EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to horror-thriller Shaman.
The film premiered at the 2024 Austin Film Festival. The film is directed by Antonio Negret and written by Daniel Negret. The film stars Sara Canning (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Daniel Gillies (The Originals), and Jett Klyne (Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness). The film is slated for a mid-2025 release in North America.
The deal was negotiated by Brennan Lane for Well Go USA and Paradigm on behalf of the filmmakers. Myriad represents international film sales and will be available at EFM.
Shaman follows a missionary (Canning) as she and her husband (Gillies) seek to convert an Indigenous community in a remote Ecuadorian village. After a confrontation with the local shaman whose beliefs clash with her own, the missionary’s son (Klyne) is seemingly possessed by an ancient spirit. Forced to confront her faith and a demon older than her own religion, she must make an impossible choice that could either save her son or curse their souls.
The film was a co-production between Night Tree, Epopeya Films, and Macumba Films. Producers on the film include Antonio Negret, Daniel Negret, Luiza Ricupero, Christian Rojas E., with María de Los Ángeles Palacios executive producing.
Sara Canning is represented by Michael Hepburn at Amplified and Jamie Levitt at Lauren Levitt & Associates. Daniel Gillies is represented by David Fleming and Rob Marsala at Atlas Artists and Karen Kay at Karen Kay Management. Jett Klyne is represented by Tim Weissman at Buchwald.
