NEW YORK -- City Lights Pictures has nabbed North American rights to the bullfighting documentary "The Matador" on the heels of its 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival premiere.
Director Nina Gilden Seavey tracked David Fandila for three years in his quest to become the world's top matador. The feature captures Fandila in fights across Spain and Latin America.
City Lights plans a fall theatrical release, followed by a DVD release on City Lights Home Entertainment.
Steven Beer of Greenberg Traurig brokered the deal on behalf of the producers with City Lights' Mark Ragone and Marcus Lansdell.
Director Nina Gilden Seavey tracked David Fandila for three years in his quest to become the world's top matador. The feature captures Fandila in fights across Spain and Latin America.
City Lights plans a fall theatrical release, followed by a DVD release on City Lights Home Entertainment.
Steven Beer of Greenberg Traurig brokered the deal on behalf of the producers with City Lights' Mark Ragone and Marcus Lansdell.
- 4/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indie comedy The Ten now has 12. Winona Ryder, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, Liev Schreiber, Rob Corddry, Ron Silver and Oliver Platt have joined the City Lights Pictures satire that spoofs the Bible's Ten Commandments. Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Ken Marino, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux already have boarded the project. Directed by David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) from a screenplay by Wain and Marino, the film is shooting in New York and Mexico. Jonathan Stern is producing alongside Marino, Rudd and Wain. Morris S. Levy is producing for MEGA Films, while City Lights' Danny Fisher is executive producing with Michael Almog. Michael Califra will co-executive produce, and Marcus Lansdell will associate produce for City Lights. City Lights' credits include John Waters' A Dirty Shame for New Line Cinema. The production company recently teamed with MEGA on the starrer Descent. City Lights also is producing Interrupted, a feature adapted from director Nicholas Ray's posthumous autobiography I Was Interrupted and directed by Philip Kaufman. Wain is repped by CAA and Principato-Young Entertainment.
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