Studio Dome Takes Worldwide Rights to Legal Comedy 'Out of Order!'
Studio Dome has acquired worldwide sales and distribution rights to Out of Order!, a legal comedy, ahead of the American Film Market, the film industry's big deal-making week, according to Variety, published on 5 November 2026.
Worldwide sales and distribution rights let a company sell a film to cinemas, broadcasters and streaming services in every territory it covers. The company then arranges how and where the film reaches audiences. Studio Dome is led by founder and chief executive Shaked Berenson.
The film stars Brandon Routh, Brooke Shields and Luis Guzmán. Guy Jacobson directed it and wrote it with Megan Freels Johnston. The ensemble also includes Sandra Bernhard, Tao Okamoto, Sam Huntington, Krysta Rodriguez, Asher Grodman and Michael Potts.
The producing team is long, with eight names on the credits: Jacobson, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi Jr., B. Chris Bongirne, Routh, Katy Donnelly and Jesse Manning. Routh is one of the film's producers as well as its lead actor.
Before the sale, the film built up a run of prizes on the festival circuit. At the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival in 2026, it took four awards: best overall, best feature, best comedy, and best actor for Routh. It also won the audience award at the Chelsea Film Festival, and best feature plus the audience award at the Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival.
Further wins came at smaller events. The film was named best feature at both the Portland Comedy Film Festival and the Sugarloaf Film Festival. It took best comedy at the Universal, ICP Entertainment and Chicago Indie festivals, and best feature comedy film at Houston Comedy.
Festivals matter to a film like this because they are often the first public test. A run of prizes can draw the attention of sales agents and buyers, who decide which films reach screens in which countries. The American Film Market is where many of those buyers gather, so a deal struck just before it sets the film up for the marketplace.
The next steps, including release dates and where the film will open first, were not part of the announcement. Those decisions will come from Studio Dome and its partners as the film moves toward audiences.
