biography of Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb, for development as a feature film. Published by Oneworld Publications in 2010, The Woman Who Saved the Children…