Bill Murray Joins Crime Comedy ‘Riff Raff’ as Signature Closes Multiple Territory Deals (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAlex Ritman Bill Murray has joined the cast of “Riff Raff,” the upcoming crime comedy from director Dito Montiel set to feature Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”), Ed Harris (“Love Lies Bleeding”) Gabrielle Union (“The Inspection”), Lewis Pullman (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Emanuela Postacchini (“Robots”), Miles J.
Harvey (“American Vandal”) and Pete Davidson (“The King of Staten Island”). Signature Films, which is handling international sales on the title, has closed territory deals in Italy (Maestro Distribution), Scandinavia (Scanbox), the Middle East (Phoenicia), Eastern Europe (ProRom), Poland (Kino Siwiat), Taiwan (MovieCloud), airline rights (CineSky), Commonwealth of Independent States (MGN), Greece (Tanweer), Portugal (Lusomundo) and Turkey (Vagon).
Signature will distribute the film in the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Based on a script by John Pollono (“Stronger”), “Riff Raff” centers on a former criminal’s ordinary life which is thrown upside down when his old family shows up for a long-awaited reckoning.
Signature Films’ Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel (“The Estate”, “Trap House”), Canopy Media Partners’ Noah Rothman (“Small Engine Repair”) and Adam Paulsen (“Pig, “On the Count of Three”) are producing the film.
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