Exclusive: Netflix has picked up rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Swiss comedy The Neighbours From Upstairs (Die Nachbarn Von Oben) following the film’s theatrical run.
Ascot Elite Entertainment’s charge drew 72,000 admissions in German-speaking Switzerland and was one of the top-performing Swiss comedies in 2023.
The film follows couple Thomas and Anna who after 20 years of marriage are desperate for some romance. When they invite their amorous and passionate neighbours over for dinner, they get a surprisingly spicy offer which takes their night and relationship down a road they hadn’t expected.
The film’s two lead actresses Ursina Lardi and Sarah Spale are currently nominated for the Swiss Film Award, which will be unveiled in March, the same month the film becomes available on Netflix. Max Simonischek and Roeland Wiesnekker also star.
Pic was directed by Sabine Boss. Alexander Seibt adapted the screenplay, which is based on...
Ascot Elite Entertainment’s charge drew 72,000 admissions in German-speaking Switzerland and was one of the top-performing Swiss comedies in 2023.
The film follows couple Thomas and Anna who after 20 years of marriage are desperate for some romance. When they invite their amorous and passionate neighbours over for dinner, they get a surprisingly spicy offer which takes their night and relationship down a road they hadn’t expected.
The film’s two lead actresses Ursina Lardi and Sarah Spale are currently nominated for the Swiss Film Award, which will be unveiled in March, the same month the film becomes available on Netflix. Max Simonischek and Roeland Wiesnekker also star.
Pic was directed by Sabine Boss. Alexander Seibt adapted the screenplay, which is based on...
- 1/30/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Rivulet Films has picked up John Wick writer Derek Kolstad’s original screenplay Acolyte and will finance and produce the project alongside Swiss distributor-producer Ascot Elite Entertainment.
Story is a longtime passion project for Kolstad and follows Robert Miller (aka Acolyte) who returns home to find his home ransacked and his wife Helen missing, along with top secret files from her harrowing Ngo work in Syria. He moves with an intense skill and determination that belies his everyman appearance, assembling his highly classified and long-disbanded team Athena, Helios, Talos, Hades, Cerberus, Icarus and Hermes to execute a most lethal operation: rescuing Helen and bringing hell to her captors and their corrupt political allies.
Project will be produced by Rivulet Films’ Rob Paris and Mike Witherill alongside Ascot Elite Entertainment’s Ralph S. Dietrich, Karin G. Dietrich, Stephan Giger and Daniel Hoeltschi. Christopher Milburn, who brought the parties together, will...
Story is a longtime passion project for Kolstad and follows Robert Miller (aka Acolyte) who returns home to find his home ransacked and his wife Helen missing, along with top secret files from her harrowing Ngo work in Syria. He moves with an intense skill and determination that belies his everyman appearance, assembling his highly classified and long-disbanded team Athena, Helios, Talos, Hades, Cerberus, Icarus and Hermes to execute a most lethal operation: rescuing Helen and bringing hell to her captors and their corrupt political allies.
Project will be produced by Rivulet Films’ Rob Paris and Mike Witherill alongside Ascot Elite Entertainment’s Ralph S. Dietrich, Karin G. Dietrich, Stephan Giger and Daniel Hoeltschi. Christopher Milburn, who brought the parties together, will...
- 5/19/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Euro distributor and producer Ascot Elite Entertainment has secured remake rights to successful Spanish comedy Sentimental for Switzerland and all German-speaking parts of Europe from Filmax and is producing a Swiss remake called The People Upstairs (Die Nachbarn Von Oben).
In the 2020 Spanish original, which was nominated for five Goyas, a couple who spend most of their time arguing decide to invite their upstairs neighbors for dinner despite their differences. As the night goes on, various secrets about the couple come to light.
The company has set Sabine Boss (I Am The Keeper) as director and cast will comprise Swiss stars Sarah Spale (Needle Park Baby), Max Simonischek (Zwingli), Ursina Lardi (The White Ribbon) and Roeland Wiesnekker (Heart Of Stone).
Pic will be produced by Ascot Elite’s Karin G. Dietrich (CEO), Ralph S. Dietrich (CEO), Stephan Giger (CEO) and Roger Kaufmann (producer). Ascot Elite plans a theatrical release...
In the 2020 Spanish original, which was nominated for five Goyas, a couple who spend most of their time arguing decide to invite their upstairs neighbors for dinner despite their differences. As the night goes on, various secrets about the couple come to light.
