Cannes animated comedy “Jim Queen” has picked up a new batch of international sales after screening at the Busan International Film Festival, its first outing in Asia.
\n\nGlobal Constellation, the sales arm of pan-European studio Vuelta, has closed deals with Prorom for the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. HBO has secured first-window pay-TV and SVOD rights in Eastern Europe. Elsewhere, Folkets Bio has taken Sweden, AS Fidalgo has Norway and Films4You has Portugal, while CDI/LAT-E has acquired Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. A South Korean deal is now in negotiation.
\n\nThe new territories add to earlier sales to I Wonder Pictures (Italy), O’Brother (Benelux), Capelight Pictures (Germany), Praesens (Switzerland), Polyfilm (Austria), Elastica/Filmin (Spain), Lev Cinema (Israel), Madman (Australia and New Zealand), Photon Films (Canada), Pandora Filmes/Belas Artes Grupo (Brazil), Pimienta Films (Mexico) and Creative Century (Taiwan). Creative Century Distribution will open the film in Taiwanese cinemas on Oct. 23.
\n\nFor the U.S., Global Constellation is weighing several offers, with a release set for 2027. Jordan Firstman and Matteo Lane were recently unveiled as the English-language voices of Jim and Lucien.
\n\nSet in Paris, the story centers on Jim, a gym-obsessed influencer and the most desired man on…
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