{"id":575579,"date":"2023-05-22T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cannes-christoph-waltzs-hitman-comedy-old-guy-sells-wide-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:45:00","slug":"cannes-christoph-waltzs-hitman-comedy-old-guy-sells-wide-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cannes-christoph-waltzs-hitman-comedy-old-guy-sells-wide-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cannes: Christoph Waltz\u2019s Hitman Comedy \u2018Old Guy\u2019 Sells Wide (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Highland Film Group\u2019s action-comedy <em>Old Guy<\/em> \u2014\u00a0starring Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu and Cooper Hoffman \u2014 has landed a number of key international deals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Directed by\u00a0Simon West (<em>The Expendables 2, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic<\/em>) and written by Greg Johnson (<em>The Last Son<\/em>), the film has sold to\u00a0SND Films for France, Square One Entertainment GmbH for Germany, Vertigo Releasing and Lumiere Ventures for the U.K., YouPlanet Pictures for Spain, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Spentzos Film for Greece, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, SF Studios for Scandinavia,\u00a0Vertical Entertainment for Eastern Europe, Aqua\u00a0Group for Turkey, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Forum Film for Israel, California Filmes for Latin America, MovieCloud for Taiwan, Filmfinity for South Africa and Village Road Show for Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In <em>Old Guy<\/em> aging contract killer\u00a0Danny Dolinski\u00a0(Waltz) still believes he\u2019s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end\u00a0but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer\u2019s true motive: removing the old guard in a full takeover. However, The Company didn\u2019t anticipate that Danny\u2019s experience coupled with the kid\u2019s brilliance would create such an unlikely bond between the two, enabling them,\u00a0with crucial help from Anata,\u00a0to turn it all back on The Company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The film is produced by Jib Polhemus (<em>The Last Son, The Expendables 2<\/em>),\u00a0Martin Brennan\u00a0(<em>One Way, Zone 414<\/em>), West and R.U. Robot Studio\u2019s Petr\u00a0J\u00e1kl\u00a0(<em>Medieval,<\/em>\u00a0<em>The Last Full Measure<\/em>). Hal Sadoff (<em>The Nice Guys, Orphan: First Kill<\/em>) and Norman Golightly (<em>Lord of War, Ghost Rider<\/em>) will produce on behalf of Dark Castle Entertainment. The film is executive produced by R.U. Robot Studio\u2019s\u00a0Martin J. Barab, Blue Rider Pictures\u2019 Walter Josten (<em>Around the World in 80 Days, Holes<\/em>) and Aperture <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Partners\u2019 Jared Underwood, Andrew Robinson and Dan Mandel. Hannah Leader and Frank DeMartini serve on the production legal team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Production recently wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Highland Film Group is co-financing the action comedy and handling worldwide rights. <em>Old Guy<\/em> was filmed on location in Northern Ireland with support from Northern Ireland Screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe are delighted to be working with such talented actors as two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, rising talent Cooper Hoffman and Lucy Liu in this fantastic action-packed comedy,\u201d said Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWith the help of our wonderful international partners, we look forward to introducing global audiences to this phenomenal project led by director Simon West,\u201d added COO Delphine Perrier.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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