Cinemax nabs rights to 'Primos'

Cinemax has acquired U.S. pay TV and VOD rights to Spaniard Daniel Sanchez Arevalo's social comedy "Primos" (Cousinhood).Provided by Barcelona-based sales outfit Film Factory Entertainment, pic premieres Stateside within this summer time.A Warner Bros. release, "Cousinhood" was the fourth-finest grossing The the spanish language language pic of 2011, cuming an upbeat E3.5 million ($4.7 million).Sanchez Arevalo's third feature was produced by a few Spain's most worldwide-minded production companies, Mod Prods and Atipica Films.Vicente Canales' Film Factory just extended its business design with Jose Antonio Felez's Atipica, inking worldwide sales rights on Alberto Rodriguez's action thriller "Grupo 7" (Unit 7).At Berlin, Film Factory is showing customers getting an initial teaser promo of "Unit 7," that's now in publish.Author-director Alberto Rodriguez, who broke through in 2005 with coming-of-age pic "7 Virgins," came on real-existence occasions for "Unit 7."Film removes a semi-official police unit fighting drugs and prostitution in downtown Seville just before the 1992 Intl. Expo.Pic toplines Spain's most widely used local thesp, Mario Casas ("Three Meters Within the Sky," "Brain Drain"), alongside Antonio p la Torre ("The Ultimate Circus") and Inma Cuesta ("The Sleeping Voice").Warner Bros. opens "Unit 7" in the united states April 4 on around 250 prints. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com