EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired a raft of territories for Nimród Antal’s sci-fi Bluefly starring Russell Crowe and Priyanka Chopra Jo
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired a raft of territories for Nimród Antal’s sci-fi Bluefly starring Russell Crowe and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, which has begun production in Queensland, Australia, and is being sold by Highland Film Group.
Amazon has picked up all rights in UK, Australia and New Zealand, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, Benelux, Switzerland, and Canada.
Highland has also closed deals for Latin America (California Filmes), Poland (Monolith Films), former Yugoslavia (Blitz Film), Romania (Karpat Media), and Hungary (Media Squad). Picture Works has acquired India and airline rights.
Michael Chiklis has joined the cast on the story written by David Frigerio, William Eubank and Carlyle Eubank about a covert operation to recover a missing military aircraft in the Congo. As an enigmatic former pilot, a UN interpreter and a US government operative close on their objective they encounter a powerful force deep within the jungle.
Michael Jefferson produces for Polite Society, with Frigerio and RuthAnne Frigerio for Broken Open Pictures, Deborah Glover for G2 Dispatch, Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier for Highland Film Group, and Vanessa Yao Guo and Petr Jákl. Lia Buman, Guy Davies, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Jason Kringstein, Katie Leary, Scott Levenson and James Norbury are the executive producers.
Highland Film Group represents worldwide rights to Bluefly, which is supported by the Australian government through the Location Offset, the Queensland government through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy, and local government through the Gold Coast Film Commission and Invest Gold Coast’s Screen Attraction Program.
Highland Film Group’s slate also includes Andy Tennant’s comedy The Fun Lady starring Jessica Alba; Lisette Feliciano’s Iron Jane ; Neil Burger’s action thriller Barracuda starring Anthony Mackie and Dafne Keen; and Justin Chadwick’s action spy thriller The Mark starring Jessica Alba, Tom Hopper, and Elsa Pataky.
