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TORONTO – Canadian indie Pacific Northwest Pictures has snapped up the Canadian rights to writer-director Geoffrey Fletcher‘s Violet & Daisy.
The Precious screenwriter’s directorial debut was previously acquired for North American distribution by Cinedigm Entertainment, ahead of the Canadian deal.
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The late James Gandolfini, in one of his last roles, is a sad sack character sent to kill a pair of baby-faced hit girls played by Gilmore Girls‘ Alexis Bledel and Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.
Fletcher produced Violet & Daisy with John Penotti and Bonnie Timmermann.
The Canadian distributor’s upcoming release slate also includes the mystery/thriller Night Train to Lisbon, starring Jeremy Irons and Melanie Laurent, and Cas & Dylan, the directorial debut from Jason Priestley that stars Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany.
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