Screen Media gets The City

Screen Media Films grabs themselves the distribution rights for the U.S. to the now upcoming feature called The City of Your Final Destination. Based on a novel written by Peter Cameron, the film stars Anthony Hopkins and also includes Omar Metwally. The story tells the tale of a young American academic, who attempts to persuade the reluctant heirs of a celebrated Uruguayan novelist to allow him to write an authorized biography of the writer (Variety).

The flick is directed by James Ivory who’s previous works include Le divorce and was penned by Ruth Jhabvala. Rumor has it that the reason why this particular novel adaptation hit the brakes with distribution for awhile is due to the lawsuit filed by Hopkins over a financial dispute over the topic of payment. Obviously this isn’t the case anymore but there is no exact word yet on when the film will hit theaters, but it more than likely will be sometime this year. Screen Media Films was quite popular in the latter half of 2009 with the films that they distributed, a couple of them including Women in Trouble and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.