Sundance Horror Breakout ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Sells Nearly Worldwide for Paradise City Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Paradise City Sales (rebranded from Memento International) has closed more deals for “The Ugly Stepsister,” Emilie Blichfeldt’s Cinderella-inspired horror film that premiered at Sundance and turned out to be one of the festival’s buzziest titles.
Previously acquired in a raft of territories, including North America, the U.K. and Australia/New Zealand with Shudder, “The Ugly Stepsister” was acquired for Benelux and Turkey (Mubi), Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Greece (The Film Group), Ex- Yugoslavia (Discovery Films), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Bionaut / Zero Gravity), Ukraine (Svoekino), Bulgaria (Beta Film), South Korea (Happy Song), Taiwan (Filmware International), Singapore (Shaw Organisation), Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos (EST N8) and Africa (What the Hero Wants).
Paradise City Sales, whose team is led by Alexandre Moreau, is in negotiations to close the Middle East and India. “The Ugly Stepsister” follows Elvira as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any cost.
In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball.
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