Exclusive: Dynamic Television is developing adaptations of Jodi Picoult and Mario Giordano novels in Germany and lining up an ambitious French drama series about Concorde. Company chiefs Dan March and Klaus Zimmerman revealed the projects in an exclusive interview ahead of Dynamic’s tenth anniversary.
Dynamic, which began life as a distributor at Mipcom in 2013, has been pushing heavily into active development and production over recent years and is the lead production company behind Apple TV+ wine drama Drops of God. Its next set of scripted projects are at early development stage and don’t yet have networks attached.
The Drops of God maker has acquired rights to make a German version of Picoult’s novel Nineteen Minutes and Germany-based Giordano’s novel The Experiment, which was previously turned into a Hollywood film starring Adrien Brody and Forrest Whittaker. “These are big IP projects for the German market,” Zimmerman told Deadline.
Dynamic, which began life as a distributor at Mipcom in 2013, has been pushing heavily into active development and production over recent years and is the lead production company behind Apple TV+ wine drama Drops of God. Its next set of scripted projects are at early development stage and don’t yet have networks attached.
The Drops of God maker has acquired rights to make a German version of Picoult’s novel Nineteen Minutes and Germany-based Giordano’s novel The Experiment, which was previously turned into a Hollywood film starring Adrien Brody and Forrest Whittaker. “These are big IP projects for the German market,” Zimmerman told Deadline.
- 8/2/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Directed by: Paul Scheuring
Written by: Paul Scheuring, Mario Giordano, Mario Giordano, Christoph Darnstädt, Don Bohlinger, Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr., Ethan Cohn, Fisher Stevens, Travis Fimmel, David Banner, Jason Lew, Damien Leake, Maggie Grace, Rod Maiorano
The Experiment, written and directed by Paul Scheuring, is the American remake of the 2001 German thriller/horror film Das Experiment. Oliver Hirschbeigal was behind the lens for the original with Mario Giordano having written both the screenplay and the novel it was based on, The Black Box. These works are based on true events that transpired during the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971 at Stanford University under the charge of Psychology Professor Dr. Philip Zombardo, Ph.D. The goal of The Experiment was to study the psychological effects of becoming either a guard or a prisoner in prison.
The film opens with an all too familiar...
Written by: Paul Scheuring, Mario Giordano, Mario Giordano, Christoph Darnstädt, Don Bohlinger, Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr., Ethan Cohn, Fisher Stevens, Travis Fimmel, David Banner, Jason Lew, Damien Leake, Maggie Grace, Rod Maiorano
The Experiment, written and directed by Paul Scheuring, is the American remake of the 2001 German thriller/horror film Das Experiment. Oliver Hirschbeigal was behind the lens for the original with Mario Giordano having written both the screenplay and the novel it was based on, The Black Box. These works are based on true events that transpired during the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971 at Stanford University under the charge of Psychology Professor Dr. Philip Zombardo, Ph.D. The goal of The Experiment was to study the psychological effects of becoming either a guard or a prisoner in prison.
The film opens with an all too familiar...
- 9/16/2010
- by Robert A. Newberry
- Planet Fury
Three new clips for the Paul Scheuring directed remake of Das Experiment (review), called simply The Experiment, have come our way, and things are looking appropriately uncomfortable for our lab rats!
From the Press Release
"Academy Award® winners Adrien Brody (star of Predators; Winner of Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006) star in the adrenaline-charged drama The Experiment, debuting on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD September 21st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The shocking psychological thriller unfolds when 24 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a study designed to evaluate the affects of power and control. Values are tested and lines are crossed when seemingly normal participants are pushed to the breaking point as the experiment spirals out of control. The powerful remake of the 2002 German film Das Experiment co-stars Clifton Collins Jr. (The Boondock Saints:...
From the Press Release
"Academy Award® winners Adrien Brody (star of Predators; Winner of Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006) star in the adrenaline-charged drama The Experiment, debuting on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD September 21st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The shocking psychological thriller unfolds when 24 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a study designed to evaluate the affects of power and control. Values are tested and lines are crossed when seemingly normal participants are pushed to the breaking point as the experiment spirals out of control. The powerful remake of the 2002 German film Das Experiment co-stars Clifton Collins Jr. (The Boondock Saints:...
- 8/24/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The official announcement and artwork for the Blu-ray and DVD release of the Paul Scheuring directed remake of Das Experiment (review), called simply The Experiment, have come our way, and we've got all the details you need right here!
