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Monday, November 10, 2008

Another Toronto comedy sells, finally


First Independent Pictures nabbed U.S. rights to Matt Aselton's comedy "Gigantic" starring Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel. Pic will be released in spring 2009.

Dano plays a mattress store worker looking to adopt a Chinese baby who falls for Deschanel. Christine Vachon and Mindy Goldberg ("Junebug") produced. 

Film preemed at the Toronto Film Festival, where like the just-sold Jennifer Aniston starrer "Management," it had a hard time drumming up interest.

Posted at 11:05AM in American Film Market, Toronto International Film Festival|

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