Cannes Film Festival 2024: Beta Cinema closes European sales for "William Tell"

Beta Cinema arrived in Cannes with a slew of sales on its eagerly anticipated resistance epic "William Tell" Currently in post production, Nick Hamm’s timely adaptation for the big screen of Friedrich Schiller’s play stars Claes Bang ("The Square", "Dracula"), Golshifteh Farahani ("Paterson", "Extraction"), Connor Swindells ("Barbie", "Sex Education", "Emma"), Jonah Hauer-King ("The Little Mermaid", "The Tattooist of Auschwitz") and Academy-Award winner Ben Kingsley ("Gandhi", "Schindler’s List", "Iron Man"), alongside a top-notch ensemble cast including Ellie Bamber ("Moss & Freud", "Nocturnal Animals"), Rafe Spall ("Life of Pi", "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom", "The Big Short"), Emily Beecham ("The Interpreter", "Little Joe") and Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce ("The Two Popes", "Game of Thrones", "The Age of Innocence", "The Wife"). Beta Cinema will continue selling the title at the Marché du Film in Cannes alongside WME Independent who represent domestic rights.
 
Going into the Cannes market, Beta Cinema have closed deals with SF Studios (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland), Beta Fiction (Spain), Eagle Pictures (Italy), Dutch Filmworks (Benelux), Pris Audiovisuais (Portugal), Monolith Films (Poland), Cinemart (Czech Republic), Blitz (Former Yugoslavia), ADS (Hungary and Romania), Beta Film (Bulgaria), TFG (Greece), Ukraine (Top Film) and The Plot Pictures (Middle East & Turkey). 

Executive Producers include Jon Hamm, David Nichols and Francesco Marras. William Tell is a Freeturn / Tempo production in association with Beta Cinema, WME Independent, Primefocus studios, Grøenlandia, Cineroma and the IDM Film commission.
 
The screenplay is written by Nick Hamm, adapted from Friedrich Schiller's world-renowned classical play. The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century amidst the waning days of the Holy Roman Empire where Europe's nations fiercely vie for supremacy and the ambitious Austrians, desiring more land, encroach upon Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation. Amidst this backdrop, William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under dire threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless warlords. Leading his fellow countrymen, Tell embarks on a courageous rebellion, seeking to defend their liberty and stand against the tyrannical forces that seek to subjugate them.