World Display boards gross sales on ‘Lassie – A New Journey’ forward of AFM – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: World Display has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the live-action household drama Lassie – A New Journey forward of the AFM and launched the primary picture for the upcoming function which is because of hit huge screens in 2023.

The German-language function is a sequel to Hanno Olderdissen’s 2019 reboot Lassie Come Residence and reunites the director with younger actor Nico Marischka in a solid additionally that includes Justus von Dohnányi and Katharina Schüttlerother.

Impressed by Eric Knight’s 1940 youngsters’s basic, this new journey sees collie canine protagonist Lassie examine the mysterious disappearances of a number of pedigree canines, with the assistance of greatest pal Flo (Marischka) and new companions Henri, Kleo and little Pippa, a Jack Russell Terrier.

“We’re very pleased to have the sequel of the film Lassie Come Residence which was bought to virtually each territory across the globe,” mentioned Alice Buquoy, SVP, Worldwide Gross sales & Acquisitions at World Display, a subsidiary of Munich-based world content material group Telepool.

“We firmly imagine that this different new heartwarming story of the inseparable friendship between a boy and his canine can even be a success with patrons all over the world.“

Lassie –A New Journey is a manufacturing of LCH 2 Movie in co-production with Leonine Studios, Henning Ferber Filmproduktion and LCH Movie. Leonine will launch the movie theatrically in Germany.

The movie obtained backing from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Movie- und Medienstiftung NRW, IDM Movie Fee Südtirol, the German Federal Movie Board (FFA) and the German Federal Movie Fund (DFFF).