Exclusive: German actor to star in film version of Tom Hillenbrand’s Devil’s Fruit.
Germany’s Moritz Bleibtreu has been cast as a “culinary Bond” in a film version of Tom Hillenbrand’s bestseller Devil’s Fruit (Teufelsfrucht) on the adventures of the Luxembourg chef and amateur sleuth Xavier Kieffer.
The €6m co-production between Luxembourg’s Iris Productions, France’s Rezo Productions, Germany’s Iris Productions Deutschland (Ipd) - and possibly Belgium-based Iris Films - will be the second directorial outing for the Iris Group’s chief, producer Nicolas Steil after his 2010 film The Duchess Of Malfi.
“This will be a real European crime story in various languages and with actors coming from different parts of Europe,” Ipd’s Andreas Eicher told Screen in an exclusive interview. “It has all the makings of a franchise as Hillenbrand’s books are set in different European countries “
Steil, who will shoot the film at locations in Luxembourg, France...
Germany’s Moritz Bleibtreu has been cast as a “culinary Bond” in a film version of Tom Hillenbrand’s bestseller Devil’s Fruit (Teufelsfrucht) on the adventures of the Luxembourg chef and amateur sleuth Xavier Kieffer.
The €6m co-production between Luxembourg’s Iris Productions, France’s Rezo Productions, Germany’s Iris Productions Deutschland (Ipd) - and possibly Belgium-based Iris Films - will be the second directorial outing for the Iris Group’s chief, producer Nicolas Steil after his 2010 film The Duchess Of Malfi.
“This will be a real European crime story in various languages and with actors coming from different parts of Europe,” Ipd’s Andreas Eicher told Screen in an exclusive interview. “It has all the makings of a franchise as Hillenbrand’s books are set in different European countries “
Steil, who will shoot the film at locations in Luxembourg, France...
- 2/7/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: German actor to star in film version of Tom Hillenbrand’s Devil’s Fruit.
Germany’s Moritz Bleibtreu has been cast as a “culinary Bond” in a film version of Tom Hillenbrand’s bestseller Devil’s Fruit (Teufelsfrucht) on the adventures of the Luxembourg chef and amateur sleuth Xavier Kieffer.
The €6m co-production between Luxembourg’s Iris Productions, France’s Rezo Productions, Germany’s Iris Productions Deutschland (Ipd) - and possibly Belgium-based Iris Films - will be the second directorial outing for the Iris Group’s chief, producer Nicolas Steil after his 2010 film The Duchess Of Malfi.
“This will be a real European crime story in various languages and with actors coming from different parts of Europe,” Ipd’s Andreas Eicher told Screen in an exclusive interview. “It has all the makings of a franchise as Hillenbrand’s books are set in different European countries “
Steil, who will shoot the film at locations in Luxembourg, France...
Germany’s Moritz Bleibtreu has been cast as a “culinary Bond” in a film version of Tom Hillenbrand’s bestseller Devil’s Fruit (Teufelsfrucht) on the adventures of the Luxembourg chef and amateur sleuth Xavier Kieffer.
The €6m co-production between Luxembourg’s Iris Productions, France’s Rezo Productions, Germany’s Iris Productions Deutschland (Ipd) - and possibly Belgium-based Iris Films - will be the second directorial outing for the Iris Group’s chief, producer Nicolas Steil after his 2010 film The Duchess Of Malfi.
“This will be a real European crime story in various languages and with actors coming from different parts of Europe,” Ipd’s Andreas Eicher told Screen in an exclusive interview. “It has all the makings of a franchise as Hillenbrand’s books are set in different European countries “
Steil, who will shoot the film at locations in Luxembourg, France...
- 2/7/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Updated: As political tensions escalate, a number of film festival guests have cancelled their trips to Jerusalem.
Austrian director Ulrich Seidl and his collaborator Maria Hofstaetter, who were due to get a tribute and have a public talk, have cancelled their travel to the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival. Seidl’s films Dog Days and Import/Export will screen as scheduled.
Beki Probst of Berlin’s European Film Market, who was also due for a festival tribute, has also cancelled.
Other directors who are no longer planning to attend the festival include Dietrich Brüggemann (Stations of the Cross), Alice Rohrwacher (The Wonders),Johannes Holzhausen (The Great Museum), Ruben Amar and Lola Bessis (Swim Little Fish Swim), Marcelo Gomes (The Man of The Crowd), Lloyd Handwerker (Famous Nathan), and Georges Gachot (O Samba).
Industry attendees who cancelled their visits include Serge Toubiana, Michel Zana, Felix Moller, Leslie Siegel, Bruce Goldstein, Roberto Olla, Marie-Pierre Valle, Andreas Eicher, [link...
Austrian director Ulrich Seidl and his collaborator Maria Hofstaetter, who were due to get a tribute and have a public talk, have cancelled their travel to the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival. Seidl’s films Dog Days and Import/Export will screen as scheduled.
Beki Probst of Berlin’s European Film Market, who was also due for a festival tribute, has also cancelled.
Other directors who are no longer planning to attend the festival include Dietrich Brüggemann (Stations of the Cross), Alice Rohrwacher (The Wonders),Johannes Holzhausen (The Great Museum), Ruben Amar and Lola Bessis (Swim Little Fish Swim), Marcelo Gomes (The Man of The Crowd), Lloyd Handwerker (Famous Nathan), and Georges Gachot (O Samba).
Industry attendees who cancelled their visits include Serge Toubiana, Michel Zana, Felix Moller, Leslie Siegel, Bruce Goldstein, Roberto Olla, Marie-Pierre Valle, Andreas Eicher, [link...
- 7/12/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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