Amazon Acquires Vice Studios' THE REPORT

Following another all-night negotiation at Sundance, Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to VICE Studios' political thriller The Report. Amazon is targeting a fall release later this year during the awards corridor.

Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Scott Z. Burns, The Report stars Adam Driver and Annette Bening. The Report, following one man's pursuit of justice and adherence to oversight and accountability, chronicles not only the CIA's secret torture program, but also the remarkable struggle to release the report that tested the nation's separation of powers and the rule of law.

Producers are Steven Soderbergh, Jennifer Fox, Burns, Danny Gabai and Eddy Moretti. Executive producers are Nancy Dubuc, Shane Smith, Natalie Farrey, Lila Yacoub, Michael DiVerdi, Vincent Landay and TJ Rinomato.

UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers, and Danny Gabai (EVP, Head of VICE Studios U.S.) and John Kulback (Head of Business Affairs) on behalf of VICE Studios.

VICE STUDIOS will unveil seven major films in 2019: Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened on Netflix Jan 18, Directed by Chris Smith, additional Sundance films: Judy & Punch at SundanceThe debut film from Australian writer-director Mirrah Foulkes, starring Mia Wasikowska and Damon Herriman; and The Mountain at Sundance, Directed by Rick Alverson's starring Jeff Goldblum and Tye Sheridan. Additionally they will release; Lords Of Chaos, wide release on February 8th

Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, starring Rory Culkin and Emory Cohen will be released by Gunpowder & Sky; Climax, wide release in March 1, Directed by Gaspar Noe, starring Sofia Boutella will be released via A24; The Beach Bum premieres at SXSW March 9th, in theaters March 22nd, Directed by Harmony Korine, starring Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fischer, Snoop Dog and Zac Efron will be released in partnership with Neon Films

In 2009, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted 14-1 to investigate the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program which was created after 9/11. Over the course of five years, Senate Staffer and lead investigator Daniel Jones documented how the CIA had misrepresented the success of the program. The report Jones and the Committee compiled - based on 6.3 million CIA documents - found the program to be brutal and immoral. But perhaps most importantly, they found the program did not lead to the actionable intelligence the CIA repeatedly claimed it did to the American public, Congress and two Presidents.

THE REPORT, following one man's pursuit of justice and adherence to oversight and accountability, chronicles not only the CIA's secret torture program, but also the remarkable struggle to release the report that tested the nation's separation of powers and the rule of law.

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