Paramount Dates Thriller ‘September 5’ About ’72 Munich Olympic Massacre For Awards Season

Paramount Pictures has set a limited theatrical release for Tim Felbaum’s thriller September 5 for Nov. 27 after a great response for the movie out of the Venice and Telluride film festivals.

The movie, which stars Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch and John Magaro is described as being akin to Oscar Best Picture winner Argo, and follows the ABC Sports TV control booth and the ethical and nail-biting dilemma they faced in covering the first-televised act of terrorism when militant Palestinian terrorists aka Black September took the entire Israeli team hostage.

Swiss-born director Tim Fehlbaum, worked off a script he co-wrote with German writer Moritz Binder, in what is a play-by-play scenario from the POV of those watching the tragedy unfold in front of a wall of TV monitors.

Deadline film critic Pete Hammond praised, “September 5 succeeds on every level.” In addition, “The acting across the board is superb, with especially Magaro sensational as a man trying desperately to rise to the occasion against all odds,” wrote Hammond.

Republic Pictures, Paramount’s acquisition arm, acquired the movie in the low single digits back in July.

Paramount has other contenders in their awards season mix including the Michael Gracey’s directed Robbie Williams biopic Better Man which stand at 86% fresh with Rotten Tomatoes critics after its Telluride and TIFF run. There’s also Transformers One opening this weekend, which could vie for the animation category. Also, let’s not forget Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II on Nov. 22.