Variety sent out an announcement this early afternoon that Lionsgate has purchased North American distribution rights to Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire. Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry will support Lionsgate’s distribution through their respective motion picture companies, Harpo Films and 34th Street Films. Push won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.  You can read about Push here from Screenhead.