Star-studded Sundance comedy “Fun Mom Dinner” sells to NetflixJanuary 20, 2017 - 12:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Netflix and Momentum Pictures have nabbed North American theatrical and streaming rights to “Fun Mom Dinner” out of the Sundance Film Festival. The ensemble comedy sold for $5 million, according to insiders, Variety reports. It doesn’t premiere until next week, so WME, UTA, and ICM, all of whom were selling the film, held screenings for buyers earlier this week. “Fun Mom Dinner” stars Toni Collette, Molly Shannon, Adam Scott, and Adam Levine. It’s the directing debut of Alethea Jones. “Fun Mom Dinner” is about a group of mothers whose only common ground is their kids’ preschool class. They decide to get together for a harmless “fun mom dinner,” leading to some unexpected surprises. Sundance doesn’t begin until Thursday night. However, there have already been a number of high-profile acquisitions. Sony Pictures Classics bought global rights for the gay love story “Call Me by Your Name,” A24 took the Casey Affleck drama “A Ghost Story,” and Netflix bought the documentary “Casting JonBenet.” Deadline first reported the “Fun Mom Dinner” sale. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |