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NEW YORK (January 26, 2017) – Sony Pictures
Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to
Dave McCary’s BRIGSBY BEAR. The highly anticipated film, written by
Kevin Costello and Kyle Mooney (aturday Night Live) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section. This is McCary’s feature film debut.
Starring
Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh and
Michaela Watkins, BRIGSBY BEAR was produced by The Lonely Island
(POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING), Lord Miller (THE LEGO MOVIE, 21
JUMP STREET, 22 JUMP STREET), 3311 Productions (IN A WORLD…, the
upcoming TABLE 19), along with YL Pictures.
BRIGSBY BEAR is a
children's TV show produced for an audience of one, James (Mooney). When
the show abruptly ends, James' life changes forever and he sets out to
finish the story himself.
"This is a special film made by old
and new friends, but today we're excited to announce that Sony Pictures
Classics have become our actual best friends. All of our old best
friends have been demoted to regular friends. They are fine, but they
never bought movies from us like our new best friends do (sorry Tyler
and Adam). To our best friends at SPC, thank you for your incredible
enthusiasm and connection to this story. We can't wait to share it with
the world," said Director McCary and Writers Costello and Mooney.
"Humorous,
dark, fantastical, fun, a work of awesome sincerity. It is impossible
to put into words the freshness of BRIGSBY BEAR. The movie is a wonder
and it is a privilege to bring it into the world that will embrace it
big time," added Sony Pictures Classics.
BRIGSBY BEAR will have a summer release.
The
deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and Ian Stratford of
Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des Rochers LLP, on behalf of the
filmmakers.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Michael
Barker and Tom Bernard serve as co-presidents of Sony Pictures
Classics—an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment they
founded with Marcie Bloom in January 1992, which distributes, produces,
and acquires independent films from around the world. Barker and
Bernard have released prestigious films that have won 37 Academy Awards®
(33 of those at Sony Pictures Classics) and have garnered 159 Academy
Award® nominations (137 at Sony Pictures Classics) including Best
Picture nominations for WHIPLASH, AMOUR, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, AN
EDUCATION, CAPOTE, HOWARDS END, AND CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Sony
Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of
America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global
operations encompass motion picture production and distribution;
television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition
and distribution; a global channel network; digital content creation and
distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new
entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of
entertainment in more than 142 countries. For additional information, go
to http://www.sonypictures.com.
Carmelo Pirrone
Executive Vice President, MARKETING
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
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