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Strangers With Candy Movie
Picked up by ThinkFilm
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The Press Release that I received from the film's producers:
THINKFilm Takes a Bite of "Candy"
New York, February 7 - THINKFilm has acquired all worldwide rights to STRANGERS WITH CANDY, a feature film adaptation of the acclaimed Comedy Central series of the same name, it was announced today by the company's President and CEO, Jeff Sackman, and Head of US Theatrical, Mark Urman. Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, who wrote and starred in the series, repeat those chores here, with Dinello also directing. Colbert, now starring in Comedy Central's hit "The Colbert Report," is co-producer, Lorena David and Mark A. Roberts produced, along with David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated, whose first feature film this is. THINKFilm plans to release the film in exclusive engagements early this summer.
STRANGERS WITH CANDY toplines Sedaris as Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who decides to get a fresh start in life and regain the trust of her family, by returning to high school. Little does she know that the cool kids in her middle class suburb are far more dangerous than anyone she ever encountered in prison. Colbert and Dinello portray the science teacher and art teacher respectively (who happen to be enamored of one another), and the ensemble cast also includes Greg Hollimon, Deborah Rush, Dan Hedaya, Alison Janney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Kristen Johnston, Justin Theroux, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sir Ian Holm.
About the acquisition, Urman says "At this important stage of our company's development, we were looking for a film that combined all of the best qualities of 'Crash,' 'Brokeback Mountain,' and "Capote.' STRANGERS WITH CANDY has ethnic slurs, clandestine gay sex, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. What more could we want?!"
About the partnership with THINKFilm, Rob Burnett, President and CEO of Worldwide Pants, said, "At this important stage of our company's development we were looking for a distributor that could give a really funny quote in a press release."
The deal was negotiated by Randy Manis, THINKFilm Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Business Affairs, and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
THINKFilm received its fourth Oscar nomination last week with MURDERBALL, which is up for a Best Documentary Feature award. Its 2005 comedy smash, THE ARISTOCRATS, was just released on DVD and their next theatrical release, the Beastie Boys musical extravaganza AWESOME; I F*#&%N' SHOT THAT!, recently had its world premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opens commercially on March 31st. THINKFilm is a privately held company with offices in New York and Toronto. For information, please go to www.thinkfilmcompany.com.
Worldwide Pants, Inc. (WPI) is the Emmy-award winning, independent entertainment company that David Letterman founded in 1993. WPI creates original content for television and film, as well as for new media platforms including broadband and wireless. The company's successful network productions include "The Late Show with David Letterman," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "Everybody Loves Raymond," and "Ed." WPI currently has several comedy, animation, variety/talk, and feature projects in active development.
Picked up by ThinkFilm
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The Press Release that I received from the film's producers:
THINKFilm Takes a Bite of "Candy"
New York, February 7 - THINKFilm has acquired all worldwide rights to STRANGERS WITH CANDY, a feature film adaptation of the acclaimed Comedy Central series of the same name, it was announced today by the company's President and CEO, Jeff Sackman, and Head of US Theatrical, Mark Urman. Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, who wrote and starred in the series, repeat those chores here, with Dinello also directing. Colbert, now starring in Comedy Central's hit "The Colbert Report," is co-producer, Lorena David and Mark A. Roberts produced, along with David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated, whose first feature film this is. THINKFilm plans to release the film in exclusive engagements early this summer.
STRANGERS WITH CANDY toplines Sedaris as Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who decides to get a fresh start in life and regain the trust of her family, by returning to high school. Little does she know that the cool kids in her middle class suburb are far more dangerous than anyone she ever encountered in prison. Colbert and Dinello portray the science teacher and art teacher respectively (who happen to be enamored of one another), and the ensemble cast also includes Greg Hollimon, Deborah Rush, Dan Hedaya, Alison Janney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Kristen Johnston, Justin Theroux, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sir Ian Holm.
About the acquisition, Urman says "At this important stage of our company's development, we were looking for a film that combined all of the best qualities of 'Crash,' 'Brokeback Mountain,' and "Capote.' STRANGERS WITH CANDY has ethnic slurs, clandestine gay sex, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. What more could we want?!"
About the partnership with THINKFilm, Rob Burnett, President and CEO of Worldwide Pants, said, "At this important stage of our company's development we were looking for a distributor that could give a really funny quote in a press release."
The deal was negotiated by Randy Manis, THINKFilm Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Business Affairs, and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
THINKFilm received its fourth Oscar nomination last week with MURDERBALL, which is up for a Best Documentary Feature award. Its 2005 comedy smash, THE ARISTOCRATS, was just released on DVD and their next theatrical release, the Beastie Boys musical extravaganza AWESOME; I F*#&%N' SHOT THAT!, recently had its world premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opens commercially on March 31st. THINKFilm is a privately held company with offices in New York and Toronto. For information, please go to www.thinkfilmcompany.com.
Worldwide Pants, Inc. (WPI) is the Emmy-award winning, independent entertainment company that David Letterman founded in 1993. WPI creates original content for television and film, as well as for new media platforms including broadband and wireless. The company's successful network productions include "The Late Show with David Letterman," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "Everybody Loves Raymond," and "Ed." WPI currently has several comedy, animation, variety/talk, and feature projects in active development.
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