Belen Rueda toplines thriller 'Body'

MADRID -- Top The the spanish language language B.O. draw Belen Rueda is installed on star in "The Body,In . the newest thriller from Barcelona's Roday y Rodar, producers of "The Orphanage" "Julia's Eyes" and "PX3D." Rueda toplined "Orphanage" and "Eyes." Directed by Oriol Paulo, who written "Julia's Eyes," the Pounds 4.6 000 0000 ($6.4 million) "Body" triggers a detective who checks the disappearance from the woman's body in the morgue. Bad weather traps him there while using deceased's husband -- whom he suspects of foul play -- as strange phenomena occur. Rueda plays the woman in flashbacks. Jose Coronado -- who was simply congratulated for his visceral perf in B.O. hit "No Relaxation for your Wicked" -- limns the inspector. Hugo Silva ("Sex, Parties and Lies") might be the husband. Rodar and Antena 3 Films produce. DeAPlaneta Intl. has acquired worldwide rights outdoors The nation. The brand new the new sony Pictures Delivering p Espana will distribute the pic in the united states. "'The Body' can be a mystery thriller refreshing classic genre elements which are shipped a really contemporary tone and treatment," mentioned Rodar y Rodar producer Joaquin Padro. Pic comes Jan. 16. "Body" heads DeAPlaneta's AFM slate alongside "Blind Alley," that's directed by "The Devil's Backbone" scribe Antonio Trashorras. Another new title round the company's slate, Harvard-set frat pack gross-out pic "Brain Drain 2," remains acquired by France distrib Zylo. The first pic, "Brain Drain," made $9.6 000 0000 in the united states this past year, and closed France, Columbia, Latin America and South usa. Acquired for that country by UPI, which releases it 12 ,. 2, "Brain Drain 2" guest stars David Hasselhoff. Another DeAPLaneta get, "Operation E," went into production March. 20. The thriller from director-author team Miguel Courtois and Antonio Onetti ("Wolf," "Lady") toplines Luis Tosar ("Miami Vice," "The Rain") just like a Colombian peasant who risks being shot for exiting the FARC guerrilla zone and incarceration with the government, to obtain a son with a hospital. Tosar and Farruco Castroman's ZircoZine produces with Cristina Zumarraga's start-up Tormenta Films and Ariel Zeitoun's Ajoz Films in France. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com