ContentFilm International has come on board for foreign sales for comedy Hamlet 2, starring Steve Coogan and Catherine Keener.

Coogan stars as a high school teacher who tries to save the school's drama department by writing his own sequel to Hamlet.

Andrew Fleming (Nancy Drew, The Craft) will direct from a script he wrote with South Park veteran Pam Brady.

Shooting starts September 17 in New Mexico.

Eric Eisner is producing through L+E with Aaron Ryder. Bona Fide's Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa will executive produce.

ContentFilm International president Jamie Carmichael said: 'It's a very funny, instantly recognisable concept and we're very pleased to be in business with Eric and his fabulous cast and crew.'

Eisner added: 'Steve Coogan is simply one of the most talented comedians there is; Andy and Pam wrote a very smart and engaging script and I couldn't be more excited to work with such an accomplished team.'

The company has also taken on Manbreak, the suspense thriller directed by Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Darkness Falls) and starring Chloë Sevigny, recently seen in Zodiac and Elias Koteas of Shooter.

Based on real events, Manbreak tells of on 4 volunteers who unwittingly sign up for a psychological study which is actually a classified government programme.

The thriller is produced by Eleven Eleven Films' Ross M. Dinerstein and Bobby Schwartz, Management 360's Guymon Casady and Ben Forkner.

CAA handles domestic sales on both titles.

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