International Buyers Pick Up The Host – Potential Shooting Start Date Announced

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Finally an article that sums up what we have been waiting for from Cannes.  As we know, Stephenie Meyer traveled to Cannes with the Inferno team to market the film to potential buyers.  Many international distributors have eagerly picked up the rights to The Host.  Here is the list as it stands now:

Britain – Entertainment Film Distributors (Anyone else amused that they used the slang term for Britain in the article?)

France – Metropolitan Filmexport

Spain – DeAPlaneta

Germany and Switzerland – TeleMunchen

Italy – Eagle

Benelux – Independent Films

Australia – Hoyts

Greece and Cyprus – Italia Film

Iceland – Sam Film

Russia – West

Israel – United King

Portugal – Lusomundo

Scandinavia – Mis Label

Turkey – Italia Film

Latin America – Swen

Hong Kong – Tomson Intl.

China – Fundamental Films

Canada and South Korea are close to having finalized distribution deals.

No US rights have been sold yet!  Stay tuned.

Saoirse Ronan is still attached to the project, but may still be in talks.

The article also says that the filmmakers are looking at January 2012 as a start date.  Looks like we may have The Host movie in late 2012 or early 2013 (my estimation).

Source: Variety

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