Eagle Pictures Buys Italian Remake Rights to French Smash Hit ‘A Little Something Extra,’ Acquires ‘I Play Rocky,’ ‘Here,’ ‘Mutiny’ Off of Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Rolling off its acquisition of Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis,” Italy’s leading independent distributor Eagle Pictures has scooped Italian remake rights to French smash hit “A Little Something Extra,” along with a raft of high-profile projects shopped at the Cannes Film Market.
The company, which is owned by veteran producer-distributor Tarak Ben Ammar, will produce and distribute the Italian remake of “A Little Something Extra” (“Un Ptit truc en plus), Artus’ heartwarming family comedy which has taken the French box office by storm, selling a whooping 3.4 million tickets in theaters in three weeks. “It’s a delightful film about a father and his son who rob a little jewelry shop in a small town and as they’re looking a place to hide, they get on a bus without realizing that it’s taking them to a summer camp for young adults with disabilities,” Ben Ammar said. “They all discover each others’ differences and become true friends.
It’s funny, moving and feel-good.” On top of the remake rights, Eagle Pictures has also picked up the movie to release it in Italy.
Eagle Pictures will also be releasing in Italy the latest film by Robert Zemeckis, “Home,” which reunites the team behind “Forrest Gump,” writer Eric Roth and key cast, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.
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