Global film distributor, production company and streamer Mubi has acquired international rights, excluding North America and Italy, for Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” which will premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.Mubi will retain all rights in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America, Benelux and Turkey.
Mubi will release the film theatrically in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Latin America, Belgium and Netherlands and will reveal release dates imminently.
The Match Factory is handling sales for all other acquired territories excluding North America and Italy.“Priscilla” is based on the 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me” written by Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon.
The film stars Cailee Spaeny (“Mare of Easttown”) as Priscilla, Jacob Elordi (“Euphoria”) as Elvis Presley, and Dagmara Dominczyk (“Succession”).In the film, when teenaged Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments.
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