Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate-owned Grindstone Entertainment Group have acquired the U.S. rights to Dito Montiel’s crime comedy “Riff Raff.”
The film follows a former criminal whose life is overturned when his old family shows up for a long-awaited reckoning. Written by John Pollono, the film stars Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson, Ed Harris, Miles J. Harvey, Emanuela Postacchini, Michael Covino and Bill Murray.
Grindstone and Roadside Attractions plan to release “Riff Raff” sometime in 2025 in at least 750 theaters, TheWrap has learned.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Roadside Attractions to bring U.S. audiences this hilarious crime comedy,” Grindstone president and CEO Barry Brooker said Tuesday.
Roadside Attractions co-presidents Eric d’Arbeloff and Howard Cohen added, “This movie is the kind of fun and very uncouth caper comedy we haven’t seen in theaters in a very long time. It has such great performances with an all-star cast and it’s going to pop on the big screen.”
Canopy Media Partners’ Noah Rothman, Signature Films’ Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel, and FirstGen Content’s Adam Paulsen are producing the film. Executive producers include Pollono, David Sullivan and Chris Dennis for Canopy Media Partners, Capstone’s Christian Mercuri, Emily Hunter Salveson and Ryan Donnell Smith from Streamline Films and Patrick Hibler and Patrick Muldoon from Storyboard Media.
Domestic sales agent, Capstone, negotiated the rights sale on behalf of the filmmakers. Signature will handle international sales, as well as distribution in the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The deal was first reported by Deadline.
“Riff Raff” premieres Monday, Sept. 9, at TIFF.
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