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Exclusive: The Jokers inks deal with WestEnd for Jeremy Saulnier thriller.

The Jokers Films has acquired French distribution rights to Jeremy Saulnier’s crime thriller Green Room, from WestEnd Films.

Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots and Patrick Stewart star in the Cannes Directors Fortnight title about four punk rock band members who accidentally witness a murder and find themselves fighting for their lives against a gang of white supremacists.

The deal marks The Jokers’ second collaboration with Blue Ruin director Saulnier.

“Jeremy Saulnier is simply a brilliant director and we didn’t want to let him go anywhere else!”, said The Jokers’ MD Manuel Chiche, who remains a champion of elevated genre having picked up titles including The Raid 2, High-Rise and Nicolas Winding Refn’s upcoming The Neon Demon.

The film is set to be released in France close to A24’s Us release in April 2016.

WestEnd previously sold the Tiff title to UK (Altitude/Picturehouse...

Exclusive: WestEnd Films closes raft of deals on Toronto Midnight Madness selection.

WestEnd Films has closed key international sales deals on Jeremy Saulnier thriller Green Room, which gets its North American premiere tonight (Sept 10) in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand.

Deals have closed in Germany (Universum), Australia and New-Zealand (Rialto), Switzerland (Praesens), Middle East (Ecs), Turkey (Kurmaca), Indonesia (Queen), Korea (Mountain Pictures), Thailand (M Pictures), Malaysia (Suraya) and Philippines (Captive).

The film, which debuted at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and is produced by Broad Green Pictures and Filmscience, follows a punk band who witness a murder at a backwater club and find themselves fighting for their lives against a gang of white supremacists.

Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots star.

Broad Green Pictures previously sold Us rights to A24, which is planning a theatrical run in spring 2016.

Other previously announced deals include UK (Altitude/Picturehouse), Canada (D Films) and Abbolita/Xyz, which has acquired...

Studiocanal has agreed to distribute Maya the Bee Movie, the 3D animated feature adapted from the ABC TV series, in Australian and New Zealand cinemas. The Australian-German co-production from Buzz Studios will open on Saturday November 1 on more than 100 screens in Oz and on 25 prints in New Zealand, playing two sessions a day for two weekends.

Studiocanal CEO Robert Slaviero tells If the cinema season could be extended depending on ticket sales. The original plan was for Buzz Studios-affiliated Flying Bark Productions to handle theatrical distribution but Studiocanal.s involvement ensures a much wider release.

As an alternate content title the traditional 120-day holdback does not apply so it will be released on DVD and VOD before the end of the year by Beyond Entertainment. Produced by Barbara Stephen, written by Fin Edquist and directed by Alexs Stadermann, Maya the Bee Movie introduces Coco Jack Gillies as Maya and features...