Open Road Acquiring U.S. Rights To Joe Carnahan's 'The Grey'

EXCLUSIVE: Open Road is in the final stages of acquiring U.S. rights to Joe Carnahan's The Grey, and it's shaping up to be a whopper of a deal. The numbers I'm hearing are in the $8 million minimum guarantee range, with a $25 million P&A commitment and a gross corridor built in. Deadline�told you Wednesday there was heat on the finished film as CAA was showing a 30-minute reel to buyers all week.�The film is about an oil-drilling team struggling to survive in the wilds of Alaska after their plane crashes smack in the middle of a territorial rogue wolf pack, with Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Nonso Anozie and Joe Anderson starring. Scott Free's Jules Daly produced the film with Mickey Liddell. I'd heard that Warner Bros, Open Road, Summit, Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company and FilmDistrict were all in the mix. Nobody was confirming, and Open Road chief Tom Ortenberg didn't return a text and a call, but the deal could be sealed by this evening. It gives Open Road a major film for its inaugural slate after being launched earlier this year by theater chains AMC and Regal. Ortenberg has been in the mix on numerous high-profile films shopped for acquisition, and Open Road also acquired The Host, the Andrew Niccol-directed adaptation ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/open-road-acquiring-u-s-rights-to-joe-carnahans-the-grey/

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