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Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Cole Webley’s Sundance Drama ‘Omaha’ Starring John Magaro

Deadline

By Matt Grobar

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Omaha, the family drama starring Past Lives‘ John Magaro, which premiered to critical acclaim at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film, marking the feature directorial debut of Cole Webley, will be released in theaters across the country later this year.

Set against the backdrop of the 2008 economic crisis, Omaha follows a struggling father (Magaro) who embarks on a road trip across the American West with his two children, Ella (Molly Belle Wright) and Charlie (Wyatt Solis), in search of hope and a better life. What begins as a seemingly spontaneous family journey gradually reveals deeper layers of both grief and resilience, as Ella starts to sense that her father’s intentions may be masking a more profound truth.

Written by Robert Machoian (The Killing of Two Lovers), Omaha is a Sanctuary Content production, in association with Kaleidoscope Pictures and Monarch Content. Recently, the film won the Jordan Ressler First Feature Award at the Miami Film Festival, along with the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Dallas Film Festival. In his review out of Sundance, Deadline’s Pete Hammond said, “Magaro’s performance is truly moving, capturing the desperation of a father trying to keep his family together.”