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French author Annie Ernaux, whose autobiography Happening was adapted for the screen by director Audrey Diwan as the abortion drama under the same name that earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2021, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy unveiled the honoree Thursday, lauding her for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots and collective restraints of personal memory.” Her other books include The Years and Getting Lost.
Ernaux “was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and café,” the Swedish Academy noted. “Her path to authorship was long and arduous.”
The honor is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895. The others are prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine,...
French author Annie Ernaux, whose autobiography Happening was adapted for the screen by director Audrey Diwan as the abortion drama under the same name that earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2021, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy unveiled the honoree Thursday, lauding her for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots and collective restraints of personal memory.” Her other books include The Years and Getting Lost.
Ernaux “was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and café,” the Swedish Academy noted. “Her path to authorship was long and arduous.”
The honor is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895. The others are prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment’s family film Dakota, starring Abbie Cornish, Lola Sultan (Netflix’s Yes Day), William Baldwin (Backdraft), Patrick Muldoon (The Comeback Trail) and Tim Rozon (Surreal Estate), for release in limited theaters beginning April 1, with a platformed theatrical rollout to follow.
In the action-adventure pic, recently widowed single mom Kate Sanders (Cornish) lives on her family’s farm in Georgia with her daughter Alex (Sultan). Life on the farm is a challenge and things only get more complicated when the combat dog Dakota, delivered by Sergeant Cj Malcolm (Rozon), arrives on their doorstep. Cj is fulling a promise made to Kate’s late husband, his friend and fellow Afghanistan veteran Marine Clay Sanders, to bring Dakota home to them, upon his death.
Kate spends her time between the farm and running the volunteer fire department,...
In the action-adventure pic, recently widowed single mom Kate Sanders (Cornish) lives on her family’s farm in Georgia with her daughter Alex (Sultan). Life on the farm is a challenge and things only get more complicated when the combat dog Dakota, delivered by Sergeant Cj Malcolm (Rozon), arrives on their doorstep. Cj is fulling a promise made to Kate’s late husband, his friend and fellow Afghanistan veteran Marine Clay Sanders, to bring Dakota home to them, upon his death.
Kate spends her time between the farm and running the volunteer fire department,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Not to be confused with Barbarians (the Netflix series), Barbarians at the Gate (Wall Street robber barons), or even Waiting for the Barbarians (the already forgotten adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee’s novel), the latest film with the word “Barbarians” in the title, simply called Barbarians, marks the feature-length debut of producer-turned-writer-director Charles Dorfman. The latest addition in the apparently burgeoning “dinner party from hell” sub-genre, Barbarians takes broad, nuance-free satirical swipes at white privilege, capitalistic excess, and, of course, toxic masculinity and its discontents with just enough verve, style, and thorny plot turns to keep the average horror fan modestly engaged. Broken up into chapters announced by black-and-white title cards, Barbarians initially focuses on Adam Davies, a TV...
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- 10/2/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Italy’s Iervolino Entertainment is boasting a slew of international sales on Ciro Guerra-directed drama “Waiting for the Barbarians,” toplining Johnny Depp and starring Robert Pattinson, Mark Rylance, Gana Bayarsaikhan and Greta Scacchi.
The adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s prize-winning novel, which launched from Venice last year, has been sold by Iervolino’s Ambi Distribution unit to Germany (Constantin Film), France (Snd), Cis (Paradise), Middle East (Falcon Films), Cee (Vertical), Taiwan (Cai Chang International), Australia (Defiant), Latin America (Dreamgold), Turkey (Filmarti), and Scandinavia and Iceland, among other territories.
Ambi is now looking to close more deals during the Toronto Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday.
The film, which is an allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed and sees Depp play the reactionary Colonel Joll, was originally slated by Samuel Goldwyn Films for a theatrical release in the U.S. However, due to Covid-19, it instead went out...
The adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s prize-winning novel, which launched from Venice last year, has been sold by Iervolino’s Ambi Distribution unit to Germany (Constantin Film), France (Snd), Cis (Paradise), Middle East (Falcon Films), Cee (Vertical), Taiwan (Cai Chang International), Australia (Defiant), Latin America (Dreamgold), Turkey (Filmarti), and Scandinavia and Iceland, among other territories.
Ambi is now looking to close more deals during the Toronto Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday.
The film, which is an allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed and sees Depp play the reactionary Colonel Joll, was originally slated by Samuel Goldwyn Films for a theatrical release in the U.S. However, due to Covid-19, it instead went out...
- 9/10/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Germany, Australia, France among territories sold
Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson has secured a raft of key international sales through Ambi Distribution.
Iervolino Entertainment announced the sales as the TIFF virtual market gets underway.
Rights to the drama have gone in Germany (Constantin Film), France (Snd), Australia (Defiant), Italy (Iervolino Entertainment S.p.A.), Scandinavia & Iceland (Non Stop), Middle East (Falcon Films), Cee (Vertical), and Taiwan (Cai Chang International).
Deals also closed in Latin America (Dreamgold), Cis (Paradise), Turkey (Filmarti), Mongolia (Black Stallion), Indonesia (Artist View), Benelux (One2See), and...
Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson has secured a raft of key international sales through Ambi Distribution.
Iervolino Entertainment announced the sales as the TIFF virtual market gets underway.
Rights to the drama have gone in Germany (Constantin Film), France (Snd), Australia (Defiant), Italy (Iervolino Entertainment S.p.A.), Scandinavia & Iceland (Non Stop), Middle East (Falcon Films), Cee (Vertical), and Taiwan (Cai Chang International).
Deals also closed in Latin America (Dreamgold), Cis (Paradise), Turkey (Filmarti), Mongolia (Black Stallion), Indonesia (Artist View), Benelux (One2See), and...
- 9/10/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Germany, Australia, France among territories sold
Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson has secured a raft of key international sales through Ambi Distribution.
Iervolino Entertainment announced the sales as the TIFF virtual market gets underway.
Rights to the drama have gone in Germany (Constantin Film), France (Snd), Australia (Defiant), Italy (Iervolino Entertainment S.p.A.), Scandinavia & Iceland (Non Stop), Middle East (Falcon Films), Cee (Vertical), and Taiwan (Cai Chang International).
Deals also closed in Latin America (Dreamgold), Cis (Paradise), Turkey (Filmarti), Mongolia (Black Stallion), Indonesia (Artist View), Benelux (One2See), and...
Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson has secured a raft of key international sales through Ambi Distribution.
Iervolino Entertainment announced the sales as the TIFF virtual market gets underway.
