In the latest of a flurry of collaborations in the European independent film and TV scene, Danish group Creative Alliance, the production outfit headed by directors Lone Scherfig (The Kindness of Strangers, An Education) and Ole Christian Madsen (Flame & Citron) and producer/CEO Malene Blenkov (The Kindness of Strangers, Backstabbing for Beginners), has signed an exclusive production agreement with Nordisk Film Production, the production arm of Scandinavian giant Nordisk Film.
The two companies will form a Nordisk Film-Creative Alliance division that Blenkov will run and that will operate under the auspices of Nordisk Film Production.
“High-quality productions are in high demand ...
The two companies will form a Nordisk Film-Creative Alliance division that Blenkov will run and that will operate under the auspices of Nordisk Film Production.
“High-quality productions are in high demand ...
- 11/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In the latest of a flurry of collaborations in the European independent film and TV scene, Danish group Creative Alliance, the production outfit headed by directors Lone Scherfig (The Kindness of Strangers, An Education) and Ole Christian Madsen (Flame & Citron) and producer/CEO Malene Blenkov (The Kindness of Strangers, Backstabbing for Beginners), has signed an exclusive production agreement with Nordisk Film Production, the production arm of Scandinavian giant Nordisk Film.
The two companies will form a Nordisk Film-Creative Alliance division that Blenkov will run and that will operate under the auspices of Nordisk Film Production.
“High-quality productions are in high demand ...
The two companies will form a Nordisk Film-Creative Alliance division that Blenkov will run and that will operate under the auspices of Nordisk Film Production.
“High-quality productions are in high demand ...
- 11/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Denis O’Sullivan and Jeff Kalligheri’s Compelling Pictures have closed a deal to produce and finance a feature adaptation of Michael Connelly’s recent New York Times bestseller Fair Warning which is being seen as a potential franchise. Connelly will write the screen adaptation and produce alongside O’Sullivan and Kalligheri. Two-time Emmy nominee Jeffrey Pollack (Laurel Canyon) will also produce.
Fair Warning was released this summer and is the third in Connelly’s series of books about investigative journalist Jack McEvoy, who has often been cited as the character most closely resembling the author in real life, with Connelly himself having been a crime reporter for years.
The murder mystery is set around the rapidly evolving ‘wild west’ world of DNA sequence data harvesting; specifically in regard to such data being sold for profit within an industry that has no oversight. It delves into the murky moral questions...
Fair Warning was released this summer and is the third in Connelly’s series of books about investigative journalist Jack McEvoy, who has often been cited as the character most closely resembling the author in real life, with Connelly himself having been a crime reporter for years.
The murder mystery is set around the rapidly evolving ‘wild west’ world of DNA sequence data harvesting; specifically in regard to such data being sold for profit within an industry that has no oversight. It delves into the murky moral questions...
- 9/15/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Abby Brammell has booked a recurring role on the upcoming sixth season of Amazon’s Bosch. Based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels, Bosch stars Titus Welliver as homicide Detective Harry Bosch, Jamie Hector as Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino as Lt. Grace Billets, Madison Lintz as Maddie Bosch and Lance Reddick as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving. Brammell will play Heather Strout, a tough, smart, blue-collar woman who may or may not be mixed up in some of her husband’s issues. Developed for television by The Wire alum and co-showrunner Eric Overmyer, Bosch is executive produced by Henrik Bastin (The 100 Code), Pieter Jan Brugge (Heat), Connelly, Elle Johnson (Finding Carter) John Mankiewicz (House of Cards), Daniel Pyne (Backstabbing For Beginners), Overmyer, Bo Stehmeier and James Baker. Welliver also serves as Producer. Brammell recently recurred on Fox’s 9-1-1 and recently guest-starred on S.W.A.T., Pearson and Unsolved.
- 8/30/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Carter MacIntyre (Benched), Adam J. Harrington (Dirty John) and Terrence Terrell (Giants) are set for a recurring roles on the upcoming sixth season of Amazon’s Bosch.
