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Sundance Film Festival

Festival ⌖ Watchlist
last seen in coverage Aug 15
424
Wire items · since Feb 24
31
Deal items
26
Tracked projects
7
Months active
63
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 31 tracked deal items

29% of tracked dealflow (9/31) is greenlight; 70% of classified deal mediums are film; 73% of staged deals sit early-funnel (in-development or greenlit).machine-derived from the deal record below — not an editorial mandate statement

Deal type
greenlight 9
pitch sale 4
book adaptation 4
remake reboot 3
series order pilot pickup 2
spec sale 2
option 2
public domain adaptation 1
short story adaptation 1
Reported stage
in development 16
in production 6
acquired 4
greenlit 2
completed seeking distribution 2
Medium
film 23
tv limited series 6
industry 4

Slate · 26 projects from coveragegrouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred

In development 16
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Invite
Olivia Wilde · Seth Rogen · Edward Norton
public domain adaptation acquired 10 Aug 7
Expansion
Olivia Colman · Alexander Skarsgård · Peter Dinklage
short story adaptation acquired 7 Aug 8
Tony
Robert Redford · Zahn McClarnon · Anthony Chen
acquired 6 Aug 8
Union County
Will Poulter · Noah Centineo
acquired 4 May 13
Cookie Queens
Danielle Brooks · Meghan Markle · Prince Harry
acquired 3 May 8
Closure acquired 3 Aug 13
Weight
Natalie Erika James · Midori Francis · Madeleine Madden
acquired 3 May 19
Significant
Clint Eastwood
3 Apr 22
Together
Ethan Hawke · Russell Crowe · Austin Amelio
greenlight in development 3 Apr 13
Catch
Antoine Fuqua · Emma Stone · Chris Pine
3 Aug 1
Lady acquired 3 May 13
Tuner
Daniel Roher · Dustin Hoffman · Leo Woodall
3 May 20
American Pachuco: The Legend Of Luis Valdez 3 Jun 16
Wicker
Olivia Colman · Alexander Skarsgård · Peter Dinklage
short story adaptation acquired 3 Jul 31
Night Nurse
Antoine Fuqua
acquired 3 Jul 7
Run Amok
Patrick Wilson · Margaret Cho
acquired 3 Aug 13
In production 3
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Saccharine
Natalie Erika James · Midori Francis · Madeleine Madden
in production 8 Jul 31
King Snake
Jeff Nichols · Margaret Qualley · Drew Starkey
in production 4 May 21
Brian
Will Ropp · Ben Wang · Randall Park
pitch sale in production 3 May 26
Seeking distribution 2
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Spotlight
Daniel Roher · Leo Woodall · Dustin Hoffman
completed seeking distribution 8 Jun 6
Walking Dead completed seeking distribution 3 Jul 30
Released & tracking 5
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Leviticus
Adrian Chiarella · Joe Bird · Stacy Clausen
book adaptation acquired 15 Aug 12
Obsession
Curry Barker · Cooper Tomlinson · Adrian Chiarella
acquired 6 Jul 9
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun · Adrian Chiarella · Hannah Einbinder
acquired 6 Aug 12
I Want Your Sex
Olivia Wilde · Cooper Hoffman · Mason Gooding
acquired 4 Aug 5
Spider-man
Olivia Wilde · Cooper Hoffman · Mason Gooding
acquired 3 Aug 1

Key people · from coveragenames as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design

Olivia WildeNamed in coverage15i · 1d
Adrian ChiarellaTalent attached12i · 1d
Robert RedfordNamed in coverage11i · 0d
Joe BirdTalent attached10i · 1d
Mia WasikowskaTalent attached10i · 1d
Stacy ClausenTalent attached9i · 1d
Natalie Erika JamesNamed in coverage8i · 0d
Seth RogenNamed in coverage7i · 0d
Jane SchoenbrunTalent attached7i · 0d
Midori FrancisNamed in coverage6i · 0d
James WanTalent attached5i · 2d
Jessica HerndonNamed in coverage5i · 0d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 2 tracked titlesgrosses as reported — amber badge = released by another studio

