By MCN Editor editor@moviecitynews.com
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS ACQUIRES ALL U.S. RIGHTS TO DANE COOK STARRER ANSWERS TO NOTHING FROM AMBUSH ENTERTAINMENT
** Film set for a December 2, 2011 release **
(Los Angeles, August 9, 2011) – Roadside Attractions announced today that is has acquired all U.S. rights to ANSWERS TO NOTHING, directed by Matthew Leutwyler (THE RIVER WHY) and starring Dane Cook, and will release the film nationwide on December 2, 2011. ANSWERS TO NOTHING is a gritty drama of interweaving stories set in Los Angeles against the backdrop of a child kidnapping case.
Along with Cook, the film also features Elizabeth Mitchell (LOST, V), Julie Benz (DEXTER, RAMBO), Academy-Award Nominee Barbara Hershey (PORTRAIT OF A LADY), Zach Gilford (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, DARE), Kali Hawk (COUPLES RETREAT), Erik Palladino (ER), Mark Kelly (MAD MEN), Aja Volkman (lead singer of the band Nico Vega), and Miranda Bailey (THE OH IN OHIO).
ANSWERS TO NOTHING is based on an original story by Matthew Leutwyler, who also wrote the screenplay with Gillian Vigman. The film was produced by Amanda Marshall of LA-based production company, Ambush Entertainment (SUPER) and Sim Sarna. Ambush’s financing arm, Cold Iron Pictures, financed the film. The director of photography is David Jones, the production designer is Joe Lemmon, the editor is Matthew Leutwyler, and the costume designer is Keri Smith.
The domestic deal was announced by Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff, Co-Presidents of Roadside Attractions.
“This is the most personal film I have ever made so getting it in the hands of a company like Roadside is a dream come true. They have an amazing track record with thought provoking independent movies and I am thrilled that they believe in our film as much as we do,” said Leutwyler.
“It’s great to see Dane in an unexpected dramatic role, and he hits it out of the park in this strong film,” said Cohen. Howard Cohen negotiated on behalf of Roadside Attractions and Greg Bernstein on behalf of Ambush.
ABOUT ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
Roadside Attractions is a film distribution company committed to championing independent films with a willingness to entertain. The company’s 2009 release, THE COVE, captured the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, and in 2010, its 6 Oscar nominations—four, including Best Picture, for Debra Granik’s WINTER’S BONE, and two, including Best Foreign Language Film, for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s BIUTIFUL—solidified its major position on the distributor landscape. The company recently released Robert Redford’s THE CONSPIRATOR starring James McAvoy and Robin Wright and, in partnership with Lionsgate, Dan Rush’s EVERYTHING MUST GO starring Will Ferrell and Rebecca Hall. Other films on its 2011 slate include Oscar-winning filmmaker James Marsh’s PROJECT NIM; Miranda July’s THE FUTURE; J.C. Chandor’s MARGIN CALL starring Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany and Jeremy Irons; Maryam Keshavarz’s CIRCUMSTANCE; and THUNDER SOUL, directed by Mark Landsman and executive produced by Jamie Foxx.
ABOUT AMBUSH ENTERTAINMENT
Ambush Entertainment is a Los Angeles based independent film development and production company that is dedicated to producing original, provocative, and diverse commercial feature films. Ambush Entertainment’s financing arm, Cold Iron Pictures, has enabled the company to produce a varied slate of films which include: the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Bitch Posse that Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) is attached to direct; the James Gunn action comedy, Super, starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler and Kevin Bacon, which IFC Films acquired after its World Premiere at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival; Every Day, written and directed by Richard Levine (Nip/Tuck) that Image Entertainment released in early 2011; the romantic drama, Wonderful World, featuring Matthew Broderick and Sanaa Lathan, which Magnolia released; the drama, Against the Current, with Joseph Fiennes, Mary Tyler Moore and Justin Kirk, which was released via IFC Festival Direct, IFC Films’ movies-on-demand platform, in early 2010; and the adaptation of novel The River Why, starring William Hurt.
Previous Ambush Entertainment features include 2005’s award-winning critically acclaimed The Squid and the Whale, written and directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels and the 2006 comedy The OH in Ohio, featuring Danny DeVito, Parker Posey and Paul Rudd; the comedy Lower Learning, with Eva Longoria Parker, Rob Corddry, and Jason Biggs; and the thriller Hindsight starring Jeffrey Donovan (Changeling) that Echo Bridge released. Ambush Entertainment was co-founded in 2000 by actor/producer Miranda Bailey and writer/director Matt Leutwyler.
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