I found the title of this article a bit too affirmative since SPC hasn't released any official statement, so I went on SPC website, and in the coming soon section for their movies MA isn't listed http://www.sonyclassics.com/
So, it looks like MA will really be released next year, but the article is very positive about the film in general and at the end it adds this:
"UTA Independent Film Group arranged the film's financing and screened it for buyers ahead of the NYFF, representing the filmmakers in the deal."
To have found buyers already for a film that won't be tested on the market until next year, it must be very good.
A different tone is used for ISTL.
"Brit star Tom Hiddleston improbably plays country star Hank Williams in Marc Abraham's "I Saw the Light" (November 27), opposite Elizabeth Olsen, who also shows off her pipes."
Note the difference, no compliment here. TH is improbable and EO is there just for the singing. I wonder if this guy was at the screen test.