Berlin: Fortitude Intl. Inks Pacts for Alec Baldwin-Salma Hayek Comedy ‘Parents’
Fortitude Intl. has sold comedy “Drunk Parents” to multiple international territories, including Wildbunch for Germany and Entertainment One for Canada. “Drunk Parents” stars Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek as parents not only drunk with love for their daughter, but also literally drunk the night after dropping her off at college, leading to a bad decision, a kidnapping, and a case of mistaken identity.
Film also stars Jim Gaffigan, Joe Manganiello, Bridget Moynahan and Ben Platt
Other sales include Dutch Film Works (Benelux), Tanweer (Greece), Praesens (Switzerland), Lusomundo (Portugal), HBO (pan-Asia pay TV), Impossible (India), PT Prima (Indonesia), Octoarts (Philippines), Falcon (Middle East), Filmdom (Turkey) and Prorom (Eastern Europe).
The film, currently in production, is directed by Fred Wolf, from a screenplay by Wolf and Peter Gaulke. Pic is produced by Robert Ogden Barnum and Aaron L. Gilbert. It’s a co-production from Bron Studios and Fortitude Intl., in association with CW Media Finance. Jason Cloth, Andy Pollack, David Friendly and Fortitude’s Nadine de Barros are serving as executive producers
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