From the Press Release
"Academy Award® winners Adrien Brody (star of Predators; Winner of Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006) star in the adrenaline-charged drama The Experiment, debuting on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD September 21st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The shocking psychological thriller unfolds when 24 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a study designed to evaluate the affects of power and control. Values are tested and lines are crossed when seemingly normal participants are pushed to the breaking point as the experiment spirals out of control. The powerful remake of the 2002 German film Das Experiment...
From the Press Release
"Academy Award® winners Adrien Brody (star of Predators; Winner of Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006) star in the adrenaline-charged drama The Experiment, debuting on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD September 21st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The shocking psychological thriller unfolds when 24 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a study designed to evaluate the affects of power and control. Values are tested and lines are crossed when seemingly normal participants are pushed to the breaking point as the experiment spirals out of control. The powerful remake of the 2002 German film Das Experiment...
- 8/12/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The great German thriller 'Das Experiment' from way back in 2001 has of course been given the remake treatment, but in spite of an impressive cast list that includes Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Clifton Collins Jr. and Maggic Grace (below) it seems that it won't be getting a theatrical run. Instead Sony Pictures have plucked this one for a direct-to-disc release on DVD and Blu-Ray on 21 September later this year. The remake, helmed by Paul Scheuring, is based on a novel by Mario Giordano which was in turn based on the infamous 'Stanford Prison Experiment' conducted in 1971. 'A makeshift prison is set up in a research lab, complete with cells, bars and surveillance cameras. For two weeks 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards. The 'prisoners' are locked up and have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the 'guards' are told simply to retain order without using physical violence.
- 7/12/2010
- Horror Asylum
The Experiment DVD ArtSony Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing Paul Scheuring's interpretation of the Zimbardo Prison Experiment September 21st on DVD. The Experiment is loosely based on a psychological test performed by Dr. Zimbardo at Stanford University in which students were put in to the roles of either prison guards or prisoners. Psychological concepts like social norms, social roles, prejudice, stereotyping, dehumanization, social comparison and many more influenced the test and created for a miserable time for the prisoners (these concepts will not be defined here, but can be found at the Psychology resource listed below). This film has had a limited theatrical release through Columbia Pictures and in celebration of the DVD release a trailer is now available for The Experiment. More details on the picture are below.
A synopsis for The Experiment here:
"26 men are chosen to act the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study.
A synopsis for The Experiment here:
"26 men are chosen to act the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study.
- 7/11/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Horror news site Shock Till You Drop announced the release of some new cover art for The Experiment last Monday. Seen left, the picture shows several images on the back of an anonymous man's skull. The images seem to represent art and culture, but they could also represent the dissociation of the mind that occurs when prison guards face prisoners. A short synopsis is also available here for The Experiment.
A synopsis for The Experiment here:
"26 men are chosen to act the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study. Values are tested and lines are crossed when seemingly normal participants are pushed to the breaking point as the experiment spirals out of control" (Shock).
Release Date: 2010.
Director: Paul Scheuring.
Writers: Mario Giordano, and Paul Scheuring.
Cast: Clifton Collins Jr., Fisher Stevens, Travis Fimmel, David Banner, Damien Leake, and Jason Lew.
No trailer available yet.
Sources:
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.
A synopsis for The Experiment here:
"26 men are chosen to act the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study. Values are tested and lines are crossed when seemingly normal participants are pushed to the breaking point as the experiment spirals out of control" (Shock).
Release Date: 2010.
Director: Paul Scheuring.
Writers: Mario Giordano, and Paul Scheuring.
Cast: Clifton Collins Jr., Fisher Stevens, Travis Fimmel, David Banner, Damien Leake, and Jason Lew.
No trailer available yet.
Sources:
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.
- 4/15/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The Experiment will star Adrien Brody (The Pianist) in a re-enactment of the Zimbardo Prison Experiment. A psychological experiment to test how far males will go when placed in a specific social role, the Zimbardo Experiment had to be stopped after only six days. Those in the role of guards dehumanized, brutalized and basically tortured their fellow students with little prompting from a higher authority, their teacher (Zimbardo). Think Abu Ghraib. The depravity of man can now be seen on the big screen in 2010 with Maggie Grace (Lost), Cam Gigandet (New Moon), and Forest Whitaker (Repo Men) to also star. Have a look at a first photo from the set and a cast list inside.
A synopsis for The Experiment here:
"A group of ordinary men get recruited to take on the roles of guards and prisoners in an experiment and research study. The experiment is designed to see how...
A synopsis for The Experiment here:
"A group of ordinary men get recruited to take on the roles of guards and prisoners in an experiment and research study. The experiment is designed to see how...
- 1/2/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Variety reports that Clifton Collins Jr. has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller The Experiment, a group that already includes Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood, and Twilight actor Cam Gigandet.
