'City,' 'Dead' to Studiocanal

Shia LaBeouf stars in Studiocanal acquisition The Organization You Retain. Euro film group Studiocanal, carrying its three-year $800 million film financing clout, is improving its distribution, obtaining "Evil Dead" and "The Organization You RetainInch for Blighty, and "Damaged City" for France and U.K.The buys would be the latest moves illustrating Studiocanal's will and financial might to compete for that greatest or most buzzed-about movies for distribution in Germany, the U.K. and France, Europe's greatest three marketplaces.Studiocanal closed certainly one of its biggest 2012 U.K. bows -- "Dead," a Mike Raimi-Take advantage of Tapert remake of the 1981 classic "The Evil Dead" -- right before Berlin.Robert Redford's "Company" stars Shia LaBeouf inside a political thriller offered by Current Photos.Helmer Allen Hughes' "Damaged City," a NY City-based political thriller, is going to be launched within the U.S. by twentieth century Fox in The month of january.It toplines Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Johnson -- "an incredible cast because of not only the U.K. but additionally France," stated Studiocanal chairman-Boss Olivier Courson.Studiocanal has acquired privileges to Germany on Sierra/Affinity's dramatic thriller "The Area Past the Pines" from Derek Cianfrance ("Blue Valentine"), starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper. It already has U.K. and French privileges.Going after long term relations with company directors, Courson described, Studiocanal has tied lower Terrence Malick's next three movies for U.K. and Germany: "Project D," "Lawless" and "Dark night of Cups," all FilmNation-offered.Studiocanal has additionally bought Relativity's "Mirror Mirror" for that U.K. and Germany, Exclusive's "Hurry" for that U.K. and Lionsgate's "Hunger Games" for Germany. It releases Taylor Lautner-starrer "Bel Ami," screening in Berlin, in Blighty on March 9."It isn't a Studiocanal priority to guide (finance) U.S. blockbusters that the domestic marketplace is the U.S. but we want them for that U.K. and Germany," Courson stated.Studiocanal's purchases roll off a 150 million ($202.5 million) financing cope with Anton Capital Entertainment, introduced in September, on British-language movies and flicks with worldwide theatrical potential launched by Studiocanal over 3 years.The Euro small-major has additionally inked pay TV deals within the U.K. and Germany with Amazon . com-Lovefilm along with a free-to-air TV offer Germany with RTL. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com