Rights to the drama have gone in Germany (Constantin Film), France (Snd), Australia (Defiant), Italy (Iervolino Entertainment S.p.A.), Scandinavia & Iceland (Non Stop), Middle East (Falcon Films), Cee (Vertical), and Taiwan (Cai Chang International).
Deals also closed in Latin America (Dreamgold), Cis (Paradise), Turkey (Filmarti), Mongolia (Black Stallion), Indonesia (Artist View), Benelux (One2See), and...
- 9/10/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Nobel Prize-winning, South African author J.M. Coetzee’s 1980 novel, Waiting for the Barbarians, always seemed ripe for a big- or small-screen adaptation. Equal parts allegorical, metaphorical, and satirical, Coetzee’s trenchant critique of imperialism and colonialism contained the kind of Big Ideas irresistible to serious-minded filmmakers. But it took the better part of four decades, including Coetzee’s direct involvement as adapter and screenwriter and Columbian director Ciro Guerra for Waiting for the Barbarians to finally make the jump from the printed page to digital screens of varying sizes and shapes. Despite languid, languorous pacing and allegorical plot devices over character development, thematically rich storytelling and Mark Rylance’s central performance, Waiting for the Barbarians manages to engage and enthrall more...
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- 8/14/2020
- Screen Anarchy
(l-r, foreground) Johnny Depp as Colonel Joll and Mark Rylance as the Magistrate, in Waiting For The Barbarians. Photo courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films.
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, the old saying goes, and if you assume everyone is your enemy, they might become exactly that. Waiting For The Barbarians is drama based on J. M. Coetzee’s novel, that presents a cautionary tale about nations or empires sowing the seeds of their own destruction in their search for imagined threats. Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson star in director Ciro Guerra’s powerful adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s classic novel of the same name, in a haunting cautionary tale of empire and cultural misunderstanding, with a striking contemporary echoes.
There is a lot of talent assembled in this film – an Oscar-nominated director, a Nobel Prize-winning author, an Oscar winning cinematographer,...
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, the old saying goes, and if you assume everyone is your enemy, they might become exactly that. Waiting For The Barbarians is drama based on J. M. Coetzee’s novel, that presents a cautionary tale about nations or empires sowing the seeds of their own destruction in their search for imagined threats. Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson star in director Ciro Guerra’s powerful adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s classic novel of the same name, in a haunting cautionary tale of empire and cultural misunderstanding, with a striking contemporary echoes.
There is a lot of talent assembled in this film – an Oscar-nominated director, a Nobel Prize-winning author, an Oscar winning cinematographer,...
- 8/7/2020
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The fight for freedom of the press and against the oppressive political regime in the Philippines takes center stage in Ramona S. Diaz’s A Thousand Cuts, which opens in theaters and in virtual theaters nationwide.
As journalists around the world face threats and the term “fake news” is thrown around recklessly by world leaders, A Thousand Cuts puts Filipino journalist Maria Ressa in the spotlight. The founder of the news site Rappler and Time Magazine’s Person of The Year has been on the frontlines holding Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte accountable for his controversial and violent war on drugs in the country as well as his regime’s bolstering of misinformation. Ressa has always been in Duterte’s crosshairs and in June, she was found guilty of cyber libel by a court in the Philippines. Diaz’s docu follows Ressa’s journey and how its impact may have global consequences.
As journalists around the world face threats and the term “fake news” is thrown around recklessly by world leaders, A Thousand Cuts puts Filipino journalist Maria Ressa in the spotlight. The founder of the news site Rappler and Time Magazine’s Person of The Year has been on the frontlines holding Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte accountable for his controversial and violent war on drugs in the country as well as his regime’s bolstering of misinformation. Ressa has always been in Duterte’s crosshairs and in June, she was found guilty of cyber libel by a court in the Philippines. Diaz’s docu follows Ressa’s journey and how its impact may have global consequences.
- 8/7/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
You expect fireworks when you cast Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson and Mark Rylance in a political allegory about a nameless empire that savagely exploits the indigenous people in its desert colony. That the sparks fly only intermittently in Waiting for the Barbarians may be due to the heavy lifting required by the great Colombian director Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent, Birds of Passage) as he adapts South African author J.M. Coetzee’s 1980 novel to the screen with a first-time script by the Nobel laureate himself. In his first film in English,...
- 8/6/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
At the core of Waiting for the Barbarians, a surprisingly star-studded new independent release, is a concept that’s worthy of top-tier cinematic execution. Unfortunately, despite solid performances, great cinematography, and strong themes that should resonate, the emotion of it all is held too much at arm’s length. Being an intellectual exercise is all well and good, but if it’s not compelling, what’s the point? Sadly, this one comes up short due to a failure to turn these good ingredients into an enjoyable meal. There are certainly worse options out this week, but there are far better ones, as well, so except this to get lost in the shuffle. The movie is a drama about an officer at an outpost beginning to question his loyalty to the empire. This Magistrate (Mark Rylance) runs an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire with relative ease.
- 8/5/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Enemy at the Gate: Guerra Heads to the International Frontier with Flat Coetzee Adaptation
The richness and heft of Ciro Guerra’s cinema gets lost somehow along the trip to J.M. Coetzee’s border of the Empire, with the Embrace of the Serpent and Birds of Passage director failing to make an equally strong impression in his first English-language film. Waiting for the Barbarians enlists Coetzee on screenwriting duty for the first time, prompting the Nobel laureate to adapt his own 1980 novel into a mostly faithful but toothless script. Mark Rylance’s central performance anchors the story and gives it much-needed texture, while Johnny Depp’s one-note, uptight villainy doesn’t even spill out from behind a pair of frowny round sunglasses.…...
The richness and heft of Ciro Guerra’s cinema gets lost somehow along the trip to J.M. Coetzee’s border of the Empire, with the Embrace of the Serpent and Birds of Passage director failing to make an equally strong impression in his first English-language film. Waiting for the Barbarians enlists Coetzee on screenwriting duty for the first time, prompting the Nobel laureate to adapt his own 1980 novel into a mostly faithful but toothless script. Mark Rylance’s central performance anchors the story and gives it much-needed texture, while Johnny Depp’s one-note, uptight villainy doesn’t even spill out from behind a pair of frowny round sunglasses.…...
- 8/3/2020
- by Tommaso Tocci
- IONCINEMA.com
All I Can Say
Comprised of the late singer’s self-recorded video footage, the new film’s trailer shows Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon laying down vocals for the bands 1992 hit, “No Rain.” Part historical record and part diary, the film shows some of Hoon’s milestone moments – including the birth of his daughter to seeing himself on the cover of Rolling Stone – from his own perspective. However, Hoon didn’t only press record during times of celebration: the teaser shows Hoon relapsing from sobriety. Even in the last few...
