Sundance 2012 Deal Report
Deals and acquisitions in the books from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival:
| SUNDANCE 2012 DEAL REPORT | ||||
| MOVIE | DIRECTOR | STARS | STUDIO | AMOUNT |
| Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal | Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Olivia Wilde, and Dennis Quaid | CBS Films | $3.5 million | |
| Lauren Greenfield | N/A (documentary) | Magnolia Pictures | Undisclosed | |
| Malik Bendjelloul | N/A (documentary) | Sony Pictures Classics | Undisclosed | |
| Katie Aselton | Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell, and Katie Aselton | LD Distribution | $1 million | |
| Ben Lewin | John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, and William H. Macy | Fox Searchlight | <$6 million | |
| Kevin Smith | N/A (distribution deal) | Phase 4 | Undisclosed | |
| Benh Zeitlin | N/A (non-professional actors) | Fox Searchlight | Undisclosed | |
| Lee Toland Krieger | Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Emma Roberts, Elijah Wood, Will McCormack, and Ari Graynor | Sony Pictures Classics | $2 million | |
| Jamie Travis | Nia Vardalos, Sugar Lyn Beard, Lauren Miller, Ari Graynor, and Justin Long | Focus Features | $2 million | |
| Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky | N/A (documentary) | HBO and Scott Rudin | Undisclosed | |
| Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch | Chris Crocker | HBO | Undisclosed | |
| Rodrigo Cortes | Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, and Elizabeth Olsen | Millennium Entertainment | <$4 million | |
| Nicholas Jarecki | Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, and Brit Marling | Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions | $2 million+ | |
| Jake Schreier | Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler, James Marsden, and Peter Sarsgaard | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Samuel Goldwyn Films | $2 million+ | |
| Josh Radnor | Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, John Magaro, and Elizabeth Reaser | IFC Films | $1 million+ | |
| Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and Radio Silence | N/A (found footage) | Magnolia Pictures | Undisclosed | |
| Jeff Orlowski | N/A (documentary) | National Geographic Channel | Undisclosed | |
| Kieran Darcy-Smith | Joel Edgerton, Theresa Palmer, and Felicity Price | Entertainment One | Undisclosed | |
| Nicholas McCarthy | Caity Lotz and Casper Van Dien | IFC Midnight | <$1 million | |
| David France | N/A (documentary) | Sundance Selects | Undisclosed | |
| Antonio Campos | Brady Corbet | IFC Films | Undisclosed | |
| Ava DuVernay | Emayatzy Corinealdi and David Oyelowo | Participant Media and AFFRM | Undisclosed | |
| James Marsh | Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, and Domhnall Gleeson | ATO | Undisclosed | |
| Craig Zobel | Ann Dowd and Dreama Walker | Magnolia Pictures | Undisclosed | |
| Ry Russo-Young | John Krasinski and Olivia Thirlby | Magnolia Pictures | Undisclosed | |
| Julie Delpy | Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, and Albert Delpy | Magnolia Pictures | Undisclosed | |
| Stephen Frears | Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, and Laura Prepon | The Weinstein Company | $2 million+ | |
| Rick Alverson | Tim Heidecker | Rough House Pictures | Undisclosed | |
| Ice-T | Ice-T | The Indomina Group | Undisclosed | |
| Colin Trevorrow | Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass | FilmDistrict | $1 million+ |
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