The Circuit

While some talk pointed to Magnolia acquiring Steven Soderbergh's "Che," IFC has just announced that they've nabbed all North American rights to the Benicio Del Toro starrer.  The company will release the film for one awards-qualifying week in NY and LA, then re-open the film through its day-and-date platform, IFC In Theaters, in January.

Del Toro won the Best Actor prize for the film at Cannes.

Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Films said, “Steven's been involved with IFC as a member of the advisory board of both the IFC Network and the IFC Center since we formed them.  We also financed “Gray’s Anatomy,” and we have always considered him one of the most visionary American directors at work."