independent film

Gleeson is beaming in from Scotland, where he’s been for the last month filming an as-yet-unannounced independent film.

"US audiences were able to see a Swedish independent film that otherwise only a very niche audience would have otherwise seen."

In June, independent film finance and production firm Alcon Media Group — known for “The Blind Side” and “Blade Runner 2049” — bought the film library of “Joker” and “Ocean’s Eleven” producer and financier Village Roadshow Entertainment for $417.5 million after an auction process that was part of the West Hollywood company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

The merger between the independent film studio and one of Hollywood's oldest and most storied companies was first announced in 2024.

The 1983 narrative is the first independent film to be nominated for an Academy Award for original screenplay; it was later added to the National Film Registry in 1995.