Comprised of the late singer’s self-recorded video footage, the new film’s trailer shows Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon laying down vocals for the bands 1992 hit, “No Rain.” Part historical record and part diary, the film shows some of Hoon’s milestone moments – including the birth of his daughter to seeing himself on the cover of Rolling Stone – from his own perspective. However, Hoon didn’t only press record during times of celebration: the teaser shows Hoon relapsing from sobriety. Even in the last few...
- 6/27/2020
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
A new movie starring Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson and Mark Rylance should be a big deal. Depp and Pattinson are bona fide A-listers and the Academy Award-winning Rylance is considered one of the finest actors working today. And yet, Waiting for the Barbarians, a big budget period piece from Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra based on a novel by highly praised writer J.M. Coetzee, is confirmed to be coming straight-to-vod on August 7th.
We got our first look at a trailer yesterday, which gave us an outline of the plot. From what we understand, Rylance’s Magistrate is tasked with keeping peace in a distant desert frontier (the film is shot in Morocco), only for Johnny Depp’s Colonel to arrive warning of impending doom at the hands of invading barbarians. Rylance’s Magistrate favors a soft-touch and Depp’s Colonel engages in torture to achieve his ends – conflict is inevitable.
We got our first look at a trailer yesterday, which gave us an outline of the plot. From what we understand, Rylance’s Magistrate is tasked with keeping peace in a distant desert frontier (the film is shot in Morocco), only for Johnny Depp’s Colonel to arrive warning of impending doom at the hands of invading barbarians. Rylance’s Magistrate favors a soft-touch and Depp’s Colonel engages in torture to achieve his ends – conflict is inevitable.
- 6/26/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
It’s been quite a while since Johnny Depp has starred in an original production. In the past few years, the actor has either reprised old, iconic roles like Captain Jack Sparrow in the Disney flop Dead Men Tell No Tales, or accepted new ones in established franchises like J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in which he plays the evil wizard Grindelwald.
Yesterday, Samuel Goldwyn Films released the first trailer for its big budget period piece Waiting for the Barbarians. A movie that will mark the English-language debut of renowned Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra, whom movie buffs might recognize as the director of Embrace the Serpent, it’ll star Depp alongside Robert Pattinson.
Based on a 1980 novel by the acclaimed writer J.M. Coetzee, this film will tell the story of a desert-dwelling magistrate working near the border of a mysterious empire. Looking forward to his retirement,...
Yesterday, Samuel Goldwyn Films released the first trailer for its big budget period piece Waiting for the Barbarians. A movie that will mark the English-language debut of renowned Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra, whom movie buffs might recognize as the director of Embrace the Serpent, it’ll star Depp alongside Robert Pattinson.
Based on a 1980 novel by the acclaimed writer J.M. Coetzee, this film will tell the story of a desert-dwelling magistrate working near the border of a mysterious empire. Looking forward to his retirement,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
Samuel Goldwyn Films has debuted the first trailer for ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ starring Mark Rylance, Robert Pattinson and Johnny Depp.
Based on Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name, Rylance plays The Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire who looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Depp).
Joll’s task is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.
Directed by Ciro Guerra, the film also stars Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid, Harry Melling, Gana Bayarsaikhan, and Bill Milner.
Also in trailers – Netflix delves into bizarre unexplained cases of ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ in new trailer
The film is set for an On-Demand and on digital platform release on August 7th.
Based on Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name, Rylance plays The Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire who looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Depp).
Joll’s task is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.
Directed by Ciro Guerra, the film also stars Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid, Harry Melling, Gana Bayarsaikhan, and Bill Milner.
Also in trailers – Netflix delves into bizarre unexplained cases of ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ in new trailer
The film is set for an On-Demand and on digital platform release on August 7th.
- 6/25/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a trailer for its star-studded period drama Waiting for the Barbarians, based on the the J.M. Coetzee novel of the same name. Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson star in the historical drama, which marks the English-language debut of Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent). Watch the Waiting for the Barbarians trailer below. Waiting for […]
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- 6/24/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the first trailer to Ciro Guerra’s feature film Waiting For The Barbarians. The film stars Academy Award Winner Mark Rylance, Academy Award Nominee Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, and Greta Scacchi. Waiting For The Barbarians was will be released on cable On-Demand & Digital platforms August 7.
The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.
Waiting For The Barbarians was directed by Ciro Guerra (his first English Language film) and written by Nobel Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee, who adapted the screenplay from his own novel. Two-time...
The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.
Waiting For The Barbarians was directed by Ciro Guerra (his first English Language film) and written by Nobel Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee, who adapted the screenplay from his own novel. Two-time...
- 6/24/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A magistrate of an unknown empire sees his loyalty falter after witnessing the brutal tactics of a ruthless colonel in the new trailer for Ciro Guerra’s upcoming adaptation of the J.M. Coetzee novel, Waiting for the Barbarians.
The film stars Mark Rylance as the unnamed Magistrate, who oversees a frontier settlement at the outer reaches of a vast empire. But as the magistrate prepares for his retirement, Colonel Joll — played by Johnny Depp in a pair of sinister-looking round, black sunglasses — arrives at the settlement, with orders to keep...
The film stars Mark Rylance as the unnamed Magistrate, who oversees a frontier settlement at the outer reaches of a vast empire. But as the magistrate prepares for his retirement, Colonel Joll — played by Johnny Depp in a pair of sinister-looking round, black sunglasses — arrives at the settlement, with orders to keep...
- 6/24/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
"This is their land - they know every inch of it, you do not." Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled the first official trailer for Waiting for the Barbarians, which initially premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year (and at the Zurich & London Film Festivals). The film marks the first English-language feature made by acclaimed, award-winning Colombia filmmaker Ciro Guerra (of both Embrace of the Serpent and Birds of Passage). Adapted from a novel by J.M. Coetzee, the vague story is about a Magistrate working in a distant outpost who begins to question his loyalty to the "empire" when an asshole Colonel shows up demanding changes. It's a metaphorically vague story that represents colonialism and white men controlling the world. It was filmed in Morocco, but a location is never named. Mark Rylance stars as the Magistrate, along with Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Drama premiered in Venice Film Festival 2019.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson and will release on digital platforms in August.
The J.M. Coetzee adaptation had been intended to launch theatrically, however the decision was taken to release on VoD and digital first given uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic as to when theatres might reopen.
Gana Bayarsaikhan and Greta Scacchi also star in the period drama about a magistrate (Rylance) in the frontier of an unnamed empire whose retirement plans are scuppered when...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson and will release on digital platforms in August.
