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Birbiglia Directs Focus Features Comedy Old Friends New Friends With Starry Cast
film21 hours ago

Birbiglia Directs Focus Features Comedy Old Friends New Friends With Starry Cast

Focus Features has greenlit Old Friends New Friends, a new comedy written and directed by Mike Birbiglia, marking his first feature in a decade. He will direct from his script and produce with Jacob Jaffke and Joe Hartwick for Oddball Entertainment. The ensemble cast includes Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Dylan Gelula, around a premise where a tight-knit group of college friends reunites at a wedding to find the groom has built a new life with new friends, prompting reflections on growing up and growing apart. Filming is eyeing a fall start. Birbiglia’s prior features Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice, plus his acclaimed stand-up career, are noted in the piece.

via Deadline|
#film#focus-features#lucas-hedges
Obsession Tops $500M Global Box Office, First Original 2020s Hit to Do So
entertainment1 day ago

Obsession Tops $500M Global Box Office, First Original 2020s Hit to Do So

Focus Features’ horror hit Obsession crossed $500 million worldwide, becoming the first original film of the 2020s to reach that milestone and overtaking Pixar’s Elemental; after a domestic opening of $17.1 million, it climbed to $263.4 million in the U.S. while overseas totals reached $238.1 million (including China and the U.K.), pushing the global total to about $501.5 million with more markets to come.

via TheWrap|
#box-office#entertainment#focus-features
Focus Features Snaps Up Andrew Scott Biopic Elsinore for Fall Release
film27 days ago

Focus Features Snaps Up Andrew Scott Biopic Elsinore for Fall Release

Focus Features has acquired North America and Latin America rights to Elsinore, Studiocanal’s biographical drama about Ian Charleson, directed by Simon Stone and led by Andrew Scott, with a limited release on Nov. 20 followed by expansion through Thanksgiving and December. Studiocanal will retain sales in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand. The cast includes Olivia Colman, Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn and others; producers are Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Mickey Liddell, Stefano Massenzi and Scott.

via Deadline|
#andrew-scott#elsinore#film
Lowery to Helm The Fisherman Adaptation for Focus, With Bay Producing
entertainment1 month ago

Lowery to Helm The Fisherman Adaptation for Focus, With Bay Producing

Focus has landed The Fisherman, a Bram Stoker Award–winning horror novel by John Langan, with David Lowery set to direct and co-write the adaptation with Alex Ross Perry; Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and Gary Dauberman’s Coin Operated will produce, alongside Mia Maniscalco, bringing the two widowers’ eerie fishing trip to the screen.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#bram-stoker-award#david-lowery#entertainment
Indie Horror Obsession Surges Past $400M Worldwide
entertainment1 month ago

Indie Horror Obsession Surges Past $400M Worldwide

The indie horror film Obsession has grossed $403 million globally after two months in theaters, with $245 million domestic and $157 million overseas. Produced for $750,000 and acquired by Focus Features for $14 million at TIFF, it has become highly profitable thanks to strong word-of-mouth and a Gen Z audience, with weekend box office rising through the July 4 holiday.

via Variety|
#box-office#entertainment#focus-features
Obsession Goes Home: How to Stream Curry Barker’s Horror Hit
entertainment1 month ago

Obsession Goes Home: How to Stream Curry Barker’s Horror Hit

Curry Barker’s horror film Obsession has dominated theaters, crossing $200M globally and becoming Focus Features’ top earner; as it expands to home video, Obsession drops on PVOD today (June 30) for digital purchase or rental on Prime Video and Apple TV, priced at $24.99 to buy or $19.99 to rent; a Peacock release date is expected but none announced yet.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#apple-tv#curry-barker#entertainment
New Sense and Sensibility Reimagining Casts Daisy Edgar-Jones in Autumn Release
entertainment2 months ago

New Sense and Sensibility Reimagining Casts Daisy Edgar-Jones in Autumn Release

Vogue debuts the first look at Daisy Edgar-Jones (Elinor Dashwood) and Esmé Creed-Miles (Marianne) in Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility for Focus Features. The cast also includes Caitríona Balfe, George MacKay and others, with Diana Reid penning the screenplay. Oakley aims for authentic, timeless period detail as the Dashwoods move from Norland Park to a Devon cottage, crafting a story centered on sisterly love rather than glossy 19th-century fantasy. The film arrives in theatres October 16, 2026.

via Vogue|
#daisy-edgar-jones#entertainment#focus-features
From $750K to Hollywood Fame: Curry Barker’s Obsession-Fueled Rise
entertainment2 months ago

From $750K to Hollywood Fame: Curry Barker’s Obsession-Fueled Rise

Curry Barker, a 26-year-old Alabama-born filmmaker, rode the breakout success of Obsession—made for just $750,000 and nearing $300 million globally—to become Hollywood’s hottest new horror director, with Focus Features backing an awards push, major studio interest, and next projects including a Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot and Anything But Ghosts. Barker explains the unbelievable momentum, his commitment to creative freedom, collaboration with Cooper Tomlinson, and plans to build a production company while targeting original storytelling for Gen Z audiences.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#box-office#curry-barker#entertainment
Obsession Outpaces Scary Movie, Eyes Blair Witch Project’s Box Office Crown
box-office2 months ago

Obsession Outpaces Scary Movie, Eyes Blair Witch Project’s Box Office Crown

Obsession leads Monday’s box office with $4.2M in its fourth week, narrowly ahead of Scary Movie’s $4.1M and bringing domestic total to about $156.1M and global to over $229M; Blair Witch Project’s worldwide $248.6M remains the benchmark for festival acquisitions, a figure Obsession is nearing as Focus Features’ top-grossing title worldwide.

via Deadline|
#blair-witch-project#box-office#focus-features
Obsession Sets Festival Acquisition Box Office Record
entertainment2 months ago

Obsession Sets Festival Acquisition Box Office Record

The horror hit Obsession has become the top-grossing festival acquisition ever, grossing $225.5 million globally after Focus Features won the rights from Toronto in a around-$15 million bidding war; it surpassed Fahrenheit 9/11 and posted a notable box-office pattern with stronger returns in later weekends, cementing director Curry Barker’s breakout status.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#box-office#entertainment#festival-acquisition