I really must be some kind of crazy jinx, because so far, the only two movies that have been picked up for distribution are the ones that I didn't get a chance to see. (Although I do have to say that I've seen some decent films that yet to have distribution.)

Crazy Love, the new doc by Dan Klores, whose name is still on a prestigious New York publicity company, sold to Magnolia Films late last week, while The Weinstein Company has paid $4 million for the rights to Grace is Gone, James Strouse's drama which stars John Cusack as a widower who lost his wife in the Iraq War, but decides to take his two daughters to Florida instead of telling them.

Variety broke both stories:

Crazy Love Aquisition News

Grace is Gone Aquisition News

At least the latter I hoped to catch at the festival but wasn't able to squeeze it in last night. I'll have to see if there's a chance of catching a public screening, though it's less likely now that the news has broken, since many more people will make an effort to see it at the festival now that it's been deemed salesworthy.

UPDATE: And the L.A. Times has broken the news that The Weinstein Company and Lionsgate have teamed up on the purchase of Mitchell Lichenstein's Teeth (see my review below):

Teeth Aquisition

I'm not surprised by Lionsgate jumping on this one, but I'm curious why they felt the need to partner with the Weinsteins, since they would have done fine on their own. (I still wonder how they're going to get some of the stuff in the movie past an R-rating, since it's pretty graphic.)