The J.M. Coetzee adaptation had been intended to launch theatrically, however the decision was taken to release on VoD and digital first given uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic as to when theatres might reopen.
Gana Bayarsaikhan and Greta Scacchi also star in the period drama about a magistrate (Rylance) in the frontier of an unnamed empire whose retirement plans are scuppered when...
- 5/20/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to the Ciro Guerra-directed feature, Waiting for the Barbarians, which stars Oscar winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), Oscar nominee Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise), newly minted Batman Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse), Gana Bayarsaikhan (Ex Machina), and Greta Scacchi (The Girl in the Fog). Originally slated for a theatrical release, the pic will now be available on digital platforms this August.
The drama is based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee, who also adapted the screenplay. It follows a Magistrate (Rylance) of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire who looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which...
The drama is based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee, who also adapted the screenplay. It follows a Magistrate (Rylance) of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire who looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which...
- 5/20/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon’s upcoming series about Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II has made some high-profile additions to its creative team.
Actors Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna have come onboard the series as executive producers, while Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego are now attached to direct all four episodes of the series. Production designer Eugenio Caballero, an Oscar winner for his work on “Pan’s Labyrinth,” has also joined the production along with costume designer Anna Terrazas and casting director Luis Rosales. Caballero, Terrazas, and Rosales all previously worked together on the Oscar-winning film “Roma.” The Mexican production will be overseen by Stacy Perskie and local production company Redrum.
The untitled limited series was announced last year, with Javier Bardem attached to star as Cortés. Steven Zaillian is writing the series based on the screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Zaillian and Bardem will executive produce along with Bernal,...
Actors Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna have come onboard the series as executive producers, while Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego are now attached to direct all four episodes of the series. Production designer Eugenio Caballero, an Oscar winner for his work on “Pan’s Labyrinth,” has also joined the production along with costume designer Anna Terrazas and casting director Luis Rosales. Caballero, Terrazas, and Rosales all previously worked together on the Oscar-winning film “Roma.” The Mexican production will be overseen by Stacy Perskie and local production company Redrum.
The untitled limited series was announced last year, with Javier Bardem attached to star as Cortés. Steven Zaillian is writing the series based on the screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Zaillian and Bardem will executive produce along with Bernal,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
A few days ago, on my first dispatch from the Lido, I wrote that Venice was grappling with some sort of identity crisis. Having long been a fortunate platform for awards season hopefuls—and with Cannes and Netflix's disagreement over releasing films in French cinemas, a new favorite turf for the streaming giant—the festival needs to juggle its role as window for large studio productions, and the arguably far more important one it plays as launchpad for smaller-budget, unconventional and daring works from old and new auteurs. By the time you’ll read this, Joker’s Golden Lion will be old news. Minutes after the Joaquin Phoenix vehicle nabbed a most unexpected statuette, festival director Alberto Barbera went on to hail Todd Philipps’ triumph, claiming that the jury’s verdict spoke to the goal the festival has been working toward: “to reconcile a rigorous, research-oriented auteur cinema with...
- 9/9/2019
- MUBI
With only four features under his belt, Ciro Guerra has already established himself as one of Colombia’s most important filmmakers and earned the country’s first-ever Oscar nod for 2015’s “Embrace of the Serpent.”
Guerra’s latest feature, and the first in English, is the cinematic adaptation of the same-named J.M. Coetzee novel “Waiting for Barbarians,” which world premiered on Friday at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
In the film, Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance plays an imperial magistrate in the throes of a crisis of conscious after witnessing the inhumane torture of an indigenous woman (Gana Bayarsaikhan) on the frontier he is meant to be protecting.
After helping the woman escape, the magistrate is captured and replaced by a younger officer, played by Robert Pattinson, and charged with treason. Johnny Depp plays a colonel tasked with leading a special forces unit dedicated to the capture and often public torture of the “barbarians.
Guerra’s latest feature, and the first in English, is the cinematic adaptation of the same-named J.M. Coetzee novel “Waiting for Barbarians,” which world premiered on Friday at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
In the film, Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance plays an imperial magistrate in the throes of a crisis of conscious after witnessing the inhumane torture of an indigenous woman (Gana Bayarsaikhan) on the frontier he is meant to be protecting.
After helping the woman escape, the magistrate is captured and replaced by a younger officer, played by Robert Pattinson, and charged with treason. Johnny Depp plays a colonel tasked with leading a special forces unit dedicated to the capture and often public torture of the “barbarians.
- 9/7/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The time feels right for a film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s “Waiting for the Barbarians,” inasmuch as the undertaking is possible at all. Nearly 40 years after its publication, the South African writer’s slim but scorching allegory for imperialist denial and defeat feels grimly pertinent to a current political milieu in which the hubris of white supremacy is all too prominent. Colombian director Ciro Guerra, meanwhile, is a canny choice of filmmaker to take on the project, scripted by Coetzee himself in the Nobel laureate’s first stab at screenwriting: Guerra’s 2015 breakout film “Embrace of the Serpent” was an anti-colonialist odyssey of eerie, head-scrambling power, with a command of burrowing metaphor and Conradian brink-of-madness atmosphere very much worthy of Coetzee’s novel.
If the across-continents meeting of these two artists — aptly enough, for a story itself set in an indeterminate desert nation that could exist in many a...
If the across-continents meeting of these two artists — aptly enough, for a story itself set in an indeterminate desert nation that could exist in many a...
- 9/6/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
A civil officer in a sleepy border town of an unnamed empire unexpectedly comes face-to-face with the machinations of power in Waiting for the Barbarians, the English-language debut from Colombian director Ciro Guerra (Birds of Passage, the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent). Barbarians is based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning South African writer J.M. Coetzee, who also penned this adaptation. Set in an unspecified geographical area that looks Middle Eastern but in an Arabian Nights-fantasy-on-a-budget kind of way, this is a beautifully, if austerely, staged parable that casts the always-reliable Mark Rylance as the well-meaning ...
A civil officer in a sleepy border town of an unnamed empire unexpectedly comes face-to-face with the machinations of power in Waiting for the Barbarians, the English-language debut from Colombian director Ciro Guerra (Birds of Passage, the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent). Barbarians is based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning South African writer J.M. Coetzee, who also penned this adaptation. Set in an unspecified geographical area that looks Middle Eastern but in an Arabian Nights-fantasy-on-a-budget kind of way, this is a beautifully, if austerely, staged parable that casts the always-reliable Mark Rylance as the well-meaning ...
