Signature Scores U.K. Distribution For ‘The True Don Quixote’ From Mise En Scene Company (EXCLUSIVE)

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A new version of the Don Quixote yarn will be tilting at U.K. box office windmills soon. London-based international sales outfit The Mise En Scène Company (MSC) has secured a U.K. distribution deal…

The film is a modern adaptation of the classic Cervantes novel from 1605 but set in the wilds of Louisiana, where Quixote dons makeshift armour and trades his half-starved horse Rocinante for a rusty old Vespa. plays Quixote, and the cast also includes Jacob Batalon as his sidekick Sancho Panza, as well as Brandon Stacy and Ann Mahoney .

The deal was negotiated between MSC’s Paul Yates and Signature’s acquisitions and development executive Katie Wilkinson. MSC was formed in March 2020 during the first lockdown in London and launched its first slate at the AFM last November. The founders Paul S.L. Yates and Netto Fernandes were able to fully launch the company thanks to the U.K government’s furlough scheme, and have since expanded their slate and staff.

 

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