Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Mary Harron’s TIFF closing night film Daliland starring Ben Kingsley as the celebrated Surrealist artist and Barbara Sukowa as his wife and muse Gala.
The film takes place in the early 1970s as Dali prepares to stage a New York exhibition and is told through the eyes of a young assistant played by Christopher Briney.
Magnolia plans a 2023 theatrical release. “Ben Kingsley wonderfully inhabits Salvador Dalí’s persona and Barbara Sukowa is his match in this suitably wild and entertaining film from Mary Harron,” said Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles.
Harron directed from a screenplay by John C. Walsh. Edward R. Pressman, David O. Sacks, Daniel Brunt, Chris Curling, and Sam Pressman served as producers and the executive producers are Paula Paizes, Hannah Leader, Kingsley, Max Burger, Monique Burger, Chandu Shah, Cindy Saggar, Philip Colbert, Charlotte Colbert, Michael R. Newman, Jon Katz, Munkhtulga Od and Marc Iserlis.
Pressman Productions and Harron previously collaborated on American Psycho and David O. Sacks Productions collaborated with Pressman on Thank You For Smoking.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia EVP Dori Begley and SVP of acquisitions John Von Thaden with CAA Media Finance’s Nick Ogiony and Bankside Films’ Stephen Kelliher on behalf of the filmmakers. Bankside handles international sales.
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