Ascot Elite acquires 'Passion,' 'Filth'

BERLIN -- Territory deals ongoing in Germany inside the wake in the Berlinale's European Film Market. Swiss-German entertainment group Ascot Elite acquired a slew of high-profile game game titles for German-speaking Europe, including John P Palma's thriller "Passion," starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace, from Mentioned Ben Said's SBS Productions, and John S. Baird's black comedy "Filth," an adaptation in the Irvine Welsh novel starring James McAvoy and Jamie Bell, from producer Egoli Tossel and Sierra/Affinity. Ascot Elite also nabbed Sierra/Affinity's approaching werewolf thriller "Wer," by William Brent Bell ("The Demon Inside"), who composed the script with Matthew Peterman. Graham King's FilmDistrict is disseminating the pic inside the U.S. Likewise venturing out via Ascot Elite will probably be Current Pictures' "Don Jon's Addiction," Ernest Gordon-Levitt's feature film debut of a youthful guy fighting by getting an online porn addiction Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson star. Additional purchases incorporated ZDF Enterprises' Swedish hit political thriller "Agent Hamilton -- Inside the Interest from the u . s . states,Inch an adaptation of Jan Guillou's best-selling novel directed by Kathrine Windfeld SC Film's supernatural thriller "When the Lights Went," by Pat Holden and Content's Sundance screener "The Pact." Koch Media also inked a greater volume of deals, acquiring such game game titles as Catherine Hardwicke's erotic thriller "Plush," starring Evan Rachel Forest and John Krokidas' fact-based murder drama "Kill Your Darlings," featuring Daniel Radcliffe as beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Also in Koch Media's basket is Sue Kramer's "The Neighborhood people," starring Shirley MacLaine and Alan Arkin Kevin Greutert's mental thriller "Jessabellem" and Oskar Thor Axelsson's Icelandic crime drama "Black's Game," which was professional produced by Nicolas Winding Refn. Individually, Koch Media inked an internet-based distribution deal with Lovefilm, Europe's leading online entertainment subscription service. Incorporated inside the agreement are such films as Oliver Hirschbiegel's "a few minutes of Paradise" Jan Kounen's "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" and Roger Spottiswoode's "The Children of Huang Shi," additionally to genre game game titles for instance "The Six Partners of Henry Lefay" and "Evening Train." Contact Erection dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com