'Baghead' bagged by Sony Pictures Classics
In a deal that closed at 3 a.m. Thursday night/Friday morning, Sony Pictures Classics purchased all North American rights to “Baghead,” written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass.
"Baghead" is described by festival programmer Shari Frilot as a "genre-twisting comedy that explores the minutiae of relationship dynamics among a group of desperate actor friends and roasts a gamut of indie films in the process."
The Duplass brothers previously directed 2005's "The Puffy Chair."
The film is repped by Submarine Entertainment.
An SPC spokeswoman confirmed the acquisition on Friday morning but noted that the exact terms of the deal are still being negotiated.
Update: Word in Park City is that the film was sold for less than $1 million.
-- Mark Olsen and Sheigh Crabtree
PHOTO: Brothers Mark (top) and Jay Duplass directed, wrote and produced the Sundance Film Festival comedy, "Baghead." Photo shot by Myung J. Chun on Thursday, January 24, 2008.
More, please. What's going on out there?
Posted by: Isabella Clark | January 26, 2008 at 06:55 AM