CANNES -- 2019’s Cannes hit the floor running. Even after just two days of business, major sales companies were fielding offers from much of the world on top titles. After four days, quite a few were pretty confident they’d sell much of the world. Some of those deals are now being confirmed. Martin Moszkowicz, executive chairman of Germany’s Constantin Film, the company behind the “Resident Evil” franchise and now “Monster Hunter,” and Germany’s biggest independent distributor, gave his take on...
Constantin Film
Martin
Moszkowicz
CEO
Moszkowicz’s Constantin Film joined forces in July 2021 with Herbert G. Kloiber, the former owner of German TV and film giant Tele München Group (now Leonine) to set up Vienna-based prodco High End Productions, which will produce premium European drama. While Constantin released the German animated film “Dragon Rider” on Netflix in September, it’s still making the most out of productions that have stemmed from an enduring partnership with Japanese video game publisher Capcom and Sony Pictures for adaptations of the former’s IP. A rebooted take on its “Resident Evil” film series hit theaters over Thanksgiving via Screen Gems after the Sony label released a “Monster Hunter” adaptation at the tail end of 2020, while a live-action TV series for “Resident Evil” is also set to hit Netflix in 2022.