John Leguizamo's Latest Picked Up By IFC Films

By George 'El Guapo' Roush on August 21, 2008

The trades are reporting on John Leguizamo's drama 'Where God Left His Shoes' being picked up by IFC Films:

NEW YORK -- IFC Films has acquired North American rights to the John Leguizamo-toplined drama "Where God Left His Shoes" from Paul Allen's Vulcan Prods.

Salvatore Stabile's sophomore film revolves around an ex-boxer (Leguizamo) and his wife (Leonor Varela) who are forced to move their family to a homeless shelter. On Christmas Eve, the father takes his 10-year-old stepson on a journey around New York to find a job qualifying them for a housing project apartment.

The film will be released theatrically and on VOD in December through the day-and-date IFC in Theaters program. It also will be distributed through IFC Entertainment's exclusive deal with Blockbuster.

After premiering at last year's Tribeca Film Festival, "Shoes" won the Humanitas screenwriting award for a film developed or shown at Sundance. The film is nominated for four awards including best film at Thursday night's Imagen Awards for Latinos in entertainment.

IFC's Arianna Bocco negotiated the deal with Vulcan's Michael Caldwell and Richard Hutton.

I'm a big fan of John, but when I Googled pictures of him for this article, it took me forever to find a good one. He always has that look on his face like a bee just stung him in the ass or he just took a sip of the worst coffee on the planet.

Source:The Trades

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• Yessss Fri Aug 22 at 09:35 EST

  I love John Leguizamo and every project he's ever involved with. Killpoint was amazing ! He's a terrific actor and always interesting to watch.

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