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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Worldwide Rights to SXSW Winner 'Wishful Thinking'

The SXSW Narrative Feature winner signals Sony Pictures Classics’ continued bet on festival breakouts.

Overview

  • Sony Pictures Classics, in a deal announced Friday, secured global distribution after negotiations with UTA Independent Film Group.
  • The feature, written and directed by first-time filmmaker Graham Parkes, won SXSW’s top Narrative Feature jury prize in March.
  • Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke star in a romantic dramedy where a couple’s therapy sessions set off world-shaking effects such as earthquakes and market swings.
  • Highway 10 fully financed the film, with producers Dan Gedman and Matt Smith, alongside Pullman’s Buckwild Pictures and Kara Durrett’s Pinky Promise.
  • A release date has not been announced, a common step as the specialty distributor maps an art-house rollout for its festival pickups.