The company has set Sabine Boss (I Am The Keeper) as director and cast will comprise Swiss stars Sarah Spale (Needle Park Baby), Max Simonischek (Zwingli), Ursina Lardi (The White Ribbon) and Roeland Wiesnekker (Heart Of Stone).
Pic will be produced by Ascot Elite’s Karin G. Dietrich (CEO), Ralph S. Dietrich (CEO), Stephan Giger (CEO) and Roger Kaufmann (producer). Ascot Elite plans a theatrical release...
- 3/2/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Michel Franco’s dystopian drama played at Toronto and scored success at Venice.
Ascot Elite Entertainment has picked up all rights for German-speaking Europe and Switzerland to Michel Franco’s New Order, in a deal struck with The Match Factory.
The Zurich-based distributor plans to release the dystopian drama, which won the grand jury prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival, in 2021.
Franco’s drama chronicles a shocking class uprising set in the near future in an unspecified Mexican location, seen through the eyes of a young bride and the servants who work for her wealthy family.
The ensemble cast includes Naian González Norvind,...
Ascot Elite Entertainment has picked up all rights for German-speaking Europe and Switzerland to Michel Franco’s New Order, in a deal struck with The Match Factory.
The Zurich-based distributor plans to release the dystopian drama, which won the grand jury prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival, in 2021.
Franco’s drama chronicles a shocking class uprising set in the near future in an unspecified Mexican location, seen through the eyes of a young bride and the servants who work for her wealthy family.
The ensemble cast includes Naian González Norvind,...
- 11/4/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Derek Kolstad, scribe and creator of the John Wick franchise and co-writer of the upcoming Marvel mini-series The Falcon And the Winter Soldier, is teaming up with Swiss producer-distributor Ascot Elite Entertainment, director Claudio Fah (Northmen – A Viking Saga) and producer Christopher Milburn (Unhinged) on action-thriller Acolyte.
The longtime Kolstad passion project, about a simple man who reveals himself to be anything but as he assembles his old crew to rescue his kidnapped wife, has attracted DoP Lorenzo Senatore (Hellboy) and will be produced by Ascot Elite’s Ralph S. Dietrich, Karin G. Dietrich and Stephan Giger with Milburn serving as executive producer.
The casting process is underway in London and Ascot Elite is aiming for the film to become the first in a series of related features.
Leading Swiss distributor Ascot Elite, which also acquires for Germany and Austria, has released films this year including Unhinged, Bill & Ted Face The Music,...
The longtime Kolstad passion project, about a simple man who reveals himself to be anything but as he assembles his old crew to rescue his kidnapped wife, has attracted DoP Lorenzo Senatore (Hellboy) and will be produced by Ascot Elite’s Ralph S. Dietrich, Karin G. Dietrich and Stephan Giger with Milburn serving as executive producer.
The casting process is underway in London and Ascot Elite is aiming for the film to become the first in a series of related features.
Leading Swiss distributor Ascot Elite, which also acquires for Germany and Austria, has released films this year including Unhinged, Bill & Ted Face The Music,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Music Box Films’s genre label Doppelgänger Releasing and Germany’s Ascot Elite have acquired U.S. and German distribution rights, respectively, to Finnish back metal comedy “Heavy Trip” from LevelK.
The film, which had its world premiere at SXSW, follows Turo, a musician from a small village in Northern Finland who takes his undiscovered heavy metal band on an eventful road trip to play at Norway’s biggest heavy metal music festival. The band went on to become the famed Finnish group Impaled Rektum. The movie stars Johannes Holopainen, Minka Kuustonen and Ville Tiihonen.
“We’ve been on the hunt for something a little different for Doppelgänger Releasing,” said Lisa Holmes of Music Box Films/Doppelgänger Releasing. “’Heavy Trip’ is such a fun combination of humor, heart and of course, heavy metal that we couldn’t resist the opportunity to bring this to American audiences.”
Ascot Elite Entertainment CEO...
The film, which had its world premiere at SXSW, follows Turo, a musician from a small village in Northern Finland who takes his undiscovered heavy metal band on an eventful road trip to play at Norway’s biggest heavy metal music festival. The band went on to become the famed Finnish group Impaled Rektum. The movie stars Johannes Holopainen, Minka Kuustonen and Ville Tiihonen.
