Kindred Media Group Acquires Rights to Michael Hoffman's Pic, "Game 6"
Acclaimed novelist's debut makes a metaphor of life out of a moment in time.
West Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) October 7, 2005 -- Kindred Media Group has acquired North American distribution rights to Michael Hoffman’s “Game 6,” starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr., it was announced today. The film is based on an original screenplay by acclaimed novelist Don DeLillo, and directed by Michael Hoffman. The film is produced by Amy Robinson, Griffin Dunne, Leslie Urdang, and Christina Weiss Lurie. “Game 6” will open in major markets including Boston, New York and Los Angeles on Friday, March 3, 2006.
“This film has been a work of passion and I am very pleased to be releasing the film with Kindred Media Group,” said director Michael Hoffman.
“We are extremely excited about releasing the screenwriting debut of acclaimed novelist Don DeLillo,” said Jeffrey D. Erb, President of Kindred Media Group. “With such incredible performances by such terrific actors and director, this film explores a moment in history by making it a metaphor for people’s lives. We can’t wait to bring it to audiences across the country.”
“We are thrilled with the support that Kindred Media Group has pledged to ‘Game 6,’” said Leslie Urdang of Serenade Films. “Don Delillo is one of our country's most respected writers and Michael Hoffman and Michael Keaton bring this deeply original story to the screen with precision, surprise, and humor.”
On the eve of the opening of his newest play playwright Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is fixated on failure. But not without reason. As Rogan's day begins, his marriage is in shambles, his lead actor has a parasite in his brain causing him to forget his lines, there is asbestos in the air, and he is terrified of the feared critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) who is so hated that he's taken to carrying a gun to the theatre.
All of this and it just so happens to be October 25, 1986. A day that every Red Sox fan will never forget. And Nicky Rogan has been a die hard Red Sox fan forever.
Director Michael Hoffman describes the movie as "poised between realism and paranoid fantasy."
“Game 6” is the first produced screenplay by acclaimed novelist Don DeLillo who has received multiple awards including the National Book Award for White Noise, The PEN/Faulkner Award for Mao II and whose other novels include Americana, and The Body Artist. The film is directed Michael Hoffman (“Soapdish,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Restoration”), and is Produced by Amy Robinson ("After Hours,” "Running on Empty," "For Love of the Game”) Griffin Dunne’ ("After Hours," "White Palace," "Once Around”), Leslie Urdang ("A Midsummer Nights Dream," "People I Know," "Twelve and Holding”) and Christina Weiss Lurie ("America Brown”). “Game 6” was financed and produced by Serenade Films with Double Play Productions, Vox3 Films, and Shadowcatcher Entertainment. Its ensemble cast includes Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O’Hara, and Ari Graynor.
Founded in 2004, with offices in West Hollywood and Pennsylvania, Kindred Media Group is a boutique film distribution company that enables filmmakers to reach a wide audience both domestically and internationally. Kindred's focus extends to films that are both large studio productions as well as small independent productions, the key ingredient being quality. The company distributes all genres of film, large or specialized releases, with broad or niche audiences, theatrically, through home video, and television programming.
Serenade Films produces low budget feature films on an egalitarian model that aligns investors and filmmakers. Filmmakers work for low but equal fees, then participate in the first dollar adjusted gross from all revenues derived from the sale and distribution of the film. Serenade has produced 3 films under this model all to be released in 2006: “The Great New Wonderful,” directed by Danny Leiner with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tony Shalhoub and Edie Falco; “Twelve and Holding” from director Michael Cuesta which recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival; and “Game 6.”
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