A robust roster of awards contenders, including Brad Pitt space odyssey “Ad Astra” and Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded financial thriller “The Laundromat,” will launch from the Venice Film Festival, which features a bit less high-wattage Hollywood fare this year but no shortage of hotly anticipated world premieres and stars.
The four U.S. pics in the Lido’s 21-title competition are all high-profile entries, starting with Fox’s “Ad Astra,” directed by James Grey, which features Pitt as an astronaut on a mission to save the solar system from imminent destruction. Netflix continues its strong track record on the Lido (where “Roma” debuted last year) with Noah Baumbach’s intimate divorce drama, “Marriage Story,” with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as a couple in conflict, and “The Laundromat,” which stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas in a tale based on the Panama Papers exposé. Warner Bros. is launching “Joker,...
The four U.S. pics in the Lido’s 21-title competition are all high-profile entries, starting with Fox’s “Ad Astra,” directed by James Grey, which features Pitt as an astronaut on a mission to save the solar system from imminent destruction. Netflix continues its strong track record on the Lido (where “Roma” debuted last year) with Noah Baumbach’s intimate divorce drama, “Marriage Story,” with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson as a couple in conflict, and “The Laundromat,” which stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas in a tale based on the Panama Papers exposé. Warner Bros. is launching “Joker,...
- 7/25/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
This story originally ran in Issue 632, published on June 11th, 1992.
As a storyteller, every journalist strives for wholeness and symmetry, for a narrative that after all its circumnavigation returns to the beginning, as if to say, “Here, enclosed, is an entire world.” In both the subject and the assignment itself, my profile of Johnny Clegg — the pop star and political activist in South Africa — afforded a remarkable sense of coming full circle.
It was in the late Seventies, in the years immediately after the Soweto uprising, that I became fully...
As a storyteller, every journalist strives for wholeness and symmetry, for a narrative that after all its circumnavigation returns to the beginning, as if to say, “Here, enclosed, is an entire world.” In both the subject and the assignment itself, my profile of Johnny Clegg — the pop star and political activist in South Africa — afforded a remarkable sense of coming full circle.
It was in the late Seventies, in the years immediately after the Soweto uprising, that I became fully...
- 7/18/2019
- by Samuel G. Freedman
- Rollingstone.com
Johnny Depp, striding confidently ahead of co-star Mark Rylance, is decked out in his finest colonial attire and sporting a decidedly stern expression in this exclusive first-look image from Waiting for the Barbarians, the upcoming film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel.
Ciro Guerra directs the drama, which centers on the crisis of conscience of a character known as the Magistrate (Rylance) — a loyal servant of "the Empire" working in a tiny frontier town. A warrant officer for the Empire (Robert Pattinson) is set to replace the Magistrate after he's charged with treason — consorting with ...
Ciro Guerra directs the drama, which centers on the crisis of conscience of a character known as the Magistrate (Rylance) — a loyal servant of "the Empire" working in a tiny frontier town. A warrant officer for the Empire (Robert Pattinson) is set to replace the Magistrate after he's charged with treason — consorting with ...
Johnny Depp, striding confidently ahead of co-star Mark Rylance, is decked out in his finest colonial attire and sporting a decidedly stern expression in this exclusive first-look image from Waiting for the Barbarians, the upcoming film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel.
Ciro Guerra directs the drama, which centers on the crisis of conscience of a character known as the Magistrate (Rylance) — a loyal servant of "the Empire" working in a tiny frontier town. A warrant officer for the Empire (Robert Pattinson) is set to replace the Magistrate after he's charged with treason — consorting with ...
Ciro Guerra directs the drama, which centers on the crisis of conscience of a character known as the Magistrate (Rylance) — a loyal servant of "the Empire" working in a tiny frontier town. A warrant officer for the Empire (Robert Pattinson) is set to replace the Magistrate after he's charged with treason — consorting with ...
Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s ’Birds Of Passage’ opened Directors’ Fortnight last year.
Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra has been appointed jury president for the Critics’ Week section at Cannes 2019.
Alongside Guerra on the Critics’ Week jury are French-British actress Amira Casar; French producer Marianne Slot; Congolese film journalist and critic Djia Mambu; and Italian screenwriter and director Jonas Carpignano.
The jury will award the Critics’ Week grand prize for best feature, the discovery prize for short film and the rising star award for best actor or actress.
Guerra has made four shorts and four features, often exploring questions of society...
Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra has been appointed jury president for the Critics’ Week section at Cannes 2019.
Alongside Guerra on the Critics’ Week jury are French-British actress Amira Casar; French producer Marianne Slot; Congolese film journalist and critic Djia Mambu; and Italian screenwriter and director Jonas Carpignano.
The jury will award the Critics’ Week grand prize for best feature, the discovery prize for short film and the rising star award for best actor or actress.
Guerra has made four shorts and four features, often exploring questions of society...
- 4/9/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Waiting for the Barbarians
Colombian auteur Ciro Guerra branches out into a high-profile international co-production for his fifth film, an adaptation of South African Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee’s masterpiece Waiting for the Barbarians. Set to star Oscar winner Mark Rylance alongside the likes of Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson, Coetzee’s post-colonial allegory (previously adapted into an opera by Philip Glass) is produced by Andrea Iervolino’s TaTaTu, Olga Segura, Michael Fitzgerald, and Monika Bacardi of Ambi Media Group. Celebrated Dp Chris Menges is lensing the feature.…...
Colombian auteur Ciro Guerra branches out into a high-profile international co-production for his fifth film, an adaptation of South African Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee’s masterpiece Waiting for the Barbarians. Set to star Oscar winner Mark Rylance alongside the likes of Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson, Coetzee’s post-colonial allegory (previously adapted into an opera by Philip Glass) is produced by Andrea Iervolino’s TaTaTu, Olga Segura, Michael Fitzgerald, and Monika Bacardi of Ambi Media Group. Celebrated Dp Chris Menges is lensing the feature.…...
- 1/7/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, filmmakers of ‘Embrace of the Serpent’, the first Colombian film ever to be nominated for an Oscar®, comes ‘Birds of Passage’ / ‘Pajaros de Verano’.Interviews with Christina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
A sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth, a a native Wayúu family in the mountains of Colombia discovers that only as long as they adhere to the matriarch’s dictates according to their oral traditions, they will prosper.
Set in 1970s Colombia among the Wayúu indigenous people, this mystical epic centers on Rapayet, a man torn between the desire to be powerful and his duty to uphold his culture’s values. Ignoring ancient omens, his tribe enters the drug trafficking business getting caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood.
In three generations the ancient wisdom rooted...
A sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth, a a native Wayúu family in the mountains of Colombia discovers that only as long as they adhere to the matriarch’s dictates according to their oral traditions, they will prosper.
