Sundance Watch: In The Loop Sells To Ifc

Variety.com *, Thompson On Hollywood
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 5:52pm

In its second buy of the Sundance Fest, IFC is acquiring U.S. rights to Armando Iannucci's comedy In the Loop. The distrib also bought the Nazi horror pic Dead Snow. William Morris was expected to close the deal today. I had heard that In the Loop was really smart, and that James Gandolfini rocks it.

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Topics: 2009 sundance film festival armando iannucci dead snow ifc in the loop sundance

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