EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures will be opening its Toronto Film Festival acquisition Normal on April 17, 2026 in what will be the distributor’s widest release ever in its 24-year history at 2,000 theaters.

Normal, which we first told you about selling to Magnolia, is directed by Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad. The pic reps a reteam between Kolstad, producer Marc Provissiero and Bob Odenkirk who previously worked on the Nobody franchise; those movies propelling the Better Call Saul 2x Emmy winner to action leading man status. The Nobody movies, the latest of which was released this past August, have cleared close to $100 million at the global box office.

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Normal will share the marquee on its spring weekend with New Line/Blumhouse’s Lee Cronin’s The Mummy and the Amazon MGM Studios Liam Neeson action movie, 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank.

In Normal, Odenkirk plays an unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past who, after moving to a small, sleepy town, responds to a bank robbery and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive. Henry Winkler and Lena Headey also star.

Magnolia picked up Normal soon after the Toronto International Film Festival wrapped. It’s becoming more of an anomaly for an acquisition title to be sold so quickly around its premiere at a fest. Kolstad told Deadline that a sequel to Normal is already in the works.

Previously the June Squibb caper, Thelma, was Magnolia Pictures’ widest release with an opening of 1,290 theaters in June 2024. That movie did close to a 4x multiple off its $2.3 million opening for a $9 million domestic take. Magnolia acquired Thelma out of the Sundance Film Festival in 2024.

Watch our TIFF interview with Odenkirk, Wheatley and Kolstad above.

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