Studiocanal has introduced a partnership with French manufacturing and gross sales firm WTFilms (What The Movies).
The collaboration will deal with style movies to supply and distribute French language and European content material with world enchantment.
The partnership is an additional signal of Studiocanal’s want to extend its presence within the style area and carefully follows the latest announcement of Jed Benedict’s return to the corporate to run a brand new style label.
The French manufacturing workforce at Studiocanal will work along with Benedict on the WTFilms partnership and growth slate.
The settlement was signed on the finish of February 2024 between Studiocanal and WTFilms and follows a profitable collaboration on the Xavier Gens’ Farang (2023).
The France and Thailand-set motion film, which Deadline spotlighted as a International Breakout final summer time, stars actor and former kickbox champion Nassim Lyes performs Sam as a prisoner compelled on the run when his previous violently catches up with him.
The manufacturing mixed the abilities of Gens and UK motion designer Jude Poyer, who first met on the set of Sky Atlantic and AMC crime thriller collection Gangs of London.
Studiocanal dealt with worldwide gross sales and French distribution, theatrically launching the movie final July in France the place it grossed greater than $1.5M.
The film was launched by IFC Movies within the U.S. beneath the worldwide title of Mayhem!, having made its North American premiere at Fantasia.
The partnership deal will run for a minimal interval of two years.
Studiocanal might be concerned as co-producer and distributor on these WTFilms tasks chosen throughout motion, thriller, science fiction and horror.
“We’re very proud of the settlement signed with WTFilms. Pushed by our profitable work collectively on Farang, this continues a relationship we tremendously worth and is one in all belief and creativity that we want to perpetuate,” mentioned Studiocanal Director of French manufacturing François Mergier and Head Of French Manufacturing Assia Barge, who negotiated the settlement for Studiocanal.