EXCLUSIVE: Japanese manufacturing and gross sales firm Rights Dice Japan is teaming with Canada’s Federgreen Leisure and Sine Media Inc on a horror motion slate written and directed by rising cult filmmaker Kenichi Ugana.
Ugana’s newest movie, The Gesuidouz, screened finally 12 months’s Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant and Sitges Movie Pageant in Spain. The movie, a few horror-themed punk rock band that strikes to the Japanese countryside to the write the last word hit, received greatest characteristic at London Worldwide Incredible Movie Pageant, in addition to the Viewers Award on the Montreal Pageant du Nouveau Cinema.
The three companions for Ugana’s new slate all have backgrounds in high-concept style filmmaking. Rights Dice’s earlier work consists of motion comedies Child Assassins and Child Assassins 2, about two teenage feminine contract killers, and Kensuke Sonomura’s Ghostkiller.
Canadian producer Avi Federgreen’s credit embody cult hits similar to Deathstalker, For The Sake Of Vicious and Lifechanger. Michaelangelo Masangkay, Toronto-based founding father of Sine Media, beforehand spent 12 years specialising in style at Raven Banner Leisure. He was additionally not too long ago a producer on Philippine motion movie Topakk (Triggered), directed by Richard Somes and starring Arjo Atayde, which acquired a theatrical launch within the U.S. and Canada.
Ugana, recognized for his visceral horror and visible storytelling, additionally has credit together with Guests-Full Version (2021), Love Will Tear Us Aside (2023) and Extraneous Matter-Full Version (2021), which have been screened at festivals together with the Torino Movie Pageant, Incredible Fest, Brussels Worldwide Incredible Movie Pageant, Porto Worldwide Movie Pageant and Slamdance Movie Pageant.
Particulars of the primary tasks on the brand new slate, which can make use of the Canada-Japan co-production settlement, will likely be launched shortly. The three corporations will convey collectively their mixed networks and market expertise to develop a worldwide launch technique, with worldwide gross sales and distribution positioned as a key characteristic of the slate’s rollout.
Ugana commented: “That is the second I’ve been ready for – to unleash a wild, cinematic beast with a global workforce that really will get style filmmaking. Count on the surprising. We’re not simply making movies – we’re creating an expertise you’ll wish to relive time and again.”
Federgreen mentioned: “I’ve been an enormous fan of Kenichi’s and Rights Dice for a few years, and I believe this first-ever style motion coproduction will likely be one thing to be remembered for a really very long time.”
Masangkay mentioned: “I’m extraordinarily excited to convey a singular mix of horror and motion in a coproduction between our two international locations. Kenichi’s work is singular, fashionable, and thrilling — we will’t wait to introduce these movies to a worldwide viewers.”
Yusuke Suzuki, Govt Producer at Rights Dice, added: “We will likely be making a film by no means seen earlier than with this tremendously proficient world individuals. Be prepared.”
The deal between the three companions was signed over Sake Hundred and CityPop music from DJ Mademoiselle Yulia within the foyer of Resort Martinez this weekend in Cannes.
