Black Bear’s fledgling US theatrical distribution operation is reportedly weighing up taking US rights to The Rivals Of Amziah King starring Matthew McConaughey, which garnered strong reviews after its SXSW world premiere earlier this year.

Black Bear fully financed, produced and launched international sales in Cannes two years ago on the Oklahoma-set crime drama about a beekeeper who reconnects with his estranged foster daughter and investigates a crime.

The feature drew rave reviews from the SXSW audience in Austin, Texas, but despite the rousing response has remained on the table.

That is perhaps par for the course given the overall climate of caution in a US distribution sector that has been rocked in the past few years by a pandemic, Hollywood strikes, cost-cutting, the ongoing p

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