South Korean sales agency Finecut has sealed a raft of deals on body-switch action thriller Devils to multiple territories led by Kadokawa K+ in Japan, after launching sales in Cannes.
The film has also sold to Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Mockingbird Pictures), the Philippines (VIVA Networks) and CIS (Silver Box).
Director Kim Jae-hoon’s feature debut stars Jang Dong-yoon (Project Wolf Hunting) and Oh Dae-hwan (Tomb Of The River) in a thriller featuring a notorious psychopathic serial killer and the homicide detective who has been tracking him.
Jinhwa Kim, IP Business Division director at Kadokawa K+, said they expected the film to “get popularity in Japan as a well-made action thriller [whose] genre has been well mixed with unique body switch material.”
Wayne Chang, manager at Taiwan’s Moviecloud, said the distributor was “thrilled to work with star Jang Dong-yoon again,” having previously acquired Project Wolf Hunting.
Mockingbird Pictures has already set a Vietnamese release date of July 28.
Produced by Contents G and The Contents On, Devils will receive its international premiere in the New Flesh Competition of Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
Released in South Korea on July 5 by The Contents On, the film has so far made $623,500 at the local box office.
Finecut added it will soon close a distribution deal for North America.
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