2012 Sundance Film Festival: Day 4

Day 4 links!

Deadline: HBO And Scott Rudin To Turn Docu ‘Indie Game’ Into Series

Deadline: CBS Films Scoring First Major Fest Deal On ‘The Words’

Deadline: Midnight Title ‘Black Rock’ Bought By Upstart LD Distribution

IndieWire: Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Wrong’ Suggests ‘Groundhog Day’ Via Buñuel

IndieWire: Screenwriting Duo Invents Words, Talks Sundance’s ‘Celeste and Jesse’

THR: Dealmaking Heats Up for ‘Beasts,’ ‘Arbitrage,’ More

THR: Stephen Frears on His Sundance Comeback, ‘Lay the Favorite’ (Q&A)

THR: Seth Rogen’s Better Half [Lauren Miller] Premieres in Park City With ‘For a Good Time Call’ (Q&A)

THR: Joel Edgerton on Avoiding Hollywood’s ‘Crap Movies’ and His Hunt for Bin Laden With Kathryn Bigelow (Q&A)

THR: Mike Birbiglia on Turning His ‘Sleepwalk’ Stage Show Into a Film (Q&A)

THR: Review of “Lay the Favorite”

THR: Review of “Madrid, 1987”

THR: Review of “Red Hook Summer”

THR: 5 Bidders Vying for Festival Breakout ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’

THR: Sundance:’Breaking Bad’s’ Aaron Paul, James Ponsoldt of ‘Smashed’ [video]

THR: Police Shut Down WME Party

TotalFilm: Sundance 2012, Day 4 news and notes

Variety: Tracy Morgan hospitalized at Sundance

TheWrap: The New Normal at Sundance -– Strong Films, Cautious But Steady Buying

24 Frames: False start for ‘Red Lights’

24 Frames: “Beasts of the Southern Wild” wins producer fellowship

24 Frames: Second for second, the most cinematic excitement in Sundance

24 Frames: A 65-year-old takes on disability and sex in ‘The Surrogate’

24 Frames: Josh Radnor’s ‘Liberal Arts’ gets ovation at premiere

24 Frames: Spike Lee: Studios ‘know nothing about black people’

Photos [THR]

Here is a trailer for I Am Not a Hipster which has been received well at this year’s Sundance fest:

Paul Dano, director So Yong Kim and Jon Heder talk about the Sundance drama ‘For Ellen.’

Richard Gere, director Nicholas Jarecki and the cast of ‘Arbitrage’ discuss the real estate thriller.

Germain Lussier from Slashfilm interviews Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim and Will Forte for ‘Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Finally what’s it like to be heckled at Sundance. One director tells all.