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Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesTORONTO – Entertainment One has picked up the North American distribution rights to writer/director Dustin Lance Black’s Virginia.
Toronto-based eOne acquired all media rights to the Jennifer Connelly, Emma Roberts and Ed Harris-starrer about a charming yet mentally ill mother, and the married Mormon sheriff who may be the father of her son.
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“We’re excited to add Virginia to our 2012 slate and thrilled to have found a film that complements both our Canadian and US line-ups so well,” Dylan Wiley, vp of theatrical marketing and distribution at eOne Films US, said Tuesday.
eOne plans a spring 2012 release for Virginia.