Set in 1970s Colombia among the Wayúu indigenous people, this mystical epic centers on Rapayet, a man torn between the desire to be powerful and his duty to uphold his culture’s values. Ignoring ancient omens, his tribe enters the drug trafficking business getting caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood.
In three generations the ancient wisdom rooted...
- 1/1/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Morocco is becoming a popular destination for international film and TV shoots, while Moroccan talent is producing cinema and TV content that is traveling widely abroad.
Earlier this year Morocco implemented a new 20% cash rebate scheme that has helped generate a foreign production spend of $60 million up until last month, up on the $48 million spend recorded last year, according to Sarim Fassi Fihri, head of the Moroccan Cinema Center.
Moroccan films also enjoyed a higher presence in leading international film festivals this year, including films that are screening in Marrakech Film Festival’s Morocco Panorama, such as Meryem Benm’barek’s “Sofia,” Hicham Lasri’s “Jahiliya,” Narjiss Nejjar’s “Stateless,” and Faouzi Bensaidi’s “Volubilis.”
International productions lensing in Morocco this year include 18 feature films and 16 TV series. The biggest film productions this year include Ciro Guerra’s “Waiting for the Barbarians,” based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel, starring Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson,...
Earlier this year Morocco implemented a new 20% cash rebate scheme that has helped generate a foreign production spend of $60 million up until last month, up on the $48 million spend recorded last year, according to Sarim Fassi Fihri, head of the Moroccan Cinema Center.
Moroccan films also enjoyed a higher presence in leading international film festivals this year, including films that are screening in Marrakech Film Festival’s Morocco Panorama, such as Meryem Benm’barek’s “Sofia,” Hicham Lasri’s “Jahiliya,” Narjiss Nejjar’s “Stateless,” and Faouzi Bensaidi’s “Volubilis.”
International productions lensing in Morocco this year include 18 feature films and 16 TV series. The biggest film productions this year include Ciro Guerra’s “Waiting for the Barbarians,” based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel, starring Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson,...
- 12/8/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
The Orchard has released a new trailer for “Birds of Passage,” Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s follow-up to “Embrace of the Serpent.” Guerra directed that hypnotic drama, the first Colombian film ever to receive an Oscar nomination, while Gallego produced. This time around, Gallego joined Guerra behind the camera, and the pair share co-directing credits. Jose Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, and Natalia Reyes star.
Here’s the synopsis: “Torn between his desire to become a powerful man and his duty to uphold his culture’s values, Rapayet (Acosta) enters the drug trafficking business in the 1970s to secure a dowry to marry Zaida (Reyes) and finds quick success despite his tribe’s matriarch Ursula’s (Martínez) disapproval. Ignoring ancient omens, Raphayet and his family get caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood.”
The film premiered at Cannes before screening at the Telluride,...
Here’s the synopsis: “Torn between his desire to become a powerful man and his duty to uphold his culture’s values, Rapayet (Acosta) enters the drug trafficking business in the 1970s to secure a dowry to marry Zaida (Reyes) and finds quick success despite his tribe’s matriarch Ursula’s (Martínez) disapproval. Ignoring ancient omens, Raphayet and his family get caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood.”
The film premiered at Cannes before screening at the Telluride,...
- 11/19/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The new trailer for Birds of Passage, Colombia’s official entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar race, shows off the visual epicness of the drama directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. The Orchard film is slated for release February 13 in New York and Los Angeles, with a national rollout to follow.
Tracing the origins of the Colombian drug trade as it slowly corrupts a native Wayúu family, Birds of Passage stars Jose Acosta, Carmiña Martínez and Natalia Reyes (the upcoming Terminator reboot). The film premiered as the opening-night selection of the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in May and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Gallego and Guerra made history with their 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent, the first Colombian film ever to be nominated for an Oscar. Birds of Passage marks the directorial debut of Gallego, who produced Embrace of the Serpent. She also...
Tracing the origins of the Colombian drug trade as it slowly corrupts a native Wayúu family, Birds of Passage stars Jose Acosta, Carmiña Martínez and Natalia Reyes (the upcoming Terminator reboot). The film premiered as the opening-night selection of the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in May and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Gallego and Guerra made history with their 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent, the first Colombian film ever to be nominated for an Oscar. Birds of Passage marks the directorial debut of Gallego, who produced Embrace of the Serpent. She also...
- 11/19/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, filmmakers of ‘Embrace of the Serpent’, the first Colombian film ever to be nominated for an Oscar®, comes ‘Birds of Passage’ / ‘Pajaros de Verano’.Interviews with Christina Gallego and Ciro Guerra from press notes.
A sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth, a a native Wayúu family in the mountains of Colombia discovers that only as long as they adhere to the matriarch’s dictates according to their oral traditions, they will prosper.
Set in 1970s Colombia among the Wayúu indigenous people, this mystical epic centers on Rapayet, a man torn between the desire to be powerful and his duty to uphold his culture’s values. Ignoring ancient omens, his tribe enters the drug trafficking business getting caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood.
In three generations the...
A sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth, a a native Wayúu family in the mountains of Colombia discovers that only as long as they adhere to the matriarch’s dictates according to their oral traditions, they will prosper.
Set in 1970s Colombia among the Wayúu indigenous people, this mystical epic centers on Rapayet, a man torn between the desire to be powerful and his duty to uphold his culture’s values. Ignoring ancient omens, his tribe enters the drug trafficking business getting caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood.
In three generations the...
- 11/13/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Johnny Depp has signed on the dotted line to play war photographer W. Eugene Smith in the independent drama ‘Minamata’.
Based on the book by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith, the film will centre on Smith’s work as a photographer for Life magazine in exposing the poisoning of the people of Minamata, Japan. It will focus on Smith’s life after World War II when an old friend and a commission from Life Magazine editor Ralph Graves convinces him to journey back to Japan to expose a big story: the devastating annihilation of a coastal community through mercury poisoning.
Andrew Levitas will direct. The movie has been developed by Depp’s production entity Infinitum Nihil and is produced by Sam Sarkar, Bill Johnson and Andrew Levitas. Jason Forman and Stephen Deuters will executive produce.
Also in the news – Hans Zimmer joins original Top Gun composer, Harold Faltermeyer...
Based on the book by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith, the film will centre on Smith’s work as a photographer for Life magazine in exposing the poisoning of the people of Minamata, Japan. It will focus on Smith’s life after World War II when an old friend and a commission from Life Magazine editor Ralph Graves convinces him to journey back to Japan to expose a big story: the devastating annihilation of a coastal community through mercury poisoning.
