‘The Boogeyman: The Origin Of The Myth:’ Prime Video Among Buyers To Swoop On Spanish Horror Pic — Cannes Market
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: FilmSharks has acquired world rights to the Spanish horror pic The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth (El Hombre Del Saco) and locked a series of key international deals out of Cannes.
In a deal negotiated at the Fantastic Pavilion, Mantícora has picked up all rights for LATAM, the US, and Canada for what we hear is a six-figure sum.
The deal was negotiated by José Luis Mejía Razo from Mantícora and Guido Rud, Federico Pascua, and Matias Fontenla of FilmSharks.
Elsewhere Amazon Prime Video has acquired Spanish SVOD Rights, and Antena 3 grabbed Free TV rights. Directed Ángel Gómez Hernández from a screenplay by Juma Fodde (You shall not Sleep), Ignacio García Cucucovich Ángel Gómez Hernández (Voces), and Gustavo Hernández (The Silent House) the film follows a group of teenagers who discover that the terrifying legend of The Bogeyman is real after the mysterious disappearances of several children in a small town.
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