FilmSharks pushes laughs, redos

GUADALAJARA -- Guido Rud's FilmSharks Intl., among Latin America's most active sales companies, is intensely plying two growth trends: Foreign-language comedy hits and remakes. Following its purchase to Columbia (Sanamu), created by Nicolas Piccato at FilmSharks' Seoul office, also to Wiesner Distribution for Guatemala, an growing multiplex market, FilmSharks has licensed Santiago Segura's 3d blockbuster "Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis" to 30 nations. The newest entry inside the scumbag cop saga, "Torrente 4" made $29.6 000 0000 in the united states. Filmsharks is settling sales for the U.S., U.K., Germany and Australia, Rud mentioned at Mexico's Guadalajara festival, which started Friday. "Torrente 4" features its own U.S. premiere Saturday within the Miami festival and Mexican bow Sunday at Guadalajara. Deals stay with the acquisition to Venevision Intl. for U.S. distribution from the the spanish language language gross-out laffer "Conflicting Sexual Tension," produced by Segura for his Madrid-based Amiguetes Ing., among Spain's finest mainstream production modems. Meanwhile, Paolo Ansaldi's Paco Pictures is positioned to purchase Italian remake rights to Argentine smash-hit "A Boyfriend for My Partner,In . Rud mentioned. Ansaldi has optioned remake rights, he added. FilmSharks has furthermore acquired remake sales rights to Leonardo Di Cesare's "Buena Vida (Delivery)," whose original version was provided by Wild Bunch. FilmSharks is becoming selling just remake rights on greater than 20 films, Rud mentioned. In the straight purchase, FilmSharks has licensed "The Home Astral City," distribbed inside the U.S. by Strand Delivering as "A Spritual Journey," to Korea's Focus & Co. The 27th Guadalajara fest runs March 2-10. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com