Overview
- Europa Filmes filed a Registro de Obra Estrangeira (ROE) for Dark Horse on June 22 and Ancine confirmed receipt in early July, marking the first formal step toward commercial release in Brazil.
- The ROE is only preliminary; the film still needs Ancine to issue a Certificado de Registro de Título and the Ministry of Justice to assign an age classification before cinemas can show it.
- Ancine’s Superintendência de Fiscalização has asked the producer to prove it notified the agency about scenes shot in Brazil and to supply contracts, shooting plans and passports, gaps that could delay or block the next regulatory steps.
- Separate probes are active: an STF minister authorized a Polícia Federal inquiry in mid-May into suspected use of parliamentary amendment funds tied to companies linked to the production and reporting links about roughly R$61 million in transfers have drawn sustained scrutiny.
- Europa Filmes says it will not release the film before the October elections and plans a post‑election rollout, a move that reflects cinema chains’ reluctance to screen a politically charged title and the risk that ongoing legal outcomes could affect distribution and promotion.