Based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels, Bosch stars Titus Welliver as homicide Detective Harry Bosch, Jamie Hector as Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino as Lt. Grace Billets, Madison Lintz as Maddie Bosch and Lance Reddick as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving.
MacIntyre will play Clifford Maxwell,an FBI agent who is working on a case in Bosch’s district that involves the theft of a toxic chemical. Harrington will portray Jack Brenner, an FBI special agent in charge of the investigation into a murder on Bosch’s turf who hopes to cooperate with Bosch in an exchange for information. Terrell will play Marvel, a Jamaican gangster.
Developed for television by The Wire alum and co-showrunner Eric Overmyer, Bosch is executive produced by Henrik Bastin...
Based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels, Bosch stars Titus Welliver as homicide Detective Harry Bosch, Jamie Hector as Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino as Lt. Grace Billets, Madison Lintz as Maddie Bosch and Lance Reddick as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving.
MacIntyre will play Clifford Maxwell,an FBI agent who is working on a case in Bosch’s district that involves the theft of a toxic chemical. Harrington will portray Jack Brenner, an FBI special agent in charge of the investigation into a murder on Bosch’s turf who hopes to cooperate with Bosch in an exchange for information. Terrell will play Marvel, a Jamaican gangster.
Developed for television by The Wire alum and co-showrunner Eric Overmyer, Bosch is executive produced by Henrik Bastin...
- 8/22/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Actor Theo James and producer Andrew D. Corkin are joining forces to produce theatrical and small-screen projects in the UK and U.S. with their new label Untapped.
“While our primary focus is genre and thriller, we are drawn to stories of conflicted humanity that force viewers to question how they would react when faced with real or existential threats,” said James. “These stories are often grounded in truth – literal or allegorical – encouraging us to confront and challenge the assumptions we make about ourselves and the world around us.”
Said Corkin: “We’re excited to solidify our partnership to tell complex, diverse stories across various mediums. Theo and I share a vision for how we want to build stories and worlds that both fit within the current marketplace and look beyond it.”
Already, James and Corkin have several film and TV projects in various stages of development, prep and post.
“While our primary focus is genre and thriller, we are drawn to stories of conflicted humanity that force viewers to question how they would react when faced with real or existential threats,” said James. “These stories are often grounded in truth – literal or allegorical – encouraging us to confront and challenge the assumptions we make about ourselves and the world around us.”
Said Corkin: “We’re excited to solidify our partnership to tell complex, diverse stories across various mediums. Theo and I share a vision for how we want to build stories and worlds that both fit within the current marketplace and look beyond it.”
Already, James and Corkin have several film and TV projects in various stages of development, prep and post.
- 8/15/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Divine Rights Media’s Mike Landry has partnered with Derek S. Jancisin to option the rights to Andy McDermott’s bestselling Wilde/Chase book series. The hope is to hatch a franchise, beginning with the first book in the series, The Hunt for Atlantis. Aaron Berg has been set to write and produce along with Landry, with Jancisin exec producing. The latter intends to finance development and is a managing director and Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch in Pittsburgh. This marks his first foray into film production.
The books follow the dangerous exploits of New York-based archeologist Nina Wilde, who teams with cavalier ex-Sas British bodyguard Eddie Chase. Jancisin intends to finance along with additional partners, and they hope to engage in a multi-continent shoot in 2020. In the first book, which was published in 2007, an eccentric billionaire sends Wilde and Chase on a globe-trotting race to discover...
The books follow the dangerous exploits of New York-based archeologist Nina Wilde, who teams with cavalier ex-Sas British bodyguard Eddie Chase. Jancisin intends to finance along with additional partners, and they hope to engage in a multi-continent shoot in 2020. In the first book, which was published in 2007, an eccentric billionaire sends Wilde and Chase on a globe-trotting race to discover...
- 7/9/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix isn’t wasting any time when it comes to adding some notable names to the second season of The Kominsky Method. The streaming giant announced today that Jane Seymour, Jacqueline Bisset and Paul Reiser will join the sophomore season of the Golden Globe-winning comedy in recurring roles.
