Toronto 2011: Purchasers Cast Their Lines for 'Salmon Fishing within the Yemen'

TORONTO - Lasse Halström's Ewan McGregor-Emily Blunt comedy Fish Fishing within the Yemen has emerged among the darlings from the Toronto Film Festival when it comes to interest from major U.S. purchasers, including Summit Entertainment and CBS Films.Related Subjects•Toronto Worldwide Fil... The British comdy was modified for that screen by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Uniform), and is dependant on it by Paul Torday. PHOTOS: Toronto Film Festival: 13 Films to understand Amr Waked and Kristin Scott Thomas also star in Fish Fishing, which informs the storyplot of the stuffy British fisheries researcher who's requested with a fishing-obsessed Arab sheik to complete the impossible - introduce British fish towards the wadis of Yemen. McGregor's character is gradually won over through the charming sheik, in addition to falling for that sheik's attorney (Blunt). Fish Fishing -- from BBC Films, Kudos Pictures and Lionsgate United kingdom -- opened at Toronto on Saturday evening, and inside an hour after it ended, had been drawing the queries with a minimum of six domestic marketers. Associates say Summit and CBS Films are positively going after the project. One hitch: Acquisition professionals needed to decide between likely to see Halstrom's film or comedy The Oranges, another title up available locally. On Sunday morning, individuals professionals who visited begin to see the premiere from the Oranges Saturday evening clustered for an 11 a.m. industry screening of Fish Fishing. UTA is repping domestic privileges for Fish Fishing--which may be the initial acquisition from Toronto--while Lionsgate Worldwide is handling foreign. Associates the filmmakers aren't always needing a 2011 release, giving marketers more versatility. Another Toronto title drawing interest rates are cop drama Rampart, also premiering Saturday evening, and horror pic You are Next, which opened within the Night time Madness section over the past weekend. Related Subjects Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Emily Blunt Ewan McGregor Worldwide