Tribeca increases for 'Sleepless'

Tribeca Film has acquired U.S. rights to "Sleep deprived Evening," french thriller that Warner Bros. has hatched expects to remake. Frederic Jardin's actioner, which preemed within the Toronto Film Festival taken, will get a 2012 U.S. release on VOD and theatrically. Toplined by Tomer Sisley, "Evening" follows a Paris cop whose robbery of the large haul of cocaine produces a extended, dangerous evening that endangers his existence as well as his son's. Jardin composed the script with Nicolas Saada and Olivier Douyere. Marco Cherqui and Lauranne Bourrachot produce. Distrbution deal was pacted by Tribeca Film's Nick Savva with Gilles Sousa and Mathieu Robinet of Bac Films, which handles the pic's worldwide rights. Film may even see release in areas like the U.K., Germany, Canada, Russia and Benelux. "Sleep deprived Evening" joins a Tribeca Film slate including approaching options "Dying from the SuperheroInch and "Detachment." Warner Bros. needed remake rights for the film in September. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com