Spottiswoode
Lions Gate Intl. has picked up international sales rights to Cinerenta thriller "Mr. Ripley's Return," directed by Roger Spottiswoode.
Pic, in post-production, expands on Lions Gate's existing relationship with Cinerenta under which they previously teamed on Robin Williams starrer "The Final Cut" as financier and producer, respectively, and on "Confidence," starring Dustin Hoffman and Edward Burns. "The Final Cut" had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
"Return," based on Patricia Highsmith's novel "Ripley Under Ground" and adapted by William Blake Herron, stars Barry Pepper, Alan Cumming, Jacinda Barrett, Claire Forlani, Tom Wilkinson, Ian Hart and Willem Dafoe. Pic tells the story of the infamous Ripley (Pepper) who conceals the death of a trendy young artist in order to profit from the value of his works, and in the midst of the scam, falls under the spell of a Parisian heiress (Barrett).
Cinerenta is repping domestic distribution rights to the pic, produced by Michael Ohoven, William Vince, Marco Mehlitz, Steve Ujlaki and Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre and exec produced by Steve Christian.
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