Neon is reuniting with lauded Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda for “Sheep within the Field.” The indie label snapped up U.S., U.Okay. and Australian rights to the anticipated movie out of the American Movie Market.
At present filming, “Sheep within the Field” stars Haruka Ayase, who beforehand appeared in Kore-eda’s drama “Our Little Sister,” and Daigo, who’s marking his characteristic debut. Neon is planning a nationwide U.S. launch.
The movie is produced by Fuji Tv Community, Gaga Company, Toho and AOI Professional. Gaga represents worldwide gross sales along with Goodfellas and negotiated the cope with Neon’s Sarah Colvin.
“Sheep within the Field” is ready within the close to future, the place a pair takes in a state-of-the-art humanoid into their house as their son. The title of the movie was impressed by the French kids’s novel “The Little Prince”.
Neon beforehand labored with Kore-eda on “Dealer,” which world premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition in 2022 and gained the Ecumenical Jury Award and finest actor for Track Kang-ho.
Kore-eda’s work additionally contains the 2018 Palme d’Or winner and Oscar–nominated movie “Shoplifters,” and different Cannes prizewinning movies similar to “Like Father, Like Son” which was awarded the Jury Prize; “Monster,” which gained finest screenplay and the Queer Palm; and “No person Is aware of,” for which Yûya Yagira was awarded finest actor.
Neon has not too long ago been on a roll of high-profile acquisitions, together with Baz Luhrmann’s “Epic: Elvis Presley in Live performance” and Steven Soderbergh’s “The Christophers,” each of which will probably be launched in 2026. Different upcoming releases additionally embody Ugo Bienvenu’s award-winning “Arco” with Natalie Portman.
The corporate can be behind 5 official submissions for this yr’s Oscars worldwide characteristic race, together with Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Worth” for Norway; Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or winner, “It Was Simply an Accident,” which was launched Oct. 15 and represents France; Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Cannes prize winner “The Secret Agent” from Brazil, releasing Nov. 26; Park Chan-wook’s “No Different Selection” releasing Dec. 25 and repping South Korea; and Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât” for Spain.
