{"id":693826,"date":"2026-06-09T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/693826\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:40:08","slug":"zach-braff-tribeca-drama-clean-hands-gets-north-american-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/693826\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Braff Tribeca Drama ‘Clean Hands’ Gets North American Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Following its world premiere at the Tribeca<\/a> Film Festival, Vertical has acquired North American distribution rights to drama Clean Hands<\/a>, the latest feature from writer-director Jake Allyn (Ride). <\/p>\n

\n\tZach Braff<\/a>, Esther McGregor, Abigail Spencer, Holt McCallany and Lucas Till star in the film which explores America\u2019s war on drugs from the opposing eyes of a cop and addict who are also father and daughter. <\/p>\n

\n\tBased on a true story, the synopsis reads: \u201cSergeant Kevin Simmers (Braff) leads a taskforce waging war on drugs in Hagerstown, Maryland, a major stop on the \u2018Heroin Highway\u2019. At home, he\u2019s a desperate father grappling with his 19-year-old daughter Brooke\u2019s (McGregor) escalating addiction from pain meds to heroin. As Kevin is forced to confront the failures of the system he dedicated his life to defending, together father and daughter fight for recovery, redemption, and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the film\u2019s festival Q&A, Tribeca Festival co-founder Robert De Niro and his daughter, Drena De Niro, took the stage to deliver heartfelt closing remarks about the film\u2019s impact on them personally. The story resonated deeply with the family: Robert\u2019s grandson and Drena\u2019s son, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, died from an overdose at age 19\u2014the same age as Brooke Simmers, the daughter in the film. In his memory, the De Niro family established the Leandro De Niro Rodriguez Foundation to support awareness, prevention, and recovery efforts against addiction.<\/p>\n

\n\tClean Hands was made in partnership with Brooke\u2019s House, a non-profit, all-women recovery home that Simmers created and currently runs in Hagerstown. An on-set work program was created for women in recovery to learn film jobs during the production and the movie cast Brooke\u2019s House graduates. One third of the film\u2019s profits are due to be dedicated to Brooke\u2019s House.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe North American deal was negotiated by SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi and Manager of Acquisitions and Sales Rachel White on behalf of Vertical and by Oliver Wheeler of Range Select on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film was produced by Jake Allyn and Conor Allyn of Margate House Films, Brian Loschiavo of Riverside Entertainment, James Suttles and Jason Winn of WW \/ SF Entertainment, and JR Rappaport of Glasshouse Pictures. It is executive-produced by Braff, Jim Gladden, Tony Herbert, Kevin Simmers, Dana Simmers, Daniel Weaver, Jonathan Beaulieu, William Deasey, Scott Davis and Linda Davis. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is a true story that can actively save lives. Kevin and Brooke\u2019s powerful journey left me believing in miracles, and Vertical is the perfect partner to share this miracle with the world,\u201d stated Allyn. \u201cVertical\u2019s ability to handle films about real-world issues with intimate care while reaching mass appeal is something I\u2019ve admired for years. I\u2019m proud to be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJake has created a powerful film based on the incredible true story of a family living in an impossible situation,\u201d added Vertical Partner Peter Jarowey. \u201cZach and Esther give wildly moving performances while leading an excellent cast. We\u2019re honored to be releasing this film and hope to inspire audiences nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, Vertical has acquired North American distribution rights to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[300809,88,206,28401,108837],"class_list":["post-693826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-clean-hands","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-tribeca","tag-zach-braff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693826","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=693826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}