EXCLUSIVE: After we broke information of the studio buying Margot Robbie starrer Massive Daring Lovely Journey, we are able to reveal that Sony Footage has boarded one other of the European Movie Market’s most in-demand tasks: Previous Lives director Celine Music‘s subsequent film, Materialists, which A24 is promoting.
In what we perceive to be an eight-figure deal, Sony has taken all of worldwide excluding Russia, China and Japan. A24 will deal with the U.S. launch.
Coming off the Oscar Greatest Image nominee Previous Lives, Music’s subsequent film is a rom-com which is attracting A-list expertise. Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal are in talks to star.
Previous Lives producers Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler of Killer Movies and 2AM’s David Hinojosa are behind the film, which Music additionally scripts and produces. The group is aiming to start out as early as this spring.
Plot particulars have been saved underneath wraps, however we hear it offers with knowledgeable matchmaker who will get concerned with a rich man however nonetheless harbors emotions for the broke actor-waiter she left behind.
In Berlin, Sony Footage’ Joe Matukewicz, President, Worldwide Acquisitions and his group Virginia Longmuir, EVP, Enterprise Affairs, Katie Anderson, VP, Worldwide Acquisitions, Elan Kovo, VP Enterprise Improvement introduced the package deal to the studio. One minor notice: it’s known as Materialists, not The Materialists, we hear.
We hear good issues in regards to the script, which EFM consumers had sparked to. Some noticed the style as a dangerous change of course for the filmmaker after Previous Lives, however distributors we spoke to about it had been all into the mission. Now Sony has taken most of worldwide off the desk on this one, the attentions of international consumers have already turned elsewhere. There are nonetheless loads of good ones on the market, as we detailed earlier this week in our market preview.
One mission that’s not obtainable is Margot Robbie’s Barbie follow-up A Massive Daring Lovely Journey, which Sony additionally pre-empted, this time in a splashy worldwide deal.