You may remember Collins as the elusive hitman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic. In Capote, he played vicious killer Perry Smith, the subject of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Collins also appears in the upcoming Mike Judge movie Extract.
The Experiment, which begins shooting in Iowa next week, is based on the 2001 German thriller Das Experiment, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and starring Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run). Like the original, this remake will tell the story of a group of individuals selected to participate in a psychological study. They are put into a mock prison in which half of the participants are prisoners, the other half guards. As the experiment progresses, the participants fall deeper into their roles,...
You may remember Collins as the elusive hitman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic. In Capote, he played vicious killer Perry Smith, the subject of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Collins also appears in the upcoming Mike Judge movie Extract.
The Experiment, which begins shooting in Iowa next week, is based on the 2001 German thriller Das Experiment, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and starring Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run). Like the original, this remake will tell the story of a group of individuals selected to participate in a psychological study. They are put into a mock prison in which half of the participants are prisoners, the other half guards. As the experiment progresses, the participants fall deeper into their roles,...
- 7/7/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
Variety reports that Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood, and Twilight actor Cam Gigandet have all agreed to star in an English-language remake of Das Experiment, the 2001 German thriller directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and starring Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run).
Like the original, this new movie – simply titled The Experiment – will tell the story of a group of individuals selected to participate in a psychological study. They are put into a mock prison in which half of the participants are prisoners, the other half guards. As the experiment progresses, the participants fall deeper into their roles, resulting in abusive treatment.
Prison Break writer Paul Scheuring is directing the movie from his own script, which was based on the novel by Mario Giordano (who also wrote the screenplay of the 2001 movie). Inferno Entertainment and Magnet Media Group are financing the movie, which does not yet have a specific release date.
The...
Like the original, this new movie – simply titled The Experiment – will tell the story of a group of individuals selected to participate in a psychological study. They are put into a mock prison in which half of the participants are prisoners, the other half guards. As the experiment progresses, the participants fall deeper into their roles, resulting in abusive treatment.
Prison Break writer Paul Scheuring is directing the movie from his own script, which was based on the novel by Mario Giordano (who also wrote the screenplay of the 2001 movie). Inferno Entertainment and Magnet Media Group are financing the movie, which does not yet have a specific release date.
The...
- 6/19/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
The early favorite to win the grand prize at the 25th Montreal World Film Festival and a controversial boxoffice hit in Europe since it opened in March, "The Experiment" is a riveting but far from perfect directorial debut from German television director Oliver Hirschbiegel. With another excellent performance by rising star Moritz Bleibtreu ("Run Lola Run", "In July") and a strong appeal to young-adult audiences, it has at least a fighting chance to lock up a domestic distribution deal.
Evoking such recent violent flicks as "Fight Club" and "Battle Royale", as well as reality TV shows like "Big Brother", the scenario is based on co-screenwriter Mario Giordano's novel "Black Box", inspired by a real Stanford University test simulating the conditions of a prison in order to psychologically probe the roles adopted by guards and prisoners.
While the filmmaking is steely and the performances by the ensemble cast believable enough given the escalating nastiness, the story hinges on several unbelievable acts of negligence by the experimenters. Consequently, one leaves the theater with little to ponder except the obvious: Going to prison can be like going to hell, and voluntarily doing so -- even under controlled circumstances -- is a heck of a way to earn a buck.
But that's what lures most of the participants in Cologne, who answer newspaper ads and undergo tests and seemingly minimal training for the two-week experiment. Tarek (Bleibtreu) is a taxi driver who walked away from a reporter's gig. For him, the opportunity is a good story in the making, and his former boss agrees. Equipped with glasses that contain a tiny camera, Tarek takes the plunge with his own agenda and becomes one of the "prisoners."
One of his cellmates (Christian Berkel) also is there not by accident, but these two good guys are almost done in by the guards, who become far too serious in their approach to a power struggle that ensues. Tarek, in jerk mode, inflames the situation by humiliating the wrong sadist, Berus (Justus von Dohnanyi), but the academics in charge are guilty of changing the rules that allow anyone to leave at any time they request.
With the prisoners sinking into depressed and caged-animal states of mind, the guards become intoxicated, break rules and vindictively start asserting their authority. At first, they find nonviolent ways (per the rules) to discipline rabble-rousers like Tarek and a prisoner who refuses to drink milk for medical reasons. But one thing leads to another, and Berus makes several absurd leaps of logic to cause the "experiment" to spin murderously out of control.
