Yahoo! November, 20, 1998

Kevin Spacey, last seen on the big screen in ``The Negotiator,'' has signed a two-year, first-look production deal with Fine Line Features. The arthouse movie studio hopes the pact will generate several films that Spacey will act in, produce and possibly direct.

Spacey stars in Fine Line's ``Hurlyburly,'' which will be released in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas Day. ``I am excited to have the freedom to look at some new projects from all perspectives -- as a producer, a director and an actor -- and to know that I have an enthusiastic audience with which to discuss them,'' said Spacey.

The deal also covers Spacey's Trigger Street Prods. company, which he launched in 1997. He made his directing debut with ``Albino Alligator'' in 1995 and won a supporting actor Oscar the following year for ``The Usual Suspects.''