With the first weekend of the Sundance Film Festival behind us, the mecca of independent film segues into phase two: the buying frenzy. While new films will continue to roll out and amass buzz, ones that hit earlier in the week are already being chased by movie studios looking for the next breakout hit. In the first wave of hits, Sundance’s big winner is none other than veteran Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Deadline reports that Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon’s Addiction, has been picked up for release by Relativity Media (American Reunion, this weekend’s Movie 43) for an unprecedented $4 million, an additional $25 million commitment to marketing the movie, and a promise of 2,000 screen release planned for this summer. That’s a lot of dough for a little indie comedy, but Gordon-Levitt’s film isn’t exactly Little Miss Sunshine. Instead, the Dark Knight Rises actor delivered a raunchy romantic comedy that goes the extra mile to shock.

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