StudioCanal, part of the Canal+ Group led by Maxime Saadeh, has acquired a 51 percent stake in Italian distribution, production and sales company Lucky Red, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Rome-based Lucky Red also has a television production company that has produced the likes of Belcanto For RAI and Netflix, Gigolo per caso For Prime Video and Christian To the sky.
The company was founded in Rome in 1987 by Andrea Occhipinti (Il Divo, Everyone knows), who will continue in his position and control the remaining 49 percent stake. Financial terms were not immediately clear.
StudioCanal, led by CEO Anna Marsh, and Lucky Reed have previously worked together on film releases such as We live in timestarring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, and the Coen brothers’ film. Inside Llewyn Davisstarring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and John Goodman.
The two companies also recently collaborated with LD Entertainment and Magnolia Mae Films The SenorIt is a film based on the life of Ian Charlson, the star of the 1981 Scottish film chariots of fire, whose last role was Hamlet in a famous theater production in London. As revealed exclusively THRAndrew Scott (We are all strangers, Ripley, pressure) and Olivia Colman (the favorite, The crown, lost daughter) Will star in the movie. Written and executive produced by Stephen Beresford (Pride(, and will focus on how Charleson faced “incredible difficulties while preparing to give a performance of his life in Hamlet at the National Theater in London.”
Recent releases of Lucky Red included Emotional value, Emilia Perez, The boy and the heronand Mysterious novel. The company’s own products include the likes of Robin Campillo EnzoChristophe Honoré Marcelo Meo And Netflix On my skin: The last seven days of Stefano Cucci.
In collaboration with Italian company Indigo Film, Lucky Red also runs the sales company True Colours.
