Focus Features has taken worldwide rights to New Regency’s The Bikeriders starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy and will release in North America in 2024.

The Jeff Nichols directed crime drama The Bikeriders, which was at 20th Century Studios, is getting acquired by Focus Features. Focus is taking global rights to the pic, reteaming them with New Regency who they partnered with on 2022’s The Northman.

Disney and 20th Century were scheduled to open the film on Dec. 1. But its backer, New Regency, opted in October to remove the film from the release calendar during the actors’ strike.

Several weeks later the film’s financier New Regency got the all-clear from Disney to shop the film to another distributor.

Universal Pictures International will handle distribution outside North America on The Bikeriders, which centres on the personal dynamics in The Vandals, a 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club.

The story is told from the perspective of Comer’s character Kathy, whose partner Benny (Butler) is more interested in riding and impressing gang leader Johnny (Hardy).

Source: Press Release