GWOP Report: Paramount buys ‘Like Crazy’ for $4 million

Director Drake Doremus’ heartfelt romantic drama sold 16 hours after its premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance Film Festival: Paramount pictures, which had execs Adam Goodman and Matt Brodlie in Park City to see the film, paid $4 million for worldwide rights according to sources.

Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones and Jennifer Lawrence star in the mostly improvised romantic drama about two students who fall deeply in love only to be separated because of a visa violation (she’s from England). Their struggle to maintain a connection while embracing other relationships and then each other repeatedly sustain the drama of the film. Doremus and  Ben York Jones wrote the script.

Like Crazy was produced by Jonathan Schwartz and Andrea Sperling of Super Crispy Entertainment. Executive producers are Audrey and Zygi Wilf.

Watch clip of  ‘Like Crazy‘ after the jump.