UPDATE: According to Deadline, Warner Bros is now the frontrunner to acquire “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” for $15M. This is probably the hottest doc to have screened at Sundance this year.
EARLIER: The dealmaking has also been unusually quiet at Sundance. The big acquisitions so far have been “A Real Pain” ($10 million), “It’s What’s Inside” ($17 million) and “Presence” (undisclosed). However, according to The Wrap, another major one is currently in the works.
Driven by a majority of positive reviews, multiple buyers are said to be circling Sundance documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” with offers on the table in the $10 million range. That’s a lot of dough for a documentary.
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” charts the late actor’s meteoric rise to fame as the Man of Steel, his tragic horse riding accident that left him paralyzed and his rebirth as a disability rights activist before his death at age 52 from cardiac arrest in October 2004.
Still no distributor for "Bucking Fastard," "Alpha Gang," "The Last Photograph," "Closing Night," and "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd." The issue seems to be quality more than a lack of willingness to buy.