{"id":647364,"date":"2026-05-16T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647364\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:55:10","slug":"jordan-firstmans-club-kid-sparks-studio-bidding-war-at-cannes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647364\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Firstman’s ‘Club Kid’ Sparks Studio Bidding War at Cannes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe high from Jordan Firstman\u2019s Cannes player \u201cClub Kid<\/a>\u201d has carried over to the sales market, as the filmmaker\u2019s directorial debut has sparked a bidding war.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter glowing reviews from Firstman\u2019s Friday premiere in the festival\u2019s Un Certain Regard section, multiple high-profile distributors are throwing down for the dramedy \u2013 one that\u2019s earned praise for balancing a hedonistic portrait of queer life in New York City with a heartwarming story of an unlikely father and son.<\/p>\n

\n\tMubi, Focus Features, Searchlight Pictures, A24 and Netflix are leading contenders, multiple sources told Variety. Offers are coming in at the high seven-figure range, three sources said, in a deal that could ultimately close for eight figures. UTA is handling sales with an international assist from Charades.<\/p>\n

\n\tChristian Parkes\u2019 new Warner Bros. indie label Clockwork engaged on the title but has already bowed out, per two insiders. Teddy Schwarzman\u2019s Black Bear is also said to be interested, and offers from other companies are expected as Cannes hits its mid-point this weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe filmmakers had no immediate comment. The process could take days given the high level of interest, but Firstman\u2019s triumphant debut marks the first frenzied negotiation of this year\u2019s muted market (many titles came to Cannes with distribution, including Neon\u2019s nine films in the official selection).<\/p>\n

\n\tFirstman takes a major creative leap forward with \u201cClub Kid\u201d as writer-director. His feature follows a Manhattan club promoter who has stayed about a decade too long at the party. When a 10-year-old boy shows up at his front door, the son he never knew he fathered, Firstman\u2019s protagonist must confront his ketamine-soaked Peter Pan syndrome and decide the shape of two futures. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe film was made by producer-financier Topic Studios. Oscar winner Alex Coco (\u201cAnora\u201d), Michael Bloom, Galen Core and Ryan Heller are producers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCome for the arch, bitchy humor promised by the title and the director\u2019s general social media brand; stay for the unabashed sweetness of the enterprise; leave with the distinct sense that there\u2019s more to Firstman than his online persona,\u201d wrote Variety\u2019s Guy Lodge in his Cannes review.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirstman is repped by UTA, Black Bear and The Lede Company. His credits include the just-renewed HBO original series \u201cI Love LA\u201d and \u201cRotting in the Sun.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The high from Jordan Firstman\u2019s Cannes player \u201cClub Kid\u201d has carried over to the sales market, as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[278322,88],"class_list":["post-647364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-club-kid","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}