From Variety’s Ketchup Lands U.S. Rights to ‘Savannah’ (EXCLUSIVE):
Ketchup Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Annette Haywood-Carter’s historical drama “Savannah,†starring Jim Caviezel and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and set an Aug. 23 theatrical release followed by a VOD/DVD launch on Sept. 24.
Five-year-old Ketchup made the announcement on the opening day at Cannes., where Fabrication Films is representing worldwide rights.
“Savannah,†based on John Eugene Cay Jr.’s book “Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter,†is set in the 1900s and centered on Allen, who leaves behind a life of privilege in Savannah to live off the land with a freed slave.
Annette wrote the screenplay with her husband Ken Carter.
This is great news.
I’ve written about Savannah a number of times before, including a short review in a March 2012 City Talk column in the Savannah Morning News and some followup comments in a post here at Savannah Unplugged. Quoting myself:
I’m not going to include spoilers here, but the film was darker in its themes than I expected. And that’s a good thing. There are some deeply sad elements to Ward Allen’s story — and to the story of Christmas Moultrie, the last child born into slavery at Mulberry Grove Plantation and later Allen’s hunting friend and assistant. The multi-layered narrative doesn’t shy from those dark moments.
More recently, I’ve posted here about Savannah‘s screenings at film festivals in Charleston and Sedona.
Take a look at this trailer:
UPDATE: A new trailer will be available soon — I’ll update this post when it’s out.
Click here for the IMDB listing.