FilmSharks label The Remake Co. has struck deals on Uruguayan fantasy romantic comedy Ghosting Gloria (Muerto Con Gloria) and Argentinian erotic comedy 2+2 (Dos Mas Dos).
Spanish remake rights on Ghosting Gloria have gone to Igancio G. Cucucovich’s Mother Superior Films. Cucucovich produced Uruguayan horror specialist Gustavo Hernandez’s upcoming Big Bad Wolves remake Lobo Feroz, Virus-32, and You Shall Not Sleep (No Dormiras).
Nacho Alvarez (My Heart Goes Boom! / Explota Explota) will direct the remake. The original premiered at Fantasia last year and stars Stefania Tortorella as the eponymous 30-year-old single woman who has never had an orgasm. When she finally finds her ideal lover, the only catch is “he” does not inhabit the world of the living. Marcela Matta and Mauro Sarser co-directed.
FilmSharks head Guido Rud is in talks for Ghosting Gloria remakes in the UK, Mexico, South Korea, and Italy.
The company has also licensed stage play rights on Patagonik’s 2012 Argentinian box office smash 2+ 2 to Portuguese theatre company Somos Forca de Producao. Diego Kaplan’s film centres on a swingers couple who want to jump into bed with their best friends.
Stage play versions of the feature have already rolled out in Madrid, Mexico and Buenos Aires. Rud is in talks for further deals in the US, Germany, South Korea, Japan and France.
“The remake market continues to be very active but people are demanding more radically innovative and high-concept story ideas,” Rud told Screen heading into San Sebastian. “Comedies are always flying high, especially family-driven and social satires, as well as wild rom-coms. Thrillers and horror must be at a very high conceptual level with unexpected elements to grab attention.”
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