Cineflix Rights has sold Helium's 'Last King of the Cross' to Sky for the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany.
Daniel Radcliffe may not have seemed an obvious choice to play Yossi Ghinsberg, the 22-year-old Israeli backpacker who got lost in the Amazon in the survival thriller Jungle.
Wish You Were Here received mostly glowing reviews from US critics and copious publicity last week, centred primarily on lead actor Joel Edgerton whose profile has rocketed after The Great Gatsby and Zero Dark Thirty.
Kieran Darcy-Smith is set to direct a US revenge action thriller, his first film since his 2012 debut Wish You Were Here.
The Marvel Studios film had the eighth biggest opening weekend in Australian history
English actor Tim Roth (Hateful Eight) will play lead antagonist Ezra Shipman in Helium's 'Last King of The Cross', taking over from Ian McShane, who has withdrawn from the production due to health concerns.
Entertainment One has acquired the North American distribution rights to Wish You Were Here
'Last King of the Cross', an operatic story of brothers John (Lincoln Younes) and Sam Ibrahim (Claude Jabbour), will premiere on Paramount+ 17 February.