"Castle Hill Prods. has acquired worldwide theatrical rights to "The Tollbooth," a coming-of-age comedy about a young woman who rebels against her Jewish-American family. The distributor plans a February debut in Manhattan, with a rollout into suburban Long Island and Los Angeles. The film from first-time feature writer and director Debra Kirschner stars Mara Sokoloff ("The Practice") as the youngest daughter in a traditional Brooklyn-based family who defies her family's wishes by moving into Manhattan..." (full details)

"IFC Films has nabbed U.S. rights to "Twelve and Holding", the next feature from director Michael Cuesta ("L.I.E."). An early summer platform release is planned. Cuesta's film explores dark adolescent issues through three friends' reactions after a boy (Conor Donovan) dies in a tree house fire set by local bullies. His twin brother (also played by Donovan) sets out for revenge, and an overweight survivor of the fire (Jesse Camacho) loses his sense of taste and smell, leading him to force his obese mother to lose weight. Their female friend (Zoe Weizenbaum) tries to seduce a grief-stricken patient of her therapist mother (Annabella Sciorra)..." (full details)

"ESPN has for the first time landed a theatrical release for one of its properties -- full-length sports documentary "Through the Fire," about prep basketball sensation Sebastian Telfair -- in advance of its TV premiere on the network. Arthouse distributor Cinema Libre has signed to platform the movie beginning in New York on Feb. 10, rolling it out to selective urban markets..." (full details)