{"id":779376,"date":"2026-09-22T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779376\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:22:13","slug":"sony-lands-michelle-yeoh-action-movie-the-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779376\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Lands Michelle Yeoh Action Movie &#8216;The Surgeon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/sony\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sony_1\" data-tag=\"sony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sony<\/a> is scrubbing up to take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-surgeon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-surgeon_1\" data-tag=\"the-surgeon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Surgeon<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe studio has landed the medical action title that bowed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/toronto-international-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_toronto-international-film-festival_1\" data-tag=\"toronto-international-film-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto International Film Festival<\/a> in what is described as a competitive situation. No financial figures were made available for the deal, which encompasses rights for North America, Latin America, Italy, China and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGoing into the fest, The Surgeon was one of the more buzzed-about titles. It stars Michelle Yeoh as a newly retired surgeon who is kidnapped in order to perform surgery on a mystery patient. Then, she must use her medical skills to escape \u2014 dispatching bad guys with anatomical precision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tReal-life doctor Roshan Sethi wrote and directed the film, which The Hollywood Reporter critic Caryn James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/the-surgeon-review-michelle-yeoh-roshan-sethi-1236697664\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> \u201ca genre-bending swirl that is part The Pitt (but gorier), part tense crime thriller, part action movie and part midnight movie, all infused with witty touches. It is wildly entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSethi lobbied to have the M.D. credential added to his credit to help with the suspension of disbelief. \u201cThe fact that it might be real is part of what makes it interesting to watch. You feel like you\u2019re being exposed to something that you didn\u2019t know before,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/michelle-yeoh-the-surgeon-1236687067\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> ahead of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/tiff\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tiff_1\" data-tag=\"tiff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TIFF<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tProducers include Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Diarmaid McGrath of Thunder Road; Tango\u2019s Tim Headington; Lia Buman; Tango\u2019s Neil Shah; Steve Klinsky; Adam Kolbrenner of Lit Entertainment Group; John Schoenfelder; and Russell Ackerman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWME negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers. Legendary-owned 193 handled international sales rights. For the studio, the deal was negotiated by Joe Matukewicz, president, Sony Pictures worldwide acquisitions; Virginia Longmuir, executive vp business affairs; and Elan Kovo, vp Business Development &amp; FP&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSethi is represented by CAA and Lit Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony is scrubbing up to take on The Surgeon. 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