NEON, the award-winning studio recognized for daring, visionary cinema, has formally acquired worldwide rights to Steven Soderbergh’s newest movie The Christophers following its world premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant. Written by Ed Solomon and produced by Division M, the movie options an all-star forged together with Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen, Jessica Gunning, and James Corden. NEON plans a theatrical U.S. launch in 2026 and can deal with worldwide gross sales.
Debuting in TIFF’s Official Choice lineup, The Christophers earned essential acclaim and a powerful 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The venture continues Soderbergh’s artistic resurgence with NEON after their earlier collaboration on the psychological thriller Presence, launched earlier this 12 months. It additionally marks the director’s fourth partnership with screenwriter Ed Solomon, following their work on Mosaic, Full Circle, and No Sudden Transfer.
Set within the artwork world, The Christophers facilities on Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen), a once-celebrated determine of London’s Sixties and ’70s pop artwork scene who hasn’t painted in a long time. Broke and estranged from his two grownup kids (James Corden and Jessica Gunning), Julian turns into the goal of a dangerous scheme. The siblings rent Lori (Michaela Coel), a former forger turned artwork restorer, to pose as his assistant and secretly end eight of Julian’s unfinished works. Their plan: stash the finished items and “rediscover” them after Julian’s dying for revenue. What follows is a tense, trendy exploration of legacy, deception, and the blurry strains between artwork and authenticity hallmarks of Soderbergh’s storytelling.
The movie was produced and financed by Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer of Division M, alongside Jim Parks, Iain A. Canning, and government producer Corey Bayes. The acquisition deal was brokered by Alison Cohen for NEON and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.
Contemporary off the success of The Christophers, NEON is sustaining its competition momentum. The studio additionally picked up U.S. rights to Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Live performance out of TIFF and enters awards season with 5 worldwide contenders vying for Finest Worldwide Characteristic Movie on the 98th Academy Awards.
With an increasing slate that features Splitsville, Collectively, and Orwell: 2+2=5, NEON continues to cement its repute as a powerhouse for daring, auteur-driven cinema that pushes inventive boundaries.