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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 14, 2014 17:30:45 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/film/news/tobey-maguire-chess-movie-pawn-sacrifice-sells-1201303244/ “Pawn Sacrifice,” the chess drama starring Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber as Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, has found a U.S. home. Andrew Karpen’s newly minted distribution company Bleecker Street has acquired the domestic rights to the movie, which is directed by Ed Zwick from Steven Knight’s screenplay about the 1972 iconic Fischer-Spassky match in Iceland. Peter Sarsgaard also stars. The deal closed Wednesday at the Toronto Film Festival, a day before the world premiere of “Pawn Sacrifice.” It’s the first deal for Bleecker Street, which former Focus Features executive Karpen launched in August. Producers are Zwick, Gail Katz and Maguire. CAA and WME Global repped the filmmakers. Lionsgate is handling international sales. News was first reported by Variety sister site Deadline Hollywood.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on May 28, 2015 20:57:23 GMT -6
‘Pawn Sacrifice’ Trailer: Bobby Fischer Vs. The World In Bleecker Street’s Chess Drama
Bleecker Street jumped into the acquisitions fray for the first time in a splashy way at last fall’s Toronto Film Festival, sealing a seven-figure deal for Pawn Sacrifice. The Ed Zwick-directed drama that stars Tobey Maguire as iconic U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer and Liev Schreiber as Russian champ Boris Spassky, whom Fischer challenged in a historic match that captured the world’s attention in 1972 at the height of the Cold War. Now its Bleecker Street’s most prominent release yet: It hits theaters September 18.
The Steven Knight-scripted drama covers Fischer’s rise leading up to the historic match, but the trailer also reveals that the film delves into maybe the more intriguing side of the board: the prodigy’s well-documented struggles with his genius and mental illness. He lived in exile in Iceland until his death in 2008.
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