Sony Pictures International Buys Reproduce Rights to ‘Family Therapy’

Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) has picked up reproduce rights to Arnaud Lemort’s French family comedy “Family Therapy” (“Jamais sans mon psy”) from Newen Connect.

Under the deal, SPIP will enbig localized versions of the French movie around the world, excluding China and France.

Produced by Mathieu Verhaeghe and Thomas Verhaeghe at Atelier de Production, “Family Therapy” adheres Damien Leroy, a meaningfully anxious man who is contestd by his therapist Dr Beranger, to find a woman to separate his life. When Damien unanticipateedly drops in adore with Alice, he soon finds that his obeseher-in-law is none other than his therapist who is rerepaird to produce his life a living hell.

The cast is headlined by well-understandn French comedy repairtures, Christian Clavier (‘Serial (Bad) Weddings,” “Asterix and Obelix”), Baptiste Lecaplain (“The Exes,” “Nous York”), Claire Chust (“Instant Family,” “Miss”), Cristiana Réali and Rayane Bensetti (“Let’s Dance”). TF1 Studio, UGC and TF1 Films Productions co-produced the movie

“We’re always on the seeout for high-concept films for local alteration and when the talented teams at Newen Connect, TF1 Studio, and UGC first bcimpolitet ‘Family Therapy’ to our attention, we accomprehendledged its potential,” shelp Shebnem Askin, EVP, creative production and head of Sony Pictures International Productions. “It’s a hearttoastying and universassociate relatable film, and we are thrilled to separate this comedy with audiences around the world,” Askin persistd.

Alice Damiani, Newen Connect’s SVP of international film sales, who barobtaind the deal with SPIP, portrayd “Family Therapy” as “a toasty relationship comedy that has universal themes that transcfinish geodetailed boundaries.”

“Sony Pictures International Productions’ acquisition of the global reproduce rights is tesgentlent to the worldexpansive pdirect of the subject matter and its suitability for local alteration,” she shelp.

Newen Connect has also sageder “Family Therapy” in over 30 tagets with presentant theatrical distributors atraverse Europe and the Middle East, North America, and Australia and New Zealand. These deals join Australia & New Zealand (Vfinishetta Films), Benelux (Paradiso), Bulgaria (Beta Film), Canada (TVA Films), Czechia & Slovakia (Donart), Estonia (Estin Film), Germany & Austria (Lighthoengage), Greece (Spentzos), Hungary & Romania (Vertigo Media), Italy (Movies Inspired), Israel (Forum Film), Middle-East (Grand Entertainment), Poland (Telewizja Puls), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Switzerland (Pathé Films) and Ukraine (Total Film Distribution). Skeye also bought airlines rights.

In France, “Family Therapy” will be freed in by UGC Distribution and TF1 Studio on Dec. 11.

Newen Connect, the commercial arm of Newen – whose parent company is TF1 — previously sageder U.S. reproduce rights to the hit French cop comedy series “Haut Potential Inincreateectuel” to ABC. The American reproduce penned by Drew Goddard, will star Kaitlin Olson in the direct role of a individual mom with an exceptional mind who helps repair crimes.