Seymour will play Madelyn who is described as a seventy-something, well-to-do woman whom Norman (Alan Arkin) had a mad love affair with in the ’60s before he met his wife. After fifty years, the two reunite and start it again. Bisset steps into the role of Gabrielle who is Mindy’s (Sarah Baker) mom and Sandy’s (Michael Douglas) French ex-wife who delights in still being able to push the buttons of her ex-husband. Rounding out the trio is Reiser who plays a sixty-something high school teacher who gets romantically involved with Mindy.
Created by Chuck Lorre, The Kominsky Method was recently renewed for a second season.
Seymour will play Madelyn who is described as a seventy-something, well-to-do woman whom Norman (Alan Arkin) had a mad love affair with in the ’60s before he met his wife. After fifty years, the two reunite and start it again. Bisset steps into the role of Gabrielle who is Mindy’s (Sarah Baker) mom and Sandy’s (Michael Douglas) French ex-wife who delights in still being able to push the buttons of her ex-husband. Rounding out the trio is Reiser who plays a sixty-something high school teacher who gets romantically involved with Mindy.
Created by Chuck Lorre, The Kominsky Method was recently renewed for a second season.
- 2/7/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Jacqueline Bisset has joined “Honey in the Head,” Freestyle Digital buys “Carter and June” and the editorial employees of Nickelodeon Animation Studio have unionized.
Casting
Jacqueline Bisset is set to join the cast of “Honey in the Head” opposite Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon and Emily Mortimer, Variety has learned exclusively.
She will play the mother of Mortimer’s character, and likes to playfully flirt with Nick Nolte’s character whenever she has the opportunity. “Honey in the Head,” the English-language remake of the 2014 German drama “Honig Im Kopf,” will start production in May in Germany, Italy, and the U.K.
The original movie, produced by Barefoot Films, was directed by and starred Til Schweiger as the son of a retired veteran suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who convinces his widowed father (played by Dieter Hallervorden) to move in with him. The film, co-produced and distributed by Warner Bros.
Casting
Jacqueline Bisset is set to join the cast of “Honey in the Head” opposite Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon and Emily Mortimer, Variety has learned exclusively.
She will play the mother of Mortimer’s character, and likes to playfully flirt with Nick Nolte’s character whenever she has the opportunity. “Honey in the Head,” the English-language remake of the 2014 German drama “Honig Im Kopf,” will start production in May in Germany, Italy, and the U.K.
The original movie, produced by Barefoot Films, was directed by and starred Til Schweiger as the son of a retired veteran suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who convinces his widowed father (played by Dieter Hallervorden) to move in with him. The film, co-produced and distributed by Warner Bros.
- 4/14/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Bill Nighy, Caleb Landry Jones and Jay Baruchel have joined Andrea Riseborough, Tahar Rahim and Zoe Kazan in director Lone Scherfig’s untitled New York restaurant project.
Principal photography started in Toronto on March 23. The film will also shoot in Copenhagen and New York City.
The film, unofficially titled “Secrets From the Russian Tea Room,” takes place in the heart of New York City at an opulent Russian restaurant, owned by Nighy’s character. Jones portrays a young man in desperate need of a job, while Baruchel will play a lawyer with high ethics but low self-esteem.
HanWay Films has acquired worldwide sales and distribution rights backed by Ingenious Media and Apollo Media. Entertainment One will distribute the film in Canada and Sf Studios in Scandinavia.
Nighy collaborated with Scherfig in “Their Finest” and Jones starred in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
Kazan is playing a mother looking to avoid her abusive cop husband,...
Principal photography started in Toronto on March 23. The film will also shoot in Copenhagen and New York City.
The film, unofficially titled “Secrets From the Russian Tea Room,” takes place in the heart of New York City at an opulent Russian restaurant, owned by Nighy’s character. Jones portrays a young man in desperate need of a job, while Baruchel will play a lawyer with high ethics but low self-esteem.
HanWay Films has acquired worldwide sales and distribution rights backed by Ingenious Media and Apollo Media. Entertainment One will distribute the film in Canada and Sf Studios in Scandinavia.
Nighy collaborated with Scherfig in “Their Finest” and Jones starred in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
Kazan is playing a mother looking to avoid her abusive cop husband,...
