Swedish comedy Kopps is to beremade by Primal Pictures and Adam Sandler's companyHappy Madison for Columbia Pictures, under a deal signed this week.

The film, originally directed byJosef Fares, is a tale about policemen who go on the rampage in a small town inorder to boost crime figures and keep their jobs.

Primal Pictures is run by Amanda Klein and Michael Nash. Rights holder Lars Jonsson was represented by Anonymous Content.