We
were so wrong. Though two
Cinematical bloggers heard rumors in the past 24 hours that Paramount had closed a deal for as much as $15 million on
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine, word is now coming down the wires that
worldwide rights actually went to Fox Searchlight, for a more-reasonable but still somewhat outlandish $10 million.
Anne Thompson is reporting that John Sloss closed the deal for Cinetic in the wee hours of the morning – making
the rumor Kim heard last night a bit suspicious, and the one I heard this morning downright strange. The only thing I
can think of is that someone from the Fox camp sent an intern out to lead bloggers astray – and, great job, guys!
It totally worked. More details on this deal and others as they come in.Sundance Deals: Little Miss Sunshine goes to Fox Searchlight for $10 mil
We
were so wrong. Though two
Cinematical bloggers heard rumors in the past 24 hours that Paramount had closed a deal for as much as $15 million on
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine, word is now coming down the wires that
worldwide rights actually went to Fox Searchlight, for a more-reasonable but still somewhat outlandish $10 million.
Anne Thompson is reporting that John Sloss closed the deal for Cinetic in the wee hours of the morning – making
the rumor Kim heard last night a bit suspicious, and the one I heard this morning downright strange. The only thing I
can think of is that someone from the Fox camp sent an intern out to lead bloggers astray – and, great job, guys!
It totally worked. More details on this deal and others as they come in.
1. Great to see you folks back at this year's festival! So, the big deals are already happening, eh? From other sites, it looks like headlines on big deals and celebrities are what the general public are going to be hearing about again this year. Glad to have Blogging Sundance around to tell us about all that good other stuff us film fans want to know about!
Posted at 10:00PM on Jan 21st 2006 by John Miller