’s Black Bear Pictures, and the film had a opening Saturday night TIFF gala premiere at the Ontario Drive-In in Toronto, with links provided to buyers who could not get across the Canadian border. Schwarzman produced with Ben Stillman, Michael Heimler, and Blakeson. Andrea Ajemian and Sacha Guttenstein are the exec producers.
CAA Media Finance brokered the deal, while STX International is handling the remaining offshore territories., and then spent $10 million for, which played TIFF after premiering in Venice. Netflix then paid a whopping $30 million for the Sam Levinson-directed drama, and Netflix restocked its film slate with $70 million of spending without its executives having to board a plane.
Add to that several other deals including the $20 million acquisition by Solstice Studios for the Mark Wahlberg-starrerand the $5 million paid by Vertical Entertainment and Redbox for the Roseanne Liang-directed, and we are looking at the most deal-filled Toronto Film Festival Market in as long as I can remember. That hopefully signals an appetite for content and better times around the corner.