Cinedigm has acquired all North American
rights to EASY MONEY: HARD TO KILL and EASY MONEY: LIFE DELUXE, based on the
bestselling books by Jens Lapidus, from TrustNordisk.
EASY MONEY: HARD TO KILL and EASY
MONEY: LIFE DELUXE are the second and third installment in the hugely popular
EASY MONEY trilogy, starring Joel Kinnaman (ROBOCOP, 2014) in the leading
role. The crime thrillers introduced the Stockholm noir genre to the international
audience and became a huge and instant international success when the first
film, EASY MONEY, by Daniel Espinosa, was released in Sweden in 2010.
So far the trilogy has been seen by
more than 1.2 million Swedes in the cinema which makes it one of the biggest
local successes of the last decade. The first installment of the trilogy
was presented to US audiences by Martin Scorsese to splendid reviews last year
and a remake is currently in development by Warner Bros with Zac Efron attached
to star.
Cinedigm has slated both films for
release in 2014 across all platforms, including theatrical, digital and
physical DVD/ BR.
“We´re
thrilled to bring these two gripping films to audiences in North America,” said Vincent Scordino, Senior Vice
President of Theatrical Releasing, for Cinedigm. “Joe´s tremendous work in the EASY MONEY films makes it easy to
understand why Hollywood has embraced him, he is a star.”
“These great Scandinavian thrillers
have found a perfect home with Cinedigm as the North American distributor and
we are very happy about the co-operation”, said Rikke Ennis, CEO at TrustNordisk. “With Cinedigm´s experience and strong distribution channels, we look
forward to let their competent team bring these enthralling films to the North American
market and attract a large audience.”
Besides the North American deal with
Cinedigm, TrustNordisk has so far sold LIFE DELUXE to more than 35 countries
including Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (Lumiere), Switzerland
(Frenetic), Korea (Sonamu), Czech Republic/Slovakia (Film Europe) to name a
few.
LIFE DELUXE had its international
premiere at Busan International Film Festival early October. TrustNordisk will
have market screenings of the film at American Film Market, which kicks off
next Wednesday, November 6th.
The films are Produced by Fredrik
Wikström Nicastro for Swedish production company Tre Vänner in co-production
with Film i Väst, SVT (Sweden´s Television), Nordisk Film, Nordsvensk
Filmunderhållning, Hobohm Brothers, Fantefilm, Network Movie & ZDF/Arte
with production support from The Swedish Film Institute, The Norwegian Film
Institute, Nordic film and TV fund in co-operation with C-more. Domestic distribution through Nordisk Film.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.