Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Jay Arnold’s award-winning LGBTQ+ romantic drama feature “Shoulder Dance” and will launch sales at the Cannes film market.
The film stars Matt Dallas (“Kyle Xy”), Rick Cosnett (“The Flash”), Taylor Frey (“It Chapter Two”), Samuel Larsen (“Glee”) and Maggie Geha (“Gotham”). Arnold (“What Happens Next”) directed from his original screenplay.
The deal was negotiated between Breaking Glass Pictures CEO Rich Wolff, Amanda Rae Simon, Esq., COO Susan Helfrich, Arnold, and Ethan Bearman, Esq., The Bearman Firm.
“Shoulder Dance” follows gay and straight best friends Ira (Dallas) and Roger (Cosnett) who haven’t seen each other in 24 years. When Roger arrives unexpectedly for the weekend, with his girlfriend Lilly (Geha), long suppressed desires dangerously resurface and the strength of Ira’s long-term relationship with Josh (Frey) is tested.
The film is produced by Arnold, Rod Hamilton and Frank Lomento. The consulting producer is Mark Bobadilla.
The film stars Matt Dallas (“Kyle Xy”), Rick Cosnett (“The Flash”), Taylor Frey (“It Chapter Two”), Samuel Larsen (“Glee”) and Maggie Geha (“Gotham”). Arnold (“What Happens Next”) directed from his original screenplay.
The deal was negotiated between Breaking Glass Pictures CEO Rich Wolff, Amanda Rae Simon, Esq., COO Susan Helfrich, Arnold, and Ethan Bearman, Esq., The Bearman Firm.
“Shoulder Dance” follows gay and straight best friends Ira (Dallas) and Roger (Cosnett) who haven’t seen each other in 24 years. When Roger arrives unexpectedly for the weekend, with his girlfriend Lilly (Geha), long suppressed desires dangerously resurface and the strength of Ira’s long-term relationship with Josh (Frey) is tested.
The film is produced by Arnold, Rod Hamilton and Frank Lomento. The consulting producer is Mark Bobadilla.
- 5/16/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Vertical Entertainment — the distributor behind such movies as “Miss Juneteenth,” “Shadow in the Cloud” and “Ava” — has acquired the distribution rights for “The Estate” in North America, the U.K. and Ireland. The thriller, the feature directing debut of James Kapner, and written by Chris Baker (who also co-stars in the film), will be released in theaters and on VOD day-and-date this fall.
“The Estate” stars Eliza Coupe (“Happy Endings”), Greg Finley (“The Flash”), Baker, Heather Matarazzo (“Welcome to the Dollhouse”), Eric Roberts (“Runaway Train”) and Lala Kent (“Vanderpump Rules”). Baker’s character aligns with his stepmother (Coupe) to hire a hitman (Finley) to kill the family patriarch (Roberts), a move “initiating a psychosexual love triangle that spirals into more than anyone bargained for,” according to its logline.
Josh Spector, the SVP of acquisitions for Vertical Entertainment, said, “We couldn’t be prouder to be partnering with this talented filmmaking team on “The Estate,...
“The Estate” stars Eliza Coupe (“Happy Endings”), Greg Finley (“The Flash”), Baker, Heather Matarazzo (“Welcome to the Dollhouse”), Eric Roberts (“Runaway Train”) and Lala Kent (“Vanderpump Rules”). Baker’s character aligns with his stepmother (Coupe) to hire a hitman (Finley) to kill the family patriarch (Roberts), a move “initiating a psychosexual love triangle that spirals into more than anyone bargained for,” according to its logline.
Josh Spector, the SVP of acquisitions for Vertical Entertainment, said, “We couldn’t be prouder to be partnering with this talented filmmaking team on “The Estate,...
- 8/11/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
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