"I Love You Phillip Morris" picked up by new distributor for Valentine's Day 2010 release

Well, this is mixed news. In the pro column, gay fugitive comedy I Love You Phillip Morris, which wowed audiences at Sundance (for its sheer guts and central performances by Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as jailbound lovers) but had considerable difficulty securing distribution, has been picked up and will eventually see the light of the projector bulb early next year.

In the con column, it's a distributor who doesn't exactly have a lot of firepower, so the hurdles between one of the highest-profile gay flicks in the pipeline and your hometown cinema are considerable.

The film is the first acquisition made by new distributor Consolidated Pictures Group, which launched at Sundance 2009. The folks behind the group had success self-distributing the wine country indie Bottle Shock last year, so let's hope their first official release is a successful one.