“We’ve been on the hunt for something a little different for Doppelgänger Releasing,” said Lisa Holmes of Music Box Films/Doppelgänger Releasing. “’Heavy Trip’ is such a fun combination of humor, heart and of course, heavy metal that we couldn’t resist the opportunity to bring this to American audiences.”
Ascot Elite Entertainment CEO...
- 5/10/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Titles include Neil Jordan’s The Widow.
Zurich-based distributor Ascot Elite has secured rights to a quartet of titles from the European Film Market, which took place last month in Berlin.
The company has taken The Widow, Destination Wedding, The Unthinkable and The Guilty for German-speaking Europe and Switzerland.
Directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) The Widow was produced by Quentin Tarantino’s longtime collaborator Lawrence Bender, the film depicts the friendship between a young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz) whose mother has died and a lonely widow (Isabelle Huppert). The deal was struck with sales agent Sierra/Affinity.
Romantic...
Zurich-based distributor Ascot Elite has secured rights to a quartet of titles from the European Film Market, which took place last month in Berlin.
The company has taken The Widow, Destination Wedding, The Unthinkable and The Guilty for German-speaking Europe and Switzerland.
Directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) The Widow was produced by Quentin Tarantino’s longtime collaborator Lawrence Bender, the film depicts the friendship between a young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz) whose mother has died and a lonely widow (Isabelle Huppert). The deal was struck with sales agent Sierra/Affinity.
Romantic...
- 3/12/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Swiss and German producers to adapt novels from Nele Neuhaus.
Swiss and German distribution and production outfit Ascot Elite is joining forces with German outfit Jumping Horse Film to produce a series of film adaptations of author Nele Neuhaus’ family book series Elena – A Life For Horses.
German author Neuhaus’ series of six novels are aimed primarily at young girls. The books chart the adventures, travails and coming-of-age of a 13-year-old girl who grows up on an idyllic stud farm.
Writer Neuhaus is best known in Germany for her crime-thriller novels, a number of which have been adapted by Zdf for TV, and the Elena series also weave in elements of detective fiction.
Filming on volume one of the series is planned to take place in Germany in the summer of 2018.
The production team will include Ralph Dietrich, Karin Dietrich, Stephan Giger, Roger Kaufmann, Ulrich Stiehm and Frank Kaminski. The same team...
Swiss and German distribution and production outfit Ascot Elite is joining forces with German outfit Jumping Horse Film to produce a series of film adaptations of author Nele Neuhaus’ family book series Elena – A Life For Horses.
German author Neuhaus’ series of six novels are aimed primarily at young girls. The books chart the adventures, travails and coming-of-age of a 13-year-old girl who grows up on an idyllic stud farm.
Writer Neuhaus is best known in Germany for her crime-thriller novels, a number of which have been adapted by Zdf for TV, and the Elena series also weave in elements of detective fiction.
Filming on volume one of the series is planned to take place in Germany in the summer of 2018.
The production team will include Ralph Dietrich, Karin Dietrich, Stephan Giger, Roger Kaufmann, Ulrich Stiehm and Frank Kaminski. The same team...
- 7/12/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Emilia Clarke and Noel Clarke thrillers also among titles to secure German deals.
Swiss distributor Ascot Elite Entertainment Group has finalised rights to a string of high-profile independent titles for German-speaking Europe.
The company’s Afm haul includes all rights to a new documentary biopic about iconic musician Prince from Us sales outfit 13 Films
Directed and produced by Michael Kirk (Find Your Groove), Prince: R U Listening? is set to chart the musician’s early years and rise to super-stardom as seen through the eyes of his bandmates, friends and family including Dez Dickerson, Prince’s first guitar player and Andre Cymone, Prince’s close friend and original bassist.
Contributors will also include Bono, Mick Jagger, Billy Idol, Lenny Kravitz and Sheila E. The film is due to be relesed in Q2, 2017.
Also from 13 Films, the company picked up completed mystery-thriller Voice From The Stone, starring Emilia Clarke (Game Of Thrones), Marton Csokas (The Equalizer) and Caterina Murino...
Swiss distributor Ascot Elite Entertainment Group has finalised rights to a string of high-profile independent titles for German-speaking Europe.
