Sundance Selects confirmed on Friday it has taken North American rights from Submarine to Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s imminent world premiere.
Weiner will debut in Park City in the US Documentary Competition on January 24. Sundance Selects has set a May 20 theatrical release and the film broadcasts on Showtime in the autumn.
The film chronicles Anthony Weiner’s New York City mayoral campaign as he admits to sexting allegations.
- Wendy Lidell has joined Kino Lorber as svp of theatrical distribution and acquisitions. Lidell will report directly to CEO Richard Lorber and previously worked with Lorber when he acquired Film Circuit in 1998 to become the theatrical division of his company Fox Lorber.
- Elisabeth Glass has been appointed svp and head of content acquisition for Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises’ SVOD service Tribeca Shortlist.
- Lionsgate will release Blue Mountain State: The Rise Of Thadland on digital platforms on February 2. The comedy is based on Lionsgate’s TV series Blue Mountain State that got cancelled after three seasons.
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