Sony Pictures Classics Near Sundance Deal For Bill Nighy-Starrer ‘Living’
26.01.2022 - 02:15
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Living, one of the Sundance buzz titles since its January 21 premiere, is near a deal to be acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for around $5 million for North American and some international territories, Deadline hears. This after a brisk auction involving the likes of Neon, Bleecker Street, and Focus Features.
The Oliver Hermanus-directed drama stars Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, and Tom Burke. Pic takes place in 1952 London, where veteran civil servant Williams has become a small cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding England post WWII. As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness. Coaxed by a vivacious colleague, he begins his quest to find some meaning in his life before it slips away.
CAA Media Finance is brokering the deal. The film has awards season appeal, which is why so many prestige distributors stepped up.
Pic is produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Film4, and Ingenious.
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