Culture 2 min read By Trevor Kendall
Concourse Media acquires worldwide sales rights to thriller Blow The Horn
Concourse Media has picked up worldwide sales rights to the completed psychological thriller Blow The Horn, starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Lake Bell and Ken Leung, ahead of its presentation at the American Film Market.
Concourse Media has acquired worldwide sales rights to Blow The Horn, a completed ensemble psychological thriller headlined by Tracee Ellis Ross, the actress known for her role on the sitcom Black-ish. The company will introduce the film to buyers at the American Film Market, the Santa Monica industry gathering where independent titles are shopped to distributors from around the world.
The cast also includes Lake Bell, who appears in the film alongside Ken Leung, known for his work on the HBO series Industry. Joshua Boone, who starred in A Jazzman's Blues, Wrenn Schmidt from For All Mankind and Dallas Roberts, who played a role in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, round out the ensemble. The mix of television and film credits gives the project a recognizable lineup for sales agents pitching to territories abroad.
The deal places the film in the hands of a company whose job is to sell completed titles to distributors, streamers and theatrical buyers in each territory. For a finished psychological thriller entering the market, worldwide sales rights are the key step toward securing distribution agreements that determine where and how audiences will eventually see it.
The acquisition follows a broader pattern of activity at the market, where sales companies typically use the event to announce territory-by-territory deals. A comparable example surfaced at the TIFFCOM market in Tokyo, where the Chinese sci-fi action thriller Variant, directed by Qilin Li, secured North American rights for International Media Network, with further agreements across Europe, Asia and Latin America announced by its sales company, Cappu Films. Such deals illustrate how thrillers and genre films are routinely sold piece by piece before reaching audiences.
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