Posted: Sun., Sep. 10, 2006, 11:27am PT

TWC heats up Toronto, buys two pix

Distrib picks up 'Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy'

TORONTO -- The Weinstein Company has added a jolt of energy to a sleepy Toronto Film Festival.

Company has nabbed rights to two hot pics that screened over the weekend -- the Vince Vaughn standup-comedy doc "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy" and horror movie "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" -- and will release both theatrically.

Latter, which was shown at fest's horror-centric Midnight Madness screening series Saturday night, will be distribbed on TWC's Dimension label.

A source close to the "Lane" deal put the price tag at $3.5 million. TWC declined to comment on the price.

Company has yet to announce release plans for either movie.

Vaughn attracted huge interest over the weekend; after his Friday screening distribs mobbed producers, and thesp met with acquisition exces all day Saturday. Movie follows the personal and professional lives of a number of unknown stand-ups, with Vaughn as a kind of Greek chorus narrating his take on the biz.

Before the buys, no pics had been acquired at the festival proper, though several were announced at the fest.


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