K5 Intl. has closed a raft of sales on action-thriller “The Butler,” starring Jean Reno and Tom Hollander, which receives its final market screening in Cannes on Saturday evening.
Buyers are Arna (CIS), SPI/Canal+ (Eastern Europe, Benelux), CineSky (Airlines), Eagle Pictures (Italy), Falcon Films (Middle East), Mediaset (Spain), PT Primacinema (Indonesia), Rialto (Australia), Splendid Film (Germany) and Tanweer (Greece, Turkey), with more deals to be announced soon.
“The Butler,” which debuts a first-look image above, also stars Bobby Gilchrist (“Sovereign”) and emerging star Molly McCann (“Freelance,” upcoming “The Hunger Games: The Sunrise and the Reaping”). The screenplay was by Craig McInnes and the film was directed by Tom Edmunds.
The film stars Reno as a retired World War I veteran living in quiet service on a sprawling estate before a violent reckoning from his past turns the household into a war zone. Hollander plays a vicious Irish mobster hell bent on seizing the palatial estate Reno has dedicated his life to protect after its heir runs afoul of his compatriots abroad.
Edmunds previously directed the U.K. comedy “Dead in a Week,” starring the late Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard and Christopher Eccleston.
Reno’s credits include “Leon: The Professional,” “Ronin,” “Mission: Impossible,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “Godzilla” and “22 Bullets.”
Hollander is best known for his performances in Season 2 of “The White Lotus,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, among other titles, and for his Emmy-nominated turn as Truman Capote in “Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans.”
The film was produced by Strong Island’s Christopher Tuffin alongside Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Ari Novak, Amanda Delaplaine, Colin Bates, William Ramsey and Scott McFarland.
It was produced by Strong Island, and co-produced and primarily financed by Valecroft, in concert with Rather Good Films, Tetrad, Pixium Film Group, Kodachrome, Secondary Lenders and Calculus Capital.
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