Freestyle Acquires ‘My Friend Tommy,’ ‘Blood Scales’; Lifesize Lands ‘Distant Tales’; Scooter McCrae Wraps ‘Black Eyed Susan’; ‘Brave The Dark’ Trailer – Film Briefs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired U.S. rights to the comedic documentary My Friend Tommy, along with North American rights to Blood Scales, an award-winning French-English doc about animal trafficking.
The former title will debut on digital October 24th, with the latter hitting the internet on the 31st. Directed by Nem Stankovic, My Friend Tommy follows Thomas “Tommy” Lee, a sheltered 40-year-old virgin who embarks on a cross-continental journey with his best friend, former pro-ball player and comedian Nem, to learn basic adult skills in a crash course on the life he’s missed out on.
Nora Stankovic, Nem Stankovic, and Lauren Wolkowski produced the film alongside EPs Nick Risher, Patrick Tsang, Oliver Mochizuki, Utsava Kasera, Rahil Khandker, Wilson Siu, G.
Lam, Archit Joshi, Christopher Aw, Sin W. Lau, Mark N. Taaffe, Jessey Lee, and Cherie Chan. Directed by Paolo Sodi and produced by Alessio Bariviera, Blood Scales highlights the dire situation of the pangolin, commonly known as the scaly anteater — the world’s most illegally trafficked mammal.
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