Lionsgate plunked down $2 million for first-time director Chris Gorak's Right at Your Door, a dark thriller about the aftermath of a dirty bomb attack on Los Angeles. The Darwin Awards was acquired by Bauer Martinez; the financial specifics haven't been released. A big deal is expected any minute for the fest's still unattached hot commodity The Illusionist. Produced by Michael London (Sideways) and starring Edward Norton, Neil Burger's period romance certainly has good credentials.

Bobcat Goldthwait's provocative and perverse romantic comedy Stay also had a big premiere, audiences laughing their heads off (while staying attached, of course). Discussing the film, Goldthwait made every possible effort not to sound like a clown. It was standing room for An Inconvenient Truth, the sizzling Al Gore documentary about global warming. Considering the fact that 2005 was the warmest year on record, here's hoping the film gets major international play.