Black Label, Sony Pictures Team Up to Release Soldado & Granite Mountain
Following a disagreement with Lionsgate over the release date and marketing, Sony Pictures and Black Label will pick up the distribution rights for high-profile pictures Granite Mountain and Soldado.
Sony Pictures will be taking over the distribution of both films in the U.S. and Canada and in select international territories.
Soldado is the follow up to the hit film Sicario which Black Label is producing with Thunder Road. Stefano Sollima directs the continuation of the story, with Benicio Del Toro and Brolin reprising their roles in a story of intrigue and double crosses along the border of Mexico. The film is expected to be the middle part of what will eventually be a trilogy of crime stories set on the border.
Granite Mountain directed by Joseph Kosinski, tells the true tale of an elite crew of heroic firefighters who battled to save their hometown from a wildfire and stars Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Taylor Kitsch and Jennifer Connelly. The source of the disagreement came from the high test scores this picture received but, when pressed, Deadline couldn’t get either party to elaborate on the details of the falling out.
Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman was understandably pleased about bringing both pictures into the fold.
“It’s rare that a studio gets the chance to pick up two films of such high caliber at once,” he said in a statement. “We have a wonderful relationship with Molly, Trent and Thad, and we’re excited to be in partnership with Black Label on these exceptional movies.”
Granite Mountain is set for release on 22nd September 2017. Soldado is scheduled to be released later this year.
