SXSW: eOne buys Nazi-space thriller 'Iron Sky'

Nazi-space pic 'Iron Sky' opened up lately in Germany and may play at SXSW during the night time this Saturday.Entertainment You've scooped U . s . States distribution rights to Nazi-moon-colony-escapee thriller ''Iron Sky'' from Stealth Media Group just before its U.S. bow at South By Southwest this Saturday evening time, the business introduced Thursday.Directed by Timo Vuorensolam and produced by Blind Place Pictures, ''Iron Sky'' world preemed lately in Berlin. Its number of fans created by an early on crowd-source funding campaign has created 6.5 million sights in the pic's trailer. ''We are content being coping with eOne who had been behind this film immediately and which we're feeling is really a phenomenon and become a cult hit,'' mentioned Michael L. B. Cowan, joint Boss of Stealth, which has offices in L.A. and London.Dylan Wiley, eOne Films U.S. veep of theatrical marketing and distribution, calls the Finland-Germany-Austrlia copro the ''Citizen Kane'' of Nazis-in-space movies. ''We couldn't be thrilled to produce ('Iron Sky') to U . s . States audiences, where its devoted and rabid number of fans was already demanding the film,'' added Wiley, who requires a spring theatrical release in U.S. and Canada. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com