Andrew Levitas will direct. The movie has been developed by Depp’s production entity Infinitum Nihil and is produced by Sam Sarkar, Bill Johnson and Andrew Levitas. Jason Forman and Stephen Deuters will executive produce.
Also in the news – Hans Zimmer joins original Top Gun composer, Harold Faltermeyer...
- 10/24/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Colombia’s Ciro Guerra ramping up for imminent production start.
Ambi Distribution has added Colombian auteur Ciro Guerra’s upcoming drama Waiting For The Barbarians starring Johnny Depp to its Afm sales slate.
Ambi Distribution will commence talks with worldwide buyers in Santa Monica next week on the project, which is about to start shooting in Morocco and Italy and also stars Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson.
The move comes after Depp and Andrea Iervolino of Ambi Distribution parent company Ambi Media Group announced a producing partnership and said Waiting For The Barbarians would be their first project.
Guerra co-directed...
Ambi Distribution has added Colombian auteur Ciro Guerra’s upcoming drama Waiting For The Barbarians starring Johnny Depp to its Afm sales slate.
Ambi Distribution will commence talks with worldwide buyers in Santa Monica next week on the project, which is about to start shooting in Morocco and Italy and also stars Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson.
The move comes after Depp and Andrea Iervolino of Ambi Distribution parent company Ambi Media Group announced a producing partnership and said Waiting For The Barbarians would be their first project.
Guerra co-directed...
- 10/23/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Both Robert Pattinson and Mark Rylance will be starring opposite Johnny Depp in Depp’s adaptation of ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’.
As well as starring in the movie, Depp will develop and produce through his Infinitum Nihil production.
The film is an adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name and tells the story of the crisis of conscience of a magistrate from a small colonial town after he witnesses the cruel treatment of prisoners of war.
The film will be directed by Embrace of the Serpent’s Ciro Guerra, Andrea Iervolino will also produce alongside Depp for the recently launched social entertainment platform TaTaTu.
“In this era of democratized entertainment, I admire the imaginative ethos of Andrea and look forward to collaborating together in a liberating, progressive manner that will befit the principals of our respective entities,” Depp said.
Iervolino said, “Johnny has the ability to conceptualize...
As well as starring in the movie, Depp will develop and produce through his Infinitum Nihil production.
The film is an adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name and tells the story of the crisis of conscience of a magistrate from a small colonial town after he witnesses the cruel treatment of prisoners of war.
The film will be directed by Embrace of the Serpent’s Ciro Guerra, Andrea Iervolino will also produce alongside Depp for the recently launched social entertainment platform TaTaTu.
“In this era of democratized entertainment, I admire the imaginative ethos of Andrea and look forward to collaborating together in a liberating, progressive manner that will befit the principals of our respective entities,” Depp said.
Iervolino said, “Johnny has the ability to conceptualize...
- 10/23/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Johnny Depp and producer Andrea Iervolino have formed a partnership to develop and produce film and digital content, starting with the movie “Waiting for the Barbarians.”
Depp will develop and produce through his Infinitum Nihil production banner and Iervolino will produce through his recently launched social entertainment platform TaTaTu.
“Waiting for the Barbarians,” an adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name, will star Depp, Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson. Production begins later this month in Morocco and the film will be directed by Ciro Guerra. Alongside TaTaTu, the movie is being produced by Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Media Group, as well as Michael Fitzgerald and Olga Segura.
Variety first reported in May at the Cannes Film Festival that Ambi would fully finance the project. “Waiting for the Barbarians” centers on the crisis of conscience of a magistrate from a small colonial town after he witnesses...
Depp will develop and produce through his Infinitum Nihil production banner and Iervolino will produce through his recently launched social entertainment platform TaTaTu.
“Waiting for the Barbarians,” an adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name, will star Depp, Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson. Production begins later this month in Morocco and the film will be directed by Ciro Guerra. Alongside TaTaTu, the movie is being produced by Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Media Group, as well as Michael Fitzgerald and Olga Segura.
Variety first reported in May at the Cannes Film Festival that Ambi would fully finance the project. “Waiting for the Barbarians” centers on the crisis of conscience of a magistrate from a small colonial town after he witnesses...
- 10/22/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Johnny Depp and producer Andrea Iervolino (To The Bone) have formed a partnership to develop and produce film and digital content together. Depp will develop and produce through his Infinitum Nihil production banner and Iervolino will produce through his new blockchain platform TaTaTu.
Their first joint project is the feature film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s acclaimed novel Waiting For The Barbarians, starring Depp, Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson. Production begins later this month in Morocco and will be directed by in-demand Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra (Embrace Of The Serpent). Alongside TaTaTu, the movie is being produced by Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Media Group, as well as Michael Fitzgerald (Three Burials) and Olga Segura (Veronica).
The feature follows a British magistrate (Rylance) working in a small colonial town who begins to question his loyalty to the Empire. Ambi is handling sales and the project is not due to...
Their first joint project is the feature film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s acclaimed novel Waiting For The Barbarians, starring Depp, Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson. Production begins later this month in Morocco and will be directed by in-demand Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra (Embrace Of The Serpent). Alongside TaTaTu, the movie is being produced by Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Media Group, as well as Michael Fitzgerald (Three Burials) and Olga Segura (Veronica).
The feature follows a British magistrate (Rylance) working in a small colonial town who begins to question his loyalty to the Empire. Ambi is handling sales and the project is not due to...
- 10/22/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Roster includes Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians.
Johnny Depp and producer Andrea Iervolino will develop and produce film and digital content and kick off with Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Depp, they announced on Monday (22).
Depp will develop and produce through his Infinitum Nihil production label and Iervolino will produce through his new blockchain-based Avod social entertainment platform TaTaTu.
Columbian auteur Ciro Guerra is adaptating J.M. Coetzee’s novel Waiting For The Barbarians starring Depp, Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson. Screen was the first to report Depp’s involvement in the project during Cannes.
Production...
Johnny Depp and producer Andrea Iervolino will develop and produce film and digital content and kick off with Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians starring Depp, they announced on Monday (22).
Depp will develop and produce through his Infinitum Nihil production label and Iervolino will produce through his new blockchain-based Avod social entertainment platform TaTaTu.
Columbian auteur Ciro Guerra is adaptating J.M. Coetzee’s novel Waiting For The Barbarians starring Depp, Mark Rylance and Robert Pattinson. Screen was the first to report Depp’s involvement in the project during Cannes.
Production...
- 10/22/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego co-direct after Oscar-nominated Embrace Of The Serpent.
