D&E locks 'The Hammer' for bigscreen

D&E Entertainment has clicked up transitional phase drama "The Hammer" with an March. 27 theatrical release. ARC Entertainment will probably be heading VOD/DVD/Packages distribution and Archstone Distribution will probably be heading worldwide distribution in the film. TapouT and Crimson Communications have grew to become an associate of as marketing partners. Pic's good information on UFC fighter Matt Hamill while he becomes the initial hard of hearing wrestler to win a national collegiate championship. Elevated among people getting a chance to hear, he finds themselves surprisingly an outsider among hard of hearing community but turns exactly what is a disability into an resource. The film stars hard of hearing stars Russell Harvard and Shoshannah Stern as Matt Hamill and Kristi Hamill, and Raymond J. Craig as Matt's grandfather. Oren Kaplan directed and Ernest McKelheer and Eben Kostbar produced and composed the script. "The Hammer" received the AFI Film Festival's Breakthrough Audience Award and audience honours within the Newport Beach, Florida, Miami and Maui festivals. "The Hammer" will screen in La, NY, Chicago, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Phoenix and 20 other areas. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com