- 3/28/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri) and Jay Baruchel (Goon) are joining the cast of Lone Scherfig’s latest movie, I can reveal. The movie is now underway in Toronto and will soon head to Copenhagen and New York.
As previously announced, Andrea Riseborough (Death Of Stalin), Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) and Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) also star in the ensemble piece from the One Day and Their Finest filmmaker, who has also written the script. The project was previously announced as Secrets From The Russian Tea Room but the film is currently untitled as the filmmakers consider another name.
UK sales outfit HanWay has world sales rights with finance on the movie coming from Ingenious Media and Apollo Media. I can also reveal today that Entertainment One will distribute in Canada and Sf Studios in Scandinavia. Principal photography started in Toronto on March 23.
The movie,...
As previously announced, Andrea Riseborough (Death Of Stalin), Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) and Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) also star in the ensemble piece from the One Day and Their Finest filmmaker, who has also written the script. The project was previously announced as Secrets From The Russian Tea Room but the film is currently untitled as the filmmakers consider another name.
UK sales outfit HanWay has world sales rights with finance on the movie coming from Ingenious Media and Apollo Media. I can also reveal today that Entertainment One will distribute in Canada and Sf Studios in Scandinavia. Principal photography started in Toronto on March 23.
The movie,...
- 3/28/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
"It sickens me to have to stand there and listen to your lies." A24 has debuted the first official trailer for a true story political drama titled Backstabbing for Beginners, from Danish director Per Fly. The film is about a young, idealistic program coordinator at the United Nations, as played by Theo James (from the Divergent series), who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves. Ben Kingsley stars as his boss, and the cast includes Jacqueline Bisset, Christina Dupre, Rossif Sutherland, Belçim Bilgin, Rachel Wilson, and Brian Markinson. This looks like a very compelling political thriller about a kid just trying to do what's right. And, as A24 says in their email, it's a very "timely" film for us to watch these days. Here's the first official trailer for Per Fly's Backstabbing for Beginners, direct from YouTube: Based on a true story, an idealistic young employee (Theo James...
- 3/20/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mark Vonnegut’s The Eden Express first on the slate.
Scythia Films and Stellar Citizens have partnered on a development fund targeting film and television projects originating in the Us, Canada and Europe.
The Toronto-based companies expect to build a slate of five to seven projects over the next 12 months. The fund is bankrolled by a Canadian private investor who already backs Stellar Citizens’ film financing business.
The first project to go is an adaptation of Mark Vonnegut’s The Eden Express: A Memoir Of Insanity. Set in the 1970s, the book chronicles Vonnegut’s experiences on a commune as he begins to struggle with bipolar disorder, receives help from his famous father and author Kurt Vonnegut, and goes on to establish a paediatric practice in the Boston area.
This partnership between Scythia and Stellar was brokered by New York-born producer Ethan Lazar to leverage Scythia’s track record with filmmakers and Stellar’s financing and development...
Scythia Films and Stellar Citizens have partnered on a development fund targeting film and television projects originating in the Us, Canada and Europe.
The Toronto-based companies expect to build a slate of five to seven projects over the next 12 months. The fund is bankrolled by a Canadian private investor who already backs Stellar Citizens’ film financing business.
The first project to go is an adaptation of Mark Vonnegut’s The Eden Express: A Memoir Of Insanity. Set in the 1970s, the book chronicles Vonnegut’s experiences on a commune as he begins to struggle with bipolar disorder, receives help from his famous father and author Kurt Vonnegut, and goes on to establish a paediatric practice in the Boston area.
This partnership between Scythia and Stellar was brokered by New York-born producer Ethan Lazar to leverage Scythia’s track record with filmmakers and Stellar’s financing and development...
- 7/14/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A24 and DirecTV have scooped up distribution rights to Backstabbing for Beginners, starring Theo James and Ben Kingsley.
The political thriller, based on a true story, is an adaptation of the best-selling 2008 memoir by Michael Soussan about an idealistic young United Nations worker who gets embroiled in corruption, fraud and corporate malfeasance when he starts working on a covert mission in Iraq.
