Brooklyn's Finest First Sale At Sundance
Tue, January 20, 2009 
Variety previously reported the first sale at Sundance, and as later reiterated by Anne Thompson, this could be an award winner.
Senator Distribution nabbed North American rights to Antoine Fuqua's cop drama "Brooklyn's Finest" on Saturday night, 24 hours after its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Sources close to the deal said Senator paid under $5 million, but made an eight-figure P&A commitment. Senator says it will release the film in the fourth quarter for awards consideration.
Pic's cast includes Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, and Don Cheadle as cops battling their own ethical and moral dilemmas.
I'm a huge Don Cheadle fan, you put him in anything and I am hooked. Cheadle even had me hooked during that episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air where he plays Will's friend from Philly "Ice Tray". Heck I could go for a Philly Cheesesteak right now.
Richard Gere has his ups and downs in my eyes. I'm still trying to figure out when his hair wasn't speckled with gray. I keep thinking back and doing research and I feel like it was always that way. I can picture him in elementary school raising his hand and his teachers swooning as his perfect grayish hair stayed in place. On second thought, Richard Gere is awesome.
Ethan Hawke seems like a pretty cool guy, but right now I just can't think of anything he was in that I loved. I am however looking forward to his performance in What Doesn't Kill You which was filmed in my home town of Boston. People in Boston call cheesesteaks, "steak & cheeses". Bizzare.
For some reason I feel like getting these three guys together is going to be a recipe for success. I know they'll be knocking down my door hoping that I can be their spokesperson, so I better get home.
Brooklyn's Finest Synopsis:
Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location, despite enduring vastly different career paths.
Reader Comments (2)
Don Cheadle is always solid. Hawke was great in Gattica! I've always been lukewarm about Gere. I liked him in Pretty Woman, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Primal Fear. Gere always seems like the same character for some reason though. Still, this project sounds good and seems a little out of the norm for him.
And you are dead-on about Gere's hair, haha
I think there is much potential for this project and I am actually looking forward to it. Who would have thought I would be writing about Richard Gere's hair color?