Seachlight/Danger Signal partner on Duplass brothers and sisters pic

Fox Searchlight and Danger Signal Delivering allow us Jay and Mark Duplass' "The Do-Deca-Pentathlon," marking the initial acquisition of the year's SXSW fest. Pic preems Sunday within the Austin, Texas, fest. Danger Signal will unspool the film theatrically in June while Searchlight will handle ancillary areas. "Almost 2 decades ago, Fox Searchlight transformed how a world found see independent film," the Duplass brothers and sisters mentioned in the statement. "Now, round the edge in the digital revolution, we're able to 't be more comfortable to partner together by themselves new initiative with Danger Signal to assist redefine methods for getting smaller sized, innovative films out to the world." Duo written and directed the pic, produced by Stephanie Langhoff. Film stars Steve Zissis, Mark Kelly and Jennifer Lafleur and concentrates on two grown brothers and sisters who rekindle their uber-competitive childhood ball game, the Do-Deca Pentathlon, around the weekend family reunion to discover a great champion. When the relaxation in the folks are disrupted by their competitive incomplete business, the brothers and sisters must hide their efforts to have the ability to complete the large event permanently. Duplass brothers and sisters shot "Pentathlon" before finishing "Cyrus" and "Rob, Who Lives in your house.In . Searchlight released the prior pic this season, while Vital Vantage will unspool "Rob" later this year. Josh Braun of Submarine talked about the sale regarding the filmmakers while Paul Federbush repped Danger Signal. Searchlight executive V . p . of worldwide purchases Tony Safford brokered for your distrib. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com