Studiocanal confirmed it has signed a raft of deals across its slate of Cannes market titles, including for Elsinore with Andrew Scott, Danny Boyle’s Ink and Jonathan Schey’s Everybody Wants To F*ck Me.
Elsinore is headed to airlines (Anuvu), ex-Yugoslavia and Bulgaria (MCF), Greece (Spentzos), Hungary (ADS), Israel (Lev), Portugal (Lusomundo), Scandinavia (Scanbox), South Africa (Sun Africa Group/MultiChoice), Switzerland (Filmcoopi) and Turkey (Bir Film). LD Entertainment will release the film in the US in 2027.
Ink has been acquired for airlines (Echolake), Bulgaria (Cinelibri), Canada (VVS), Czech Republic and Slovakia (AQS), ex-Yugoslavia (Karantanja), Greece (Spentzos), Hungary (Cinetel), Iceland (Myndform), India (MVP), Israel (Shoval), Mongolia (Mongol Films), Portugal (Lusomundo), Romania (Independenta), Scandinavia (Scanbox), South Africa (Sun Africa Group/MultiChoice), South Korea (NK Content), Spain (Wanda), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Turkey (Fabula Films) and Ukraine (UFD).
Everybody Wants To F*ck Me deals are for Baltics (ACME), Eastern Europe (Prorom), ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Iceland (Myndform), India (Lionsgate), Israel (Lev), Latin America (Imagem), Mongolia (Mongol Films), Portugal (Lusomundo), Scandinavia (Scanbox), South Africa (Sun Africa Group/MultiChoice), South Korea (KTH), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Taiwan (Catchplay) and Ukraine (Svoe Kino).
Garth Davis’ Matt Haig adaptation The Midnight Library, which will star Florence Pugh, has added deals for Scandinavia (Scanbox), South Africa (Sun Africa Group/MultiChoice) and Switzerland (Filmcoopi). With production scheduled for early 2027, Studiocanal will release the film in its international territories including France, Germany, UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand. Studiocanal is also negotiating presales on its new Paddington animated film, announced at CinemaCon in April.
Further sales
A further five Studiocanal titles secured sales deals during the Cannes market.
Fred Cavaye’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables is headed to airlines (Skeye), Czech Republic and Slovakia (AQS), ex-Yugoslavia (Karantanja), French-speaking Africa (Pathe Touch), Hungary (ADS), Latin America (Synapse), Singapore (Shaw), South Korea (Scene & Sound), Spain (Beta Fiction), Turkey (Bir Film) and Ukraine (Ad Astra).
Rudi Rosenberg’s comedy-drama Words Of Love has marked deals for Benelux (Cineart), Beta (Bulgaria), Canada (Immina), Germany and Austria (Pandora), Greece (Danaos), Israel (New Cinema), Italy (Teodora), Scandinavia (Angel Films), Spain (Atalante), Switzerland (Frenetic) and Turkey (Mars).
Volker Schlondorff’s Visitation, which debuted in Cannes Premiere in May, has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Moving Story), Benelux (Artifilm), Bulgaria (Beta), ex-Yugoslavia (Karantanija), Greece (Spentzos), Israel (Lev), Japan (Cetera), Portugal (Alambique), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Spain (A Contracorriente) and Switzerland (Filmcoopi).
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Violette has added sales to China (Blue Media), Singapore (Shaw) and Spain (Beta Fiction).
Jeanne Herry’s Cannes Competition title Another Day has sold to ex-Yugoslavia and Bulgaria (MCF), Greece (Spentzos), Italy (Europictures), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Singapore (Shaw), Switzerland (Frenetic), Portugal (Lusomundo) and Turkey (Mars).
“This Cannes market felt particularly robust for Studiocanal,” said Anne Cherel, chief commercial officer. “Across our festival premieres, promos, and those projects in development, pre-production and post-production, we saw strong demand from buyers representing major markets worldwide.”
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