Brooklyn's Finest

If you're into drawn-out, extremely awkward Richard Gere sex scenes, BROOKLYN'S FINEST is the movie for you. A sputtering mess of a cop movie from the normally kinetic Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY), BROOKLYN'S FINEST wants to be a deep sprawling cop epic like HEAT, complete with divergent storylines and deeply conflicted characters, but holy shit, what a snore. ... Full Review

The gloriously overboard Brooklyn's Finest on Saturday became the first acquisition at Sundance '09, where the Richard Gere/Ethan Hawke/Don Cheadle cops-in-crisis B-flick went to Senator Entertainment. Word around town had Senator dropping close to $US5 million on domestic rights to the Antoine Fuqua thriller, with reports saying the resurgent label plans a fourth-quarter 2009 release date. ... Full Review

Brooklyn's Finest" screenwriter Michael C. Martin was working as a subway flagger when he was laid up with a back injury after an automobile accident in 2005. Brooklyn's Finest," starring Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle as troubled NYPD members who wrestle with ethical and moral issues, reportedly sold for just under $5 million to Senator Entertainment. ... Full Review

We saw a film that was edgy and polished and Antoine wanted to know he wouldn't be in business with a distributor that wouldn't tell him to do this and that but would enable his film to be best appreciated," he said. We've spent time talking to him about what we love about the film and now we move forward with taking it to the next stage. ... Full Review

But those of you who have seen the film already and hated it, take heart; they plan to work with Fuqua to make changes to the film, including even the ending. ... Full Review

Apparently just one distribution deal is not enough for Antoine Fuqua's film Brooklyn's Finest . After premiering at Sundance in January the movie, starring Don Cheadle, Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke, was initially picked up by Senator Distribution to the... ... Full Article

Sundance 2009 was quieter, warmer and, happily, shorter.It's a time of transition for both Sundance and the industry, with the old theatrical distribution paradigm giving way to new realities. ... Full Article

America, you can relax now. I have demonstrable proof that, as hoped, Barack Obama can fix the US economy. The anecdotal evidence comes from the Sundance Film festival in Park City Utah, an event that isn't used to seeming as... ... Full Article

Twiddle thumbs while waiting for bidding wars to break out -- So Senator Entertainment has already landed domestic distribution for Antoine Fuqua's cop drama, Brooklyn's Finest (they'll probably do right by it and sit it on a shelf right next... ... Full Article

Reporting from Park City -- The first major deal of Sundance '09 was struck Saturday night when Senator Entertainment bought the North American rights to "Brooklyn's Finest," a violent and operatic police procedural from director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day"). ... Full Article

Those searching for signs of how leaner economic times are being felt at Sundance 2009 need look no further than the fact that the festival's opening weekend yielded only one major sale -- and that one was something of a... ... Full Article