{"id":9303,"date":"2016-01-28T13:52:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T19:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=9303"},"modified":"2016-01-28T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T20:08:15","slug":"9303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/28\/9303\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Studios buys Sundance movie; upcoming movie slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2416866592\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE Studios has partnered with Blumhouse Productions to buy a new indies movie titled &#8220;Sleight,&#8221; reports <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/markets-festivals\/wwe-blumhouse-magician-thriller-sleight-1201690877\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a> and Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>The thriller\/science fiction movie about a street magician in Los Angeles premiered at this year&#8217;s\u00a0Sundance Film Festival, which is where WWE got on-board.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Sleight<\/em>\u00a0is a smart, fresh, and ambitious movie that was different from anything else we saw at the festival,&#8221; said WWE Studios president Michael Luisi. &#8220;We are thrilled to &#8230;\u00a0bring J.D. Dillard&#8217;s compelling first feature to audiences worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>J.D. Dillard is the director\/writer of the movie, which drew in Blumhouse because of its creativity.\u00a0\u201cWe love low-budget filmmaking because it allows directors to take creative risks and that is exactly what J.D. Dillard did with\u00a0<em>Sleight<\/em>, a truly original and unique movie.\u00a0We are excited to once again collaborate with Michael and WWE Studios,&#8221; said Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sleight&#8221; will be marketed on WWE TV and digital platforms. WWE hopes to push the movie to a theatrical release, but that has not been worked out yet.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/sundance-wwe-studios-blumhouse-team-860060\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a> released WWE&#8217;s upcoming movie release schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incarnate (starring Aaron Eckhart)<\/li>\n<li>Brother&#8217;s Blood (starring Trey Songz and R-Truth)<\/li>\n<li>Killing Hasselhoff (starring David Hasselhoff and Ken Jeong)<\/li>\n<li>Sleight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4186349672\"><div id=\"pwtor-2356371141\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE Studios has partnered with Blumhouse Productions to buy a new indies movie titled &#8220;Sleight,&#8221; reports Variety and Hollywood Reporter. 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