Birds Of Passage, the Cannes Director’s Fortnight opener co-directed by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, has been selected to fly the flag for Colombia in the upcoming foreign-language Oscar contest.
The film heads to Toronto next week where it will screen in Contemporary World Cinema and chronicles the origins of the Colombian drug trade as it gradually corrupts a native Wayúu family.
Wayúu descendants Jose Acosta and Carmiña Martínez star alongside rising Colombia star Natalia Reyes of the upcoming Terminator reboot.
North American distributor The Orchard will release...
Birds Of Passage, the Cannes Director’s Fortnight opener co-directed by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, has been selected to fly the flag for Colombia in the upcoming foreign-language Oscar contest.
The film heads to Toronto next week where it will screen in Contemporary World Cinema and chronicles the origins of the Colombian drug trade as it gradually corrupts a native Wayúu family.
Wayúu descendants Jose Acosta and Carmiña Martínez star alongside rising Colombia star Natalia Reyes of the upcoming Terminator reboot.
North American distributor The Orchard will release...
- 8/29/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
‘Birds of Passage’: Colombia Selects Cannes Breakout as Foreign Language Film Submission — Exclusive
The Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences has picked Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s “Birds of Passage” as Colombia’s Official Entry in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar category. Billed as “a sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth,” the film premiered as the Opening Night selection of the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It will next screen at Tiff.
The film is the second effort by Guerra and Gallego to serve as Colombia’s Oscar submission — their previous film, “Embrace of the Serpent,” which Guerra directed and Gallego produced, earned the country’s first ever Oscar nomination in 2015. The film marks Gallego’s directorial debut, who also produces the film alongside Katrin Pors and takes a Story By credit. It is the fourth feature film for co-director Guerra, who is set to helm the upcoming film adaptation of...
The film is the second effort by Guerra and Gallego to serve as Colombia’s Oscar submission — their previous film, “Embrace of the Serpent,” which Guerra directed and Gallego produced, earned the country’s first ever Oscar nomination in 2015. The film marks Gallego’s directorial debut, who also produces the film alongside Katrin Pors and takes a Story By credit. It is the fourth feature film for co-director Guerra, who is set to helm the upcoming film adaptation of...
- 8/29/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Social entertainment platform TaTaTu has acquired rights for North America and the U.K. to the documentary “Friedkin Uncut” ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this week.
Written and directed by Francesco Zippel, “Friedkin Uncut” aims to offer insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, director of “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” “Sorcerer,” “Cruising,” “To Live and Die in L.A.,” and “Killer Joe.”
Friedkin started his career at the age of 16 as a mail room boy at Wgn-tv. He won the Academy Award for best director for 1971’s “The French Connection,” which also won best picture. He received a best director nod two years later for “The Exorcist,” one of its 10 Oscar nominations.
The film includes appearances by Ellen Burstyn, Wes Anderson, Dario Argento, Damien Chazelle, Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Shannon, Quentin Tarantino, and Edgar Wright.
“Frieddkin Uncut” is...
Written and directed by Francesco Zippel, “Friedkin Uncut” aims to offer insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, director of “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” “Sorcerer,” “Cruising,” “To Live and Die in L.A.,” and “Killer Joe.”
Friedkin started his career at the age of 16 as a mail room boy at Wgn-tv. He won the Academy Award for best director for 1971’s “The French Connection,” which also won best picture. He received a best director nod two years later for “The Exorcist,” one of its 10 Oscar nominations.
The film includes appearances by Ellen Burstyn, Wes Anderson, Dario Argento, Damien Chazelle, Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Shannon, Quentin Tarantino, and Edgar Wright.
“Frieddkin Uncut” is...
- 8/27/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “Artemis” get a screenwriter, Mark Rylance comes on board “Waiting for the Barbarians” and John Travolta’s “The Poison Rose” wraps.
Screenwriter Hired
Fox and New Regency have hired Geneva Robertson-Dworet to adapt its movie version of Andy Weir’s science-fiction novel “Artemis.”
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directing. Simon Kinberg and Aditya Sood are producing “Artemis,” the follow-up novel by “The Martian” author. Steve Asbell is overseeing the movie for the studio.
“Artemis” follows a woman named Jazz, a directionless twentysomething constrained by her small town, the titular Artemis — the only city on Moon. With debts to pay and a salary that barely covers the rent, she can’t say no when a life-changing opportunity drops in her lap. But she then finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.
Robertson-Dworet’s recent credits include Marvel’s...
Screenwriter Hired
Fox and New Regency have hired Geneva Robertson-Dworet to adapt its movie version of Andy Weir’s science-fiction novel “Artemis.”
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directing. Simon Kinberg and Aditya Sood are producing “Artemis,” the follow-up novel by “The Martian” author. Steve Asbell is overseeing the movie for the studio.
“Artemis” follows a woman named Jazz, a directionless twentysomething constrained by her small town, the titular Artemis — the only city on Moon. With debts to pay and a salary that barely covers the rent, she can’t say no when a life-changing opportunity drops in her lap. But she then finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.
Robertson-Dworet’s recent credits include Marvel’s...
- 7/14/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Numerous actors reportedly have been cast in the film adaptation of the 1980 novel 'Waiting for the Barbarians,' including Joe Alwyn -- perhaps best known currently as the boyfriend of pop star Taylor Swift.
Alwyn will play a lieutenant in the movie, which is based on Nobel Prize-winner J.M. Coetzee's book about an South African regime at odds with the nomadic folks outside its settlement's borders. Alwyn's credits include the title role in Ang Lee's 2016 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' and the upcoming 'Mary Queen of Scots' with Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.
Oscar-winner Mark Rylance also has joined the cast as the magistrate who provides the narrative in Coetzee's novel, and Robert Pattinson ('Twilight' series) will play warrant officer Mandel, who steps in for the magistrate. Ciro Guerra directs, and principal photography reportedly has started.
'Waiting for the Barbarians' previously has been scored as an opera by Philip Glass.
Alwyn will play a lieutenant in the movie, which is based on Nobel Prize-winner J.M. Coetzee's book about an South African regime at odds with the nomadic folks outside its settlement's borders. Alwyn's credits include the title role in Ang Lee's 2016 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' and the upcoming 'Mary Queen of Scots' with Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.
Oscar-winner Mark Rylance also has joined the cast as the magistrate who provides the narrative in Coetzee's novel, and Robert Pattinson ('Twilight' series) will play warrant officer Mandel, who steps in for the magistrate. Ciro Guerra directs, and principal photography reportedly has started.
'Waiting for the Barbarians' previously has been scored as an opera by Philip Glass.
- 7/13/2018
- by Tony Stasiek
- IMDb News
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