{"id":143015,"date":"2014-05-23T13:25:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T20:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=143015"},"modified":"2014-05-23T13:27:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T20:27:27","slug":"saban-films-acquires-north-american-rights-to-western-the-homesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2014\/05\/23\/saban-films-acquires-north-american-rights-to-western-the-homesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Saban Films Acquires North American Rights to Western The Homesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newly launched Saban Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to Tommy Lee Jones&#8217; upcoming drama, &#8216;The Homesman.&#8217; Haim Saban confirmed the news of the distribution from Cannes. The acquisition and distribution company is planning on theatrically release the western this year.<\/p>\n<p>Haim Saban, who established Saban Films, confirmed the news of the company&#8217;s acquisition of &#8216;The Homesman,&#8217; after it premiered on Sunday in competition in Cannes. The acquisition was part of Saban Film&#8217;s aggressive acquisitions strategy at the festival, and the company targeted the highly-regarded competition title. The western is the first acquisition for the distribution company.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Jones, &#8216;The Homesman&#8217; also stars Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, Hailee Steinfeld, James Spader and Meryl Streep. n addition to starring in the film, Jones also directed the drama and co-wrote the screenplay with Kieran Fitzgerald and Wesley A. Oliver. The script was based on Glendon Swarthout&#8217;s novel.<\/p>\n<p>Of his company&#8217;s acquisition of &#8216;The Homesman,&#8217; Saban said: &#8220;We are honored to have such a prestigious and beautifully crafted film as the first project to launch Saban Films.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jones added that he&#8217;s &#8220;delighted that Saban Films has chosen &#8216;The Homesman&#8217; to begin their venture into film release. Our company has full confidence in Saban Films and I sincerely hope we will serve them well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saban-Films-Acquires-North-American-Rights-for-Western-The-Homesman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saban-Films-Acquires-North-American-Rights-for-Western-The-Homesman.jpg\" alt=\"Saban Films Acquires North American Rights to Western The Homesman\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saban-Films-Acquires-North-American-Rights-for-Western-The-Homesman.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Saban-Films-Acquires-North-American-Rights-for-Western-The-Homesman-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written by: <a href=\"http:\/\/contributor.yahoo.com\/user\/1113245\/karen_benardello.html\">Karen Benardello<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly launched Saban Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to Tommy Lee Jones&#8217; upcoming drama, &#8216;The Homesman.&#8217; Haim Saban confirmed the news of the distribution from Cannes. 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