EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has acquired worldwide rights to The Holdovers, the Alexander Payne-directed film that reteams him with Sideways star Paul Giamatti.
David Hemingson wrote the script, Mark Johnson is producing, and the film is now greenlighted for a January start date in New England.“The vision of Alexander Payne is cinematically singular, and his realization of David Hemingson’s script and its central character Professor Hunham by Paul Giamatti will be one for the decade,” said Miramax CEO Bill Block in confirming the deal to Deadline. “With Mark Johnson producing, we are grateful to bring this to the world.”In the deal made by CAA Media Finance (domestic) and FilmNation (international), Payne gets to make his movie without territories
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