Exclusive: Focus Features has acquired U.S. rights and select international territories on upcoming thriller Last Breath, starring Woody Harrelson, Finn Cole and Simu Liu. Focus will distribute the Alex Parkinson-directed title in the U.S. with Universal Pictures International handling select territories including France, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam.
The project is an exhilarating true story, based on the 2019 documentary of the same name, which Parkinson co-directed with Richard da Costa. It follows a seasoned deep sea diver as he battles against the raging elements to execute his final rescue mission. It’s described as a “heart-pounding” and “gripping tale of teamwork” that takes audiences on a race against time. Mitchell Lafortune, Parkinson and David Brooks have written the script for the fact-based narrative.
Last Breath was developed by father and son Paul and David Brooks of Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment,...
The project is an exhilarating true story, based on the 2019 documentary of the same name, which Parkinson co-directed with Richard da Costa. It follows a seasoned deep sea diver as he battles against the raging elements to execute his final rescue mission. It’s described as a “heart-pounding” and “gripping tale of teamwork” that takes audiences on a race against time. Mitchell Lafortune, Parkinson and David Brooks have written the script for the fact-based narrative.
Last Breath was developed by father and son Paul and David Brooks of Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson have signed on to star in The Man with the Miraculous Hands, a WWII psychological thriller from Rampart and The Messenger filmmaker Oren Moverman.
Based on a true story, the film is set in 1939 and features Harrelson as Felix Kersten, a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse who becomes the personal physician to Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), the head of Hitler’s SS and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. As the war rages and Himmler’s health declines while his authority continues grows, Kersten finds himself in a unique position to influence decision making on the highest level inside the Third Reich. He begins to play a dangerous game, using his medical skills as a weapon to influence Himmler, turn him against Hitler, and bring an end to the war.
French outfit Vendôme Group (Oscar-winner Coda) is producing the feature together with Jerico Films and Snd.
Based on a true story, the film is set in 1939 and features Harrelson as Felix Kersten, a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse who becomes the personal physician to Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), the head of Hitler’s SS and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. As the war rages and Himmler’s health declines while his authority continues grows, Kersten finds himself in a unique position to influence decision making on the highest level inside the Third Reich. He begins to play a dangerous game, using his medical skills as a weapon to influence Himmler, turn him against Hitler, and bring an end to the war.
French outfit Vendôme Group (Oscar-winner Coda) is producing the feature together with Jerico Films and Snd.
- 5/10/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: German doc maker Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion is lining up feature-length projects on former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and another from the UK’s Lucy, the Human Chimp director Alex Parkinson.
Deadline can reveal the Reeperbahn Special Unit 65 producer, which we last week reported had sold to Leonine Studios, is working on The Netanyahu Paradox and Lost at Sea – The Longest Night (working title).
The company has also confirmed a second season of Reeperbahn – Special Unit 65. It is already part-funded, with the award-winning doc series about German cops fighting organized crime in the 1980s moving into the 1990s for a new run.
The news came in a wide-ranging interview with Gebrueder Beetz co-founders Christian and Reinhardt Beetz, in which they discussed how being part of a consolidated group would impact their independent approach and revealed the existence of a deep development fund that will allow them to make up...
Deadline can reveal the Reeperbahn Special Unit 65 producer, which we last week reported had sold to Leonine Studios, is working on The Netanyahu Paradox and Lost at Sea – The Longest Night (working title).
The company has also confirmed a second season of Reeperbahn – Special Unit 65. It is already part-funded, with the award-winning doc series about German cops fighting organized crime in the 1980s moving into the 1990s for a new run.
The news came in a wide-ranging interview with Gebrueder Beetz co-founders Christian and Reinhardt Beetz, in which they discussed how being part of a consolidated group would impact their independent approach and revealed the existence of a deep development fund that will allow them to make up...
- 10/13/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In what is sure to be one of the hot packages of the upcoming Cannes Market, Woody Harrelson, Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu and Djimon Honsou are set to star in Last Breath, a fact-based narrative thriller that will be directed by Alex Parkinson. He co-directed with Richard da Costa the 2019 documentary of the same title that informs the film.
