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It ruined my lunch: a description of a head bashing on a table from Ben Wheatley's second feature, Kill List, which sold North American rights to IFC Midnight at SXSW, which is emerging as yet another indie market. Rodman Flender’s comedic road tour doc Conan O'Brien Can't Stop also sold after its rousing Sunday SXSW world premiere. At & T will take the film out on several platforms and provide P & A for indie distributor Abramorama's theatrical release as Magnolia picks up home entertainment and some VOD rights. At&T plans to screen the film for their At&T U-verse® TV subscribers just before the film goes into theaters. “Last year, with no traditional advertising in place and just one Tweet, Conan nearly sold out his ...

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, the Rodman Flender-directed documentary about the chat host's 32 city music and comedy tour undertaken after he took a $30 million payout to leave The Tonight Show, has wrapped a distribution deal in a multi-platform acquisition and distribution deal. At&T is in as a P&A and distribution and marketing partner, and it will sneak the film to At&T U-verse TV subscribers on the eve of the film's theatrical release. Abramorama, the consulting company headed by indie distribution vet Richard Abramowitz, will steer theatrical distribution. Magnolia Home Entertainment acquired the remaining VOD and home entertainment rights in a deal brokered by Wme Global, right after the film made its debut at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. It's the second SXSW deal of the day for Wme, after brokering one with The Weinstein Company for the  documentary Undefeated. O'Brien started the wheels moving on a...

Rodman Flender's Conan O'Brien Can't Stop has closed a unique multi-platform distribution deal. At&T and Abramorama are on board to take the film to theaters: Rodman Flender.s comic documentary Conan O.Brien Can't Stop, which had its world premiere on Sunday afternoon at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, will be released across the U.S. in the coming months in a unique mutli-platform acquisition and distribution deal. In the deal, At&T will come onboard as a P&A and multi-platform distribution and marketing partner, and will sneak the film to their At&T U-verse® TV subscribers on the eve of the film.s theatrical release. Abramorama has come onboard to handle theatrical distribution of the film. Magnolia Home Entertainment has acquired the...