Bille August (“Pelle the Conqueror”), one of Denmark’s best known filmmakers, is set to direct “The Pact,” a psychological drama about the intense friendship between Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel “Out of Africa,” and Thorkild Bjønvig, a young and promising poet.
“The Pact” was written by Christian Torpe, based on Bjørnvig’s autobiography of the same name.
Torpe previously wrote August’s “Silent Heart,” which won the Silver Seashell at San Sebastian in 2014. “The Pact” is produced by Jesper Morthorst at Motor and Sf Studios, which will release the film theatrically in early 2021.
“‘The Pact’ is a relationship drama, the eternal story of seduction and wanting to be seduced, of the art of manipulation, of guilt and innocence, of a highly unusual friendship between two deeply talented people and a relationship that develops into a fateful bond,” said August, whose credits include the...
“The Pact” was written by Christian Torpe, based on Bjørnvig’s autobiography of the same name.
Torpe previously wrote August’s “Silent Heart,” which won the Silver Seashell at San Sebastian in 2014. “The Pact” is produced by Jesper Morthorst at Motor and Sf Studios, which will release the film theatrically in early 2021.
“‘The Pact’ is a relationship drama, the eternal story of seduction and wanting to be seduced, of the art of manipulation, of guilt and innocence, of a highly unusual friendship between two deeply talented people and a relationship that develops into a fateful bond,” said August, whose credits include the...
- 10/25/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Film tells the story of Danish author Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen).
Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy, who directed Sundance 2019 award-winner Queen Of Hearts, has signed on to direct Nordisk Film’s The Lioness, a biopic of Danish author Karen Blixen.
el-Toukhy will direct from a script she wrote in collaboration with Jakob Weis, based on historian Tom Buk-Swienty’s biography of the same name of Blixen.
Mikael Rieks is producing for Nordisk Film Production.
The story will follow Blixen in her life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914 to 1931, prior to her writing successful works including Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Out Of Africa,...
Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy, who directed Sundance 2019 award-winner Queen Of Hearts, has signed on to direct Nordisk Film’s The Lioness, a biopic of Danish author Karen Blixen.
el-Toukhy will direct from a script she wrote in collaboration with Jakob Weis, based on historian Tom Buk-Swienty’s biography of the same name of Blixen.
Mikael Rieks is producing for Nordisk Film Production.
The story will follow Blixen in her life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914 to 1931, prior to her writing successful works including Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Out Of Africa,...
- 9/23/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Scandinavian studio Nordisk Film has attached May el-Toukhy (Queen Of Hearts) to direct The Lioness, the upcoming biopic of Out Of Africa author Karen Blixen, a.k.a. Isak Dinesen.
Script comes from Jakob Weis (That Time Of Year) in collaboration with El-Toukhy and is based on author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty’s recently published biography about Blixen’s life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914-31. Pic is being produced by Mikael Rieks (Land Of Mine) for Nordisk Film with an expected 2022 launch.
El-Toukhy’s international breakthrough came earlier this year with Sundance, Rotterdam and Gothenburg title Queen Of Hearts, which will be released later this year in U.S. by Breaking Glass Pictures. Trine Dyrholm stars in the provocative film about a woman who jeopardizes her career and family when she seduces her teenage stepson.
El-Toukhy said, “I have always regarded Karen Blixen as a victim. As...
Script comes from Jakob Weis (That Time Of Year) in collaboration with El-Toukhy and is based on author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty’s recently published biography about Blixen’s life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914-31. Pic is being produced by Mikael Rieks (Land Of Mine) for Nordisk Film with an expected 2022 launch.
El-Toukhy’s international breakthrough came earlier this year with Sundance, Rotterdam and Gothenburg title Queen Of Hearts, which will be released later this year in U.S. by Breaking Glass Pictures. Trine Dyrholm stars in the provocative film about a woman who jeopardizes her career and family when she seduces her teenage stepson.
El-Toukhy said, “I have always regarded Karen Blixen as a victim. As...
- 9/20/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Karen Blixen is going back to Africa.
Scandinavian film studio Nordisk Film has greenlit The Lionees, a biopic on the late Danish writer, best known for her 1937 autobiography Out of Africa, which was turned into the 1985 Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep as Blixen alongside Robert Redford.
May el-Toukhy, director of Sundance drama Queen of Hearts, is attached to direct. She will co-write the script with Jakob Weis (That Time of Year) based on The Lioness, a new biography on Blixen by acclaimed author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty. The book, and film, will focus on Blixen's live as a coffee farmer in ...
Scandinavian film studio Nordisk Film has greenlit The Lionees, a biopic on the late Danish writer, best known for her 1937 autobiography Out of Africa, which was turned into the 1985 Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep as Blixen alongside Robert Redford.
May el-Toukhy, director of Sundance drama Queen of Hearts, is attached to direct. She will co-write the script with Jakob Weis (That Time of Year) based on The Lioness, a new biography on Blixen by acclaimed author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty. The book, and film, will focus on Blixen's live as a coffee farmer in ...
