Good news from Cannes! Relativity Media is reportedly closing the deal of buying Shia’s upcoming movie The Wettest County In The World. Here’s the exclusive report from The Wrap:
The movie deals are starting to come fast and furious in and around the Cannes festival, significantly many of them outside the festival.
On the heels of FilmDistrict’s purchase of the sci-fi “”Looper” comes news that Relativity has closed a deal to buy John Hillcoat’s “The Wettest County in the World.” The studio paid around $4 million for U.S. distribution rights, according to one individual involved in the deal.
Like “Looper,” the film is in post-production.
“County” is a crime-drama centered on a family of Depression-era bootleggers in the American South starring Shia LaBeous, Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman. Hillcoat, who last did “The Road,” directed from a script by Nick Cave, based on a novel by Matt Bondurant.
Now let’s all wait for the promo of this movie (stills, clips, etc!) until the movie will be released later on this year!