Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley Body Horror The Substance Acquired by Mubi Ahead of Cannes

Posted by Aldo Pusey on Thursday, July 25, 2024

Mubi has kicked off its 2024 Cannes Film Festival early and in style, acquiring worldwide rights to one of the buzziest films set to premiere in competition.

The arthouse distributor, production banner and streamer has landed Coralie Fargeat’s body horror “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Denis Quaid, picking up all rights for North America, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, where it will release theatrically this year. Mubi has also acquired the rights for Turkey and India. The Match Factory, owned by Mubi, is handling sales for all other territories.

Written and directed by Fargeat, who made a noise with her debut, 2017’s action-thriller “Revenge,” “The Substance” goes into Cannes with a significant amount of intrigue, having been produced by Working Title, the Brit banner best known for rom-coms and prestige dramas.

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“Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself?” reads the description for “The Substance” on the festival website. “You should try this new product: The Substance. It changed my life. With The Substance, you can generate another version of yourself, younger, more beautiful, more perfect… Just share the time. One week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days. Easy isn’t it?”

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Director of photography on the film is Benjamin Kracun (“Promising Young Woman,” “Beast”), co-editors are Fargeat, Jerome Eltabet (Revenge) and Valentin Féron, music is composed by Raffertie (“I May Destroy You”), Production Design is led by Stanislas Reydellet (“Le Bal Des Folles”), and Costume Design is by Emmanuelle Youchnovski (“Café de Flore,” “La belle époque”). 

“The Substance” is produced by Fargeat, and Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan for Working Title. Alexandra Loewy of Working Title and Nicolas Royer of A Good Story are executive producers. 

Moore is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, and The Lede Company; Qualley is with CAA, Sloane Offer Weber and Relevant; Quaid is with UTA and Brillstein, and Fargeat’s representatives are UTA and Valery Guibal of Film Talents.

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