The film, now in postproduction, also stars Jacqueline Bisset. It was directed by Danish helmer Per Fly, with a script by Per Fly and Daniel Pyne.
Lars Knudsen, Daniel Bekerman, Malene Blenkov and Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen produced...
The political thriller, based on a true story, is an adaptation of the best-selling 2008 memoir by Michael Soussan about an idealistic young United Nations worker who gets embroiled in corruption, fraud and corporate malfeasance when he starts working on a covert mission in Iraq.
The film, now in postproduction, also stars Jacqueline Bisset. It was directed by Danish helmer Per Fly, with a script by Per Fly and Daniel Pyne.
Lars Knudsen, Daniel Bekerman, Malene Blenkov and Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen produced...
- 6/7/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen investigates which films from around the world could launch on the Croisette, including on opening night.
With just over a month to go before the line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival is unveiled in Paris, Croisette predictions and wish lists are hitting the web thick and fast.
Screen’s network of correspondents and contributors around the world have been putting out feelers to get a sense of what might or might not make it to the Palais du Cinéma or one of the parallel sections.
Just like the Oscars, this year’s festival is likely to unfold amid a politically-charged atmosphere. Beyond Trump and the rise of populism across the globe, France will be digesting the result of its own presidential election on May 7. Against this background, the festival will be feting its 70th edition.
Below, Screen reveals which titles might - and might not - be in the running for a place at the...
With just over a month to go before the line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival is unveiled in Paris, Croisette predictions and wish lists are hitting the web thick and fast.
Screen’s network of correspondents and contributors around the world have been putting out feelers to get a sense of what might or might not make it to the Palais du Cinéma or one of the parallel sections.
Just like the Oscars, this year’s festival is likely to unfold amid a politically-charged atmosphere. Beyond Trump and the rise of populism across the globe, France will be digesting the result of its own presidential election on May 7. Against this background, the festival will be feting its 70th edition.
Below, Screen reveals which titles might - and might not - be in the running for a place at the...
- 3/13/2017
- ScreenDaily
Fortitude International is handling sales on the psychological thriller at the Efm.
David Raymond will direct and produces alongside Fortitudes’ Robert Ogden Barnum, Arise Pictures’ Chris Pettit, Buffalo Gals’ Jeff Beesley, and Rick Dugdale.
Fortitudes’ Nadine De Barros will serve as executive producer on the story of an American police force who trap an online predator, only to realise the depth of his crimes goes far beyond anything they had anticipated.
Production on Nomis is set to begin at the end of the month in Winnipeg, Canada. Alexandra Daddario will also star.
“I’m overjoyed by our cast,” said Raymond. “Henry’s got such a strong presence on screen, but he’s also incredibly smart and has a wicked sense of humour. I think people are going to be blown away by what he’s going to do with this role.
“Sir Ben is always incredible, I wrote the character for him, so I was quite...
David Raymond will direct and produces alongside Fortitudes’ Robert Ogden Barnum, Arise Pictures’ Chris Pettit, Buffalo Gals’ Jeff Beesley, and Rick Dugdale.
Fortitudes’ Nadine De Barros will serve as executive producer on the story of an American police force who trap an online predator, only to realise the depth of his crimes goes far beyond anything they had anticipated.
Production on Nomis is set to begin at the end of the month in Winnipeg, Canada. Alexandra Daddario will also star.
“I’m overjoyed by our cast,” said Raymond. “Henry’s got such a strong presence on screen, but he’s also incredibly smart and has a wicked sense of humour. I think people are going to be blown away by what he’s going to do with this role.
“Sir Ben is always incredible, I wrote the character for him, so I was quite...
- 2/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Projects backed by Nordic funding bodies range from the next disaster film by the writers of The Wave to a documentary reconstructing the Utoya massacre.
The Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round includes $1.82m (Nok 15m) to Kon-Tiki co-director Espen Sandberg’s new film Roald Amundsen, a biopic of the titular Arctic explorer.
The $9m (Nok 75m) production is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Sinkerud for Motion Blur Films.
