The hot stove just started heating up Park City. For the record, it was Paramount that struck the first match.
The studio acquired worldwide distribution rights for “Waiting for Superman,” a documentary from the makers of “An Inconvenient Truth” that looks at the public education crisis in the United States, it announced on Thursday.
The Participant Media production debuts at the festival on Friday.
Directed by Davis Guggenheim (pictured left), it features interviews with Bill Gates, Washington, D.C., Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Knowledge is Power Program Founders David Levin and Mike Feinberg, Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, and other education experts.