Unfortunately, the filmmakers find no way to reach the bloody final act except by sending away the responsible project monitors (Edgar Selge, Andrea Sawatzki) at the exact wrong moment. Likewise, one of the crucial players is a woman (Maren Eggert) whom Tarek met when she crashed her car into his taxi early in the film. Their instant love affair is recounted in flashbacks, and she is inserted awkwardly into the mock prison at two points, including the vicious climax.
There are some deliciously ironic touches -- like the use of The Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" in decided counterpoint to what appears onscreen -- and one feels much sympathy for the oppressed among the prisoners. But only in Germany, perhaps, would it be possible for a tough case like Berus to inspire instant barbarism on the part of the other guards. In that way, the film plays into cultural stereotypes and further distances the audience from whatever universal truths it is trying to mirror.
THE EXPERIMENT
Senator Entertainment
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenwriters: Mario Giordano, Don Bohlinger, Christoph Darnstadt
Based on the novel by: Mario Giordano
Producers: Norbert Preuss, Marc Conrad, Fritz Wildfeuer
Director of photography: Rainer Klausmann
Production designers: Uli Hanisch, Andrea Kessler
Editor: Hans Funck
Costume designer: Claudia Bobsin
Music: Alexander Van Bubenheim
Color/stereo
Cast:
Tarek Fahd: Moritz Bleibtreu
Berus: Justus von Dohnanyi
Steinhoff: Christian Berkel
Dora: Maren Eggert
Running time -- 120 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Evoking such recent violent flicks as "Fight Club" and "Battle Royale", as well as reality TV shows like "Big Brother", the scenario is based on co-screenwriter Mario Giordano's novel "Black Box", inspired by a real Stanford University test simulating the conditions of a prison in order to psychologically probe the roles adopted by guards and prisoners.
While the filmmaking is steely and the performances by the ensemble cast believable enough given the escalating nastiness, the story hinges on several unbelievable acts of negligence by the experimenters. Consequently, one leaves the theater with little to ponder except the obvious: Going to prison can be like going to hell, and voluntarily doing so -- even under controlled circumstances -- is a heck of a way to earn a buck.
But that's what lures most of the participants in Cologne, who answer newspaper ads and undergo tests and seemingly minimal training for the two-week experiment. Tarek (Bleibtreu) is a taxi driver who walked away from a reporter's gig. For him, the opportunity is a good story in the making, and his former boss agrees. Equipped with glasses that contain a tiny camera, Tarek takes the plunge with his own agenda and becomes one of the "prisoners."
One of his cellmates (Christian Berkel) also is there not by accident, but these two good guys are almost done in by the guards, who become far too serious in their approach to a power struggle that ensues. Tarek, in jerk mode, inflames the situation by humiliating the wrong sadist, Berus (Justus von Dohnanyi), but the academics in charge are guilty of changing the rules that allow anyone to leave at any time they request.
With the prisoners sinking into depressed and caged-animal states of mind, the guards become intoxicated, break rules and vindictively start asserting their authority. At first, they find nonviolent ways (per the rules) to discipline rabble-rousers like Tarek and a prisoner who refuses to drink milk for medical reasons. But one thing leads to another, and Berus makes several absurd leaps of logic to cause the "experiment" to spin murderously out of control.
Unfortunately, the filmmakers find no way to reach the bloody final act except by sending away the responsible project monitors (Edgar Selge, Andrea Sawatzki) at the exact wrong moment. Likewise, one of the crucial players is a woman (Maren Eggert) whom Tarek met when she crashed her car into his taxi early in the film. Their instant love affair is recounted in flashbacks, and she is inserted awkwardly into the mock prison at two points, including the vicious climax.
There are some deliciously ironic touches -- like the use of The Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" in decided counterpoint to what appears onscreen -- and one feels much sympathy for the oppressed among the prisoners. But only in Germany, perhaps, would it be possible for a tough case like Berus to inspire instant barbarism on the part of the other guards. In that way, the film plays into cultural stereotypes and further distances the audience from whatever universal truths it is trying to mirror.
THE EXPERIMENT
Senator Entertainment
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenwriters: Mario Giordano, Don Bohlinger, Christoph Darnstadt
Based on the novel by: Mario Giordano
Producers: Norbert Preuss, Marc Conrad, Fritz Wildfeuer
Director of photography: Rainer Klausmann
Production designers: Uli Hanisch, Andrea Kessler
Editor: Hans Funck
Costume designer: Claudia Bobsin
Music: Alexander Van Bubenheim
Color/stereo
Cast:
Tarek Fahd: Moritz Bleibtreu
Berus: Justus von Dohnanyi
Steinhoff: Christian Berkel
Dora: Maren Eggert
Running time -- 120 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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