Sundance 2015: Magnolia Pictures Acquires THE WOLFPACK

Just last week we saw the first poster for Crystal Moselle‘s documentary The Wolfpack, and now Magnolia Pictures has announced they have acquired the worldwide rights to the film. This documentary looks at the lives of six brothers who spent their entire lives confined to a small apartment in New York’s Lower East Side. It sounds completely fascinating and I can’t wait to check this one out.

It’s too early to talk release dates, but we’ll be sure to keep our ear to the ground on this one.

Here’s the synopsis:

The six Angulo brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nicknamed “the Wolfpack,” they’re all exceedingly bright, are homeschooled, have no acquaintances outside their family and have practically never left their home.  All they know of the outside world is gleaned from the films they watch obsessively and recreate meticulously, using elaborate homemade props and costumes. For years this has served as a productive creative outlet and a way to stave off loneliness – but after one of the brothers escapes the apartment (wearing a Michael Meyers mask for protection), the power dynamics in  the house are transformed, and all the boys begin to dream of venturing out.