# ‘The Sun Never Sets’ Sells Out For Capture As Focus Features Swoops On Multiple Territories

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-sun-never-sets-sells-out-for-capture-as-focus-features-swoops-on-multiple-territories/
- Published: 2026-10-30T15:19:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:27:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/sun-never-sets-sales-capture-focus-features-1237209442/
- Topics: Americas, Celebrity, Cricket, Elections, Entertainment, Europe, Film, Geopolitics, Middle East, Politics, Sport, World

## Key points

- Focus Features acquired rights across most remaining territories.
- The film has distribution deals spanning several regions and airlines.
- Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson star in the romantic drama.

## Summary

Joe Swanberg’s romantic drama *The Sun Never Sets*, starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith, has sold out internationally, with Focus Features acquiring distribution rights across most remaining territories. The deals complete Capture’s international sales campaign and give the film a broad range of distribution partners.

The film sold to distributors in Italy, Scandinavia, Portugal, Turkey, former Yugoslavia, the Middle East and Latin America, as well as international airlines; Focus Features took the rest of the world, subject to listed exclusions. Shot on 35mm in Anchorage, Alaska, it premiered at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival and was released in the US by IFC Films and in Canada by Mongrel Media.

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