- 9/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Karen Blixen is going back to Africa.
Scandinavian film studio Nordisk Film has greenlit The Lionees, a biopic on the late Danish writer, best known for her 1937 autobiography Out of Africa, which was turned into the 1985 Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep as Blixen alongside Robert Redford.
May el-Toukhy, director of Sundance drama Queen of Hearts, is attached to direct. She will co-write the script with Jakob Weis (That Time of Year) based on The Lioness, a new biography on Blixen by acclaimed author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty. The book, and film, will focus on Blixen's live as a coffee farmer in ...
Scandinavian film studio Nordisk Film has greenlit The Lionees, a biopic on the late Danish writer, best known for her 1937 autobiography Out of Africa, which was turned into the 1985 Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep as Blixen alongside Robert Redford.
May el-Toukhy, director of Sundance drama Queen of Hearts, is attached to direct. She will co-write the script with Jakob Weis (That Time of Year) based on The Lioness, a new biography on Blixen by acclaimed author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty. The book, and film, will focus on Blixen's live as a coffee farmer in ...
- 9/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mikael Rieks will produce both projects.
Nordisk Film has acquired the screen rights to two new books from historian Tom Buk-Swienty about author Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) and scientist Niels Bohr.
Mikael Rieks of Nordisk, whose credits include Oscar-nominated Land Of Mine as well as current box-office hit That Time Of Year, will produce both projects.
Out of Africa author Blixen will be the subject of The Lioness, a feature film and TV mini-series which will cover her life as an upperclass Danish woman who became a coffee farmer in colonial Kenya from 1914-1931. Jakob Weis (That Time of Year...
Nordisk Film has acquired the screen rights to two new books from historian Tom Buk-Swienty about author Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) and scientist Niels Bohr.
Mikael Rieks of Nordisk, whose credits include Oscar-nominated Land Of Mine as well as current box-office hit That Time Of Year, will produce both projects.
Out of Africa author Blixen will be the subject of The Lioness, a feature film and TV mini-series which will cover her life as an upperclass Danish woman who became a coffee farmer in colonial Kenya from 1914-1931. Jakob Weis (That Time of Year...
- 1/3/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Nordisk Film is developing “The Lioness,” an international feature film and a miniseries about Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel “Out of Africa,” which Sydney Pollack adapted into the 1985 pic starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
The film and miniseries will be written by Jakob Weis (“That Time of Year”), based on two upcoming books by acclaimed author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty, and will chronicle Blixen’s life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914 to 1931.
Set in the early 20th century, Buk-Swienty’s biography tells the story of a young upper-class Danish woman who sought independence from her overbearing Victorian family and hoped to make it as a coffee farmer in colonial Kenya.
“After 17 years of hardship, marked by World War I, poor harvests due to various natural disasters, the onset of the Great Depression and her tragic love affair with Denys Finch Hatton,...
The film and miniseries will be written by Jakob Weis (“That Time of Year”), based on two upcoming books by acclaimed author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty, and will chronicle Blixen’s life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914 to 1931.
Set in the early 20th century, Buk-Swienty’s biography tells the story of a young upper-class Danish woman who sought independence from her overbearing Victorian family and hoped to make it as a coffee farmer in colonial Kenya.
“After 17 years of hardship, marked by World War I, poor harvests due to various natural disasters, the onset of the Great Depression and her tragic love affair with Denys Finch Hatton,...
- 1/3/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Scandinavian powerhouse Nordisk Film is lining up English-language biopics of Danish icons Karen Blixen, writer of acclaimed memoir Out Of Africa, and physicist Niels Bohr.
Nordisk has acquired rights to author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty’s upcoming books about the pair. Currently in development are The Lioness, a feature film and mini-series about author Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) and her life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914-31, and feature The Great Dane, about scientist Bohr, one of the fathers of the nuclear bomb.
“This deal is the culmination of a year-long search for the right collaboration to turn the lives of two of the greatest Danes who ever lived into film”, said Mikael Rieks, producer of Oscar-nominated Danish drama Land Of Mine. Rieks will produce both films with Jakob Weis (That Time Of Year) penning both scripts. The Lioness is due to be adapted first.
Blixen, born in...
Nordisk has acquired rights to author and historian Tom Buk-Swienty’s upcoming books about the pair. Currently in development are The Lioness, a feature film and mini-series about author Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) and her life as a coffee farmer in Kenya from 1914-31, and feature The Great Dane, about scientist Bohr, one of the fathers of the nuclear bomb.
“This deal is the culmination of a year-long search for the right collaboration to turn the lives of two of the greatest Danes who ever lived into film”, said Mikael Rieks, producer of Oscar-nominated Danish drama Land Of Mine. Rieks will produce both films with Jakob Weis (That Time Of Year) penning both scripts. The Lioness is due to be adapted first.
Blixen, born in...
- 1/3/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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