Last Breath has elements of Apollo 13 and The Perfect Storm, in the life saving ingenuity that is the only chance of keeping an impossible rescue situation in harsh elements from turning tragic. The premise: a diver is stranded on bottom of the North Sea, and when his umbilical cord snaps because of rough seas and an equipment mishap on the ship above, he is left with only five minutes of oxygen, in total darkness and freezing water, with no chance of rescue for at least thirty minutes. Mitchell Lafortune wrote the script,...
Last Breath has elements of Apollo 13 and The Perfect Storm, in the life saving ingenuity that is the only chance of keeping an impossible rescue situation in harsh elements from turning tragic. The premise: a diver is stranded on bottom of the North Sea, and when his umbilical cord snaps because of rough seas and an equipment mishap on the ship above, he is left with only five minutes of oxygen, in total darkness and freezing water, with no chance of rescue for at least thirty minutes. Mitchell Lafortune wrote the script,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
I’ve got a trailer for an insanely intense-looking documentary called Last Breath. It tells the remarkable and harrowing story of a diver who ends up being trapped under the ocean without any oxygen or connection to the world above.
This looks like one crazy-ass experience of survival that looks like a complete and utter nightmare. What a scary experience this must have been for everyone involved. Just watching this trailer gave me a bit of anxiety.
The diver’s name is Chris Lemons, he was 262 feet underwater when his umbilical cable was snagged and severed. This left him with only an emergency air tank… with only 5 minutes of air to breath. The rescue team was 30 minutes away. Yikes!
Here’s the synopsis:
In 2012, diver Chris Lemons lay trapped under the North Sea. His umbilical cable was completely severed, leaving him without breathing gas or any connection to the dive bell.
This looks like one crazy-ass experience of survival that looks like a complete and utter nightmare. What a scary experience this must have been for everyone involved. Just watching this trailer gave me a bit of anxiety.
The diver’s name is Chris Lemons, he was 262 feet underwater when his umbilical cable was snagged and severed. This left him with only an emergency air tank… with only 5 minutes of air to breath. The rescue team was 30 minutes away. Yikes!
Here’s the synopsis:
In 2012, diver Chris Lemons lay trapped under the North Sea. His umbilical cable was completely severed, leaving him without breathing gas or any connection to the dive bell.
- 3/18/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"At no point did I think that we weren't going to get him back." Dogwoof has unveiled an official trailer for a thrilling underwater survival documentary titled Last Breath, the feature debut of filmmakers Richard da Costa & Alex Parkinson. This "docudrama" hybrid tells the story of commercial diver Chris Lemons, who went to work one day for a routine inspection of a drilling structure at the Huntington oil field, some 115 miles east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. He was 262ft underwater when his umbilical line got snagged and severed, leaving him with only an emergency air tank - with only 5 minutes of air to breath, and a rescue 30 minutes away. The film utilizes extensive recreations to tell the story, along with amazing archival and black box footage from the actual incident. Looks chilling and remarkable, another intense survival doc to watch. Here's the official UK trailer for Richard da Costa & Alex Parkinson's doc Last Breath,...
- 3/15/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Film to receive UK theatrical release in April 2019.
UK documentary specialist Dogwoof has picked up UK rights to Last Breath, Alex Parkinson and Richard da Costa’s documentary feature about a dramatic diving incident at the bottom of the North Sea.
The film chronicles the true story of a diver who was left stranded on the sea bed with only five minutes of oxygen left in his tank, utilising interview testimony, recreations and helmet-mounted footage from the accident.
It was produced by Al Morrow and Stewart le Marechal for MetFilm Production, Richard da Costa and Alex Parkinson for Floating Harbour,...
UK documentary specialist Dogwoof has picked up UK rights to Last Breath, Alex Parkinson and Richard da Costa’s documentary feature about a dramatic diving incident at the bottom of the North Sea.
The film chronicles the true story of a diver who was left stranded on the sea bed with only five minutes of oxygen left in his tank, utilising interview testimony, recreations and helmet-mounted footage from the accident.
It was produced by Al Morrow and Stewart le Marechal for MetFilm Production, Richard da Costa and Alex Parkinson for Floating Harbour,...
- 1/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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