Lions Gate Films has announced its second acquisition in as many days, nabbing worldwide rights (minus UK, Spain and Australia) to David Slade's "Hard Candy". Yesterday the company announced its deal for David LaChapelle's doc, "Rize."

Described in an announcement as, "A risky game of cat and mouse between a teenage girl and an older man, where the tables are turned with shocking results," the "Hard Candy," screening in Sundance's Park City at Midnight section, stars Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page.

"Anchored by two great performances, 'Hard Candy' captured our attention as a stylish provocative psychological thriller," said Tom Ortenberg, President of Lions Gate Films Releasing, in a statement. "David Slade presents himself as a major new talent with this forceful first feature."

Slade, an accomplished music video maker, directed the film from a script by Brian Nelson and produced by David Higgins, Richard Hutton and Michael Caldwell and executive produced by Jody Patton and Rosanne Korenberg.

Lions Gate's Peter Block, Nick Meyer, Jason Constantine and Ortenberg negotiated with Doug Stone and Rosanne Korenberg of Traction Media, in association with Cassian Elwes and Rena Ronson of William Morris Independent, for Vulcan Productions.