NEON has announced they are partnering with STUDIOCANAL and Blueprint Pictures to co-develop the narrative remake of their lauded documentary The Painter and the Thief from Benjamin Ree.
STUDIOCANAL and Blueprint Pictures will develop and package the feature, with Blueprint producing and NEON and STUDIOCANAL executive producing.
Following the film’s word-of-mouth success and increasing awards momentum, NEON sparked a bidding war for the buzzed-about project, ultimately won by STUDIOCANAL and Blueprint Pictures.
The deal was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman for NEON, with Shana Eddy, Rachel Henochsberg, and Vanessa Saunoi on behalf of STUDIOCANAL and Diarmuid McKeown on behalf of Blueprint Pictures.