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• Brie Larson, who has had a breakout year with leading and supporting roles in Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now, and Don Jon, is in talks to join Mark Wahlberg in the remake of The Gambler, the 1974 James Caan starrer that was loosely inspired by a the Dostoyevsky novella. It’s still very early in the process, but Larson would take on the role of a student who Wahlberg’s Jim Bennett, a literature professor, is in love with. Rupert Wyatt, who worked with Wahlberg on Rise of the Planet of the Apes, is set to direct. Oscar winner William Monahan...
- 10/17/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
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Daniel Wagner’s BiFrost Pictures has announced that the company will finance and produce the feature film “The Swimmer” with Richard L. Fox attached to direct and Bard Ivar Engelsas as the screenwriter. The film is an official selection of the U.S.-Norway Film Development Project founded in 2011 by Lisa G. Black of Garnet Girl, LLC and Brandi Savitt of Senza Pictures. The Development Project is also in collaboration with Norway’s regional film funds. The film will star Ben McKenzie, best known for his work on “Southland” and “The O.C.” Also starring in the film are two of Norway’s best-known actors, Agnes Kittelsen and Kristoffer Joner. They’ll be playing supporting roles [ Read More ]
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- 9/9/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
Ryan Atwood as a swimmer? Swoon. Variety reports this is actually happening as “Southland” and “The O.C.” star Ben McKenzie is set to star in indie drama “The Swimmer,” in which he’ll play an American swimmer out to conquer the treacherous rivers of Norway. Agnes Kittelsen and Kristoffer Joner co-star, while Richard L. Fox will [...]
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- 9/9/2013
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
"Southland" and "The O.C." actor Ben McKenzie is set to slip on some speedos for Richard L. Fox's "The Swimmer" at BiFrost Pictures.
Bard Ivar Engelsas penned the script in which he plays an American extreme swimmer who embarks on a mission to conquer one of the wildest rivers in Norway. At the same time, he is forced to confront his inner demons and reconcile his troubled past.
Agnes Kittelsen and Kristoffer Joner also star in the project which Daniel Wagner, Lisa G. Black and Brandi Savitt will produce. Filming begins in Northern Norway in June 2014.
Source: Prodigy...
Bard Ivar Engelsas penned the script in which he plays an American extreme swimmer who embarks on a mission to conquer one of the wildest rivers in Norway. At the same time, he is forced to confront his inner demons and reconcile his troubled past.
Agnes Kittelsen and Kristoffer Joner also star in the project which Daniel Wagner, Lisa G. Black and Brandi Savitt will produce. Filming begins in Northern Norway in June 2014.
Source: Prodigy...
- 9/9/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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Daniel Wagner’s BiFrost Pictures will finance and produce The Swimmer starring Ben McKenzie of TV hits Southland and The O.C.
Richard L Fox will direct from a screenplay by Bard Ivar Engelsas about an extreme swimmer who must overcome inner demons in his bid to conquer one of the wildest rivers in Norway.
The Swimmer is an official selection of the Us- Norway Film Development Project founded in 2011 by Lisa G Black of Garnet Girl and Brandi Savitt of Senza Pictures in collaboration with the regional film funds of Norway.
Agnes Kittelsen and Kristoffer Joner will also star. Wagner is producing the project with Black and Savitt alongside Sweet Films of Norway.
Production is scheduled to commence principal photography in Northern Norway in June 2014.
“BiFrost has been looking at European co-productions for some time now, but when I read Bard’s script I immediately knew this was the one,” said Wagner...
Richard L Fox will direct from a screenplay by Bard Ivar Engelsas about an extreme swimmer who must overcome inner demons in his bid to conquer one of the wildest rivers in Norway.
The Swimmer is an official selection of the Us- Norway Film Development Project founded in 2011 by Lisa G Black of Garnet Girl and Brandi Savitt of Senza Pictures in collaboration with the regional film funds of Norway.
Agnes Kittelsen and Kristoffer Joner will also star. Wagner is producing the project with Black and Savitt alongside Sweet Films of Norway.
Production is scheduled to commence principal photography in Northern Norway in June 2014.
“BiFrost has been looking at European co-productions for some time now, but when I read Bard’s script I immediately knew this was the one,” said Wagner...
- 9/8/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Daniel Wagner's BiFrost Pictures has announced that the company will finance and produce the feature The Swimmer , starring Ben McKenzie ("Southland," "The O.C.") and to be directed by Richard L. Fox. The film, written by Bard Ivar Engelsas, is an official selection of the U.S.- Norway Film Development Project founded in 2011 by Lisa G. Black of Garnet Girl, LLC and Brandi Savitt of Senza Pictures, in collaboration with the regional film funds of Norway. The movie will also star two of Norway's celebrated actors, Agnes Kittelsen and Kristoffer Joner, who are playing supporting roles opposite McKenzie. Wagner is producing the project with Black and Savitt and their respective companies, along with Sweet Films As of Norway. The Swimmer is scheduled to commence...
- 9/8/2013
- Comingsoon.net
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• Emma Watson (Harry Potter, The Bling Ring) is set to star in an adaptation of Emma Forrest’s memoir, Your Voice in My Head, about her descent into mental illness as she struggles to pursue relationships and a writing career, and how one doctor saved her life. Francesca Gregorini, who directed Rooney Mara in the prep school coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall, will direct Watson in the project.Forrest is writing the script. In the press release announcing the news, producer and International Film Trust co-founder Michael Benaroya said, “We are incredibly excited to be working with Emma Forrest as she...
- 9/8/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
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