The Nfi also awarded $1.7m (Nok 13.9m) to John Andreas Andersen’s The Quake (Skjelvet), written by The Wave writers Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake.
The film is inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo. Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm Fiction (also behind The Wave) produce the $6.3m (Nok 52.1m) production.
Andersen makes his solo directorial debut after working as a cinematographer on films such as The Snowman and Headhunters.
Sweden
In Sweden, the Swedish Film Institute has backed 23 projects in its latest...
The Norwegian Film Institute’s latest funding round includes $1.82m (Nok 15m) to Kon-Tiki co-director Espen Sandberg’s new film Roald Amundsen, a biopic of the titular Arctic explorer.
The $9m (Nok 75m) production is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Sinkerud for Motion Blur Films.
The Nfi also awarded $1.7m (Nok 13.9m) to John Andreas Andersen’s The Quake (Skjelvet), written by The Wave writers Harald Rosenløw Eeg and John Kåre Raake.
The film is inspired by a 1904 earthquake in Oslo. Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm of Fantefilm Fiction (also behind The Wave) produce the $6.3m (Nok 52.1m) production.
Andersen makes his solo directorial debut after working as a cinematographer on films such as The Snowman and Headhunters.
Sweden
In Sweden, the Swedish Film Institute has backed 23 projects in its latest...
- 9/16/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Fares Fares thriller The Nile Hilton Incident gets top grant of $1.3m while Ben Kingsley and Theo James thriller also among those backed.
The Swedish Film Institute has revealed the 29 projects to receive support in its latest round of funding.
The projects include Per Fly’s (Manslaughter) new political thriller, a transgender drama, a documentary about a female boxer and a murder thriller starring Fares Fares.
The projects backed by the Swedish Film Institute in the past three months are listed below, in descending order of amount granted:
Full list of backed projects:
The Nile Hilton Incident, wr/dir Tarik Saleh, prod Kristina Aberg. Thriller inspired by the true story of a Lebanese reality TV show winner who is murdered at a hotel in Dubai. Fares Fares stars. Sfi funding granted $1.3m (11m Sek)
Becker, wr/dir Martin Larsson, prod Erik Magnusson. Drama about a man’s quest for money and power in the southern Swedish village...
The Swedish Film Institute has revealed the 29 projects to receive support in its latest round of funding.
The projects include Per Fly’s (Manslaughter) new political thriller, a transgender drama, a documentary about a female boxer and a murder thriller starring Fares Fares.
The projects backed by the Swedish Film Institute in the past three months are listed below, in descending order of amount granted:
Full list of backed projects:
The Nile Hilton Incident, wr/dir Tarik Saleh, prod Kristina Aberg. Thriller inspired by the true story of a Lebanese reality TV show winner who is murdered at a hotel in Dubai. Fares Fares stars. Sfi funding granted $1.3m (11m Sek)
Becker, wr/dir Martin Larsson, prod Erik Magnusson. Drama about a man’s quest for money and power in the southern Swedish village...
- 3/9/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Copenhagen Film Fund backs Per Fly’s Backstabbing For Beginners.
The Copenhagen Film Fund is investing $440,000 (€400,000) in Per Fly’s English-language thriller about economic corruption, Backstabbing For Beginners.
Ben Kingsley and Theo James are confirmed to star in the story of a Dane caught in a power struggle with corrupt colleagues while working for the Un’s Oil For Food programme.
Fly co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Pyne and Fly directs for Danish production companies Creative Alliances and Parts & Labor Dk. Producers are Malene Blenkov, Lars Knudsen, Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen and Jay van Hoy.
Thanks to the Fund’s investment, the film is set to shoot large sections in the Copenhagen area starting in April. The project has already started shooting in Morocco.
Backstabbing For Beginners has a total budget of $8.5m (€7.7m) with other financing coming from the Danish Film Institute and Nordic, Us and Canadian investors.
Copenhagen Film Fund, set up three...
The Copenhagen Film Fund is investing $440,000 (€400,000) in Per Fly’s English-language thriller about economic corruption, Backstabbing For Beginners.
