EXCLUSIVE: Upfront of its Friday Toronto Movie Pageant World Premiere, the Dito Montiel-directed Riff Raff has been acquired for U.S. rights by Lionsgate’s Grindstone Leisure Group and Roadside Sights which made the take care of Signature Movies and Cover Media Companions. Roadside Sights plans a home theatrical launch of 750 theaters minimal, for later this 12 months.
Scripted by John Pollono (Stronger), the movie facilities on a former prison whose extraordinary life is thrown the other way up when his household reveals up for a long-awaited reckoning. The solid contains Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Ed Harris (Love Lies Bleeding), Gabrielle Union (The Inspection), Lewis Pullman (Prime Gun: Maverick), Emanuela Postacchini (Robots), Miles J. Harvey (American Vandal), Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island), and Invoice Murray (Ghostbusters).
Signature Movies, which is dealing with worldwide gross sales on the title, has closed territory offers in Italy (Maestro Distribution), Scandinavia (Scanbox), the Center East (Phoenicia), Jap Europe (ProRom), Poland (Kino Siwiat), Taiwan (MovieCloud), airline rights (CineSky), Commonwealth of Impartial States (MGN), Greece (Tanweer), Portugal (Lusomundo) and Turkey (Vagon). Signature will distribute the movie within the U.Okay., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Deal was confirmed to Deadline and the backers sound excited.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering with our pals at Roadside Sights to deliver U.S. audiences this hilarious crime comedy,” stated Grindstone President and CEO Barry Brooker.
Roadside Sights co-presidents Eric d’Arbeloff and Howard Cohen added, “This film is the sort of enjoyable and really uncouth caper comedy we haven’t seen in theaters in a really very long time. It has such nice performances with an all-star solid and it’s going to pop on the massive display screen.”
Cover Media Companions’ Noah Rothman (Small Engine Restore), Signature Movies’ Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel (The Property), and Adam Paulsen (Pig, On The Rely of Three)are producing the movie. Government Producers embrace David Sullivan, John Pollono, Chris Dennis for Cover Media Companions, Capstone’s Christian Mercuri, and Patrick Hibler and Patrick Muldoon from Storyboard Media.
