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Diablo Cody’s Much-Anticipated Directorial Debut, PARADISE, Finds Home At Image Entertainment

Diablo Cody

Image Entertainment has picked up all U.S. rights to Mandate Pictures’ PARADISE, the much-anticipated directorial debut of Academy Award® winner Diablo Cody. Based on her original screenplay,  PARADISE stars Julianne Hough (Rock of Ages, Footloose), Russell Brand (Rock of Ages, Despicable Me), Octavia Spencer (Academy Award® winner for The Help), Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”) and Holly Hunter (The Incredibles, Academy Award® winner for The Piano). Bill Bromiley, Chief Acquisitions Officer for Image Entertainment, made today’s announcement at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival.

“Diablo Cody is a terrific storyteller and her gift is evident in this film, PARADISE,” commented Bromiley. “It has a talented cast and we know audiences will love the film. We are thrilled to be in business with her and the PARADISE team.”

“I’m thrilled to be able to share our labor of love with the world,” added Cody. “I had such a great cast and crew to work with and it shows.”

The comedy follows a sheltered young woman (Hough) who loses her faith after a plane crash and decides to go to Las Vegas to experience the wild side of life. On her journey, she meets unlikely companions (Brand and Spencer) who inadvertently help her find her true self. Mason Novick (500 Days of Summer) produced the film. Executive producers include Nathan Kahane (Hope Springs), Nicole Brown (50/50) and Diablo Cody. Matt Leonetti, Jr. and Dave Koplan co-produced.

The deal was negotiated by Bill Bromiley, Mark Ward and Michael Bayer on behalf of Image Entertainment and Liesl Copland of WME Global along with Dan Freedman on behalf of Mandate Pictures. International sales are being handled by Lionsgate.

Image Entertainm​ent Acquires US Rights to Eduardo Sanchez’s LOVELY MOLLY

Fresh off the announcement of its distribution relationship with Alamo Drafthouse, Image Entertainment has entered a U.S. Distribution deal for Eduardo Sanchez’s critically acclaimed LOVELY MOLLY. LOVELY MOLLY made its debut in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto Film Festival last month.  The title character, played fearlessly by newcomer Gretchen Lodge,  is a newlywed who returns to her long abandoned family home and is hit with scary reminders of her nightmarish childhood that quickly color her new life. She descends into an evil that is one part psychosis and another part possession. The film’s produced by Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale, Jane Fleming, and Mark Ordesky.

This marks another strong move into the theatrical distribution marketplace for Image who beat out several competitors vying for the project fueled by the critical response to film and to actress Gretchen Lodge’s breakthrough performance. “We are thrilled to release Eduardo’s film which marks a return and evolution to the genre that he created” commented Mark Ward, Vice President of Acquisitions at Image, “We look forward to partnering with Haxan and Amber to maximize the truly robust transmedia marketing campaign they’ve put together to make the film a huge success.”

“The whole team is excited about working with Image to release LOVELY MOLLY into theaters across the country,” commented Cowie and Fleming. “Their entrepreneurial thinking and robust infrastructure give us the perfect platform to bring our film to the widest audience possible.”

The deal is being negotiated by Mark Ward and Jess De Leo, Associate Director of Business and Legal Affairs on behalf of Image; Rob Cowie of Haxan Films, Jane Fleming of Amber Entertainment, Stuart Rosenthal of  BHDRL and Graham Taylor of WME Global on behalf of the filmmakers.

Content Film is handling international sales currently at AFM.

For Further Information visit the film’s official site: www.lovelymolly.com

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Watch THE DOUBLE Trailer Starring Richard Gere, Topher Grace And Martin Sheen

From Image Entertainment comes this first trailer for the espionage thriller, THE DOUBLE starring Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Martin Sheen, Stephen Moyer, Odette Yustman, and Stana Katic. 

In THE DOUBLE, the mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin “Cassius,” forces Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere), a retired CIA operative, to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary (Topher Grace), to solve the crime.

Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland (Martin Sheen). Meanwhile, Agent Geary, who wrote his Master’s thesis on Shepherdson’s pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced. As Shepherdson and Geary work their way through crimes both past and present, they discover that Cassius may not be the person they always thought him to be, forcing both to re-examine everything and everyone around them.

Written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, the team behind WANTED and 3:10 TO YUMA, the film also represents Brandt’s directorial debut. Produced by Patrick Aiello, Ashok Amritraj, Steffan Brunner, Andrew Deane, and Derek Haas, THE DOUBLE will be released on September 23, 2011.

Running Time: 98 minutes
Rating: “PG-13” by the MPAA for “for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images and language.”

EVERY DAY Trailer

Have a look at the new trailer for Image Entertainment’s EVERY DAY starring Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Eddie Izzard & Brian Dennehy. “It’s never too late to make the right decision.”

Synopsis:

Ned (Liev Schreiber) is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. His work as a writer on an outrageous, semi-pornographic TV show is less than satisfying. His fifteen year old son has just told him he is gay and his eleven year old is afraid of, well pretty much everything. When his wife, Jeannie (Helen Hunt), moves her sick and embittered father (Brian Dennehy) from Detroit into their home in NY, it puts added stress on an already strained marriage. And when a sexy female co-worker (Carla Gugino) puts the moves on Ned, the temptation sends him spiraling. Every Day is about one family’s struggle to survive the unexpected curve-balls that are simply part of real life; aging and death; commitment and freedom; love and acceptance. It’s an uncompromising look at an ordinary family making an extraordinary journey towards themselves and towards each other.

Rated R, EVERY DAY will be in theaters on January 14, 2011.