EXCLUSIVE: The EFM market has lift off! In the first major worldwide pact done on the ground here in Berlin, Sony has tied up a deal in the $50M range for Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Colin Farrell (The Batman) package A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which is one of the market’s hottest scripts.
Plot details are under wraps, but the romantic fantasy from director Kogonada (After Yang) is being described as “an imaginative tale of two strangers and the unbelievable journey that connects them”.
The film is due to shoot this spring in California. Oscar nominee Robbie is red-hot coming off box office smash Barbie, which she starred in and also produced through her LuckyChap banner.
The film is up for eight Oscars including Best Picture. She had her pick of scripts to choose from following the movie’s massive success and in recent weeks landed on Big Bold Beautiful Journey as her next film.
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