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Summit Acquires Rights To Norwegian Crime-Thriller ‘Headhunters’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 10, 2011 @ 5:06pm PDTTags: Film Rights, Headhunters, Summit Entertainment, Yellow Bird

Summit Entertainment has acquired English-language movie rights to the international bestselling crime thriller Headhunters, by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø. The novel, recently published in the U.S. by Doubleday and a New York Times bestseller, chronicles the escapades of a high-living corporate headhunter who steals artwork from his rich clients to finance his expensive lifestyle. When a heist unexpectedly goes south, he discovers he’s in way over his head in a murderous scheme. Nesbø’s eight crime novels featuring Detective Harry Hole have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Erik Feig, Summit’s president of production, acquisitions SVP Michael Schaefer, and creative executive Jeyun Choi will oversee the project for the studio. Marianne Gray, Ole Sondberg, and Berna Levin are aboard as producers via Swedish production company Yellow Bird. Summit acquired the English-language rights from Yellow Bird, which already produced a hit Scandinavian film based on the novel.

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Toronto: Foreign Deals For ‘The Day’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday September 12, 2011 @ 10:00am PDTTags: Doug Aarniokoski, Film Rights, The Day, Toronto Film Festival

Doug Aarniokoski’s post-apocalyptic action thriller The Day, which follows a group that fights to stay alive amid a war against humanity, has been sold to German-speaking Europe and Benelux by Content, which acquired foreign rights to the … Read More »

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Hanway Lands Worldwide Sales Rights To Sundance Hit ‘Being Elmo’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 11:17am PDTTags: Being Elmo, Film Rights, Hanway Films, Submarine Entertainment

Submarine Entertainment has made a deal with Hanway Films for the latter to handle Constance Marks’ award-winning Sundance documentary Being Elmo, about the creator of the iconic Sesame Street character. The doc previously picked up some rights deals when it was … Read More »

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Justin.tv Lands Riche Development Deal

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 23, 2011 @ 7:05pm PDTTags: Film Rights, TV Rights

EXCLUSIVE: Indie outfit RicheProductions is part of a group that has acquired rights to online live-video portal Justin.tv for feature film and TV development. Justin.tv averages 31 million users a month — the site says a live video starts on … Read More »

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