indieWIRE Thanks to Dan for this information! Outrider Set to Unveil "American Adobo" (indieWIRE/11.12.01) -- "American Adobo," a new film directed by Laurice Guillen and written & produced by distribution exec Vincent Nebrida, has been acquired by Outrider Pictures and will be released theatrically early next year. Described in a prepared statement as "a comedy about five Filipino-American friends, their life choices and their destinies," the movie will open in the Philippines on January 16, 2002 and one-week later in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The film had its US Premiere in September at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Among the movie's executive producers is Kevin Foxe, an executive producer of "The Blair Witch Project." Nebrida's career as an executive took him to Fine Line, Cinecom and Stratosphere. "After working behind the scenes for so many years distributing other people's films, it's a tremendous feeling of achievement to complete and see my own work up on the screen. There are so many fine films produced in the Philippines that never get an opportunity to be viewed by American audiences. I'm thrilled 'American Adobo' will have that chance," commented Nebrida, a Philippine cinema historian, in a prepared statement. Outtrider, launched at Sundance this year as SearchParty Films, was formed by Larry Estes and Scott Rosenfelt. Richard Abramowitz is on board overseeing the company's marketing and distribution. [Eugene Hernandez]