The wait is over...Hello I Must Be Going has find a distributor!

A month and one week's worth of waiting and asking repeatedly for the latest info on a distribution deal for 'Hello I Must Be Going', I can now officially announce that Oscilloscope Films have purchased North American distributory rights for Melanie Lynskey's first film in the lead. In all honesty, I would have preferred the Weinstein Company, Lionsgate or IFC acquire it: I had never heard of Oscilloscope before today. But a distribution deal with a tiny film studio is better than no distribution deal at all. I am now more surer in my hope that this movie will finally provide Lynskey with her long overdue big breakthrough.



No news on Hello I Must Be Going distribution deal.....

   There is, I'm sorry to say, no news on a distribution deal, temporarily scuppering her chances of progressing towards leading lady status, something that she Tweeted me as not being concerned about getting, but I still remain undaunted in my belief that she has long been due for promotion in terms of her film career. A talented performer like her shouldn't have to be beyond the reach of circumstances that could elevate her to bigger, better things. Since it is getting increasingly unlikely that I will get any news regarding a distribution deal for the first American film that she has the lead role in before Monday, or Tuesday at the latest, I hope that the movie will find a distributor outside of Sundance.

Still no word on a distribution deal for 'Hello I Must Be Going'....

I am sorry to have to report that the independent and major film studio executives who came to the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to negotiate distribution deals for the movies being shown here have not yet made one for 'Hello I Must Be Going', the first film that has Melanie Lynskey as the lead performer since 'Heavenly Creatures'. So far, twenty-four films have been officially picked up by various movers and shakers in the motion picture industry, but, until I receive reports to the contrary, the movie with her as the principal cast member has turned out not to be on the list. The IMDB says that the list is not yet the final one, and that further updates may occur, but the last one was four days ago, and the number of cinematic delights or duffers remains unaltered. I have been tryiung to acquire information regarding this matter via Twitter and by means of adding comments to the higher profile movie blogs which are doing daily reports on this year's annual Sundance festival, and I will do my upmost to keep you posted on any updates that I get to hear or read about.

Will Sundance lead her to the Hollywood A-List?

Last year at Sundance, we saw Melanie Lynskey in the usual type of film role that she is offered by casting directors - the fourth or fifth-billed one. However, in 2012, the director of 'Hello I Must Be Going' saw that she had served as a working actress for nearly fifteen years, without coming close to getting the lead in a project that would be in the spotlight, and opted to let her carry a motion picture. It has been a challenge that has prompted positive and negative results from film critics, but it throws open the question that the  fans of this under exposed actress (myself included) have been asking for years - will Lynskey finally locate a path to more leading roles being on offer to her? Hopefully, yes; realistically, no. There has been no word on a distribution deal yet, and until there is, Lynskey's ascent to the A-list remains in the realms of wish fulfilment for all those who were enthralled by her portrayal of Pauline Parker back in 1995, and decided that she deserved to get stardom. Even if there is a strong prospect of Americans moviegoers getting the chance to see it, Hollywood may well reward her co-lead, Christopher Abbott, with the subsequent career-building benefits, instead of her. I believe she is long overdue for leading lady status, but will Tinseltown's movers-and-shakers?