CNN Films Acquires Doc ‘Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid’ On James Carville’s Efforts To Get Biden To Drop Pursuit Of Re-election
deadline.comAhead of its premiere at Telluride, Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid, a new documentary on famed Democratic political consultant James Carville, has been acquired by CNN Films, Deadline can confirm.
The company specifically picked up television and SVOD rights for the U.S. and Canada. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer (Where’s My Roy Cohn?), the film will premiere on CNN at 7 p.m.
ET on Saturday, Oct. 5, also streaming on Max later this fall and receiving an Oscar-qualifying theatrical release. Carville marks CNN Films’ third acquisition this year, following Luther: Never Too Much and the anticipated Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which the company jointly sought out with DC Studios, Warner Bros.
Motion Pictures, HBO, and Max. Hailing from Altimeter Films, Winning Is Everything, Stupid chronicles an 18-month period in which Carville spearheaded efforts to persuade President Joe Biden not to run for re-election in 2024.
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