Screen Media Acquires ‘Senior Moment’ Starring William Shatner, Jean Smart, and Christopher Lloyd
January 26, 2021 at 09:05 am EST
Share
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. announced Screen Media’s acquisition of worldwide distribution rights to Giorgio Serafini’s comedy Senior Moment, starring William Shatner, Jean Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Esai Morales, and Katrina Bowden, and produced by Gina G. Goff. Screen Media will release the film in theaters and on demand in March. Clay Epstein and Film Mode Entertainment will handle foreign sales of the title immediately and will present the film to buyers at the 2021 European Film Market. Victor Martin (William Shatner) is a retired NASA test pilot often seen speeding around Palm Springs in his vintage Porsche convertible with his best friend Sal (Christopher Lloyd) in tow. His life changes when his license is revoked for drag racing and his car is impounded. Forced to take public transportation for the first time, he meets his polar opposite Caroline (Jean Smart) and learns to navigate love and life again as he goes up against the state's new DA to get back his license and car. The deal was negotiated by Seth Needle, SVP of Global Acquisitions and Co-Productions, on behalf of Screen Media with Endeavor Content on behalf of Goff Productions. Screen Media’s recent acquisitions include the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street and the comedy Off the Rails. Current films in distribution include Rod Lurie’s The Outpost, which was one of the top-performing films of the summer and is on many end of year top ten lists, the Bella Thorne thriller Girl and Simon West’s action disaster film Skyfire. Upcoming, Screen Media has the Nicolas Cage starrer Willy’s Wonderland.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. is an advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) company. The Company's three flagship AVOD streaming services include Redbox, Crackle, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. The Company operates Redbox Free Live TV, a free ad-supported streaming television service (FAST), with approximately 170 channels as well as a transaction video on demand (TVOD) service, and a network of approximately 27,800 kiosks across the United States for digital video disc (DVD) rentals. The Company creates, acquires, and distributes films and television (TV) series. The AVOD services boast approximately 40 million monthly active users and are distributed through every major distribution platform including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung, Vizio, Xbox, PlayStation and many more. The Company's Crackle is known for original and acquired content that delivers audiences of scale across a demographic spectrum.