Exclusive: Though the 2012 Sundance Film Festival is starting to fade from memory, buyers and sellers continue to make unhurried deals for the films that premiered there. Image Entertainment has just acquired U.S. rights to Christopher Neil’s coming-of-age stoner film Goats for what I’m hearing was near $1 million. The film premiered January 24 at the Eccles Theater and buyers sparked to the performances by David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Ty Burrell and Graham Phillips. Christopher Neil directed and Mark Jude Poirier wrote the script. The film is based on the Mark Jude Poirier novel, in which a guy leaves his unconventional desert home to attend the disciplined and structured Gates Academy. There, he re-connects with his estranged father and for the first time questions the family dynamics. The film was produced by Red Crown Productions’ Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Shannon Lail and Eric Kopeloff. Executive Producers include Peter Touche, whose Sandia Media partially financed the film,...
- 2/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
#24. Goats - Christopher Neil While cinephiles await "Coppola" output this year from Roman (who is finally going to second his Cq debut) it is Francis Ford's nephew Christopher Neil who may get to showcase his coming-of-age comedy first. After holoding onto the book rights for almost a decade, this is already in the can and has an ensemble of Sundance vets (Vera Farmiga, Ty Burrell, David Duchovny, Keri Russell , Minnie Driver, Justin Kirk and Dakota Johnson) and features what could be the fest's breakout star in the young Graham Phillips. Look for Goats to perhaps receive a Premieres showing. Gist: Based on Mark Poirier's novel, Fifteen-year-old Ellis is getting ready to leave his luxurious home in the foothills of Tucson for his freshman year at Gates Academy, an East Coast prep school. This means leaving behind Wendy, his flaky, new age mother and the only real father he has ever known,...
- 11/9/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Minnie Driver and Will Arnett have joined the cast of the independent comedy "Goats."According to Variety, they join a cast that includes Ty Burrell and Graham Phillips.Shooting begins next month.Christopher Neil is directing with Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Eric Kopeloff and Shannon Lail producing.The script was adapted by Mark Jude Poirier from his 2001 debut novel of the same name.The story centers on a teenager (Phillips) as he transfers to an East Coast prep school and learns about himself through his divorced parents and his surrogate father (Duchovny), a 40-year-old pot-smoker named "Goat Man."...
- 1/12/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Red Crown Productions, Elliptical Films, and Sandia Media announced today that David Duchovny, Academy Award nominee-Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Academy Award nominee- Minnie Driver and Will Arnett will join the cast of the comedy feature Goats. Graham Phillips (Evan Almighty) and Ty Burrell were previously announced. The film will mark Christopher Neil‘s directorial debut. Red Crown Productions’, Daniela Taplin Lundberg (The Kids Are All Right), will produce along with Eric Kopeloff (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) and Shannon Lail. Richard Arlook, of the Arlook Group, will executive produce, as will Daniel Crown and Riva Marker for Red Crown Productions. Peter Touche of Sandia Media will partially finance and executive produce as well. Echo Bridge Entertainment will handle international sales and is presenting the film to buyers at the upcoming Berlinale.
Goats begins filming February 2011.
Producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg commented on the casting,
“Goats is that wonderful combination of hilarious and poignant,...
Goats begins filming February 2011.
Producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg commented on the casting,
“Goats is that wonderful combination of hilarious and poignant,...
- 1/10/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Red Crown Productions, Elliptical Films, and Sandia Media announced today that David Duchovny, Academy Award nominee-Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Academy Award nominee-Minnie Driver and Will Arnett will join the cast of the comedy feature Goats . Graham Phillips ( Evan Almighty ) and Ty Burrell were previously announced. The film will mark Christopher Neil's directorial debut. Red Crown Productions', Daniela Taplin Lundberg ( The Kids Are All Right ), will produce along with Eric Kopeloff ( Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ) and Shannon Lail. Richard Arlook, of the Arlook Group, will executive produce, as will Daniel Crown and Riva Marker for Red Crown Productions. Peter Touche of Sandia Media will partially finance and executive produce as well. Echo Bridge Entertainment will handle...
- 1/10/2011
- Comingsoon.net
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