10/11/2010

Stockholm-based distribution company NonStop Entertainment has acquired three titles at Los Angeles’s American Film Market (AFM), which closes today: Michael Winterbottom's road movie The Trip, US thriller Let Me In and Barney's Version, starring Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman.

Sold by Goalpost, The Trip stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as two good friends who embark on a witty trip through the English countryside, eating, chatting and driving each other crazy. A six-part UK TV series that recently premiered on the BBC is also available. NonStop Entertainment acquired all rights to the feature film and the TV series for Scandinavia, Iceland and the Baltic countries.

Matt Reeves’ Let Me In, the US remake of the Swedish vampire success Let the Right One In [+see also:
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Richard J. Lewis’ Barney's Version [+see also:
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