Greenwich Entertainment Picks Up Sundance Dramedy 'Run Amok' for North American Release
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Run Amok, the Sundance dramedy that marks the feature directorial debut of Brooklyn-based filmmaker NB Mager, with a theatrical release planned for early next year. Deadline
The deal was negotiated by Greenwich's Andy Bohn with CAA Media Finance representing the filmmakers. Producers are Julie Christeas of Tandem Pictures and Frank Hall Green of Greenmachine, with an executive producer roster that includes Patrick Wilson, Tom Franco, Molly Ringwald and Patrick Wilson.
Run Amok made its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival as an official selection, then went on to open the 2026 Lower East Side Film Festival in April and screen at the Cleveland International Film Festival. (Instagram, LESFF; Instagram, CIFF)
The film follows a teenage girl who stages an elaborate musical about the one day her high school wishes it could forget — a school shooting — and finds herself in conflict with the adults in her community. Mager expanded the feature from her Oscar-qualifying short film of the same name. (Sundance Institute)
The cast is deep and rangy. Margaret Cho, Alyssa Marvin, Sophia Torres, Elizabeth Marvel and Bill Camp appear alongside Yul Vazquez, Grace Reiter, Jim Kaplan and Nuha Jes. Pilot Bunch, Molly Ringwald and Patrick Wilson round out the ensemble.
The full executive producer list is extensive: Allison Franco, Tom Franco, Tad Selby, Derek Strum, Joav Bally, Allison Stockel, Jon Stockel, Lela Meadow-Conner, Jaykant R. Patel, Rajesh Penta, Rama Penta, Andy Bruer, Elia Petridis, Jay Rittberg, Ken Hayes, Brian Troy, and Ahish Bansal.
Greenwich Entertainment, a specialist distributor of independent and documentary features, has yet to set a specific date for the early-2027 release window. The company's model is built on targeted theatrical runs for festival titles — a release pattern that positions Run Amok for the winter corridor, when prestige independent films typically find room between studio awards-season releases and the early-spring dump months.
For audiences, that means a Sundance title tackling one of the hardest subjects in American life — a school shooting, refracted through a teenage girl's musical — will reach theatres rather than going straight to a streaming platform. The deal gives the film a theatrical window, the period between a film's cinema release and its availability on home platforms, which remains a priority for many festival filmmakers.
The combination of a first-time feature director, a cast that bridges generations of American screen acting, and subject matter that sits at the intersection of trauma and dark comedy positions Run Amok as one to watch when Greenwich sets its date.
