Mad Bastards finds US distributor
Brendan Fletcher’s Mad Bastards will be distributed in the US through Sundance Selects, a sister company to IFC Films.
The deal , negotiated by sales agent Entertainment One, takes place weeks before Mad Bastards makes it international debut at the Sundance Film Festival.
Mad Bastards will also be part of the “Direct from the Sundance Film Festival” initiative in which five films from the festival will simultaneously begin screening on video-on-demand after their premieres.
The film, shot and set in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, tells the story of TJ, the urban street warrior who meets his match in Texas, a former Mad Bastard turned local cop. He also finds Bullet, his estranged son, and his personal transformation begins. The film features Broome musicians The Pigram Brothers, and ARIA winner Alex Lloyd.
Mad Bastards will premiere at the Sydney Festival on January 18, with a live performance by The Pigram Brothers and Alex Lloyd. It will be released by Transmission Films in May.
Mad Bastards is the kind of film that MAY work in Australia if Transmission invest a huge P&A in its release, but is unlikely to work in the US.
FYI: Bran Nu Dae failed at the US Box Office barely making $100K, despite having Geoffrey Rush as a key cast member.
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