SUNDANCE: Searchlight Spends Big For “Little Miss Sunshine”
“Little Miss Sunshine,” one of the hottest properties at Sundance, was purchased Saturday by Fox Searchlight for more than $10 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, starring Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, and Greg Kinnear and directed by first-timers Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, tells the farcical story of a dysfunctional family that that bands together to enter the youngest daughter in a beauty pageant. This may be the richest deal in festival history; Miramax purchased “Happy, Texas” for $10 million in 1999.
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on Jan 22 2006 10:42 AM Hopefully it's worth that much, I do like Carell, Collette, and Kinnear. (Reply to this) |
on Jan 22 2006 10:54 PM Good cast. Hope it's better than "Happy, Texas" though. (Reply to this) |
on Jan 23 2006 09:43 AM Is this even really news; both Steve Carell and Toni Collette had films in 05 that went a hundred million plus this is a slam-dunk to be a big return on investment (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 23 2006 09:45 AM In reply to this comment (#830260) [b]Hold up![/b] Happy, Texas is a great movie! (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 23 2006 02:22 PM [b]Happy, Texas[/b] The last time $10 million was spent was on this movie and it wasn't all that great. Still this one has a great cast and right now Carrell is box office gold. Cheers, Kevin (Reply to this) |
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