The company’s Afm haul includes all rights to a new documentary biopic about iconic musician Prince from Us sales outfit 13 Films
Directed and produced by Michael Kirk (Find Your Groove), Prince: R U Listening? is set to chart the musician’s early years and rise to super-stardom as seen through the eyes of his bandmates, friends and family including Dez Dickerson, Prince’s first guitar player and Andre Cymone, Prince’s close friend and original bassist.
Contributors will also include Bono, Mick Jagger, Billy Idol, Lenny Kravitz and Sheila E. The film is due to be relesed in Q2, 2017.
Also from 13 Films, the company picked up completed mystery-thriller Voice From The Stone, starring Emilia Clarke (Game Of Thrones), Marton Csokas (The Equalizer) and Caterina Murino...
- 11/29/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ascot Elite’s Afm haul also includes Emilia Clarke and Noel Clarke thrillers.
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group has finalised rights to a string of high-profile independent titles for German-speaking Europe.
The company’s Afm haul includes all rights to a new documentary biopic about iconic musician Prince from Us sales outfit 13 Films
Directed and produced by acclaimed Us doc producer Michael John Kirk, known for his work on PBS documentary series Frontline, Prince: R U Listening? is set to chart the musician’s early years and rise to super-stardom as seen through the eyes of his bandmates, friends and family including Dez Dickerson, Prince’s first guitar player and Andre Cymone, Prince’s close friend and original bassist.
Contributors will also include Bono, Mick Jagger, Billy Idol, Lenny Kravitz and Sheila E. The film is due to be relesed in Q2, 2017.
Also from 13 Films, the company picked up completed mystery-thriller Voice From The Stone, starring...
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group has finalised rights to a string of high-profile independent titles for German-speaking Europe.
The company’s Afm haul includes all rights to a new documentary biopic about iconic musician Prince from Us sales outfit 13 Films
Directed and produced by acclaimed Us doc producer Michael John Kirk, known for his work on PBS documentary series Frontline, Prince: R U Listening? is set to chart the musician’s early years and rise to super-stardom as seen through the eyes of his bandmates, friends and family including Dez Dickerson, Prince’s first guitar player and Andre Cymone, Prince’s close friend and original bassist.
Contributors will also include Bono, Mick Jagger, Billy Idol, Lenny Kravitz and Sheila E. The film is due to be relesed in Q2, 2017.
Also from 13 Films, the company picked up completed mystery-thriller Voice From The Stone, starring...
- 11/29/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Upcoming hit-man thriller The Last Step co-starring Sarah Lind sells for Moviehouse.
Moviehouse Entertainment has struck a German pre-sale with Ascot Elite for upcoming Jean Reno (Leon) thriller The Last Step.
The France-Canada-uk co-production is due to be shot in Saskatchewan, Canada, this November with Sarah Lind (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) on board to co-star.
The deal was negotiated by Ascot Elite’s Stephan Giger and Moviehouse’ Gary Phillips.
Turning Tide writer Frédéric Petitjean will direct the feature from producer Laurent Tolleron (Frontier(s)) of Seven 52 and Corrinne Benichou and Florence Moos of Eight 35. Mark Montague, James Fler and Michael Paszt produce for Berserker in Canada and Mark Vennis and Phillips produce for Moviehouse.
Set in the wilds of northern Canada, Reno will play the worlds’ most wanted and anonymous hitman, now retired and hiding away in a remote cabin whose solitude is violently interrupted by the arrival of a young...
Moviehouse Entertainment has struck a German pre-sale with Ascot Elite for upcoming Jean Reno (Leon) thriller The Last Step.
The France-Canada-uk co-production is due to be shot in Saskatchewan, Canada, this November with Sarah Lind (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) on board to co-star.
The deal was negotiated by Ascot Elite’s Stephan Giger and Moviehouse’ Gary Phillips.
Turning Tide writer Frédéric Petitjean will direct the feature from producer Laurent Tolleron (Frontier(s)) of Seven 52 and Corrinne Benichou and Florence Moos of Eight 35. Mark Montague, James Fler and Michael Paszt produce for Berserker in Canada and Mark Vennis and Phillips produce for Moviehouse.
Set in the wilds of northern Canada, Reno will play the worlds’ most wanted and anonymous hitman, now retired and hiding away in a remote cabin whose solitude is violently interrupted by the arrival of a young...
- 5/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: German-speaking Europe and Switzerland deal for upcoming Martin Provost title.
