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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. income and accumulation outfit XYZ Films and Paris-based producer-financier Vixens have joined forces connected a multi-picture slate financing deal.
The first movie connected nan slate is nan upcoming characteristic Flesh Of The Gods, starring Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura, pinch XYZ’s financing backed by IPR.VC, alongside YouRoc.
The A24 acquisition is Panos Cosmatos’ follow-up characteristic to chap genre movie Mandy starring Nicolas Cage, which was besides produced by XYZ Films.
Gary Farkas, Clément Lepoutre and Olivier Muller-led Vixens is portion of a wider group that besides includes Phantasm, a commercials and euphony video label, and Phenomena, a photography agency. The explanation has besides brought successful finance for aggregate high-profile indie movies, including Cannes entries Paper Tiger and Full Phil, besides starring Stewart.
“XYZ and Vixens have a agelong relationship built connected shared imaginative taste. We are excited to present a beardown slate of films supporting visionary filmmakers pinch a bold attack to cinematic storytelling,” said XYZ co-founder Nate Bolotin.
“We’ve agelong been impressed by nan unique exemplary XYZ has built: producing bold films, often changeable internationally, and pinch a keen knowing of nan market. A cardinal facet of our civilization at Vixens is our world outlook and our appetite for world collaboration. Together pinch XYZ, we will nutrient a slate of ambitious, filmmaker-driven films that resonate pinch audiences worldwide,” commented Vixens’ co-founder Gary Farkas.
XYZ’s existent slate includes SXSW Audience Award victor Over Your Dead Body pinch Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Juliette Lewis and Timothy Olyphant, and TIFF action title The Furious, which will beryllium released theatrically by Lionsgate this summer.
Vixens is successful Cannes pinch anticipated Competition play Paper Tiger, starring Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson, and Full Phil, starring Woody Harrelson, Kristen Stewart and Charlotte Le Bon. The institution antecedently contributed financing connected features including Dog 51 and Emilia Perez.
