EXCLUSIVE: One of many market’s biggest-budget tasks, the Will Smith action-crime thriller Sugar Bandits, has sealed multi-million greenback offers the world over for AGC forward of a deliberate September begin date.
Oscar winner Smith, quickly to be seen reprising his position within the Dangerous Boys franchise, will play a former particular forces soldier who runs an elite vigilante squad working to wipe out the drug commerce in Boston.
As we revealed final week, the film shall be directed by With out Regret, Sicario: Day of the Soldado and Gomorrah filmmaker Stefano Sollima, a transfer that helped lock in offers, a few of which fashioned on the EFM and lots of of which closed right here.
Large worldwide offers embrace Leonine in Germany and Switzerland; SND in France; Leone Movie Group in Italy; Nordisk Movie in Scandinavia; Solar Distribution in Spain, South Africa and Latin America; and Vertical Distribution in Ex Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Czech Republic.
There have been additionally offers with Selim Ramia & Co within the Center East; Spentzos in Greece; United King in Israel; Arna Media in CIS; Garsu Pasaulio Irasai within the Baltic States; ATV in Turkey; Filmbridge in Mongolia; Lengthy Shong in Taiwan; Nos Lusomundo in Portugal; Pasatiempo within the West Indies; and Echo Lake for Airways.
In an eight-figure pact, the most important dedication got here from Amazon Prime Video which has picked up the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and a raft of smaller territories.
Filming on the film — which has a funds within the $80M vary — will happen on places in Montreal and Boston.
Pic is predicated on the screenplay and novel Devils In Exile by Chuck Hogan (The City). Smith and Jon Mone will produce by means of Westbrook Studios with Ryan Shimazaki overseeing; Stuart Ford will produce for AGC Studios; and Richard Abate (13 Hours) will produce for 3 Arts Leisure. Sollima’s producing companions Gina Gardini will executive-produce and Ludovico Purgatori will co-produce.
Stuart Ford, whose AGC Studios is totally financing the movie, stated: “Sugar Bandits is without doubt one of the strongest business tasks to hit the worldwide market this 12 months, and it’s no shock to us that having welcomed Stefano and his producing companion Gina Gardini onboard simply final week we’ve now sealed up prime stage offers with excessive caliber distributors everywhere in the world.”