COOGAN FILM IS A BIG HIT AT SUNDANCE
British funnyman STEVE COOGAN’s new movie has become the first big hit of this year’s (08) Sundance Film Festival in Utah after the film, HAMLET 2, was picked up for distribution by Focus Features executives.
The movie bosses wasted no time in snapping up the comedy after its premiere on Monday (21Jan08).
According to Daily Variety, the deal followed an all-night bidding war, with Summit Entertainment, Weinstein Co., Lionsgate and Warner Independent Pictures as contenders." The film features Coogan as a struggling English teacher who pens a sequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a desperate bid to save his school’s drama department.
The movie also stars Catherine Keener and David Arquette.
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