{"id":600100,"date":"2026-08-21T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600100\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:48:08","slug":"adult-supervision-sells-to-wb-discovery-more-before-fantastic-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600100\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Adult Supervision’ Sells To WB Discovery, More Before Fantastic Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Heretic<\/a> has closed multiple international sales on Alex Schulman\u2019s Adult Supervision<\/a> ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, where it will screen in the Next Wave Competition. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe film has sold to Fandango for Italy, Palace Films for Australia and New Zealand, Vertigo Releasing for Hungary, CinemArt for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, MCF for ex-Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, Mayfly for Poland, Inoekino for the CIS, Taip Toliau for Lithuania, Estinfilm for Estonia and Riga FF for Latvia, with <\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros. Discovery has also bought broadcast rights for HBO Europe and streaming platform HBO Max in multiple Central and Eastern European territories after the theatrical run.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdult Supervision \u2013 known locally as Arkipelag \u2013 follows three fathers who chaperone their teenage daughters on a rowdy school trip to a remote island. As tensions mount and old resentments resurface, the boundaries between authority, friendship and violence become increasingly blurred. Above is the film\u2019s first international trailer.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film brings together three prominent Scandinavian actors: Gustaf Skarsg\u00e5rd (Vikings), Fares Fares (The Nile Hilton Incident) and Linus Wahlgren (Partisan). Schulman, one of Sweden\u2019s best-known authors and co-host of the popular Alex & Sigge\u2019s podcast, makes his feature directorial debut with the film, which he also wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deals follow Heretic\u2019s international launch of the film at the Cannes market. The film features cinematography by Jakob Ihre, longtime collaborator of Joachim Trier and Emmy-winning director of photography on HBO\u2019s Chernobyl.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdult Supervision is produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden, with Christina Legkova as producer and Johan Hedman and Sofie Palage as executive producers. It is co-produced by RMV Film, Tiisch Film, Film Stockholm and Scanbox Entertainment, with support from the Swedish Film Institute and the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. The film is bing distributed in Sweden by Scanbox Entertainment.<\/p>\n

\n\tChristina Legkova, producer at Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden, said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to see Adult Supervision connecting with audiences and distribution partners across so many territories ahead of its world premiere. Alex has created something that is both darkly entertaining and emotionally honest, and we\u2019re excited to share the film with international audiences beginning at Fantastic Fest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIoanna Stais, Head of Sales at Heretic, added: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled by the response to Adult Supervision and proud to have already partnered with such a strong group of leading international distributors. The momentum has been fantastic, and we\u2019re looking forward to welcoming even more great partners on board as we continue its international journey at Fantastic Fest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Heretic has closed multiple international sales on Alex Schulman\u2019s Adult Supervision ahead of its world premiere at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[254288,93,3427,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-600100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-adult-supervision","tag-entertainment","tag-heretic","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}