AwardsWatch - roadside attractions

Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment nab Sundance film ‘Emily the Criminal,’ starring and produced by Aubrey Plaza

Erik Anderson February 2, 2022

In heavy competitive bidding, Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment won the North American rights to the Sundance 2022 critically-acclaimed thriller Emily the Criminal, with an original... Read More

Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions acquire Naomi Watts thriller ‘Lakewood’

Erik Anderson September 27, 2021

Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have acquired North American rights to Phillip Noyce’s thriller Lakewood starring Naomi Watts. Premiering at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, the... Read More

Matteo Garrone’s ‘Pinocchio’ with Roberto Benigni lands Christmas Day release from Roadside Attractions

Erik Anderson November 30, 2020

Roadside Attractions will release the English-language version of Matteo Garrone’s visionary new imagining of the treasured family classic, Pinocchio starring Roberto Benigni and newcomer Federico... Read More

Benedict Cumberbatch thriller ‘The Courier’ (formerly titled ‘Ironbark’) set for late summer opening

Erik Anderson May 6, 2020

Lionsgate and sister company Roadside Attractions will deliver the Cold War espionage drama The Courier, starring Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, to theaters on August 28, 2020. The film screened at... Read More

New images of Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock in ‘Judy’

Erik Anderson August 20, 2019

Roadside Attractions and LD Entertainment have revealed four new images of Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland and Finn Wittrock as Mickey Dean in the upcoming... Read More

Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges face the struggle of their lives in trailer for family drama ‘Ben is Back’

Erik Anderson October 11, 2018

“For the next 24 hours you are mine, all mine, got it?” A son struggling with drug addiction and a mother fighting to keep him... Read More

Lucas Hedges returns home in teaser trailer for ‘Ben is Back’

Erik Anderson August 24, 2018

19 year-old Ben Burns (Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea) unexpectedly returns home to his family’s suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben’s... Read More

Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart have an axe to grind in ‘Lizzie’ trailer

Erik Anderson August 3, 2018

Tomorrow marks the 126th year anniversary of the infamous 1892 axe murder of the Borden family in Fall River, Massachusetts. Based on the true story,... Read More

Teaser trailer for Kevin Macdonald’s ‘Whitney’ doc explores the singer with unprecedented access

Erik Anderson April 27, 2018

“She’s the greatest female entertainer of the 20th century” The voice. The legend. The new documentary Whitney from Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald (One Day in... Read More

Roadside Attractions and Miramax set Kevin Macdonald’s ‘Whitney’ doc for Summer

Erik Anderson March 9, 2018

(Los Angeles, March 12, 2018) — Roadside Attractions and Miramax will release Whitney, Academy Award®-winning director Kevin Macdonald’s highly anticipated documentary about the life and career of... Read More