German sales outfit Beta is reporting huge buyer interest in Look Who’s Back; also launching Hevn.
The brash and controversial Hitler comedy by David Wnendt is already proving a runaway box-office success in Germany.
Beta’s Thorsten Ritter has confirmed that the film is “being chased” by UK distributors and that several foreign buyers travelled to Germany in advance of the Afm to check out the film in cinemas and make offers before the market began.
The film’s premise sees Hitler (played by Oliver Masucci) waking up in modern-day Berlin and launching a television career after being universally mistaken for a brilliant comedian. It is based on Timur Vermes’ bestselling 2012 book of the same name, which sold millions of copies in Germany and was translated into twenty-eight languages
At Afm, Beta is also launching its new Nordic noir, Hevn (Revenge) from director Kjersti G. Steinsbø. Based on on the best-selling crime novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen ([link...
The brash and controversial Hitler comedy by David Wnendt is already proving a runaway box-office success in Germany.
Beta’s Thorsten Ritter has confirmed that the film is “being chased” by UK distributors and that several foreign buyers travelled to Germany in advance of the Afm to check out the film in cinemas and make offers before the market began.
The film’s premise sees Hitler (played by Oliver Masucci) waking up in modern-day Berlin and launching a television career after being universally mistaken for a brilliant comedian. It is based on Timur Vermes’ bestselling 2012 book of the same name, which sold millions of copies in Germany and was translated into twenty-eight languages
At Afm, Beta is also launching its new Nordic noir, Hevn (Revenge) from director Kjersti G. Steinsbø. Based on on the best-selling crime novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen ([link...
- 11/4/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
German sales outfit Beta is reporting huge buyer interest in Look Who’s Back; also launching Hevn.
The brash and controversial Hitler comedy by David Wnendt is already proving a runaway box-office success in Germany.
Beta’s Thorsten Ritter has confirmed that the film is “being chased” by UK distributors and that several foreign buyers travelled to Germany in advance of the Afm to check out the film in cinemas and make offers before the market began.
The film’s premise sees Hitler (played by Oliver Masucci) waking up in modern-day Berlin and launching a television career after being universally mistaken for a brilliant comedian. It is based on Timur Vermes’ bestselling 2012 book of the same name, which sold millions of copies in Germany and was translated into twenty-eight languages
At Afm, Beta is also launching its new Nordic noir, Hevn (Revenge) from director Kjersti G. Steinsbø. Based on on the best-selling crime novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen ([link...
The brash and controversial Hitler comedy by David Wnendt is already proving a runaway box-office success in Germany.
Beta’s Thorsten Ritter has confirmed that the film is “being chased” by UK distributors and that several foreign buyers travelled to Germany in advance of the Afm to check out the film in cinemas and make offers before the market began.
The film’s premise sees Hitler (played by Oliver Masucci) waking up in modern-day Berlin and launching a television career after being universally mistaken for a brilliant comedian. It is based on Timur Vermes’ bestselling 2012 book of the same name, which sold millions of copies in Germany and was translated into twenty-eight languages
At Afm, Beta is also launching its new Nordic noir, Hevn (Revenge) from director Kjersti G. Steinsbø. Based on on the best-selling crime novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen ([link...
- 11/4/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The Doll in the Ceiling marks the feature debut of Kjersti G Steinsbø.
Norwegian revenge thriller The Doll in the Ceiling (Dukken i taket) has secured Canadian and Us partners, ahead of the start of principal photography on Sept 15 in Norway.
The $2m (NOK16.4m) psychodrama will be made by new Bergen-based company Den Siste Skilling with Canadian producer Paul Barkin of Toronto’s Alcina Pictures and Us executive producer Lisa G Black of Garnet Girl.
Based on a novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, the story centres on a woman who seeks out her deceased sister’s rapist and embeds herself in his idyllic family to destroy his life. It is earmarked for release in autumn 2015.
It marks the feature debut of director Kjersti G Steinsbø and was pitched last year in New Nordic Films at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
The project also won the Best Pitch Prize, awarded by the...
Norwegian revenge thriller The Doll in the Ceiling (Dukken i taket) has secured Canadian and Us partners, ahead of the start of principal photography on Sept 15 in Norway.
The $2m (NOK16.4m) psychodrama will be made by new Bergen-based company Den Siste Skilling with Canadian producer Paul Barkin of Toronto’s Alcina Pictures and Us executive producer Lisa G Black of Garnet Girl.
Based on a novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, the story centres on a woman who seeks out her deceased sister’s rapist and embeds herself in his idyllic family to destroy his life. It is earmarked for release in autumn 2015.
It marks the feature debut of director Kjersti G Steinsbø and was pitched last year in New Nordic Films at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.
The project also won the Best Pitch Prize, awarded by the...
- 8/26/2014
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
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