Clockwork Is Cooking: WB Specialized Division Acquires Park Chan-wook’s Next Film with Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal
Warner Bros.' specialized division, Clockwork, has acquired the North American rights to Park Chan-wook's upcoming film, "The Brigands of Rattlecreek." The film features a star-studded cast including Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal. Clockwork aims to create an impressive slate of films as it prepares for its theatrical release.
- ▪Clockwork is in exclusive negotiations for the North American rights to "The Brigands of Rattlecreek."
- ▪The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal, and Tang Wei.
- ▪It is set in the late 19th century and involves a sheriff and a stranger tracking down a ruthless gang.
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Clockwork, the specialized division at Warner Bros. led by former Neon executive Christian Parkes, hasn’t even begun to release a single movie yet, but it has consistently managed to win the press release taste battle. First it announced at CinemaCon that it will release Sean Baker’s next movie, then it said it was handling the repertory re-release of Ken Russell’s controversial “The Devils” playing in Cannes Classics, and now it decided to buy the starriest project on the Marche du Film. Clockwork is in exclusive negotiations for the North American rights to “The Brigands of Rattlecreek,” the next film from director Park Chan-wook. Park is currently the jury president at Cannes this year, but that didn’t stop him from making a splashy deal for his own film.
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