Black Bear Weighs Self-Distributing McConaughey's 'The Rivals of Amziah King' in US

Black Bear Pictures is working on a plan to release *The Rivals of Amziah King* into US theatres itself, per Deadline and Screen Daily (August 2025). The production company's nascent domestic distribution operation — domestic, the United States and Canada — was weighing taking on US rights to the Matthew McConaughey crime thriller, which premiered at SXSW in spring 2025.