Luc Besson’s Comeback Movie ‘Dogman’ Starring Caleb Landry Jones Sparks Raft of International Deals; First-Look Art Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Luc Besson’s ”Dogman,” starring Caleb Landry Jones, wowed buyers at the Berlin’s European Film Market, where it was screened for select buyers. “We hosted only one private screening of the completed film and buyers were stunned, they all came out saying that it was Luc Besson’s best film to date, his most mature movie and some even called it a masterpiece,” said Gregoire Melin, founder of Kinology, which is handling sales on the film.
On the heels of the screening, Kinology closed deals with some of the biggest distributors in key international territories, including Italy (Lucky Red), Germany and Austria (Capelight Pictures), Spain and Latin America (Sun Distribution Group), Scandinavia (Svensk Filmindustri), Benelux (Belga Films), Switzerland (Elite Film), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Monolith), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais), Czech Republic and Slovakia (AQS) and former Yugoslavia (Blitz).
Kinology is in active talks to close deals for the U.S., U.K., South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, Turkey, Greece, among others. “Dogman” will mark Besson’s directorial comeback after his 2019 film “Lucy.” It was teased with a trailer at a private exhibition event in Paris, at the Grand Rex theater, on Jan.
24. Landry Jones, a Texas-born musician and actor best-known for Cannes prizewinning role in “Nitram,” appears to be delivering another towering performance as Douglas, a man who was abused as a child by his violent father and viciously thrown to dogs.
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