Jarecki takes 'All Good Things' back from Weinstein Co. (LAT)

By Nancy Tartaglione

Director Andrew Jarecki has cut a deal to take back the domestic theatrical rights to his feature debut "All Good Things" from the Weinstein Co., The Los Angeles Times reports. The director is looking for a new US distributor for the movie.

The film, starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst, is inspired by the true story of Robert Durst, the scion of a wealthy New York family who was acquitted of killing his neighbor and whose first wife vanished into thin air. The movie spans about three decades of Durst's life.

"All Good Things" was filmed in 2008 and despite talk of a fall 2009 release, it never materialized. There have been debates between Jarecki and the Weinstein Co. for some time about how best to release the film, says the LAT.

"We had a different strategy for how we wanted to release the picture," David Glasser, a senior executive at the Weinstein Co., told the LAT. "He purchased the rights back," Glasser said, adding that, "this is not something we normally or traditionally do."

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Jarecki, spent several million dollars to regain the US rights. Weinstein Co. paid $6 million to $8 million for the film, a person familiar with the situation told the LAT.

TWC, however, did retain international rights for the film, as well as the basic cable television rights. Jarecki got the pay TV rights back.

"It was very amicable and friendly," Glasser said.