EXCLUSIVECornerstone is a UK sales company has sold out international territories on Catherine Hardwicke package Mafia Mamma starring Toni Collette.
The movie will follow a suburban American woman who inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire, and guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business. Twilight
Hardwicke, the director.Rob Huebel and Monica Bellucci star as well. Production is set to start in Italy in the late spring of 2022. GomorrahCattleya is now an executive producer. More casting is underway.
Cornerstone has cut deals with Signature (UK), Square 1 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Dea Planeta / Tripictures (Spain), Scanbox (Scandi), and BF Distribution (Lat Am).
Pre-sales have also closed with Unicorn Media (CIS), Vertical (Eastern Europe), Monolith (Poland), Blitz (Former Yugoslavia), Belga (Benelux) and Tanweer (Greece and Turkey).
Studio representatives are currently negotiating sales to other territories, including Australia, New Zealand, France and Portugal, Middle East and Israel, as well as the rest of the world.
Cornerstone is handling international sales and CAA Media Finance is overseeing the U.S. sale.
Mafia Mamma is a Vocab Films, IDEA(L) and New Sparta production based on an original idea by French novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker Amanda Sthers. It is produced by Collette under her Vocab Films banner together with Sthers through IDEA(L) and New Sparta’s Christopher Simon. Debbie Jhoon wrote the screenplay and Michael J. Feldman wrote it.
The film will reunite Hardwicke and Collette who had previously worked together on comedy. Miss You Already Drew Barrymore.
