Tag: The Exchange

  • Drew Barrymore Tribeca comedy ‘The Stand-In’ finds US home

    Drew Barrymore Tribeca comedy ‘The Stand-In’ finds US home

    Jamie Babbit directed from screenplay by Sam Bain (Four Lions).Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Drew Barrymore dual role comedy and official Tribeca Film Festival selection The Stand-In.The Exchange handles international sales on the story about a disaffected comedy actress who uses her adoring stand-in to play her in life as she tries…

  • Kumail Nanjiani to Star in Political Thriller ‘The Independent’ (Exclusive)

    Kumail Nanjiani to Star in Political Thriller ‘The Independent’ (Exclusive)

    Kumail Nanjiani is adding political thriller to his growing list of onscreen credits, having signed up to star in The Independent.The star — who landed an Oscar nomination for his 2017 breakout The Big Sick and has Paramount romantic comedy The Lovebirds and his first superhero outing in Marvel’s The Eternals coming up — is…

  • The Exchange picks up Sundance premiere ‘Spree’ for Efm sales (exclusive)

    The Exchange picks up Sundance premiere ‘Spree’ for Efm sales (exclusive)

    Brian O’Shea makes second buy after Welcome To Chechnya.In its second pick-up of a Sundance title, The Exchange has taken international sales rights to satire Spree and will launch sales at the Efm next week.After Brian O’Shea and his team acquired sales rights to Sundance documentary Welcome To Chechnya, Spree complements a slate that include…

  • The Exchange heads to Efm with ‘Welcome To Chechnya’ (exclusive)

    The Exchange heads to Efm with ‘Welcome To Chechnya’ (exclusive)

    HBO is North American distributor on acclaimed documentary.Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange has acquired international sales rights to David France’s Sundance documentary and Berlin Panorma selection Welcome To Chechnya.HBO is the North American distributor of the highly regarded film, one of the stand-out titles in Park City that chronicles the current anti-lgbtq persecution raging in the…