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Variety
TWC heats up Toronto, buys two pix
Distrib picks up 'Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy'
By STEVEN ZEITCHIK, GABRIEL SNYDER
TORONTO -- The Weinstein Company has added a jolt of energy to a sleepy Toronto Film Festival.
Company has nabbed rights to two hot pics that screened over the weekend -- the Vince Vaughn standup-comedy doc "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy" and horror movie "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" -- and will release both theatrically. Latter, which was shown at fest's horror-centric Midnight Madness screening series Saturday night, will be distribbed on TWC's Dimension label.
A source close to the "Lane" deal put the price tag at $3.5 million. TWC declined to comment on the price.
Company has yet to announce release plans for either movie.
Vaughn attracted huge interest over the weekend; after his Friday screening distribs mobbed producers, and thesp met with acquisition exces all day Saturday. Movie follows the personal and professional lives of a number of unknown stand-ups, with Vaughn as a kind of Greek chorus narrating his take on the biz.
Before the buys, no pics had been acquired at the festival proper, though several were announced at the fest.
Posted by Christine at September 10, 2006 2:55 PM