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Paramount Acquires Worldwide Rights to Reitman and Cody's 'Young Adult'
By Staff
posted Oct 14, 2010, 08:34
The film begins principal photography in NY this month.
The film begins principal photography in NY this month.
(Hollywood, CA) Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide distribution rights
to Mandate Pictures' Young Adult from Academy Award®-nominated director
Jason Reitman and Academy Award®-winning writer Diablo Cody. Academy-Award®
winning actress Charlize Theron ("Monster," "The Road")
stars alongside Golden Globe nominee Patrick Wilson (Angels in America, the
upcoming "Morning Glory") and Patton Oswalt ("Ratatouille").
The movie will be produced by Academy-Award® nominated producers Lianne
Halfon and Russell Smith of Mr. Mudd Productions, Mason Novick, Diablo Cody,
Jason Reitman through his film banner Right of Way Films and Denver & Delilah
Films. Nathan Kahane, John Malkovich, Helen Estabrook and Steven Rales will
executive produce. Mary Lee, Kelli Konop, Brian Bell and Beth Kono will co-produce.
Paramount's David Beaubaire, will run point for the studio.
Young Adult marks the second collaboration for these filmmakers. Reitman, Mr.
Mudd, Mandate, Novick and Cody had an enormously successful partnership on JUNO.
The film, directed by Reitman and written by Cody, garnered a host of accolades,
including an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay and three Academy
Award® nominations for Best Motion Picture (Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick
and Russell Smith, Producers), Best Actress, and Best Director. The $227 million
box-office and critical sensation was released by Fox Searchlight in late 2007.
The film also marks the third collaboration for Reitman and Paramount. The
studio released his Academy-Award® nominated "Up in the Air" last
year. Earning over $160 million world-wide, the movie earned six Academy-Award®
nominations, and five Golden Globe nominations, with Reitman taking home the
Golden Globe for Best Adapted Screenplay. Reitman next produces the upcoming
Paramount Pictures film "Jeff Who Lives At Home," starring Jason Segel
and Ed Helms, and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, to be released in 2011.
"We immediately jumped at the chance to work with Jason again," said
Paramount Film Group President Adam Goodman. "He's one of the most talented
filmmakers working today and look forward to this next collaboration."
Dan Freedman, SVP of Business and Legal Affairs, negotiated all deals for Mandate
Pictures.
Resources:
http://www.paramount.com/
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