Venezuelan drama “Liz en Septiembre” is to
get international release via Los Angeles-based Cinema Management Group.
Directed by Fina Torres
(“Oriana,” “Woman on Top,” “From Prada to Nada”), the film is the story of a
fiercely independent gay woman who is facing a terminal illness when her
friends challenge her to seduce a straight woman friend. The film is adapted
from the Jane Chambers stage play “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove.”
The film, which stars Patricia
Velasquez, grossed close to $1 million in its initial theatrical run in
Venezuela.
CMG, which is pitching pic at
AFM, has also recently picked up rights to the now in-production “Born to
Dance.” A new spin on the hip-hop genre, the film is set in New Zealand and is
choreographed by Parris Goebel, star of “Step Up: All In” and directed by Tammy
Davis.
The film is a coming-of-age tale
told through the eyes of Tu, an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of
being a professional hip-hop dancer. Cast includes Kherington Payne (“So You
Think You Can Dance”) and Australasian superstar Stan Walker (“Mt. Zion”).
Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post is
the post-prod partner, while Vendetta Films will distribute in Oz and New
Zealand.
“Coming off the huge
international success of ‘Step-up: All In,’ which grossed $71 million
internationally, we feel that we have what the marketplace is looking for with
‘Born to Dance,’ ” Noeltner said.
VARIETY By Patrick Frater Asia
Bureau Chief November 7, 2014 | 06:52PM PT
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