{"id":6124,"date":"2026-07-14T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6124"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:01:11","slug":"the-attempted-murder-of-salman-rushdie-acquired-by-abramorama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6124","title":{"rendered":"The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie&#8217; Acquired By Abramorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/abramorama\/\" id=\"auto-tag_abramorama\" data-tag=\"abramorama\">Abramorama<\/a> has acquired North American rights to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/knife-the-attempted-murder-of-salman-rushdie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_knife-the-attempted-murder-of-salman-rushdie\" data-tag=\"knife-the-attempted-murder-of-salman-rushdie\">Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie<\/a><\/em>, the acclaimed documentary by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/alex-gibney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alex-gibney\" data-tag=\"alex-gibney\">Alex Gibney<\/a> about the celebrated writer who survived a brutal knife attack at a public event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAbramorama plans to open the film on September 17 at IFC Center in New York City before a rollout in theaters across North America. The documentary, which is expected to be submitted for Oscar consideration, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, heading to CPH:DOX in Copenhagen for its international premiere. It has played at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Doc10 Film Festival in Chicago, Nantucket Film Festival, and mostly recently at Hamptons SummerDocs in New York.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-full aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((576\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=178,100 178w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=660,370 660w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=250,140 250w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=296,166 296w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=248,139 248w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=270,152 270w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=60,34 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=352,198 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=110,62 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=285,160 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_3.jpg?resize=800,450 800w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Author Salman Rushdie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Courtesy of Sundance Institute\/photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRushdie has spent almost 40 years under threat of death from Islamic extremists after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, claiming Rushdie\u2019s novel <em>The Satanic Verses<\/em> blasphemed Islam and mocked the Prophet Muhammad. In August 2022, Rushdie was invited to speak at the Chautauqua Institution in New York on the topic of the United States as a haven for exiled artists and writers. While he was in conversation with a moderator on stage, a young man inspired by the Ayatollah\u2019s fatwa pounced on the writer, stabbing him 15 times. Rushdie lost an eye and suffered other life-threatening injuries but managed to survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI think the film has something to say to the present moment because it is a portrait of mindless violence,\u201d Rushdie told Deadline at Sundance. \u201cThe attacker, by his own admission had never read anything I wrote and yet was prepared to commit an act of radical violence \u2014 murder being that act. And so, I think as we are living in a time of what you might say is mindless violence, I think the film has something to say to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-full aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:576px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((850\/576)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?w=203\" alt=\"'Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie' poster\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png 576w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=102,150 102w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=203,300 203w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=68,100 68w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=41,60 41w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=317,468 317w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=150,221 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=110,162 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=285,421 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=163,240 163w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=320,472 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=325,480 325w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=407,600 407w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Knife-poster.png?resize=520,768 520w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"850\" width=\"576\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Courtesy of Abramorama<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cAlex Gibney\u2019s <em>Knife<\/em> is one of the most vital documentaries we\u2019ve encountered in years,\u201d commented Karol Martesko-Fenster, CEO of AB2 Media Group \/ Abramorama, and Damon G. Smith, SVP of Business Growth and Creative Strategy. \u201cIt\u2019s a portrait of an act of unimaginable violence answered not with fear, but with art, clarity, and defiance. Salman Rushdie\u2019s story is a reminder of what\u2019s at stake when free expression comes under attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAbramorama notes the film incorporates never-before-seen footage shot by Rushdie\u2019s wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, in the days and weeks following the incident, \u201coffering a graphic, intimate, and deeply personal account of his recovery. It traces both his physical and spiritual journey, including ongoing challenges from losing an eye and reduced use of one hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-full aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((576\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=178,100 178w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=660,370 660w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=250,140 250w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=296,166 296w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=248,139 248w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=270,152 270w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=60,34 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=352,198 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=110,62 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=285,160 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KNIFE-Still_2.jpg?resize=800,450 800w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Salman Rushdie in \u2018Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Courtesy of Sundance Institute\/photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRushdie published a bestselling memoir of the incident, <em>Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder<\/em>, in 2024. Gibney draws upon that book and the video documenting Rushdie\u2019s condition and progress shot by the author\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cEliza\u2019s footage captured not only Salman\u2019s physical recovery, but a level of intimacy and vulnerability that revealed a much deeper story beneath the surface,\u201d Gibney said in a statement. \u201cSalman\u2019s courage in sharing his experience with such honesty allowed us to explore something far beyond the violence itself. On one level, <em>Knife<\/em> is a story of survival and recovery after a horrific attack. But the deeper journey, one that Salman speaks to so powerfully, is the movement from a place of active hate to a place of love. That transformation, and the complexity, courage, and humanity within it, is what drew me to this story and what I wanted to explore through the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGibney, who won the 2008 Oscar for his film <em>Taxi to the Dark Side<\/em>, is also known for <em>Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room<\/em> (Academy Award nomination) and <em>Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief<\/em> (3 Primetime Emmy wins, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special), among many other films. He directs <em>Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie<\/em> and produces the film alongside Erin Edeiken and Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Executive producers of the Jigsaw production include Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Wendy Schmidt, and Richard Perello.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDogwoof, overseeing international sales of the documentary, has secured deals in Australia and New Zealand (Madman), CEE (HBO), Spain (Movistar), Spain and Portugal (Filmin), the Nordics (NonStop), the Netherlands (VPRO), and Belgium (VRT), with additional territories to be announced. Altitude Film Distribution is releasing the film in the United Kingdom and Ireland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-full aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((768\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"E.P. Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author Salman Rushdie and dirctor Alex Gibney at the Deadline Hollywood Portrait Studio during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2026 in Park City, Utah.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg 8280w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=150,112 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=133,100 133w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=210,157 210w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=60,45 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=352,264 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=110,82 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=285,214 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=320,240 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=640,480 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=800,600 800w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D3_Knife_03383.jpg?resize=1280,960 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"768\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">E.P. Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author Salman Rushdie and dirctor Alex Gibney at the Deadline Hollywood Portrait Studio during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2026 in Park City, Utah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Josh Telles for Deadline<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRushdie, whose works include <em>Midnight\u2019s Children<\/em>, <em>Shalimar the Clown<\/em>, <em>Quichotte<\/em>, and <em>Fury<\/em>, has maintained a sense of humor despite the terrible ordeal he suffered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s a nice moment at the end of the credits where Salman\u2019s being served a cake and he looks around and said, \u2018Anybody got a knife?\u2019\u201d Gibney told Deadline at Sundance. \u201cOne of the great things about Salman as a person is he\u2019s very funny, but also his writing is infused with humor\u2026 That was one of the things that we wanted to emphasize in the making of the film.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAt Sundance, Rushdie\u2019s wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, told us, \u201cIt\u2019s been deeply moving and remains deeply moving to me to watch Salman survive and not just survive, but just really continue forward with courage, to write <em>Knife<\/em> so quickly after the attack, to write a collection of short stories. 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