Jordan Firstman
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Sceney L.A. gays are officially up. Comedian Jordan Firstman’s movie Club Kid reportedly sold at Cannes Film Festival for $17 million after a bidding war, per Variety. The film ultimately went to the current king of the indie studios, A24, which beat out other bidders including Mubi, Focus Features, Searchlight, and Netflix. The film — which Firstman wrote, directed, and stars in — is one of the breakouts of the festival, after premiering in the Un Certain Regard category on May 15. It follows an irresponsible gay party boy, played by Firstman, who learns that he has a ten-year-old son and has to grow up to take care of him. The film also stars Diego Calva (Babylon) and model-actress Cara Delevingne.
Club Kid marks the first major sale at the festival. That’s partially because many movies, like Club Kid’s pal in Un Certain Regard Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, walked in with distribution already in place. It also doesn’t help that the festival is largely devoid of Hollywood-produced films, with only one American film (Ira Sachs’s The Man I Love) actually playing in competition. It’s not a shock, then, that a buzzy American film that was up for grabs scored a massive paycheck. Firstman is in charge of bringing the bump next time.
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