Exclusive: Less than two months ago, Good Films Collective head Miriam Segal was in a spin, and described to Deadline how she was battling to keep her company afloat and her employees engaged as she and her son came down with Covid-19. She is feeling better now, especially after putting together several new projects that have strong elements and hot button subjects.
Gael García Bernal, Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland) and Jason Isaacs will star in People of the Book, a film that Good Films Collective has put together, based on the New York Times bestseller from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks. Pic tells the moving history behind the creation of the Sarajevo Haggadah — an illuminated manuscript that contains the illustrated traditional text of the Passover Haggadah which accompanies the Passover Seder. It originated in Barcelona in 1350, and the film will tell the journey taken by people from different cultures and religions...
Gael García Bernal, Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland) and Jason Isaacs will star in People of the Book, a film that Good Films Collective has put together, based on the New York Times bestseller from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks. Pic tells the moving history behind the creation of the Sarajevo Haggadah — an illuminated manuscript that contains the illustrated traditional text of the Passover Haggadah which accompanies the Passover Seder. It originated in Barcelona in 1350, and the film will tell the journey taken by people from different cultures and religions...
- 5/29/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
GÖTEBORG, Sweden — Scandi sales shingle The Yellow Affair has added to its Göteborg lineup the Swedish series “The Chosen Ones” (“Det Utvalda”), currently playing on Swedish pubcaster Svt’s streaming service Svt Play.
The short form sci-fi thriller stars a strong Swedish female cast of model-turned actress Frida Gustavsson (“Swoon”), singer/actress Amy Deasismont, Felice Jankell (“Young Sophie Bell”), Tind Soneby (“Modus”), Segal Mohamed, Isabella Touma Pettersson and Astrid Morberg.
Liza Morberg, Christian Hallman and Stina Hammar direct, from a screenplay by Leif Alexis and Henrik Lilliér. Erik Magnusson produces for top Swedish indie Anagram.
The show kicks off with 12 girls who wake up in a secluded mansion, without knowing how or why they got there. As they realize they are locked in, the situation in the house threatens to escalate. But the mansion also harbors a dark secret. The girls are part of a medical experiment. If they don...
The short form sci-fi thriller stars a strong Swedish female cast of model-turned actress Frida Gustavsson (“Swoon”), singer/actress Amy Deasismont, Felice Jankell (“Young Sophie Bell”), Tind Soneby (“Modus”), Segal Mohamed, Isabella Touma Pettersson and Astrid Morberg.
Liza Morberg, Christian Hallman and Stina Hammar direct, from a screenplay by Leif Alexis and Henrik Lilliér. Erik Magnusson produces for top Swedish indie Anagram.
The show kicks off with 12 girls who wake up in a secluded mansion, without knowing how or why they got there. As they realize they are locked in, the situation in the house threatens to escalate. But the mansion also harbors a dark secret. The girls are part of a medical experiment. If they don...
- 1/28/2020
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Thor Heyerdahl made history by traveling nearly 5,000 miles on a balsa-wood raft in 1947. His book about the adventure sold more than 50 million copies worldwide, and his subsequent 1951 documentary earned an Oscar. Now two Norwegian filmmakers have created a compelling new drama about the voyage of Kon-Tiki. Heyerdahl, as played by Pål Hagen, is a single-minded explorer and scientist who falls in love with Polynesia, and becomes convinced that it was discovered by South Americans who sailed there on the currents, following the sun. There’s just one problem: no one in the scientific community believes him. Undaunted, he gathers a disparate group to join him and sets sail from...
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- 4/26/2013
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 raft trip from Peru to Polynesia, which forms the story of “Kon-Tiki,” is already the stuff of legend – particularly overseas. Heyerdahl’s own 1950 book was an international bestseller (indeed this writer remembers a battered paperback knocking around her childhood home), and the documentary he filmed during the trip itself won an Academy Award back in 1951. Which makes it a pleasing narrative to have this film, over six decades later, achieve a similar feat in getting nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar. But we have to wonder if there’s a certain sentimentality at play there (Hollywood does love a self-referential story, after all) because there is little more to “Kon-Tiki” than a fun, handsomely-mounted, old-style adventure story. And as impressive a feat as that is to achieve, especially outside of Hollywood, which kind of specialises in this sort of thing, those looking for something with...
