K5 Intl. has closed a raft of sales on action-thriller “The Butler,” starring Jean Reno and Tom Hollander, which receives its final market screening in Cannes on Saturday evening.
Buyers are Arna (CIS), SPI/Canal+ (Eastern Europe, Benelux), CineSky (Airlines), Eagle Pictures (Italy), Falcon Films (Middle East), Mediaset (Spain), PT Primacinema (Indonesia), Rialto (Australia), Splendid Film (Germany) and Tanweer (Greece, Turkey), with more deals to be announced soon.
“The Butler,” which debuts a first-look image above, also stars Bobby Gilchrist (“Sovereign”) and emerging star Molly McCann (“Freelance,” upcoming “The Hunger Games: The Sunrise and the Reaping”). The screenplay was by Craig McInnes and the film was directed by Tom Edmunds.
The film stars Reno as a retired World War I veteran living in quiet service on a sprawling estate before a violent reckoning from his past turns the household into a war zone. Hollander plays a vicious Irish mobster hell bent on seizing the palatial estate Reno has dedicated his life to protect after its heir runs afoul of his compatriots abroad.
Edmunds previously directed the U.K. comedy “Dead in a Week,” starring the late Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard and Christopher Eccleston.
