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Magnolia Pictures�has acquired world rights to writer/director Conor McPherson's drama "The Eclipse," on the heels of its�world premiere at Tribeca.

Magnolia announced the deal Friday, a day after Ciaran Hinds won the fest's actor in a narrative feature for� "The Eclipse." Pic's�produced by Rob Walpole and Rebecca O'Flanagan of�Treasure Entertainment and also stars�Iben Hjejle ("Defiance") and Aidan Quinn.

McPherson's�the author of the plays�"The Weir" and "The Seafarer."

Story's set during a literary festival in an Irish seaside town and centers on a�recent widower trying to adjust to his role as the sole caretaker of his two young children,�while finding himself�increasingly haunted by nightmares that are starting to spill into his waking hours.