{"id":5222,"date":"2022-06-14T20:13:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=5222"},"modified":"2022-06-30T20:17:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:17:04","slug":"deadline-vertical-donor-06-14-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/deadline-vertical-donor-06-14-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Entertainment Acquires Comedy \u2018The Donor Party\u2019 Starring Malin \u00c5kerman, Jerry O\u2019Connell, Rob Corddry & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vertical Entertainment Acquires Comedy \u2018The Donor Party\u2019 Starring Malin \u00c5kerman, Jerry O\u2019Connell, Rob Corddry & More: <\/h1>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has locked down worldwide rights to the comedy The Donor Party, toplined by Malin \u00c5kerman (Chick Fight), Rob Corddry (The Unicorn), Erinn Hayes (Gaslit) and Jerry O\u2019Connell (Billions). The company\u2019s plans for the recently-wrapped pic\u2019s release have not yet been disclosed.<\/p>\n

The film from writer-director Thom Harp is a farce centered on the recently single Jaclyn (\u00c5kerman), who desperately wants to become a mom \u2014 by any means necessary. Realizing she doesn\u2019t need a husband to make her dream come true, she devises a plan and enlists her best friends (Hayes and Bria Samon\u00e9 Henderson) to pull off the ultimate sperm heist from unsuspecting donors Tim (O\u2019Connell), MJ (Dan Ahdoot), Mateo (Jeff Torres) and Armin (Ryan Hansen), all while celebrating an intimate birthday party for her oblivious friend, Geoff (Corddry).<\/p>\n

Anthony J. Kraus cast the pic, which also stars Meadow Williams (Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman), Patty Guggenheim (Mr. Mayor), Cedric Yarbrough (The Goldbergs), Rizwan Manji (Peacemaker), Aarti Mann (Never Have I Ever), Jon Daly (Big Mouth), Brit Morgan (Riverdale) and Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black). Indy Entertainment\u2019s Nancy Leopardi and Ross Kohn are producing alongside \u00c5kerman and Corddry. Executive producers are Vertical Entertainment\u2019s Peter Jarowey, Rich Goldberg and Mitch Budin, BondIt Media Capital\u2019s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Tyler Gould, LB Entertainment\u2019s Lee Broda, In The Works Productions\u2019 Garret Blutter and Kurt Yochum, Production Resource Experts\u2019 Danny Keck and Eddie Castuera, and Velcroman\u2019s Steve Bencich. Kristin Harris is serving as associate producer, with LB Entertainment\u2019s Natalie Marciano as co-executive producer.<\/p>\n

Vertical, Diamond Film Productions and BondIt financed the film, with Gersh\u2019s Jay Cohen negotiating its packaging.<\/p>\n

Vertical Entertainment is a global independent distributor, founded in 2012, which also recently acquired Katie Holmes\u2019 Tribeca-premiering romantic drama Alone Together, and the political satire Land of Dreams, staring Sheila Vand, Matt Dillon and more, which likewise debuted at the New York festival. Upcoming releases from the company include Eli Horowitz\u2019s SXSW 2022 thriller Gone in the Night (formerly The Cow), starring Winona Ryder and John Gallagher Jr., and John Patton Ford\u2019s Sundance 2022 pic Emily the Criminal, starring Aubrey Plaza and Theo Rossi.<\/p>\n

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Vertical Entertainment Acquires Comedy \u2018The Donor Party\u2019 Starring Malin \u00c5kerman, Jerry O\u2019Connell, Rob Corddry & More: EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has locked down worldwide rights to the comedy The Donor Party, toplined by Malin \u00c5kerman (Chick Fight), Rob Corddry (The Unicorn), Erinn Hayes (Gaslit) and Jerry O\u2019Connell (Billions). The company\u2019s plans for the recently-wrapped pic\u2019s release
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