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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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