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EXCLUSIVE: Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar in a splashy eight-figure deal (low teens, we understand). The G-BASE, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and MBC Studios feature reunites Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) in the story of Tom…

EXCLUSIVE: Boardwalk Empire actor Michael Pitt has joined Open Road and Sculptor Media’s drama-thriller Black Flies opposite Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan and Katherine Waterston. The movie, based on the Shannon Burke novel of the same name, takes an immersive view of life on the streets and one medic's struggle to maintain…

EXCLUSIVE: Fantastic Beasts franchise star Katherine Waterston is boarding the drama thriller Black Flies opposite 2x Oscar winner Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan. Deadline first told you about the project, directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, when Open Road Films landed U.S. rights to the pic at EFM 2021. Based on the…

UPDATED with redband trailer: When Deadline first revealed that Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters bandmates had covertly made the film Studio 666, we suggested it was A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead. The first full trailer for the film being released February 25 by Open Road just dropped and it seems to live up to…

EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment, in partnership with Open Road Films, has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Memory, an action vehicle that stars Liam Neeson and is directed by Martin Campbell. Pic is financed by Teddy Schwarzman's Black Bear Pictures. This marks the fourth pic for Neeson and Briarcliff/Open…

EXCLUSIVE: Think A Hard Day’s Night of the Living Dead, with laughs among the scares and splatter, and you’ve got a handle on Studio 666. Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters bandmates star in a film they shot in secret, about what happens when the legendary rock band rents an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll…

EXCLUSIVE: Open Road Films, which didn’t pull back on theatrical releases for cinemas during the pandemic like other studios, has set a release date of September 17 for its Gerard Butler action movie Copshop from Joe Carnahan. Written by Carnahan and Kurt McLeod, Copshop follows a wily con artist who is on the run…

EXCLUSIVE: With Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow jumping from May 7 to July 9, there’s a lot more oxygen in the late spring theatrical release calendar. Open Road will take advantage of that pic’s absence and is moving up its horror feature Separation from April 23 to April 30. Deadline first told you about Open Road and Br…

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED: Open Road will now open their Liam Neeson feature The Marksman on Jan. 15 2021 capitalizing on the MLK four-day holiday weekend.  The marketplace has opened up with New Line’s Mortal Kombat and Universal/Film Nation’s The 355 moving off the date and those exhibitors weathering the pandemic are…

Raven Capital Management said it has completed its $87.5 million purchase of Open Road Films assets, including rights to 45 titles such as the Oscar-winning Spotlight, Chef and End of Watch. The finalizing of the agreement first disclosed in November adds another notable film library to Raven’s collection of assets…

Open Road, the latest independent film company to hit the rocks, has received a “stalking-horse” bid of $87.5 million in Delaware bankruptcy court from a buyer identified as “OR Acquisition Co.” According to court documents, the bid is backed by New York-based private equity firm Raven Capital Management. The firm’s…

Liz Biber, the head of publicity at Global Road Entertainment and before that at Open Road Films, is exiting the company. Her departure comes after the December exit of Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg, who parted ways amicably in December following Tang Media Partners’ acquisition of Open Road. It was later combined with…