Obsession
latest: “more than $403m worldwide” (worldwide) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure
Leviticus
latest: “$4.3 million worldwide” (domestic) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

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FEB
79
MAR
135
APR
119
MAY
33
JUN
33
JUL
24
AUG
WIRE ITEMSDEAL SHARE

Works with · top 8 of 24click to expand shared record

CounterpartyItemsDeals
Cannes Film FestivalFEST 612
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NetflixPLAT 588
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SXSWFEST 506
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A24CO 395
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NeonCO 374
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Sundance InstituteFEST 350
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SonyCO 306
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Toronto International Film FestivalFEST 293
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Deal record · 31 entries, newest 30 shownamounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps

Aug 12 'Josephine' Trailer: Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan in Sundance Winner
Deal @ acquired “seven-figure deal”
with Sumerian Pictures, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan +5
Variety+4 src A
Jul 27 Animaginary Partners With Gersh To Rep Worldwide Rights On Michael Mankowski’s ‘Getting Lost’ Animated Series
Deal @ in-production
with Gersh, Animaginary, Michael Mankowski +5
Deadline C
Jul 15 Anglo-French Outfit Alief Boards Sales On Kinematics Horror ‘Godhead’ Before Fantasia Debut
Deal @ completed-seeking-distribution
with Alief, Kinematics, Al Warren +5
Deadline A+
Jun 24 'Blair Witch Project' New Movie Sets Fall 2027 Release
remake-reboot @ greenlit
with Dylan Clark, Chris Thomas Devlin, Jason Blum +5
Deadline+10 src A+
Jun 19 Black Bear Sets Fall Release For Sundance Acquisition ‘Wicker’ Starring Olivia Colman & Alexander Skarsgård
short-story-adaptation @ completed-seeking-distribution
with Black Bear, Tango and Topic Studios, Olivia Colman +5
Deadline+3 src A+
Jun 19 Ana de Armas And Kate Hudson To Star In Erotic Thriller 'Palm Grove'
Deal @ in-development
with Ana de Armas, Kate Hudson, Kornél Mundruczó +5
Deadline+6 src A
Jun 12 Glen Powell's 95% RT-Rated Thriller Officially Getting a Netflix Spin-Off
series-order-pilot-pickup @ in-development
with Glen Powell, Netflix, SXSW
MovieWeb A
Jun 4 FilmNation Snaps Up Absurdist Action-Thriller Spec ‘I’d Like To Speak To Your Manager’ From Gabe Delahaye
spec-sale @ in-development
with FilmNation, Gabe Delahaye, Fortunate Jack +5
Deadline+1 src A+
May 14 Steph Curry's Unanimous Teams With Hard Carry For Sports Content JV
greenlight @ in-development
with Steph Curry, Unanimous Media, Erick Peyton +5
Deadline C
May 12 First Dogma 25 Film, BDSM Love Story ‘Mr. Nawashi,’ Starts Shoot, Gets Netflix Deal
greenlight @ in-production
with Isabella Eklöf, Tanya Holm Andersen, Esben Smed +5
THR A
May 9 ‘In the Blue,’ Next Feature From Filmmaking Duo Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers, Boarded by Passages Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
option @ acquired
with Delilah Napier, Lucy Powers, Uri Singer +5
Variety A
Apr 30 Keke Palmer & Zack Gottsagen Lead Thor Freudenthal’s ‘Lottery’ For Searchlight
book-adaptation @ in-development
with Keke Palmer, Zack Gottsagen, Thor Freudenthal +5
Google News (Searchlight Pictures) A
Apr 25 Pedro Pascal & Matthew McConaughey Join Western From 'Oldboy's Park Chan-Wook
greenlight @ in-development
with Pedro Pascal, Matthew McConaughey, Park Chan-wook +3
MovieWeb+1 src A+
Apr 17 Brigham Taylor, Dave Hunter, Ian Puente & Tom Goodall Launch Genre Production Company InTension Industries; Steve Zahn Space Thriller On Deck
greenlight @ in-development
with Brigham Taylor, Dave Hunter, Ian Puente +5
Deadline A+
Apr 15 Period film flooded with admirers in NOLA
option @ in-development
with Brooke H. Cellars, Lauren Kitchen, Agnes Applewhite +4
Google News (Overlook Film Festival) A
