Ol Parker's 'Good' flies to key areas

PARIS -- TF1 Worldwide has closed key territory sales on Ol Parker's "Now's Good," an intimate drama toplining Dakota Fanning like a teen having a terminal illness who falls for each other. The British film, according to Jenny Downham's best-selling novel "Before I Die," also stars Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine and Olivia Williams.Pic, that is created by Peter Czernin and Graham Broadbent at Blueprint Pictures, was acquired by Universum for Germany, Vertigo for The country, U . s . Pictures for Columbia, M Pictures for Thailand and Bir Films for Poultry. Previous deals were inked with The new sony Pictures Worldwide Purchases for The United States and Warner Bros. for that U.K.. TF1 will screen "Good" the very first time to purchasers at Berlin's European Film Market. Within the increase to Berlin, TF1 Worldwide has additionally taken worldwide sales privileges to family comedy "Ducoboo 2 Crazy Vacation," animated feature "Aya Of Yop City," and action-adventure pic "Asphalt Playground.""Ducoboo 2" may be the follow up of "Ducoboo," a comicbook-based laffer, which made a proper 9.two million ($12 million) in Gaul. "Aya" is yet another auteur-driven animated set of features up at Joann Sfar's Autochenille Prods., the shingle behind Cesar-nommed "The Rabbi's Cat." Toon can also be with different comicbook. It activates a 19-year-old girl and her buddies living in a tiny African village. Both "Ducoboo 2" and "Aya" is going to be launched in France by UGC Distribution. "Ducoboo 2" will unveil in France on April 25. "Aya" is going to be shipped throughout the other half of the year.Julien Abrahams' feature debut, "Asphalt Playground" follows a gang of troubled kids residing in a French housing project who get involved inside a gang war. It's created by Paris-based outfit Ex-Nihilo and it is now in publish-production. At Berlin, TF1 Intl. will unveil promo reels of Australian surf drama "Drift" and Claude Miller's "Therese Desqueyroux," starring Audrey Tautou. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com