Fox Searchlight picked up the rights to remake it.
Fox Searchlight picked up the film with a modest budget ($8 million) and compressed shooting schedule of 30 days.
By that fall, Fox Searchlight had decided to support the film, but the troubles were just beginning.
They all want to emulate what Fox Searchlight has done.
We provided the content to Fox Searchlight and then they approved.
Instead, the distribution rights were snatched up by Fox Searchlight for a record $10.5 million.
He presented this footage to Fox Searchlight as the initial cast.
Fox Searchlight paid $6 million for worldwide rights to the film, a fee considered unusually high.
Fox Searchlight's website for Once includes material relating to the song.
The film was released on December 23, 2005 by Fox Searchlight.