Apr 14 Remake of John Carpenter's Cult-Classic Action Thriller Officially Revived
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Studiocanal, Escape from New York, John Carpenter +4
Google News (John Carpenter) A
Apr 14 ‘Weapons’ Duo Zach Cregger & Roy Lee Reteaming To Produce Dark Comedy ‘Little One’ From Director Alex Kavutskiy; Hammerstone Studios Financing
greenlight @ in-production
with Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Alex Kavutskiy +5
Google News (Zach Cregger)+1 src A+
Apr 14 Weapons makers to back a dark comedy
greenlight @ in-production
with Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Alex Kavutskiy +1
Google News (Zach Cregger) A
Apr 9 Rachel Sennott Joins Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, Zazie Beetz & Alec Baldwin In ‘Kockroach’; Filming Begins Next Week
book-adaptation @ in-production
with Rachel Sennott, Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton +5
Deadline A+
Apr 8 Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ gets an awkward, funny trailer
public-domain-adaptation @ greenlit
with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Kane Parsons +5
Google News (A24)+3 src A+
Apr 8 Russell Simmons makes desperate move to end bitter legal battle with Warner Bros. Discovery
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Noah Hawley, Demián Rugna, Warner Bros. +4
Google News (Warner Bros. Pictures) A+
Apr 8 Columbus filmmakers take TV pilot to Sundance
pitch-sale @ in-development
with Julien Turner, Justen Turner, Freelance +3
Google News (Sundance Film Festival) A
Apr 7 Indian Film Festival of L.A. Reveals Industry Days Lineup, With Netflix, HBO, Universal Among Participating Companies (EXCLUSIVE)
pitch-sale
with Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Netflix, HBO +4
Variety A
Apr 7 ‘The Girl With the Needle,’ ‘The Ties That Bind Us’ Directors to Pitch New Films to Investors at Cannes Market
greenlight / pitch-sale @ in-development
with Cannes Investors Circle, Marché du Film, Guillaume Esmiol +5
THR+1 src A+
Apr 1 ‘Together’ Filmmaker Michael Shanks Teams with Adam McKay for Mystery Sci-Fi Comedy (Exclusive)
greenlight @ in-development
with Michael Shanks, Adam McKay, Sony Pictures +5
THR B
Apr 1 Writer-director Megan Park’s highly-anticipated next film lands a deal
spec-sale @ acquired
with Megan Park, Apple Original Films, LuckyChap +5
Google News (Sundance Film Festival) A
Mar 27 Hulu Developing Legal Drama ‘Opposing Counsel’ From Lauren Fields, Morgan Faust & Rideback
book-adaptation @ in-development
with Lauren Fields, Morgan Faust, Rideback +5
Google News (Hulu) A
Mar 25 ‘Leviticus’ Is the Queer Horror Love Story at Sundance That Might Break You
book-adaptation @ acquired
with Adrian Chiarella, Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen +4
Google News (Sundance Film Festival) A+
Mar 24 The Filmmakers Tackling the Dark Side of Hollywood’s Screener Culture
series-order-pilot-pickup @ in-production
with Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe, The Screener +4
Google News (Sundance Film Festival) A
Mar 20 SeriesMakers Reveals Full Details With Projects From Brian De Palma and ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ Producers (EXCLUSIVE)
pitch-sale @ in-development
with SeriesMakers, Series Mania Institute, Beta +5
Variety A

Recent mentions · 10 of 393

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 424 wire items (Feb 24 → Aug 15) matching Sundance Film Festival, deduplicated by URL (17 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 0.9% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

Buyer/seller roles are captured on a minority of deal items today; role-based stats are suppressed until capture coverage improves.

Slate clusters coverage by project title; stage is the latest reported stage, never a projection. Amber “via” badges mark titles tracked within this entity's coverage orbit but released by another distributor. Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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