Ben Kingsley and Theo James are confirmed to star in the story of a Dane caught in a power struggle with corrupt colleagues while working for the Un’s Oil For Food programme.
Fly co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Pyne and Fly directs for Danish production companies Creative Alliances and Parts & Labor Dk. Producers are Malene Blenkov, Lars Knudsen, Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen and Jay van Hoy.
Thanks to the Fund’s investment, the film is set to shoot large sections in the Copenhagen area starting in April. The project has already started shooting in Morocco.
Backstabbing For Beginners has a total budget of $8.5m (€7.7m) with other financing coming from the Danish Film Institute and Nordic, Us and Canadian investors.
Copenhagen Film Fund, set up three...
- 2/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for February 2016, including "American Gods", "The Strain", "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and a whole lot more:
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle /Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Mar. 14 – Sep /16
American Gothic
TV Series
Amblin /CBS Studios
Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber
Feb 29 - Jul 1/16
Arq
Feature
Nine Time Productions Inc.
Prods.: Mason Novick, John Finemore, Mary Anne Waterhouse
Feb 1 – Feb 26/16
Backstabbing For Beginners
Feature
Scythia Films
Prods.: Lars Knudsen, Aaron Barnett
Jan 26 - Mar 11/16
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Bookaboo Season 4
TV Series
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Prod: Carla De Jong, Lucy Goodman
Sept. 5/15 – Mar. 1/16
Cardinal
Mini Series
Sienna Films Inc.
Prod: Jessica Daniel
Feb 11 - Apr 21/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Prod: Norman Denver
Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone,...
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle /Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Mar. 14 – Sep /16
American Gothic
TV Series
Amblin /CBS Studios
Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber
Feb 29 - Jul 1/16
Arq
Feature
Nine Time Productions Inc.
Prods.: Mason Novick, John Finemore, Mary Anne Waterhouse
Feb 1 – Feb 26/16
Backstabbing For Beginners
Feature
Scythia Films
Prods.: Lars Knudsen, Aaron Barnett
Jan 26 - Mar 11/16
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Bookaboo Season 4
TV Series
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Prod: Carla De Jong, Lucy Goodman
Sept. 5/15 – Mar. 1/16
Cardinal
Mini Series
Sienna Films Inc.
Prod: Jessica Daniel
Feb 11 - Apr 21/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Prod: Norman Denver
Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone,...
- 1/28/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Divergent‘s Theo James is in early talks to join the cast of Per Fly’s Backstabbing For Beginners. The project is a political thriller inspired by international relations veteran Michael Soussan's memoir Backstabbing For Beginners: My Crash Course In International Diplomacy. If a deal gets done, James will star opposite the previously announced Ben Kingsley. Josh Hutcherson had originally been set to play that role. Parts & Labor, Creative Alliance, and Scythia…...
- 1/21/2016
- Deadline
"Divergent" hunk Theo James is in early talks to join Ben Kingsley in the political thriller "Backstabbing For Beginners" at Parts & Labor, Creative Alliance, and Scythia Films. James is taking over a role once earmarked for Josh Hutcherson, and filming is slated to begin shortly.
Per Fly ("Monica Z") helms and Daniel Pyne ("The Manchurian Candidate") pens this adaptation of Michael Soussan's memoir about a young idealist who lands his dream job as a program coordinator for the Un's Oil for Food program.
Thrown into an fraught post-war Iraq where others are circling the country's oil reserves like sharks, he seeks answers from his seasoned diplomat boss (Kingsley) and soon suspects a conspiracy at the highest level whilst at the same time falling in love with a Kurdish woman.
Source: Deadline...
Per Fly ("Monica Z") helms and Daniel Pyne ("The Manchurian Candidate") pens this adaptation of Michael Soussan's memoir about a young idealist who lands his dream job as a program coordinator for the Un's Oil for Food program.
Thrown into an fraught post-war Iraq where others are circling the country's oil reserves like sharks, he seeks answers from his seasoned diplomat boss (Kingsley) and soon suspects a conspiracy at the highest level whilst at the same time falling in love with a Kurdish woman.
Source: Deadline...
- 1/21/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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