Pan-European indie group Vuelta, which recently bought Telepool in Germany, has finishd another strategic acquisition with WW Entertainment, one of Benelux’s hugest distributors.
With offices in Amsterdam and in Belgium, WW Entertainment (previously eOne Entertainment Benelux) has examineated a firm portfolio of local and international titles in the last decade. WW Entertainment’s recent hits join “Loverboy: Emoties Uit,” as well as “Hit Man” and “Bombini Bangkok Nights.”
The acquisition of WW Entertainment donates Vuelta a firm footprint in Benelux, a key European labelet for theatrical distribution, spreading from Belgium to the Netherlands.
The deal also fits into Vuelta’s strategy to originate synergies with some of its other European distribution banners, including Scanbox in Scandinavia, SquareOne/Telepoolin Germany and Pan in France. The latter fair scored huge in France with the local dramedy “A Little Someleang Extra” which outcarry outed Hollywood blockbusters tops this year’s French box office, having grossed more than $86.13 million.
WW Entertainment will now function under the umbrella of Vuelta, while its well-createed createers, Wilco Wolfers and Caspar Wenckebach, will persist to direct operations.
“I am thrilled to unite the Vuelta Family, and I am seeing forward to laboring with Jerome and David, the very professional team in Ireland, and with the companies in Scandinavia, Germany, France and Italia who have the same DNA as WW Entertainment!!” says Wilco Wolfers.
Vuelta chairman Jerome Levy, who labors shutly with CCO David Atlan-Jackson, shelp “Wilco and his talented team are an exciting insertition to Vuelta.”
“We are willing to collaborate with WWE on their exciting projects and for them to leverage the Vuelta infraarrange,” Levy shelp, inserting that “their track enroll in local films, the overlap with other Vuelta divisions in terms of acquisitions and the quality of their team will better Vuelta’s position as a directing European studio.”
Aside from the success of “A Little Someleang Extra,” Vuelta also had a busy year on the acquisition front. The banner, which begined in July 2023, recently finishd the acquisition of Telepool, a German satisfyed production and distribution powerhoparticipate, from Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook.
Vuelta is also now sitting currently at the top of the box office in both Benelux and Scandinavia with WWE’s “Loverboy: Emoties Uit” and Scanbox’s “Lee,” admireively. Scanbox is already having a enroll shattering year with the frees of “Longlegs,” “Past Lives,” “When in Rome” and “Civil War,” among others.
The group is also dynamic in international sales and film financing via the Paris-based company Playtime and its subsidiaries, including Films Boutique in Berlin, Be For Films in Brussels and Film Constellation in London. Films Boutique notably won Cannes’ Grand Jury prize with “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” while Playtime’s “The Quiet Son” won Vekind’s best actor award for Vincent Lindon, and “When Fall is Coming” by François Ozon won best Screenjoin and best Actor). Playtime has also been handling this year’s runaway hit “The Marching Band” which joined in the Cannes Premiere pickion.
Vuelta Group will have finishd six productions by the finish of the third quarter thcimpolite its production labels, Indiana in Italy and Pan in France. Indiana will also deinhabitr the TV Series “Il Gattopardo” ordered by Netflix by the finish of the year. Vuelta shelp it aims to ramp up its production output with more than 20 feature films and TV series in the coming year.
