International Rights for Suzanne Farwell’s Starry Rom-Com Otherwise Engaged Sell Wide Ahead of AFM (Exclusive)

International sales expand

Mister Smith Entertainment launched Otherwise Engaged at the Toronto International Film Festival market in September and has since closed sales across multiple territories. Sky acquired U.K. rights, VVS took Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Leonine secured Germany.

Eagle Pictures picked up Italy, while DeAPlaneta and TriPictures acquired Spain. Nordisk Film took Scandinavia and Iceland. Other agreements cover the Middle East, Baltics, Poland, Portugal, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, CIS territories, Benelux and Switzerland.

Anuvu Distribution acquired worldwide airline and ship rights. Mister Smith will offer remaining international territories at AFM in Los Angeles, while CAA Media Finance handles U.S. rights.

A wedding faces a family twist

Jack Whitehall and Zoë Kravitz play Charlie and Gabby, whose wedding plans begin to unravel when Charlie’s estranged father arrives. Colin Firth plays the disgraced business tycoon, who has just been released from prison.

He soon falls for Gabby’s fiercely independent mother, played by Halle Berry. The new romance leaves the engaged couple confronting an unexpected relationship within the family.

Farwell leads the production

Suzanne Farwell will direct from a screenplay she co-wrote with Gabriel Mizrahi. Farwell’s producing credits include The Holiday and It’s Complicated, and she is a longtime collaborator of Nancy Meyers.