It has to be a bad sign of the times when an understated, classy and well-liked drama premieres at Sundance, and all anyone can talk about is how unlikely it is that anyone will go and see it. That was the fate of The Company Men, the movie starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck and Chris Cooper as men laid off from the company that has long employed them, all of them searching for the next step. It received mixed-to-positive reviews (you can read mine here) but despite the starry cast, no one actually seemed to think a studio would want to pick it up.
It took a while, but The Company Men finally did find a home. Deadline Hollywood reports that The Weinstein Company has set up a domestic distribution deal for the film, with plans to release it in the early summer or fall. They've also set release dates for a handful of their other upcoming films, including the Aaron Johnson-starring Nowhere Boy on November 8, and their other Sundance acquisitions: Blue Valentine for December 31, and the documentary The Tillman Story for August 20.
