On the heels of its world premiere in competitors because the opener for the Berlin Movie Competition, the historic drama Small Issues Like These, produced by and starring Oppenheimer Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, has been acquired by Lionsgate.
The studio holds rights to the movie in North America, the UK and Eire and can launch it within the former territory alongside Roadside Points of interest. No launch date has but been disclosed.
An adaptation of the acclaimed Claire Keegan novel that received star Emily Watson the Silver Bear in its Berlin debut, Small Issues Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father Invoice Furlong (Murphy) discovers the startling secrets and techniques being stored by the convent in his city, and a few stunning truths about his personal life as effectively.
Directed by Tim Mielants, who beforehand collaborated with Murphy on the BAFTA-winning collection Peaky Blinders about to get a follow-up movie, Small Issues Like These was scripted by one other longtime collaborator of Murphy’s, Enda Walsh. The mission was financed and put into manufacturing by Artists Fairness, the artist-led studio based by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Murphy and Alan Moloney produced as the primary function by their Massive Issues Movies. Different producers included Catherine Magee, in addition to Matt Damon and Drew Vinton for Artists Fairness. Ben Affleck, Kevin Halloran, and Michael Joe exec produced, with Belgium’s Wilder Movies co-producing. The movie is an Irish/Belgian co-production with extra funding from Display screen Eire.
Said Adam Fogelson, Chair of the Lionsgate Movement Image Group, “We’re extremely proud to carry this movie to audiences. Claire Keegan’s e book is a fascinating, heart-wrenching, and empathetically informed story of a personality who uncovers not solely an area thriller, but additionally discovers who he actually is. Cillian is on the peak of his powers, each as an actor and a producer, and it’s thrilling to work with Matt and Ben to distribute a movie they’ve shepherded so lovingly. It’s particularly significant for us to be distributing in Eire, the place we’re assured audiences will embrace the movie.”
Added Murphy, “Particularly since Small Issues Like These marks the primary mission from Massive Issues Movies, I’m significantly happy Lionsgate and Roadside Points of interest will carry it to audiences in Eire, the US and UK. Making the movie was labor of affection; I can’t wait to speak about it. We’re enormously grateful to Artists Fairness for his or her unwavering assist all through this course of. From the second we shared the script, they’ve been there for us, and we’re immensely grateful for his or her philosophy and partnership.”
Kaycee Holcomb and Elin Madadian together with Lauren Bixby negotiated the deal for Lionsgate.