CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Twentieth Century Fox of Germany has signed on with Munich-based, Oscar-nominated producers Claussen & Woebke ("Beyond Silence") for a multipicture deal that will give Fox the rights to five C&W features over the next three years as well as an undisclosed number of projects not yet in development. The first project under the new deal will be "Krabat", an adaptation of the best-selling children's book by Otfried Preussler, that Marco Kreuzpaintner ("Summer Storm") will direct. Seven Pictures Film is co-producing. Also on the Fox-Claussen & Woebke slate are "Stellungswechsel", a frat boy comedy from director Frieder Wittich, and "Maria, Ihm Schmeckt's Nicht", based on the book by Jan Weiler. Fox in Germany also will handle distribution of Kreuzpaintner's English-language debut "Welcome To America", which Claussen & Woebke co-produced with Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller and which features Kevin Kline and Anthony Crivello.
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