- 4/23/2013
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Meet Kon-Tiki, the goergeous Norwegian epic that was filmed twice, in two different languages, and nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film at both the Oscars and Golden Globes. Already a box office smash in its native Norway, Kon-Tiki is a historical drama that follows adventurer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl as he sets out to prove that Polynesia was settled by peoples from Peru by re-creating the early South American explorers’ path by sea.
By creating a balsawood raft using ancient methods, Heyerdahl and a crew set off from the Peruvian coast in an attempt to catch ocean currents that will take them to the Polynesian islands in order to prove Heyerdahl’s theory of South American settlers. Heyderdahl (Norwegian star Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen), his five man crew and a macaw named Lolita are at the mercy of the Pacific as they attempt the 4,300 nautical mile journey on their homemade raft...
By creating a balsawood raft using ancient methods, Heyerdahl and a crew set off from the Peruvian coast in an attempt to catch ocean currents that will take them to the Polynesian islands in order to prove Heyerdahl’s theory of South American settlers. Heyderdahl (Norwegian star Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen), his five man crew and a macaw named Lolita are at the mercy of the Pacific as they attempt the 4,300 nautical mile journey on their homemade raft...
- 3/7/2013
- by Rachel West
- Cineplex
By the time the Oscars roll around, most of the major nominees have at least had a limited theatrical release and are known quantities to some extent. However, when it comes to the Best Foreign Film category, you can usually count on at least a few of the nominees being ripe for discovery, with the Oscars serving as their first real exposure to North American audiences. This year Kon-Tiki was one such movie, and although it couldn't beat Michael Haneke's Amour, the clips shown from the movie looked intriguing to say the least. The Weinstein Company will be distributing the movie stateside, and on Friday they released a domestic trailer to help build some buzz. It is based on the true story of Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian ethnographer who set sail from South America to Polynesia on a balsa wood raft in order to prove his theory that previous settlers followed the same journey.
- 2/25/2013
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
At first, it seems like this is an odd year for Best Documentary Feature. A lot of the early favorites weren’t nominated, and some of them didn’t even make the shortlist. I’m thinking of Central Park Five and Bully, and to an extent The House I Live In. However, in spite of how unexpected it feels, that almost always happens. If anything, this is a strange but predictable year for the category. We have a front-runner, even if the list appears to be diverse in content and full of impressively affecting films. Incidentally, watch the winner. This year’s fiction nominees include two films based on prior documentary Oscar-winners. Kon-Tiki in Best Foreign Language Film is based on the journey of Thor Heyerdahl to Polynesia, the documentary of which won in 1952. The Sessions, meanwhile, is based on Jessica Yu’s short doc winner Breathing Lessons. Could we see another Oscar-nominated adaptation from this list...
- 2/21/2013
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 raft trip from Peru to Polynesia, which forms the story of “Kon-Tiki,” the opening film of the Göteborg International Film Festival, is already the stuff of legend – particularly in this part of the world. Heyerdahl’s own 1950 book was an international bestseller (indeed this writer remembers a battered paperback knocking around her childhood home), and the documentary he filmed during the trip itself won an Academy Award back in 1951. Which makes it a pleasing narrative to have this film, over six decades later, achieve a similar feat in getting nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar. But we have to wonder if there’s a certain sentimentality at play there (Hollywood does love a self-referential story, after all) because there is little more to “Kon-Tiki” than a fun, handsomely-mounted, old-style adventure story. And as impressive a feat as that is to achieve, especially outside of Hollywood,...
- 1/27/2013
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning, the directors of the Norwegian film "Kon-Tiki," are among the directors being eyed for an upcoming feature about another great European character, Arsene Lupin, a gentlemen thief, an individual close to the project told TheWrap. The two men have been much in demand since "Kon-Tiki" played at the Toronto Film Festival in September. Based on the story of real-life Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who used a raft called Kon-Tiki to cross the Pacific in 1947, the film is this year's Norwegian foreign-Oscar entry. It was picked up by the...
- 11/16/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
A dramatic recreation of Thor Heyerdahl's daring crossing of the Pacific Ocean via raft will sail into the United States courtesy of The Weinstein Company. The indie studio picked up the domestic rights to Hanway Films' "Kon-Tiki" and will also distribute the film in Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy. The true-life story is Norway's official Oscar entry in the best foreign language film race. Named after Heyerdahl's makeshift craft, "Kon-Tiki," is directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg with a script by Petter Skavlan. The Weinstein Company plans to release the English...
