IFC Motion pictures and Sapan Studio have bought the U.S. and Canadian rights to the “The Baltimorons,” a brand new comedy from director Jay Duplass. The deal follows the movie’s premiere at this 12 months’s SXSW Movie Competition the place it received the Target market Award for Narrative Highlight. IFC Motion pictures plans to unlock “The Baltimorons” in theaters later this 12 months.
The movie marks Jay Duplass’ go back to characteristic filmmaking for the primary time in over a decade — a duration that’s observed him seem in presentations like “Clear” and the brand new Michelle Williams collection “Death for Intercourse.” His ultimate characteristic as a director was once 2012’s “The Do-Deca-Pentathlon.”
“The Baltimorons” was once produced via Duplass Brothers Productions, co-written via Duplass and Michael Strassner, and stars Strassner, Liz Larsen and Olivia Luccardi. In step with the reliable plot description: “After cracking a enamel on Christmas Eve, newly sober Cliff embarks on an journey thru Baltimore with Didi, his emergency dentist.”
Common on Selection
“The Baltimorons” has won important reward since making its competition debut at SXSW. In a good overview for Selection, Stephen Saito praised the movie as “a comfortable but bittersweet comedy,” including that it’s “primed to grow to be a seasonal usual.”
Sapan Studios and IFC have collaborated at the distribution of a number of indies, together with ultimate 12 months’s acclaimed drama “Ghostlight” and the just lately launched “The Luckiest Guy in The us.”
“I’m venerated to spouse with indie exemplars IFC Motion pictures and Sapan Studio on liberating my solo directorial debut ‘The Baltimorons,’ a complicated identify which is able to certainly upload to their status,” Duplass mentioned in a remark.
“It’s a pleasure to peer Jay Duplass again within the director’s chair, handing over some other deeply heartfelt and funny movie. We sit up for proceeding our courting with the Duplass Brothers in this contemporary tackle an surprising romance that audiences will fall in love with time and time once more,” mentioned Ayo Kepher-Maat, vice chairman of acquisitions at IFC Motion pictures “We also are excited to proceed our collaboration with Sapan Studio to convey this crowd-pleasing movie to theaters later this 12 months.”
“Having the chance to paintings with the peculiar Jay Duplass on his impossible to resist movie is an absolute deal with,” mentioned Josh Sapan, founding father of Sapan Studio. “There’s no person higher than IFC Motion pictures to convey this target audience award profitable gem to theaters around the nation.”
“The Baltimorons” is produced via David Bonnett Jr., Strassner, Drew Langer and govt produced via Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Shuli Harel.
The deal was once negotiated via Kepher-Maat for IFC Motion pictures, Mark Simon for Sapan Studio, and Christine Hsu at CAA with Josh & Dan Braun of Submarine on behalf of the filmmakers.
