Magnet Releasing Nabs Carlota Pereda’s ‘Piggy’ Following Sundance Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

Magnet Releasing, the style arm of Magnolia Photos, has acquired North American rights Carlota Pereda’s “Piggy” following its world premiere at this yr’s Sundance Movie Competition.

The movie is a feature-length adaptation of Pereda’s Goya award-winning 2018 quick movie of the identical title. It facilities on a small-town butcher’s daughter (newcomer Laura Galán) who’s routinely ridiculed for her look by a clique of imply ladies in her rural Spanish village. Magnet plans to launch “Piggy” later this yr.

Selection‘s Man Lodge praised the movie as an “spectacular debut” for Pereda, writing that it “attracts its terror from the identical properly of adolescent feminine insecurity as ‘Carrie,’ earlier than going its personal grisly method.”

Within the movie, the woman’s typical journey to the native pool is disrupted by the presence of a mysterious stranger and an exceptionally grueling bout of abuse by the hands of her bullies. However, in an odd accident, on the best way dwelling she witnesses her bloodied tormentors being kidnapped behind the stranger’s van. Now, she should determine whether or not to cooperate with the police and fogeys’ questioning in regards to the kidnappings, or take her personal, unbridled path — whereas additionally discovering the facility of need and belonging, and the excellence between revenge and redemption.

“’Piggy’ heralds a daring, unique filmmaking imaginative and prescient,” mentioned Magnolia Photos president Eamonn Bowles. “Director Carlota Pereda and the incredible forged have delivered a riveting movie that delivers on many ranges.”

Pereda mentioned, “Having seen Magnolia Photos’ emblem initially of lots of my favourite movies, I couldn’t consider a greater dwelling for my first characteristic, ‘Piggy.’”

Directed and written by Pereda, “Piggy” is a Morena Movies manufacturing in coproduction with Backup Studio. Merry Colomer produced the movie. Pilar Benito is govt producer. Co-producers are David Atlan-Jackson, Jean-Baptiste Babin and Joel Thibout.

The deal was negotiated by Magnolia EVP Dori Begley and Magnolia SVP of Acquisitions John Von Thaden with Pip Ngo of XYZ Movies and Carole Baraton of Charades on behalf of the filmmakers. Charades can be representing worldwide rights for the image. Carlota Pereda is repped by CAA and XYZ Movies.

Magnet’s different movies embrace Tomas Alfredson’s “Let the Proper One In,” Takeshi Miike’s “13 Assassins” and Gareth Edward’s “Monsters.”