- 11/7/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
The Weinstein Company has acquired rights to “Kon-Tiki” for the U.S., Canada, UK and Italy from Hanway Films. An English-language version of the movie, which is Norway’s Oscar entry for best foreign-language film, will be released in theaters in 2013. Directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, “Kon-Tiki” tells the true story of Thor Heyerdahl and the small crew of friends who sailed with him from Peru to Polynesia in an epic battle against nature. Petter Skavlan wrote the screenplay for the project, which played at the Toronto International Film Festival and, this week, at AFI Fest. Heyerdahl’s own documentary on the voyage won the Academy Award for best documentary in 1951. “We are extremely honored to be bringing this epic story to audiences everywhere,” said TWC’s Harvey Weinstein. “Roenning and Sandberg have really captured a special story, portrayed through incredible performances from the...
- 11/7/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
The Weinstein Co. has acquired from Hanway Films "Kon-Tiki" distribution rights for the Us, Canada, UK, and Italy. The film, which recently played at AFI Fest, is Norway's entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar and screened at Toronto earlier this fall. Co-directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning, "Kon-Tiki" tracks the 1947 expedition of anthropologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his sailing journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands on a wooden raft. The $16.1 million film is Norway's most expensive production to date, and has already grossed more than $13.4 million there. "Kon-Tiki" stars Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, and was written by Petter Skavlan. The Weinsteins will release the film in 2013. Here's a selection from our AFI Fest review: Norway's Oscar entry and enjoyably supersized “Kon-Tiki” follows the real-life adventures of explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who, in 1947, embarked...
- 11/7/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning's Kon-Tiki Oscar contender for Norway goes to Weinstein Co Norway's contender for the foreign-language film will be distributed on U.S. soil via The Weinstein Company, who have not set a release date at this time. Variety reports that the distributor had no comment on the deal. Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning helm the film which tells the true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947. The film, Norway's most expensive film to date budgeted at $16.1 million, made its premiere at the Norwegian Film Festival in August, and was also seen at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- 11/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Academy Awards organisers have received submissions from a record 71 countries for this season's foreign-language prize.
This year's Oscar entries include Austria's Amour, from the director Michael Haneke, which won the top prize at last May's Cannes film festival and stars Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant as an elderly couple coping with the wife's worsening health. They also include the feature director David "Tosh" Gitonga's Nairobi Half Life, the first ever entry ever from Kenya.
Other foreign-language entries include the French hit The Intouchables, from the directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, and Sweden's The Hypnotist, from Lasse Hallstrom, who also directed The Cider House Rules.
Another entry is Norway's Kon-Tiki from the directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, which chronicles Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific Ocean expedition to prove that South Americans could...
This year's Oscar entries include Austria's Amour, from the director Michael Haneke, which won the top prize at last May's Cannes film festival and stars Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant as an elderly couple coping with the wife's worsening health. They also include the feature director David "Tosh" Gitonga's Nairobi Half Life, the first ever entry ever from Kenya.
Other foreign-language entries include the French hit The Intouchables, from the directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, and Sweden's The Hypnotist, from Lasse Hallstrom, who also directed The Cider House Rules.
Another entry is Norway's Kon-Tiki from the directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, which chronicles Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific Ocean expedition to prove that South Americans could...
- 10/9/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Los Angeles — Academy Awards organizers have received submissions from a record 71 countries for this season's foreign-language prize.
The entries include Austria's "Amour" from director Michael Haneke, which won the top prize at last May's Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant as an elderly couple coping with the wife's worsening health.
The Oscar submissions also feature director David "Tosh" Gitonga's "Nairobi Half Life." It's the first entry ever from Kenya.
Other foreign-language entries include the French hit "The Intouchables," from directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, and Sweden's "The Hypnotist," from Lasse Hallstrom, who also directed "The Cider House Rules."
Another entry is Norway's "Kon-Tiki" from directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg. It chronicles Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific Ocean expedition to prove that South Americans could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
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The entries include Austria's "Amour" from director Michael Haneke, which won the top prize at last May's Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant as an elderly couple coping with the wife's worsening health.
The Oscar submissions also feature director David "Tosh" Gitonga's "Nairobi Half Life." It's the first entry ever from Kenya.
