IFC Films has acquired North American rights to The Dry follow-up and Australian crime thriller Force Of Nature, which WME Independent is continuing to sell at TIFF.
Roadshow Films has acquired the thriller for Australia and New Zealand, Leonine Studios for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Notorious Pictures for Italy and Spain, Sky for the UK, Three Lines for Benelux, M2 for Eastern Europe and Selmer for Scandinavia.
Bana reprises his role as federal agent Aaron Falk and reunites with The Dry director Robert Connolly on the story of agents who venture into the Victorian mountain ranges in the hope of finding an informant after four women go missing on a corporate retreat.
Force Of Nature is based on the bestselling series by Jane Harper and the cast includes Anna Torv, Deborra-lee Furness, Robin McLeavy, Sisi Stringer, Lucy Ansell, Jacqueline McKenzie, Tony Briggs, Richard Roxburgh and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor.
Producers are Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky of Made Up Stories, Bana for Pick Up Truck Pictures and for Arenamedia. Ricci Swart, Meryl Metni, Andrew Myer, Robert Patterson, Andrew Bassat, Joanna Baevski, Hayley Baillie, James Baillie, Joel Pearlman and Edwina Waddy are executive producers.
IFC Films will release the film in 2023. SVP of acquisitions and productions Scott Shooman negotiated the deal with WME Independent, who are continuing sales on remaining international territories in Toronto.
IFC Films president Arianna Bocco said, “Eric Bana brought the character of Aaron Falk to life last year, intriguing audiences across the globe. Returning to this beautifully written true-crime universe with Eric, Robert, and the amazing team at Made Up Stories ensures all the ingredients that made The Dry a success is certain to be repeated with Force of Nature.”
The film received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with VicScreen.
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