Gay Prison Comedy 'Phillip Morris' Finds Distributor

It's been sitting on the shelf for a while, and finally the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor film, I Love You, Phillip Morris, will be released in the U.S. next Valentine's Day. The movie, written and directed by Bad Santa duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, stars Carrey as a married conman who falls in love with his cellmate (McGregor), and keeps breaking out of prison to be with the man he loves. It premiered at Sundance and will be shown at Canes this week but had never attracted much attention from distributors in the American market. In fact, about six weeks ago, there was a strong possibility that it would never be released theatrically in the states, despite a few run in the European markets. Now Consolidated Pictures Group has picked up the rights for domestic distribution, a mid-seven-figure deal with the film's backers at EuropaCorp. Part of the delay could be related to a rather ho-hum response at Sundance, which is a deal-making hotbed when the movies seem to hit all the right notes.

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