Lightning strikes AFM sales

Lightning Entertainment has offered multiple areas for "The Revenant," the lately introduced "Scents and Sensibility" and action comedy "Cat Run." Deals, introduced Tuesday round the eve in the American Film Market, were talked about by Lightning's sales force Mathilde Epstein and Alexandra Cocean. Home theatre rights to helmer D. Kerry Prior's horror-comedy "The Revenant," starring David Anders and Chris Wylde, have agreed to Universal inside the U.K., Germany and Benelux DVD rights visited Ster Kinekor in Nigeria and many types of rights to Nikkatsu in Japan, Novelty helmet Entertainment in New zealand and australia, Novelty helmet Films within the center East and Daro Film Distribution in CIS. "The Revenant," of a fallen soldier who joins the ranks in the living dead, will screen in the industry for worldwide customers. (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu may also be concentrating on a film referred to as "The Revenant," a great 1800s-era fur trapper.) Universal also acquired home theatre rights for the U.K., Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia for helmer John Stockwell's "Cat Run," dedicated to two detectives probing an worldwide cover-up. The film stars Paz Vega, Scott Mechlowicz, Jesse McTeer and Christopher MacDonald. All rights to "Cat Run" agreed to AT Entertainment in Japan, All Interactive in New zealand and australia, Novelty helmet Films within the center East, Carmen Films in CIS, PT Parkit in Indonesia and Vietnam, Barrier Pictures in Thailand and Lumix Media in Columbia. DVD rights were agreed to Mares Filmes in South usa. Lightning also confirmed deals for John Brough's "Scents and Sensibility," starring Ashley Williams, Marla Sokoloff and Nick Zano. All rights agreed to Free Dolphin in the united states, Trade Media in France, Novelty helmet Films within the center Eastand DVD rights visited Ster Kinekor in Nigeria. "Scents" can be a modern reimagining of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" and contains its first market screening at AFM. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com