Agc closes major territory deals for neill blomkamp’s ‘inferno’ – afm


Agc closes major territory deals for neill blomkamp’s ‘inferno’ –  afm

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AGC Studios has closed several multi-million dollar territory sales for Neill Blomkamp‘s next sci-fi movie, _Inferno, _which is set to go into production this March in Albuquerque, New


Mexico. In _Inferno, _Taylor Kitsch plays a cop who is called to investigate a seemingly ordinary murder in the New Mexico desert. The arrival of the FBI confirms his suspicions that


something bigger – perhaps extraterrestrial – is at play. The hunt for the killer puts him face-to-face with a humanoid beast who will stop at nothing to exterminate the one witness to the


crime. Among the offshore sales for _Inferno _are France (Metropolitan), Germany & Switzerland (Leonine), Greece (Odeon), Portugal (NOS Lusomundo), Spain (Tripictures), UK (Entertainment


Film Distribution), Eastern Europe (Vertical Entertainment), Russia (Top Film), Latin America (Sun Distribution), Indonesia (PT Prima), Korea (Joy N Content), Phillipines (Pioneer),


Singapore (Clover), Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm), Vietnam (Noori Pictures), Israel (United King), Middle East (Selim Ramia) and Turkey (BG F). Talks are ongoing for other


markets. Production is due to get underway in early 2020. CAA Media Finance also brokered the AGC financing deal and is co-repping domestic and Chinese rights. _Inferno _is currently


casting. Blomkamp’s 2013 sci-fi film _Elysium _remains his highest-grossing at the global B.O. with $286m followed by _District 9 _which made $211M. WATCH ON DEADLINE AGC Studios had the No.


1 movie stateside this past weekend, Roland Emmerich’s _Midway, _which made $21.1M over the 4-day holiday from Lionsgate.