Overture Films will acquire the U.S. distribution rights to Antoine Fuqua's police action-thriller "Brooklyn's Finest " says Variety.
Starring Don Cheadle, Richard Gere Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, Jesse Williams, Lili Taylor, Will Patton, Vincent D'Onofrio and Ethan Hawke, the story follows three Brooklyn cops who end up at the same deadly location after experiencing diverging career paths.
Michael C. Martin wrote the script.
Senator Films purchased the film at Sundance film Festival in January for around $4 million but wasn't able to get the funds together to release it this year, effectively putting it back on the market.
A new edit of the film screened last week at the Venice Film Festival and Overture took it for around $2 million.
*Lionsgate has claimed domestic distribution rights for Steven Soderbergh's next film "Knockout" says THR.
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