LONDON -- Icon Film Distribution has snapped up U.K. rights for an undisclosed amount to a project about poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes from BBC Films, the BBC said Wednesday. The project, which stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig, has been known as Ted and Sylvia but is expected to be retitled. Icon has taken all U.K. rights to the Christine Jeffs-directed project -- which is in postproduction -- leaving the BBC with free-to-air rights. The deal was brokered for BBC Films by Isabel Begg and Jane Wright and for Icon by Icon Film Distribution U.K. CEO Nick Hill. Icon previously had snapped up Australian rights to the title from U.K. sales, financing and production company Capitol Films. Financing for the project comes from BBC Films, the Film Council's Premiere Fund -- which pumped £2.45 million ($3.92 million) into the production -- and Capitol Films. Alison Owen developed John Brownlow's screenplay for Ruby Films with Tracey Scoffield and Jamie Laurenson for BBC Films. The film is being produced by Owen's Ruby Films banner, which she heads with partner Neris Thomas. Capitol is selling remaining international rights, with Focus Features having already snapped up North American distribution rights at the Festival de Cannes last year.
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