Quiver Distribution has taken worldwide rights, excluding U.K., German-speaking territories, South Korea and Taiwan, to Armie Hammer’s controversial comeback movie “Citizen Vigilante.”
The distributor, which is led by co-presidents Jeff Sackman and Berry Meyerowitz, already holds North American rights and released the action thriller there on June 19.
The deal comes after a dramatic intervention by Elon Musk, who posted the film on his X account – which has 240 million followers – to download in its entirety for free for 48 hours, from Thursday to Saturday.
Speaking to Variety on Monday, the movie’s German director, Uwe Boll, said Musk had contacted the team behind Boll’s U.S. podcast, “Uwe Boll Raw,” which he hosts with Gary Otto, before posting the movie on X.
“He contacted my U.S. podcast, but not me directly, and they told me, like, ‘We got a message from Elon Musk,’” he explained. “I thought that it must be a parody account… I mean, you’re not really thinking that he would contact you, but then it turned out it was true.
