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Fox Searchlight Wins The Wrestler

Posted on Monday, September 8th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

Anne Thompson is reporting that Fox Searchlight acquired U.S. rights to Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler for about $4 million. Lionsgate, Overture, Weinstein Co. and Sony were also said to be in the running. I’m just extremely happy that Sony Pictures Classics or TWC didn’t win the bid. The deal was finally closed at about 11 a.m. Monday. Searchlight is the best possible company to market this film for sure.

Apparently a huge oscar campaign for Mickey Rourke is part of the package. I’m guessing this probably means the film will hit theaters in late December to qualify, although an official announcement is forthcoming.

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  • charles
    thank god, it'll make some money. I'll actually get to know the release date.LOL
  • McLovin
    yay. I have yet to see american teen or the wackness..... at least now i will probably get the chance to see the wrestler
  • REAL6
    I really wanna see this!!!
  • Jeremy Lasman
    Really looking forward to this both as a wrestling fan and Aronofsky fan. Do you think even with the social stigma wrestling has on society that any Oscar contention will be a possibility?
  • Tendrillar
    Great news. Really excited.
  • Indiefilm
    Excellent news!!! Fox Searchlight has been under the radar this summer. Sony didn't know how to promote "The Wackness" and Paramount Vantage sells their stuff as Best Buy exclusives (just bitter about the Son Of Rambow release) so we know how they feel about their products.

    Great great great news!
  • plastique elephant
    Wow, Fox Searchlight gonna be running two massive Oscar campaigns the... one for the Wrestler & one for Slumdog Millionaire. Good on em!
  • 790
    I'm totally watching this and I hate wrestling.
    Mickey Rourke is gold !!!!


    F-you JC ,,,, lol
  • FilmFan
    I would be so happy if Rourke could get an Oscar nod for this, but being a fan of his work and following his career a little too nerdishly over the years I can't help thinking if this IS the film that gets Rourke the critical love he so long yearns for, he'll only go and f**k it up as always. This is the guy who came back from the cold after over a decade (in which his midlife crisis saw his face destroyed in the ring) and made "The Pledge" with Sean Penn before vanishing again thanks to some Tom Cruise bashing, got chummy with Tarantino and got himself a great part in "Sin City" but then followed it with the awful "Stormbreaker" and "Kill Shot" and then turned down Stuntman Mike in "Death Proof"! Rourke has a self destruct button and I really hope that if "The Wrestler" shows the world what he really can do and delivers on that early promise of "Rumblefish" and "Angel Heart" that we get a string of great work from him and not another implosion.
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