EXCLUSIVE: One of the surprises for international buyers at the Venice and Toronto film festivals was that Luca Guadagnino‘s Queer, starring Daniel Craig, didn’t have an international sales agent… Surprise over with news we can bring you that The Veterans has come aboard to handle international dealmaking on the project.
Queer makes its North American premiere today as a Special Presentation at TIFF after a well-received world premiere on the Lido last week.
A24 recently acquired U.S. rights and will release later this year. Lucky Red will distribute the film in Italy. CAA Media Finance, which brokered the deal with A24, brought The Veterans on to represent international distribution rights.
The film was written for the screen by Guadagnino’s Challengers collaborator Justin Kuritzkes, adapted from the novel of the same name by legendary American writer William S.
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