Maude Apatow Directorial Debut ‘Poetic License’ Lands at Sony Classics After Row K Debacle

Apatow’s feature starring Leslie Mann earned rave reviews out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The saga over Maude Apatow’s directorial debut has a happy ending. Her TIFF player “Poetic License” will be released by the venerated Sony Pictures Classics, following a distribution debacle with original buyer Row K Entertainment. Variety reported in March that Row K had become inundated with unpaid bills and a creati

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