Other foreign-language entries include the French hit "The Intouchables," from directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, and Sweden's "The Hypnotist," from Lasse Hallstrom, who also directed "The Cider House Rules."
Another entry is Norway's "Kon-Tiki" from directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg. It chronicles Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific Ocean expedition to prove that South Americans could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
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http://www.oscars.org...
- 10/9/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
You think it’s too early for this? Trust me, it’s not and that’s exactly why we’re here today to start our little chat about the official foreign language submissions for Oscar.
Nothing to be surprised about, after all – these titles are already familiar to you, mostly because of their success in some Film Festivals. Check out the rest of this report to see the list of announced submissions.
As you’re about to see, quite interesting list of movies from all over the world. Unfortunately we don’t have trailers and official synopsis part for every single film, but I’m sure we’ll soon have more material to share with you.
In the mean time, we will inform you that Kim Ki-duk‘s movie, Pieta, which won Golden Lion statue for best movie at the Venice Film Festival this year, has been submitted by South...
Nothing to be surprised about, after all – these titles are already familiar to you, mostly because of their success in some Film Festivals. Check out the rest of this report to see the list of announced submissions.
As you’re about to see, quite interesting list of movies from all over the world. Unfortunately we don’t have trailers and official synopsis part for every single film, but I’m sure we’ll soon have more material to share with you.
In the mean time, we will inform you that Kim Ki-duk‘s movie, Pieta, which won Golden Lion statue for best movie at the Venice Film Festival this year, has been submitted by South...
- 10/1/2012
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
In advance of the October 1 Oscar deadline, the official foreign language submissions are coming fast and furious from around the world. -Fresh from its Venice Golden Lion win and Toronto screenings, "Pieta," directed by Kim Ki-duk, has been submitted by South Korea as its official foreign language submission. -Belgium has selected Joachim Lafosse's "Our Children" as its official submission. The film played at Cannes in May, and garnered a Best Actress Un Certain Regard award for Emilie Dequenne as a young mother caught between two men. The Hollywood Reporter describes it as "an arresting portrait of one woman's gradual slide towards the unspeakable... [a] tightly wound study of domestic malaise." (Trailer below.) -"Kon-Tiki," Norwegian box office hit and true story of explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl who crossed the Pacific Ocean on a wooden raft in 1947, is Norway's official entry. Co-directed by Espen...
- 9/14/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Childhood friends and directorial team, Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg will debuted their third feature film, "Kon-Tiki," at the Toronto Film Festival this week. The film chronicles the 101-day journey across the Pacific Ocean undertaken by Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947. The film's title refers to the name of the wooden, self-made raft which served as Heyerdahl's transportation during his journey, in order to demonstrate how ancient voyagers were able to make contact with cultures separated by vast distances. Recalling a more adventurous era of anthropology -- and a 1950 Oscar-winning documentary of the same name -- "Kon-Tiki" has already courted a lot of buzz since premiering. What the movie is about: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947. In other words...: To follow your dream. The Inspiration for...
- 9/14/2012
- by Claire Easton
- Indiewire
Jayne Mansfield.s Car
Piers Handling, CEO and Director of Tiff, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, made the first announcement of films to premiere at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival. Films announced include titles in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes. The announced films include 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations, including 38 world premieres.
Toronto audiences will be the first to see the world premieres of films from directors Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski,...
Piers Handling, CEO and Director of Tiff, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, made the first announcement of films to premiere at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival. Films announced include titles in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes. The announced films include 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations, including 38 world premieres.
Toronto audiences will be the first to see the world premieres of films from directors Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Earlier, we brought you a snapshot glance at the first wave of programming announced for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Shortly after, the fest released a thorough breakdown of the Galas and Special Presentations for this year’s event, which kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 6.
So far, 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations have been announced, including 38 world premieres. Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, Margarethe von Trotta, Joss Whedon and...
Hollywoodnews.com: Earlier, we brought you a snapshot glance at the first wave of programming announced for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Shortly after, the fest released a thorough breakdown of the Galas and Special Presentations for this year’s event, which kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 6.
