Richard Gere's film 'The Dinner' gets a distributor

LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPI) -- The Orchard announced it has acquired the North American distribution rights to The Dinner starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney.

"This just in: we're releasing Oren Moverman's film #TheDinner ft Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan," the company tweeted Friday.

With an ensemble that also includes Rebecca Hall, Chloë Sevigny and Adepero Oduye, the screen adaptation of Herman Koch's international bestseller is in post-production now, The Hollywood Reporter said.

"The Dinner represents an amazing opportunity for us to not only work with and develop a new relationship with Oren, a truly gifted writer/director, but also to forge new partnerships with the teams at Code Red, ChubbCo and Blackbird," said Paul Davidson, The Orchard's executive vice president of film and television. "We were all in from the moment we read Oren's stellar script and can't wait for audiences to experience it coming to life in theaters this fall."