Sony Pictures Lands U.S. Rights To Miramax’s ‘Here;’ Robin Wright Joins Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Eric Roth In ‘Forrest Gump’ Reteam: Cannes Market
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Here is the hot project for international buyers for next week’s Cannes Market. Sony Pictures has preemptively acquired US rights to Miramax’s Here, a film adaptation of the celebrated Richard McGuire graphic novel that will reunite the Forrest Gump team: Academy Award-winners director Robert Zemeckis, screenwriter Eric Roth and star Tom Hanks, with Robin Wright also starring.
It’s the quartet’s first time back together since the 1994 film classic, which won six Oscars including Best Picture.Deadline revealed the package as it was forming in February, before Wright was in the pictures.
Miramax’s Bill Block stepped up with backing, and then came Sony Pictures Motion Group chairman/CEO Tom Rothman to land U.S.
rights. He is planning for a theatrical release in 2023 in time for awards season. Miramax retains international rights and will present the film to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Market.Zemeckis and Jack Rapke’s ImageMovers (Flight, Polar Express, Cast Away) will produce alongside Bill Block (The Gentlemen, Fury, upcoming The Holdovers).Based on McGuire’s graphic novel, Here is described as a breathtaking and revolutionary odyssey through time and memory.
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