So far, 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations have been announced, including 38 world premieres. Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, David Ayer, Maiken Baird, Noah Baumbach, J.A. Bayona, Stuart Blumberg, Josh Boone, Laurent Cantet, Sergio Castellitto, Stephen Chbosky, Lu Chuan, Derek Cianfrance, Nenad Cicin-Sain, Costa-Gavras, Ziad Doueiri, Liz Garbus, Dustin Hoffman, Rian Johnson, Neil Jordan, Baltasar Kormákur, Shola Lynch, Deepa Mehta, Roger Michell, Nishikawa Miwa, Ruba Nadda, Mike Newell, François Ozon, Sally Potter, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Eran Riklis, David O. Russell, Gauri Shinde, Ben Timlett & Bill Jones & Jeff Simpson, Tom Tykwer & Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, Margarethe von Trotta, Joss Whedon and...
- 7/24/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
2012′s Toronto International Film Festival is set to officially announce its initial line-up later today, but Variety let the cat out of the bag, at least partially; and it’s quite astounding. Most of our most-anticipated films of the year will be premiering at the Canadian festival, notably Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder, Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer‘s epic-sounding Cloud Atlas, Rian Johnson‘s Looper (which will open the fest), Ben Affleck‘s Argo, Dereck Cianfrance‘s The Place Beyond the Pines and much, more more.
Coming from Sundance, the only mentioned film was Ben Lewis‘ John Hawkes-starring The Sessions, while Cannes premieres include Matteo Garrone‘s Reality, Thomas Vinterberg‘s The Hunt, Pablo Larrain‘s No and Jacques Audiard‘s Rust and Bone. One of the biggest surprises is a new film from Noah Baumbach, starring Greta Gerwing titled Frances Ha. There’s also The Avengers director Joss Whedon...
Coming from Sundance, the only mentioned film was Ben Lewis‘ John Hawkes-starring The Sessions, while Cannes premieres include Matteo Garrone‘s Reality, Thomas Vinterberg‘s The Hunt, Pablo Larrain‘s No and Jacques Audiard‘s Rust and Bone. One of the biggest surprises is a new film from Noah Baumbach, starring Greta Gerwing titled Frances Ha. There’s also The Avengers director Joss Whedon...
- 7/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
If you were to tell me before that its possible to sail 5000 miles across the ocean with just a wooden raft, I would have scoff at the idea and say thats suicide. Truth be told, it has happened actually in 1947 and a UK/Norway/Denmark production is basing this true story of Kon-Tiki in a historical adventure film. For those unaware, a Norwegian explorer/writer Thor Heyerdahl courageously embarked on epic journey across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa raft, using the currents as the guide to test his theory that the people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. Its directed by Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandber of Max Manus: Man of War fame with Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen playing the lead...
- 2/14/2012
- Screen Anarchy
One of the hottest Norwegian young talents Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen is set to topline Jeremy Thomas’ production Kon-Tiki, one of the Scandinavia’s most ambitious films.
Hagen (Troubled Water, Max Manus), who plays Thor Heyerdahl, will be joined by a slew of Scandinavian perspective actors forming his team, including Odd-Magnus Williamson (Reprise), Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Vegas), Jakob Oftebro (Max Manus) and Gustaf Skarsgard (The Way Back).
The real-life adventure tale Kon-Tiki is the story of Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl, intrigued by Polynesian folklore and led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki, suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. Therefore, Heyerdahl together with his team went on 4,300 mile expedition on a fragile wooden raft from Peru to Polynesia to prove the islands...
Hagen (Troubled Water, Max Manus), who plays Thor Heyerdahl, will be joined by a slew of Scandinavian perspective actors forming his team, including Odd-Magnus Williamson (Reprise), Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Vegas), Jakob Oftebro (Max Manus) and Gustaf Skarsgard (The Way Back).
The real-life adventure tale Kon-Tiki is the story of Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl, intrigued by Polynesian folklore and led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki, suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. Therefore, Heyerdahl together with his team went on 4,300 mile expedition on a fragile wooden raft from Peru to Polynesia to prove the islands...
- 4/13/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
HanWay has promoted Fabien Westerhoff to head its multimedia division. Mark Lane has also been promoted to sales manager and Kate Hide brought in as business and content manager. Hide joins from the business affairs department of the UK Film Council and British Film Institute. The London-based sales agent has several 3D films on its slate, including motorbike sports feature TT3D, which it is offering for 3D broadcast as well as for theatrical. HanWay is also selling Kon-Tiki 3D based on the true-life adventure of Thor Heyerdahl sailing a raft across the Pacific.
- 5/12/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
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