Anchor Bay accumulates 'Justice'

Anchor Bay Films has acquired the U.S. privileges towards the Nicolas Cage thriller "Seeking Justice," formerly entitled "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps," and hang a March 16 theatrical release. The Roger Donaldson-directed film co-stars The month of january Johnson and Guy Pearce. "Justice" was created by Endgame Entertainment's James D. Stern together with Ram Bergman and Material Entertainment's Tobey Maguire and Jenno Topping. Bill Clark, leader of Anchor Bay Entertainment, made the announcement Wednesday. Cage stars like a devoted inner-city senior high school teacher happily married for an accomplished music performer (described by Johnson). They like an appropriate existence before the wife's extremely attacked -- leading Cage's character to simply accept a deal from the guy to dispense immediate justice. He's then drawn into an subterranean vigilante organization. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com