Ahead of its world premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition on Friday, Roadside Points of interest and Lionsgate-owned Grindstone Leisure Group have acquired the U.S. rights to Dito Montiel’s crime comedy “Riff Raff.”
The movie follows a former felony whose life is overturned when his outdated household exhibits up for a long-awaited reckoning. Written by John Pollono, the movie stars Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson, Ed Harris and Invoice Murray.
Grindstone and Roadside Points of interest plan to launch “Riff Raff” someday in 2025 in no less than 750 theaters, TheWrap has realized.
“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 mentioned Tuesday.
Roadside Points of interest 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.”
Cover Media Companions’ Noah Rothman, Signature Movies’ Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel, and Adam Paulsen are producing the movie. Government producers embrace Pollono, David Sullivan and Chris Dennis for Cover Media Companions, Capstone’s Christian Mercuri, and Patrick Hibler and Patrick Muldoon from Storyboard Media.
Signature Movies and Cover negotiated the rights sale on behalf of the filmmakers. Signature can even deal with worldwide gross sales, in addition to distribution within the U.Okay., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The deal was first reported by Deadline.
“Riff Raff” premieres Friday at TIFF.
