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Leone Film Group’s Ties Bolster Its Business as Italy’s Top Distributor of English-Language Films
Leone Film Group’s ties bolster its business as Italy’s top distributor of English-language films.
But while in the past Leone Film Group relied on output deals with U.S. indies, such as Lionsgate and Spielberg’s Amblin, these days “we supply ourselves from whomever has worthy product,” says its head of acquisitions Francesco Polimanti. Other standouts in LFG’s upcoming line-up are Will Smith-starrer “Sugar Bandits,” to be directed by Stefano Sollima, from Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios; British indie Embankment Films’ “Sunny Dancer,” starring “The Last of Us” breakout Bella Ramsey as a teenager in remission from cancer; David Mackenzie heist thriller “Fuze,” toplining Aaron Taylor-Johnson, from London-based based outfit Anton; and “Daddio,” the two-hander pairing Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson, directed by first-timer Christy Hall, that made a splash at Telluride. Among their upcoming Italian releases is Gabriele Muccino’s “Here Now,” starring Elena Kampouris (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3”), as a young Californian named Sophie who, on the last day of her vacation in Sicily, meets a boy with whom she winds up spending a crazy night.
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