MUMBAI: Woody Harrelson‘s Defendor that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival recently, is being sought by Sony Pictures Worldwide (SPW) Acquisitions Group which is in final negotiations to acquire the film.

The film stars Harrelson as a man who is under the delusion that he is a superhero and embarks on a series of adventures to protect a crime-beset city. The film also stars Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh.

The acquisition marks Sony Pictures Worldwide‘s first buy of the festival. SPW is also set to buy all worldwide rights of the film except Canada where the movie is being released by Alliance.

The deal is the third significant U.S. pickup of the festival after the Weinstein Co.‘s purchase of Tom Ford‘s period drama A Single Man and IFC‘s acquisition of Nicolas Winding Refn‘s action-adventure Valhalla Rising.