Three Amigos befriend Uni, Focus in 5-pic pact

May 19, 2007 Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu are teaming for Cha Cha Cha, a $100 million, five-feature production partnership with financing, distribution and international sales handled by Universal Pictures and Focus Features International. Cuaron ("Children of Men"), del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth") and Inarritu ("Babel") -- plus two more to be written and directed by Colombian helmer Rodrigo Garcia ("Nine Lives") and Carlos Cuaron, co-screenwriter of brother Alfonso Cuaron's "Y Tu Mama Tambien." FFI will handle all non-North American distribution and sales of each project, with domestic distribution to be assigned to Universal or Focus on a film-by-film basis.

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