Ascot Elite has pre-bought all rights for German speaking Europe and Switzerland to writer-director Martin Provost’s (Séraphine) upcoming comedy-drama The Midwife (La Sage Femme), set to star Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot and Olivier Gourmet.
Ascot Elite inked the deal with Memento Films International (marking the first collaboration between the two companies), whose anticipated script was among the buzz projects at UniFrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris last month.
The Midwife tells the story of a passionate midwife named Claire (Frot) who one day, after decades of silence, is unexpectedly called upon by her late father’s ex-lover Beatrice (Deneuve), who informs her of some important news. Claire and Beatrice couldn’t be more different from one another but despite their differences, they slowly but surely grow closer and nothing remains, what it once was.
Fidelite/Curiosa Films (Marguerite) produce the film which is due...
Ascot Elite has pre-bought all rights for German speaking Europe and Switzerland to writer-director Martin Provost’s (Séraphine) upcoming comedy-drama The Midwife (La Sage Femme), set to star Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot and Olivier Gourmet.
Ascot Elite inked the deal with Memento Films International (marking the first collaboration between the two companies), whose anticipated script was among the buzz projects at UniFrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris last month.
The Midwife tells the story of a passionate midwife named Claire (Frot) who one day, after decades of silence, is unexpectedly called upon by her late father’s ex-lover Beatrice (Deneuve), who informs her of some important news. Claire and Beatrice couldn’t be more different from one another but despite their differences, they slowly but surely grow closer and nothing remains, what it once was.
Fidelite/Curiosa Films (Marguerite) produce the film which is due...
- 2/4/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: German-speaking Europe and Switzerland deal for upcoming Martin Provost title.
Ascot Elite has pre-bought all rights for German speaking Europe and Switzerland to writer-director Martin Provost’s (Séraphine) upcoming comedy-drama The Midwife (La Sage Femme), set to star Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot and Olivier Gourmet.
Ascot Elite inked the deal with Memento Films International (marking the first collaboration between the two companies), whose anticipated script was among the buzz projects at UniFrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris last month.
The Midwife tells the story of a passionate midwife named Claire (Frot) who one day, after decades of silence, is unexpectedly called upon by her late father’s ex-lover Beatrice (Deneuve), who informs her of some important news. Claire and Beatrice couldn’t be more different from one another but despite their differences, they slowly but surely grow closer and nothing remains, what it once was.
Fidelite/Curiosa Films (Marguerite) produce the film which is due...
Ascot Elite has pre-bought all rights for German speaking Europe and Switzerland to writer-director Martin Provost’s (Séraphine) upcoming comedy-drama The Midwife (La Sage Femme), set to star Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot and Olivier Gourmet.
Ascot Elite inked the deal with Memento Films International (marking the first collaboration between the two companies), whose anticipated script was among the buzz projects at UniFrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris last month.
The Midwife tells the story of a passionate midwife named Claire (Frot) who one day, after decades of silence, is unexpectedly called upon by her late father’s ex-lover Beatrice (Deneuve), who informs her of some important news. Claire and Beatrice couldn’t be more different from one another but despite their differences, they slowly but surely grow closer and nothing remains, what it once was.
Fidelite/Curiosa Films (Marguerite) produce the film which is due...
- 2/4/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: German-speaking Europe and Switzerland deal for upcoming Martin Provost title.
Ascot Elite has pre-bought all rights for German speaking Europe and Switzerland to writer-director Martin Provost’s (Séraphine) upcoming comedy-drama The Midwife (La Sage Femme), set to star Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot and Olivier Gourmet.
Ascot Elite inked the deal with Memento Films International (the first collaboration between the two companies), whose anticipated script was among the buzz projects at UniFrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris last month.
The Midwife tells the story of a passionate midwife named Claire (Frot) who one day, after decades of silence, is unexpectedly called upon by her late father’s ex-lover Beatrice (Deneuve), who informs her of some important news. Claire and Beatrice couldn’t be more different from one another but despite their differences, they slowly but surely grow closer and nothing remains, what it once was.
Fidelite/Curiosa Films (Marguerite) produce the film which is due...
Ascot Elite has pre-bought all rights for German speaking Europe and Switzerland to writer-director Martin Provost’s (Séraphine) upcoming comedy-drama The Midwife (La Sage Femme), set to star Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot and Olivier Gourmet.
