Shailene Woodley’s ‘White Bird in a Blizzard’ Gets North American Distribution

April 12th, 2014 G Article, White Bird in a Blizzard 5 Comments

By Dave McNary

Magnolia Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to the Shailene Woodley-starrer “White Bird in a Blizzard” and plans a theatrical release for later this year.

Gregg Araki directed from his own script, based on Laura Kasischke’s novel. The drama also stars Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez, Gabourey Sidibe, Thomas Jane and Angela Bassett.

The film was produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Sebastien K. Lemercier, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Pavlina Hatoupis and Gregg Araki. Why Not Productions, Desperate Pictures, Orange Studio and Wild Bunch are the production companies on board.

Woodley stars as a college-bound teenager who is just discovering her sexuality when her mother (Green) disappears — an event that barely registers with Woodley’s character. But as time passes, she begins to come to grips with how deeply the disappearance has affected her life.

“White Bird” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in late January. Variety‘s Peter Debruge gave the film a mixed review, calling it “naughty, campy and wildly uneven.”

The deal was negotiated for Magnolia by Dori Begley and Peter Van Steemburg with CAA and Wild Bunch on behalf of the filmmakers.

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alanfeierstein
Posted on April 12, 2014

I like this photo, nice contrasting colors.

AusRotten
Posted on April 12, 2014

Hang on a sec… g? Spot?!

If so ,I’m glad you are helping out M and stef ,I don’t expect white bird in a blizzard to do extraordinarily , im gonna see it and drag my friends too, i actually read the book when i heard eva was gonna do this film and i liked it,but who knows, both eva and shailene had blockbusters…idk how well shailene movie did cuz I didn’t go see it..not my cup of tea but she was ok in the descendants , anywho his is good news nontheless!!