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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Climate Change Conference Movie From Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy Dale Robinette/Disney Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights worldwide to an untitled new film from Academy Award winner Tom McCarthy (Spotlight). Dedicated to the late Steve Golin, the film is set to begin production at the end of February. Based on the Nathaniel Rich book Losing Earth, the film is billed as a dramatic, darkly comic, true story that asks if it’s possible for any group of people to sit together and tackle the problems of our time when we can’t agree on how to arrange the chairs.

Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy

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Key Highlights

  • At a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, 20 experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effects of Co2 emissions on the climate.
  • This group of scientists, activists, and policymakers have one simple mandate from Congress — write a statement about what to do.
  • Easier said than done.
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  • Sony Pictures Classics will co-finance the project, with Jonathan King producing alongside David Levine for Anonymous Content, Jim Whitaker, and McCarthy for Slow Pony; Jonathan Schwartz, Nick Shumaker, and Bard Dorros of Anonymous Content; and Mary Aloe of Aloe Entertainment.
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