Ascot Elite inked the deal with Memento Films International (the first collaboration between the two companies), whose anticipated script was among the buzz projects at UniFrance’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris last month.
The Midwife tells the story of a passionate midwife named Claire (Frot) who one day, after decades of silence, is unexpectedly called upon by her late father’s ex-lover Beatrice (Deneuve), who informs her of some important news. Claire and Beatrice couldn’t be more different from one another but despite their differences, they slowly but surely grow closer and nothing remains, what it once was.
Fidelite/Curiosa Films (Marguerite) produce the film which is due...
- 2/4/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ascot Elite inks physical and Est deal for Netflix series in German-speaking Europe.
Ascot Elite has acquired physical and Est distribution rights from The Weinstein Company to Netflix original series Marco Polo for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Ten episodes of the drama based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khans’ court in 13th century China will be released in December on DVD, Blu-ray and through Est channels.
The first season of the high-end drama, produced by TWC and Electus, premiered on Netflix last December and reportedly cost $90m to make.
Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong and Joan Chen star in the series created by John Fusco (The Forbidden Kingdom).
Ennis Hensley, president of international sales and distribution at The Weinstein Company, said: “Ascot Elite has been a trusted and long-time partner of The Weinstein Company on the feature film side so it was an easy choice to partner with them on the first season of [link...
Ascot Elite has acquired physical and Est distribution rights from The Weinstein Company to Netflix original series Marco Polo for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Ten episodes of the drama based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khans’ court in 13th century China will be released in December on DVD, Blu-ray and through Est channels.
The first season of the high-end drama, produced by TWC and Electus, premiered on Netflix last December and reportedly cost $90m to make.
Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong and Joan Chen star in the series created by John Fusco (The Forbidden Kingdom).
Ennis Hensley, president of international sales and distribution at The Weinstein Company, said: “Ascot Elite has been a trusted and long-time partner of The Weinstein Company on the feature film side so it was an easy choice to partner with them on the first season of [link...
- 10/7/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Gaumont, The Solution pre-buys among deals.
Euro distributor Ascot Elite has finalised deals for German-speaking Europe on a trio of Cannes market titles, including upcoming Jk Simmons (Whiplash) and Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) comedy The Runaround from The Solution.
Due to shoot this summer in Los Angeles, Gavin Wiesen will direct The Runaround from a screenplay by Seth W Owen about a globe-trotting workaholic father who enlists the help of his daughter’s awkward ex to find his girl during a layover in Los Angeles.
From Gaumont, the outfit pre-bought new French drama-comedy Le Coeur en Braille from Cesar-winning actor-director Michel Boujenah.
Set to shoot this August, Pascal Elbe (The Other Son) and Charles Berling (March of the Penguins) are among the cast of the drama based on Pascal Ruten’s novel about the friendship between a cellist who is losing her sight and a young boy who helps her hide the condition from her...
Euro distributor Ascot Elite has finalised deals for German-speaking Europe on a trio of Cannes market titles, including upcoming Jk Simmons (Whiplash) and Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) comedy The Runaround from The Solution.
Due to shoot this summer in Los Angeles, Gavin Wiesen will direct The Runaround from a screenplay by Seth W Owen about a globe-trotting workaholic father who enlists the help of his daughter’s awkward ex to find his girl during a layover in Los Angeles.
From Gaumont, the outfit pre-bought new French drama-comedy Le Coeur en Braille from Cesar-winning actor-director Michel Boujenah.
Set to shoot this August, Pascal Elbe (The Other Son) and Charles Berling (March of the Penguins) are among the cast of the drama based on Pascal Ruten’s novel about the friendship between a cellist who is losing her sight and a young boy who helps her hide the condition from her...
- 6/3/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kill Your Friends, Return to Sender among pick-ups.
Ascot Elite has acquired a trio of films for German-speaking Europe including UK thriller Kill Your Friends from Altitude.
Nicholas Hoult, James Corden and Rosanna Arquette star in the thriller about an A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze who goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
The outfit also acquired thriller Return to Sender from Voltage for German-speaking Europe including all Switzerland.
Rosamund Pike and Nick Nolte are among the cast of the film in which a nurse living in a small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not all he seems.
Ascot has also taken all rights in German-speaking Europe, excluding Switzerland, for the French comedy Bis from Europacorp.
