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Kimberley Datnow is still trying to win her father’s approval, even after his death, in the trailer and poster for the upcoming comedy, ‘Daddy Issues.’ Gravitas Ventures has unveiled the movie’s assets, in support of the feature’s upcoming release On Demand on Tuesday, June 23. ‘Daddy Issues’ was written and directed by Laura Holliday. In […]

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"You're always funny." Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Daddy Issues, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Laura Holliday. Not to be confused with the other indie dramedy also titled Daddy Issues. This film originally premiered at the Valley Film Festival in 2018 and is only getting released this summer. When her emotionally distant father dies and leaves her his company, a 20-something, hapless stand-up comic named Henri must move from London to Los Angeles to take over the family business and somehow try to win her father’s approval, even after his death. "Henri finds humor in her darkest moments in this quirky slice-of life black comedy. That is, after all, how the light gets in." Starring Kimberley Datnow along with Tanner Rittenhouse, Alice Carroll Johnson, and Francis Lloyd Corby. Another of these strangely personal films that really doesn't have much to say at all.

The common notion about stand-up comedians is that they are largely broken people that have an intuitive way to see society for how it really is. That is readily apparent in the new comedy film, “Daddy Issues.”

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As seen in the trailer for “Daddy Issues,” the film follows the story of a London-based stand-up comedian that has to fly to Los Angeles and take over the family business after the sudden death of her estranged father.

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In today’s film news roundup, “Waiting for the Barbarians,” “Don’t Tell a Soul” and “Daddy Issues” get distribution and the African American Film Critics Association is launching a virtual Strong Summer 2020 programming slate.

Acquisitions

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra’s feature film “Waiting for the Barbarians,” starring Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Mark Rylance, Gana Bayarsaikhan, and Greta Scacchi.

Goldwyn said the film was originally slated for a theatrical release, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it will be released on cable on-demand and digital platforms in August.

Rylance plays a magistrate in an isolated frontier settlement on the border of a large empire who looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of a colonel (portrayed by Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the “barbarians” and the security situation on the border. The colonel’s ruthless interrogations...

Gravitas Ventures has picked up Laura Holliday's romantic comedy Daddy Issues.

The film will get a domestic digital and VOD release on June 23. Gravitas Ventures also acquired worldwide distribution rights to the indie.

Daddy Issues follows a 20-something hapless stand-up comic who, after her emotionally distant father dies and leaves her his company, must move from London to Los Angeles to run the business and win his approval, even after his death. The pic stars Kimberley Datnow, Tanner Rittenhouse, Corsica Wilson, Peter Jason and Alice Carroll Johnson.

"We are thrilled to partner with Gravitas Ventures to share ...