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NEW YORK, NY (February 24, 2026) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, written and directed by Noah Segan. From MRC and T-Street, the film had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and is Sony Pictures Classics’ third acquisition out of the festival.   

THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK was financed by leading independent studio MRC and produced by Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s T-Street, with Katie McNeill, Leopold Hughes and Ben LeClair producing and Johnson and Bergman executive producing. Johnny Holland also executive produces.

The film stars John Turturro (SEVERANCE, THE BATMAN), Giancarlo Esposito (CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, BREAKING BAD), Will Price (AFTER THE HUNT, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN), Tatiana Maslany (THE MONKEY, ORPHAN BLACK), Victoria Moroles (BALLARD, NEVER HAVE I EVER) and Steve Buscemi (WEDNESDAY, THE DEATH OF STALIN).  

The film is one of the buzziest and best reviewed films out of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and follows Harry Lehman (John Turturro, who has been widely praised for his performance) as an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he cares for his disabled wife, Rosie. When he unwittingly purloins and fences a valuable USB stick, Harry finds himself in a race against time to return the loot or face the rage of a vengeful crime family.  

Sony Pictures Classics said, “Noah Segan’s THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET is one of the great New York movies ever featuring John Turturro in the finest performance of his career AND it's a glorious entertainment. It will be a big hit this fall with audiences everywhere,” said Sony Pictures Classics.

"As a multi-generational New Yorker, capturing the soul and energy of our city was a requirement for The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. No one embodies that vibe more than John Turturro,” said Writer/Director Noah Segan. “Working alongside his legendary friends and colleagues like Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito, actors who have defined New York Cinema throughout their careers, gave us the authenticity that New York demands. Alongside our crew, we managed to make discoveries in our own backyard, through fellowship and shared history. It is a great honor to partner with Sony Pictures Classics in bringing the movie to audiences. Tom, Michael and their team are legends in their own right, iconically supporting the sort of sincerity and care we’ve put into the film.”

The film was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and MRC. 

ABOUT SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Michael Barker and Tom Bernard serve as co-presidents of Sony Pictures Classics—an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment they founded with Marcie Bloom in January 1992—which distributes, produces, and acquires independent films from around the world.  Barker and Bernard have released prestigious films that have won 42 Academy Awards® (38 of those at Sony Pictures Classics) and have garnered 192 Academy Award® nominations (166 at Sony Pictures Classics), including two nominations this year for BLUE MOON for Best Actor (Ethan Hawke) and Best Original Screenplay, as well as Best Picture nominations for I’M STILL HERE, THE FATHER, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHIPLASH, AMOUR, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, AN EDUCATION, CAPOTE, HOWARDS END, AND CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.    

ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services. http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html.   

ABOUT MRC
MRC is the leading independent entertainment studio which develops, finances, and produces some of the world’s most iconic, award-winning, and prestigious films, television series and non-fiction documentaries with the industry’s foremost creative artists. To date, MRC has been nominated for 118 Emmy® Awards, 38 Golden Globe ® Awards, 17 Academy® Awards and 5 GRAMMY Awards® and its films have grossed more than $6 billion in worldwide box office. MRC films include: WUTHERING HEIGHTS, G20, ALL OF YOU, AMERICAN FICTION, SALTBURN, FAIR PLAY, KNIVES OUT, PERSUASION, BABY DRIVER, TED, ELYSIUM, BRUNO, BABEL, JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE, THE BLACKENING, and THE LOVEBIRDS. MRC television projects include: POKER FACE, THE TERMINAL LIST, THE TERMINAL LIST: DARK WOLF, OZARK, THE GREAT, TED, SHRINK NEXT DOOR, SHINING GIRLS, HELLO TOMORROW!, TIME BANDITS, THE OUTSIDER, and HOUSE OF CARDS.  Its non-fiction features include: THE SPARKS BROTHERS, MILLI VANILLI, THE CONTESTANT, THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP, BLINK and SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS). For more information, visit: www.mrcentertainment.com.

ABOUT T-STREET
T-Street is a fully capitalized, independently staffed studio formed in 2019 by two-time Academy Award® and Golden Globe®-nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson and PGA®-nominated producer Ram Bergman. The prolific duo has sustained a long and successful partnership, creating a diverse range of films—from the whodunit crime thrillers KNIVES OUT, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, and the third installment WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, to the independent classic BRICK and the blockbuster STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. T-Street’s next film is the crime thriller, THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.   

The company’s television and film projects include Peacock original Emmy®-nominated POKER FACE, Emmy®-nominated Netflix series THREE BODY PROBLEM as well as major film festival success FAIR PLAY, and novel adaptation AMERICAN FICTION from MGM.  

AMERICAN FICTION garnered an abundance of accolades with five Academy Award nominations including Best Motion Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay with writer Cord Jefferson winning two Golden Globe nominations, five Critics Choice Awards nominations with Best Adapted Screenplay winning, one BAFTA Award, seven NAACP Nominations, five Film Independent Spirit award nominations with Best Adapted Screenplay winning, one PGA nomination including Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, 3 SAG nominations, and one PGA nomination.