Kad Merad and Franck Dubosc star in the comedy about two friends, unsatisfied with their current lives, who accidentally...
Ascot Elite has acquired a trio of films for German-speaking Europe including UK thriller Kill Your Friends from Altitude.
Nicholas Hoult, James Corden and Rosanna Arquette star in the thriller about an A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze who goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
The outfit also acquired thriller Return to Sender from Voltage for German-speaking Europe including all Switzerland.
Rosamund Pike and Nick Nolte are among the cast of the film in which a nurse living in a small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not all he seems.
Ascot has also taken all rights in German-speaking Europe, excluding Switzerland, for the French comedy Bis from Europacorp.
Kad Merad and Franck Dubosc star in the comedy about two friends, unsatisfied with their current lives, who accidentally...
- 4/29/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Titles from Voltage, Hannibal, Highland Film Group among haul.
Ascot Elite has recently secured rights in German-speaking Europe to seven films from sales outfits including Voltage, Hannibal Classics and Highland Film Group.
The company has acquired all rights for German-speaking Europe including Switzerland to comedy The Cobbler from Voltage.
Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi star in the story of disenchanted cobbler who stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way.
Also from Voltage (and Zdf) Ascot Elite picked up the home video rights for German-speaking Europe and Switzerland to drone thriller Good Kill, starring Ethan Hawke, Zoe Kravitz, January Jones and Bruce Greenwood.
From Hannibal Classics, the outfit picked up Scott Mann thriller Bus 657, about a desperate father who hijacks a city bus; from Wizart the company has bought animation The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King...
Ascot Elite has recently secured rights in German-speaking Europe to seven films from sales outfits including Voltage, Hannibal Classics and Highland Film Group.
The company has acquired all rights for German-speaking Europe including Switzerland to comedy The Cobbler from Voltage.
Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi star in the story of disenchanted cobbler who stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way.
Also from Voltage (and Zdf) Ascot Elite picked up the home video rights for German-speaking Europe and Switzerland to drone thriller Good Kill, starring Ethan Hawke, Zoe Kravitz, January Jones and Bruce Greenwood.
From Hannibal Classics, the outfit picked up Scott Mann thriller Bus 657, about a desperate father who hijacks a city bus; from Wizart the company has bought animation The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King...
- 1/20/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
London’s biggest film export event returns with a new name and strong selection of upcoming titles.
This year’s London Screenings (June 23-26) marks the 11th edition of the capital’s biggest film export event and has been given a make-over for 2014.
It has dropped the previous title of the London UK Film Focus (Luff) and will introduce various new strands. But organisers are quick to point out this isn’t a case of reinventing the event - more of “buffing it up” after more than a decade.
“Everyone felt that after doing it for 10 years, maybe it was time for a bit of a facelift,” says Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London, which organises the London Screenings.
The budget of around $330,000 is roughly the same as in previous years. The key difference is that the event, which generates an estimated $8m a year in international business for British films and sales agents, has secured...
This year’s London Screenings (June 23-26) marks the 11th edition of the capital’s biggest film export event and has been given a make-over for 2014.
It has dropped the previous title of the London UK Film Focus (Luff) and will introduce various new strands. But organisers are quick to point out this isn’t a case of reinventing the event - more of “buffing it up” after more than a decade.
“Everyone felt that after doing it for 10 years, maybe it was time for a bit of a facelift,” says Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London, which organises the London Screenings.
The budget of around $330,000 is roughly the same as in previous years. The key difference is that the event, which generates an estimated $8m a year in international business for British films and sales agents, has secured...
- 6/23/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany -- Ascot Elite Entertainment Group has acquired all rights for German-speaking European to hot Sundance title "Buried" from Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes.
The thriller, starring Ryan Reynolds as a private contractor who is kidnapped in Iraq and buried alive, was the first breakout sales hit in Park City after Lionsgate snatched up North American rights to "Buried" in a deal this weekend.
Ascot COO Stephan Giger negotiated the German deal for "Buried" with Gregoire Melin of world sales outfit Kinology.
The thriller, starring Ryan Reynolds as a private contractor who is kidnapped in Iraq and buried alive, was the first breakout sales hit in Park City after Lionsgate snatched up North American rights to "Buried" in a deal this weekend.
Ascot COO Stephan Giger negotiated the German deal for "Buried" with Gregoire Melin of world sales outfit Kinology.
- 1/26/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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