{"id":2298023,"date":"2026-02-24T19:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2298023"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:29:16","slug":"studiocanal-buys-majority-stake-in-leading-italian-producer-distributor-lucky-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/studiocanal-buys-majority-stake-in-leading-italian-producer-distributor-lucky-red\/","title":{"rendered":"StudioCanal Buys Majority Stake in Leading Italian Producer-Distributor Lucky Red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co0047476\/\">StudioCanal<\/a>, part of the Maxime Saada-led Canal+ Group, has acquired a 51 percent stake in Italian distribution, production and sales company <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co0003461\/\">Lucky Red<\/a>, according to sources familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The Rome-based Lucky Red also has a TV production business, which has produced the likes of Belcanto for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co0795370\/\">Rai<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>, Gigolo per Caso for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co1003340\/\">Prime Video<\/a> and Christian for Sky.<\/p>\n<p>The company was founded in Rome in 1987 by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0643647\/\">Andrea Occhipinti<\/a> (Il Divo, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt4964788\/\">Everybody Knows<\/a>), who will continue in his role and control the remaining 49 percent stake. Financial terms weren\u2019t immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>StudioCanal, led by CEO <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm11910824\/\">Anna Marsh<\/a>, and Lucky Red previously worked together on the releases of such movies as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt27131358\/\">We Live in Time<\/a>, starring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm6073955\/\">Florence Pugh<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm1940449\/\">Andrew Garfield<\/a>, and the Coen Brothers\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt2042568\/\">Inside Llewyn Davis<\/a>, starring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm1209966\/\">Oscar Isaac<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm1659547\/\">Carey Mulligan<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000422\/\">John Goodman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies recently also teamed, together with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co0192696\/\">Ld Entertainment<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co0002648\/\">Magnolia Mae Films<\/a>,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source m.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StudioCanal, part of the Maxime Saada-led Canal+ Group, has acquired a 51 percent stake in Italian distribution, production and sales company Lucky Red, according to sources familiar with the situation. 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