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Sundance Film Festival

Festival ⌖ Watchlist
last seen in coverage Sep 26
306
Wire items · since Feb 24
21
Deal items
17
Tracked projects
8
Months active
54
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 21 tracked deal items

24% of tracked dealflow (5/21) is greenlight; 61% of classified deal mediums are film; 74% 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 5
pitch sale 3
remake reboot 3
book adaptation 2
series order pilot pickup 1
public domain adaptation 1
option 1
spec sale 1
Reported stage
in development 9
in production 3
acquired 3
greenlit 2
completed seeking distribution 2
Medium
film 14
tv limited series 5
industry 4

Slate · 17 projects from coverage

Grouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred.

In development 9
InviteOlivia Wilde · Seth Rogen · Edward Norton public domain adaptation@ acquired6 itemsJun 28 ExpansionRobert Redford · Domhnall Gleeson · Olivia Colman @ acquired6 itemsAug 23 SaccharineNatalie Erika James · Midori Francis · Madeleine Madden 5 itemsJul 31 Lady @ acquired4 itemsSep 7 MusicalPatrick Wilson · Margaret Cho · Jodie Comer @ acquired4 itemsSep 25 Closure @ acquired3 itemsAug 13 WeightNatalie Erika James · Midori Francis · Madeleine Madden @ acquired3 itemsMay 19 Night NurseAntoine Fuqua @ acquired3 itemsJul 7 Run AmokPatrick Wilson · Margaret Cho @ acquired3 itemsAug 13
In production 1
TonyJane Schoenbrun · Dominic Sessa · Hannah Einbinder 3 itemsAug 22
Seeking distribution 2
SpotlightDaniel Roher · James Cameron · Queen Latifah 7 itemsAug 29 Walking Dead 3 itemsJul 30
Released & tracking 5
LeviticusAdrian Chiarella · Joe Bird · Stacy Clausen book adaptation@ acquired11 itemsAug 12 Teenage Sex And Death At Camp MiasmaJane Schoenbrun · Adrian Chiarella · Dominic Sessa @ acquired5 itemsAug 22 ObsessionCurry Barker · Cooper Tomlinson · Adrian Chiarella @ acquired5 itemsSep 9 BuddyKeegan-Michael Key · J.D. Lifshitz · Raphael Margules @ acquired5 itemsSep 11 HopeNa Hong-jin · Hwang Jung-min · Hoyeon 3 itemsSep 23

Key people · from coverage

Names as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design.

Adrian ChiarellaTalent attached9i · 1d
Robert RedfordNamed in coverage8i · 0d
Jane SchoenbrunTalent attached7i · 0d
Olivia WildeNamed in coverage6i · 0d
James WanTalent attached6i · 2d
Joe BirdTalent attached6i · 1d
Mia WasikowskaTalent attached6i · 1d
Jason BlumTalent attached5i · 1d
Stacy ClausenTalent attached5i · 1d
Natalie Erika JamesNamed in coverage5i · 0d
Curry BarkerTalent attached5i · 1d
Brad PittTalent attached4i · 1d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 5 tracked titles

Grosses as reported — “via” badge = released by another studio.

Obsession
“$286.5M”Jun 18 · worldwide→“more than $403m worldwide”Jul 9 · worldwide
latest: “more than $403m worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Leviticus
“$4.3 million worldwide”Jun 26 · domestic
latest: “$4.3 million worldwide” (domestic) as reported — not a comparable figure
Effi O Blaenau
“$300k”Aug 28 · UK
latest: “$300k” (UK) as reported — not a comparable figure
Insidious: Out Of The Further
“£6.5m”Sep 7 · UK-Ireland
latest: “£6.5m” (UK-Ireland) as reported — not a comparable figure
Hope
“$36 million”Sep 12 · U.S.
latest: “$36 million” (U.S.) as reported — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

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MAR
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APR
61
MAY
21
JUN
25
JUL
37
AUG
36
SEP
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Works with · top 8 of 25

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Cannes Film FestivalFEST 532
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NetflixPLAT 425
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A24CO 321
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SXSWFEST 312
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UniversalCO 254
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NeonCO 251
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Sundance InstituteFEST 241
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Toronto International Film FestivalFEST 232
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Deal record · 21 entries

Amounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps.

Sep 14 Pluto Film Boards 'Ida' Star Agata Trzebuchowska's Horror Film ‘Sick’
Deal @ completed-seeking-distribution
with Pluto Film, Agata Trzebuchowska, Lumisenta +5
 Deadline+1 src A+
Sep 12 Inde Navarrette to Lead Alien Sci-Fi Thriller 'The Waffle House Index' for Apple Original Films
spec-sale @ acquired “seven figures”
with Apple Original Films, Inde Navarrette, Louis Paxton +5
 Phantasmagoria B
Sep 7 Toho Europe, Indonesia Film Fund, Cinepolis Pact Among Deals Unveiled at Lumiere Summit
Deal “IDR20 billion ($1.13 million)”
with Toho Europe, Toho Co., Ltd., Indonesia Ministry of Culture +5
 Variety A
Sep 4 Universal Taps Chris MacBride To Pen ‘Confession Of Murder’ Remake With Glen Powell’s Barnstorm Banner And Winged Tiger Producing
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Universal, Chris MacBride, Glen Powell +5
 Deadline A
Sep 4 ‘Onslaught’ Star Dan Stevens on Expanding ‘The Guest’ Universe, Becoming RoboCop and His “Nasty” ‘Dexter’ Role
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Dan Stevens, Adam Wingard, Blumhouse Atomic Monster +5
 The Hollywood Reporter B
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 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
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 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 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 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 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
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
Mar 18 Disabled Creatives Including ‘Reunion’ & ‘We Might Regret This’ Creators Join Development Programme To “Reclaim The Horror Genre”
greenlight @ in-development
with 104 Films, BFI Creative Challenge Fund, D-Horror +5
 Deadline A+

Recent mentions · 10 of 285

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 306 wire items (Feb 24 → Sep 26) matching Sundance Film Festival, deduplicated by URL (10 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 1.6% 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. “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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