193 the international production and sales outfit launched by Legendary and former Summit/Lionsgate boss Patrick Wachsberger last year, has had a good Cannes, unveiling multiple territory pre-sale deals across its slate of upcoming features.
Top seller was The Brigands of Rattlecreek, the hotly-anticipated new feature from South Korean director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, No Other Choice). Sun Distribution picked up the film for Latin America, with Leone Film Group taking Italian rights.
The movie, described as a revenge Western, is based on a script by Bone Tomahawk writer/director S. Craig Zahler, co-written with Park. Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal, and Tang Wei are attached to star. After Sheriff Bill Adams (McConaughey) sees his wife and town massacred by a violent gang led by the charismatic and ruthless gunslinger Henry Lee (Butler), he joins forces with the enigmatic stranger Dr. Abraham Weiss (Pascal), and the two violent, vengeful men chase down the bandits to exact their own form of brutal justice. Clockworks, Warner Bros.’ new specialty label, is in negotiations for domestic rights to the project.
Art, an adapation of Yasmina Reza’s hit satirical play by two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton (The Father, Dangerous Liasons) with Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener) set to direct, also pre-sold, with Sun Distribution taking rights for Latin America and Spain, and DCM picking up the film for German-speaking Europe. Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell and Wagner Moura are set to star in the chamber piece, in which the friendship between three men unravels after one of them buys an expensive all-white painting, sparking a debate over modern art, taste and personal values that unearths long-buried resentments.
Sun Distribution also pre-bought 193’s project Bitcoin for Latin America, Spain and South Africa. The upcoming satirical thriller from director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) will star Casey Affleck as a computer scientist desperate to prove that he is in fact the mysterous creator of Bitcoin. Isla Fisher, Gal Gadot, and Pete Davidson co-star.
