MPI’s Dark Sky Films today is uniting with Ireland’s Fantastic Films for The Cherry Tree, a new genre pic expected to begin shooting at the end of this year. The film will be the first of three-picture deal between Dark Sky and Fantastic.
The deal continues a successful relationship between the two companies. The Oscar-winning Fantastic Films’ Stitches was produced in partnership with MPI in 2012, while the pair also successfully released Wake Wood here in the US. Wake Wood‘s director, David Keating, will direct The Cherry Tree.
MPI’s Greg Newman said, “Fantastic films have amazing taste and a great understanding of genre filmmaking, and we look forward to our collaboration with them. Together, we make an incredibly strong development and production team, and are very likeminded about the type of films and filmmakers we intend to work with. There are several amazing projects on the horizon and we look forward to jumping in immediately.”
Fantastic Films’ John McDonnell added, “We couldn’t be happier with the success MPI has had with our films and we expect the winning streak to continue.”
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