EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the Cannes market, Westbrook Studios and AGC Studios have set Italian filmmaker Stefano Sollima, recognized for steering With out Regret, Sicario: Day of the Soldado and hit collection Gomorrah, to helm big-budget action-thriller Sugar Bandits.
Primarily based on the screenplay and novel Devils In Exile by Chuck Hogan (The City), Oscar winner Will Smith (Dangerous Boys) will play a former particular forces soldier who runs an elite vigilante squad working to wipe out the drug commerce in Boston. Extra casting continues.
AGC Worldwide and CAA Media Finance characterize the movie’s worldwide distribution rights and can proceed gross sales in Cannes, forward of an anticipated fall manufacturing begin.
Smith and Jon Mone will produce Sugar Bandits by Westbrook Studios with Ryan Shimazaki overseeing; Stuart Ford will produce for AGC Studios, which is totally financing; and Richard Abate (13 Hours) will produce for 3 Arts Leisure. Sollima’s producing companions Gina Gardini will executive-produce and Ludovico Purgatori will co-produce.
AGC’s EVP of Authorized & Enterprise Affairs Anant Tamirisa negotiated the offers on behalf of AGC Studios.
Sollima is thought for exploring the complicated dynamics between legislation and order and the prison underworld in movie and TV initiatives. Most not too long ago, he co-wrote, produced and directed the upcoming Italian Netflix four-part collection, Il Mostro, based mostly on serial killer The Monster of Florence.
Earlier than that, he co-wrote, produced and directed the Italian Netflix movie, Adagio, which premiered on the Venice Movie Competition final yr. Beforehand, he directed the Amazon movie With out Regret starring Michael B Jordan, and Sicario: Day Of The Soldado starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Catherine Keener and Isabela Moner. He was a director on acclaimed Italian crime drama collection Gomorrah and on Amazon’s drug commerce restricted collection ZeroZeroZero starring Gabriel Byrne, Dane DeHaan and Andrea Riseborough.
Sollima is represented by CAA and Brillstein Leisure Companions, Smith is represented by CAA; and Hogan is represented by WME, 3 Arts Leisure and Goodman Genow.
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