Weinstein Company snags 'Three Generations'

Friday Night Cannes Deal Flurry Culminates In $6 Million TWC ‘Three Generations’ Deal

A brisk Friday night of hardball culminated in The Weinstein Company making the biggest minimum guarantee deal of the Cannes Film Festival, and one of the biggest in several years at the festival. TWC ended the night — try 5 AM — closing a $6 million acquisition deal for the Gaby Dellal-directed Three Generations. Buyers responded strongly yesterday to a 10-minute promo reel of the film starring Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon as the title characters. The bidding began immediately and stretched into the evening before TWC emerged triumphant. Fanning plays a New York teenager who wants to transition from female to male. Watts is her single mother and Sarandon her lesbian music-manager grandmother. The deal, which calls for a 500-minimum screen commitment, was brokered by CAA and ICM Partners. Big Beach’s Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf financed the film and produced it with Dorothy Berwin.