First Toronto Deal: Lionsgate’s Grindstone & Roadside Attractions Land US Rights To ‘Riff Raff’ Before Friday TIFF Premiere; Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Bill Murray, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson Star
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In advance of its Friday Toronto Film Festival World Premiere, the Dito Montiel-directed Riff Raff has been acquired for U.S.
rights by Lionsgate’s Grindstone Entertainment Group and Roadside Attractions which made the deal with Signature Films and Canopy Media Partners.
Roadside Attractions plans a domestic theatrical release of 750 theaters minimum, for later this year. Scripted by John Pollono (Stronger), the film centers on a former criminal whose ordinary life is thrown upside down when his family shows up for a long-awaited reckoning.
The cast includes Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Ed Harris (Love Lies Bleeding), Gabrielle Union (The Inspection), Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Emanuela Postacchini (Robots), Miles J.
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