EXCLUSIVE: Archstone Entertainment has acquired international rights to Little League Baseball drama You Gotta Believe, starring Luke Wilson, Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon, and Molly Parker, and will begin sales at the AFM.
Directed by Ty Roberts (12 Mighty Orphans) from a script by Lane Garrison, the sports drama follows the true story of a Little League team of misfits who dedicate their season to a teammate’s ailing father. Against all odds, they make it to the World Series finals in a game that became an ESPN classic.
The film was produced by Matt Harvey, Houston Hill, and Roberts’ Santa Rita Film Co, and released on 730 screens on August 30 by Well Go USA.
“After a strong domestic release, Santa Rita Film Co is proud to partner with Archstone on the international distribution of this heartfelt inspirational film that transcends traditional genres,” said the producers.
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“It’s been a labor of love bringing this true story to the screen, and we’ve been amazed by the response both in the US and abroad. We’re thrilled to partner with the experts at Archstone to bring it to the international marketplace.”
Further titles on Archstone’s AFM slate include documentary Longevity Hackers with Edward Norton, Tony Hawk, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, and Wim Hof; action-horror-musical The Devil And The Daylong Brothers, starring Rainey Qualley and Keith Carradine, and crime-thriller Hollywood Grit with Tyrese Gibson.
The sales and production company will also be showing a first look trailer for their recently produced Exit Protocol with Dolph Lundgren, Scott Martin, and Michael Jai-White.
Archstone’s President of Worldwide Sales & Development Jack Sheehan welcomed the AFM’s move to its new location of Las Vegas this year.
“Launching AFM’s next chapter in a new city as lively and entertaining as Las Vegas demands an equally thrilling lineup of films and that’s what we committed to bring,” he said.
“Diving deep into subject matter like the science and spirituality behind man’s quest for immortality, the beauty in a team of kids rallying behind their dying coach and father to achieve the impossible, and a twisting wild ride alongside brothers hunting down the Devil to reclaim their souls, these stories tap into what make humanity great.”
Sheehan thanked Archstone’s partners on AFM state including Hill and Harvey (You Gotta Believe), Ruben Figureres and Michal Siewierski (Longevity Hackers), Todd Slater and Nicholas Kirk (Devil And The Daylong Brothers), and Ryan Curtis and Scott Adler (Hollywood Grit).
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