Fox to bow 'Miss Bala,' 'Yellow Sea' in U.S.

'Miss Bala'Fox Intl. Prods., the studio's busy local-language production arm for overseas releases, is going to give a number of its slate a niche theatrical push within the U.S.: Gerardo Naranjo's Mexican crime drama "Miss Bala" and Hong-jim Na's South Korean crime thriller "The Yellow Ocean" can get limited domestic runs through twentieth century Fox. Studio will unspool "Bala" March. 14 in New You are able to while "Yellow" will even unspool a while within the fall. D Films prexy David Dinerstein is dealing with Fox to plan domestic marketing and distribution for photos, with discussions for future films within the works. Rollout arrange for "Bala" and "Yellow," however, is one thing of the trial run for Fox and FIP. As the studio is talking about other potential releases, both films' success will settle if the studio releases future Fox Int'l. pictures. News of both photos comes three several weeks after Fox introduced its Fox World Cinema label, made to take advantage of its northern border American ancillary worth of FIP films. Some earlier FIP game titles (for example last year's Indian romantic drama "I'm Khan") have unspooled via Searchlight or side stepped U.S. theaters entirely. "Miss Bala" opened in Cannes' Not Certain Regard section this might and it has guaranteed a place both in the Toronto Film Festival's Contemporary World Cinema selection and also the New You are able to Film Festival this fall. "Bala," professional created by Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Geminiano Pineda, is really a co-manufacture of Canana and FIP. "The Yellow Ocean" (also known as "The Killer") also performed in Cannes' Not Certain Regard section after its December 2010 Korean release and gained star Jung-woo ' best actor kudos in the Asian Film Honours. "Ocean" is really a Popcorn Film production in colaboration with Showbox/Mediaplex Corporation and FIP. Under mind Sanford Panitch, FIP produces some 25 films annually, only most of which are thought a great fit for any U.S. release. FIP along with other studio local-language production divisions generally goal for fare more commercial than typical U.S. foreign-language arthouse releases. They are usually created for specific areas and never likely to be launched locally. Sony's worldwide arm launched the monster hit "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" via its Classics arm greater than a decade ago to wild success, but couple of good examples of these synergy have adopted. Music Box's success using its "Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy of thrillers might be impacting on Fox plus some other galleries to re-think the possibility of the foreign-language fare. Dinerstein's D outfit has seen success with this particular year's roadshow rollout of Kevin Smith's "Red-colored Condition," accumulating large box office by tying tests to Smith's lecture looks. Just before creating his working as a consultant, Dinerstein was prexy of Lakeshore Entertainment and co-prexy of Vital Classics. Rachel Abrams led for this report. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com