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May 13, 2005

N.Z. 'Creature' emerges at Fox

By Blake Murdoch
20th Century Fox is set to acquire Glenn Standring's edgy vampire film "Perfect Creature," sources close to the deal confirmed Thursday.

The deal is not only the largest sale ever made of a New Zealand film but also marks the first time a U.S. studio has acquired a picture from the compact market.

With the country on a roll from Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the worldwide success of Niki Caro's "Whale Rider" and Jackson's highly anticipated adaptation of "King Kong" due at Christmas, "Perfect Creature" looks to be the country's next highly commercial international release.

Starring Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Stuart Wilson and Scott Wills, the horror film also has been acquired by Icon for the U.K., Nikkatsu for Japan, Scanbox for Scandinavia and Magna Pacific in Australia and New Zealand. Indeed, the film has sold to almost every territory in the world.

Sydney-headquartered sales agency Arclight Films is representing the film worldwide, excluding Southeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand, which is being handled by NZ Film, the sales division of the New Zealand Film Commission, which co-financed the film with the NZ Film Production Fund, the U.K.'s Movision, Roc Media and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Sources confirmed that the sale was brokered by Arclight, headed by L.A.-based Gary Hamilton, though the company declined comment, as did NZ Film. Fox could not be reached for comment at press time.

However, sources have indicated that the studio is planning a very wide release for the film this year.

"Perfect Creature" depicts a retro-futuristic world in which humans and vampires coexist. "We all decided early on that we wanted to make a vampire film like no one had seen before," Standring said in a statement for the film's Cannes promotion.

"Perfect Creature" is an official U.K./New Zealand co-production, produced by Tim Sanders, Roc Media's Russel Fischer and Haneet Vaswani, as well as Michael Cowan and Jason Piette from the Spice Factory, a shareholder in Arclicht.

Standring's previous film, quirky horror offering "The Irrefutable Truth About Demons," was a solid hit in New Zealand and also sold well internationally. Blockbuster acquired U.S. rights.

The sale comes on the heels of a number of substantial offers from key territories for New Zealand's major new Cannes title "The World's Fastest Indian," starring Anthony Hopkins, with sources indicating that another U.S. acquisition for the Roger Donaldson-directed drama could be imminent.

After the excellemt information our friend gave you, you just need to know they will be releasing Perfect Creature either in December this year or anyday at the begining of this year. See the Release Dates on the left side into Perfect Creature's very page of this IMDb site.
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