Latest film deals: Anchor Bay nabs 'After.Life;' Fox grabs 'Betty Anne Waters;' 'Catfish' also coming to screen

Pickups, sales and distribution deals. Here are the latest Hollywood deal news from across the Web:

- First up, Anchor Bay will release Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's thriller horror thriller "After.Life," which centers on a young woman (Christina Ricci) caught between life and death and a funeral director (Liam Neeson) who may bury her alive. Bay will release this in the Spring (via THR)

- Fox Searchlight will distribute Tony Goldwyn’s upcoming drama “Betty Anne Waters," which follows a single mother (Hilary Swank) who fights her way through law school to represent and help free her imprisoned brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Fox will release it this fall. (via Variety)

- Relativity Media and Rogue Pictures have acquired the rights to "Catfish," Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's documentary that premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The film follows a Web romance between a photographer and a woman. Word is the film will hit theaters later this year. (via THR)

- Roadside Attractions will release "CA$H," a thriller helmed by Stephen Milburn Anderson. Starring Sean Bean, Chris Hemsworth and Victoria Profeta, the film follows a couple finding a mysertious suitcase full of cash. Roadside will bring the film to theaters March 26, 2010. (via THR)

Daily news dose: Shawn Levy to develop 'How to Talk to Girls;' Fincher's 'Torso' not happening?

Here's your dose of quick news bits for Jan. 24, 2008...

• Shawn Levy is set to produce (and maybe direct) the big-screen adaptation of 9-year-old Alec Greven's advice guide "How to Talk to Girls." "The intention is to make a warmhearted comedy, with a tone reminiscent of 'Big,'" Levy told Variety.

• David Fincher's "Torso" project may not happen at Paramount. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio failed to extend the rights option, which obviously sucks big time. However: "While the studio still owns Kruger's screenplay, it is in discussions potentially to strike a new option agreement with the comic's writers, to whom the rights reverted." Let's hope this works out!

• Anchor Bay has acquired the North American and Australian distribution rights to "Spread," a David Mackenzie-directed comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche. The actor stars as a womanizer who meets his match in a local waitress. Kutcher co-produced the project. (Variety)

• Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the domestic distribution rights to Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller "Moon," which stars Sam Rockwell as an astronaut who exeriences a personal encounter while stranded on the moon for a three-year period. Nathan Parker wrote the script. (Variety)