Fox takes 'Taken 2'
Liam Neeson starrer secures distribution deal
By ELSA KESLASSY, JOHN HOPEWELL
PARIS -- Twentienth Century Fox has come on board to distribute EuropaCorp's Liam Neeson starrer "Taken 2" in North America and most overseas territories.
Luc Besson said today at a presser that Fox had nabbed the rights for the world, except for France, Germany, parts of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Benelux.
"EuropaCorp has retained rights to these territories and has already pre-sold them," EuropaCorp's head of international sales Marie-Laure Montironi told Variety.
The German release will be handled by Universum, with which EuropaCorp recently inked an output deal. EuropaCorp will distribute the film in Gaul.
Fox had teamed with EuropaCorp on Pierre Morel's "Taken," which was budgeted at $25 million and turned into a mega hit. Pic topped the U.S. box office over Super Bowl weekend in 2008 and went on to take $145 Stateside and $226.8 million worldwide.
Besson also announced French helmer Olivier Megaton was set to helm the film.
Pic marks Megaton's third feature film. His latest, "Colombiana," a high-voltage revenge actioner toplining Zoe Saldana, will bow in Gaul on August 3. Tristar Pictures will handle the U.S. release.
Megaton previously helmed Jason Statham starrer "Transporter 3."
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