Embankment pre-sells 'It Happened One Summer' territories before cameras roll

Embankment has extensively pre-sold worldwide territories on 'It Happened One Summer' before production began in New York — territory deals locked against promised foreign revenue, a financing route common to independent films. BCDF Pictures produces; Peter Hutchings directs Nina Dobrev, Tyler Hoechlin, Virginia Gardner and Gavin Leatherwood. Tessa Bailey's source novel has sold two million U.S. copies.