Ascot Elite acquires 'Passion,' 'Filth'

BERLIN -- Territory deals ongoing in Germany within the wake from the Berlinale's European Film Market. Swiss-German entertainment group Ascot Elite acquired a slew of high-profile game titles for German-speaking Europe, including John P Palma's thriller "Passion," starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace, from Stated Ben Said's SBS Productions, and John S. Baird's black comedy "Filth," an adaptation from 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 disbursing the pic within the U.S. Likewise heading out via Ascot Elite is going to be Current Pictures' "Don Jon's Addiction," Frederick Gordon-Levitt's feature film debut in regards to a youthful guy battling by having an Internet porn addiction Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson star. Additional purchases incorporated ZDF Enterprises' Swedish hit political thriller "Agent Hamilton -- Within the Interest of the united states,Inch an adaptation of Jan Guillou's best-selling novel directed by Kathrine Windfeld SC Film's supernatural thriller "Once the Lights Went," by Pat Holden and Content's Sundance screener "The Pact." Koch Media also inked a higher quantity of deals, obtaining such 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 Local people," starring Shirley MacLaine and Alan Arkin Kevin Greutert's mental thriller "Jessabellem" and Oskar Thor Axelsson's Icelandic crime drama "Black's Game," that was professional created by Nicolas Winding Refn. Individually, Koch Media inked a web-based distribution cope with Lovefilm, Europe's leading online entertainment subscription service. Incorporated within the agreement are such films as Oliver Hirschbiegel's "5 Minutes of Paradise" Jan Kounen's "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" and Roger Spottiswoode's "The Kids of Huang Shi," in addition to genre game titles for example "The Six Spouses of Henry Lefay" and "Evening Train." Contact Erectile dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com