SPYder Overseas deal
Superstar Mahesh Babu’s upcoming spy thriller SPYder is one of the tentpole films this year. The big budget bilingual drama, directed by AR Murugadoss, is doing phenomenal pre release business in both Tamil and Telugu trade circles. Telugu360 has already reported that the producer is quoting 16-18 Crores for the overseas rights.
Now, it is exclusively learnt that the North America rights including Telugu and Tamil versions have been snapped for a staggering 15.5 Crores by Atmus and AZ India, one of the leading distributor in US. A formal agreement will be signed in next two days.
Last week, it was reported that the Tamil rights of Rest of World were sold for 8 Crores. With 23.5 Crores business till now, SPYder has set up a non Baahubali record in overseas.
Mahesh Babu carries a strong market in overseas circuit and this is a stunning deal for the producer.
The film stars Rakul Preet Singh and SJ Suryah in crucial roles. NV Prasad and Tagore Madhu are the producers.