Variety
With the first half of the year in film festivals behind us, it’s hard not to notice the nearly complete lack of specialty film pickups by studios. Even Fox Searchlight, one of the few remaining studio specialty divisions, has been somewhat quiet. Since picking up “The Wrestler” at Toronto last fall, the label has made just one fest purchase: “Adam,” a small indie drama that played in Sundance’s competition in January. When it comes to the studio arms, these days it’s all about inhouse production, prebuys or, most typically, doing nothing. The distrib pool is being replenished — to some degree — but not at the major studios. Aside from Berney-Pohlad and mainstream aspirants such as Summit and Overture, a few indie newbies have entered or ramped up in the arena recently.