EXCLUSIVE: Rainfall , the action sci-fi starring Ken Jeong, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Gillies and Jason Isaacs, has sold around the world for Film Mode Entertainment . The movie has been picked up for: North America (Saban), UK (Signature); CIS (Paradise); France (Metropolitan); Germany (Splendid); Japan (New Select); Middle East (Eagle Films); Pan-Asia PTV (Disney/Fox); Scandinavia (Smile Entertainment); South Korea (Scene&Sound); Taiwan (Moviecloud); Singapore (Shaw); Spain (Flins & Piniculas); and Vietnam (Noori). The film, which features VFX from artists behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Blade Runner 2049, takes audiences two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, with the last survivors fighting back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. Producers are Carly & Carmel Imrie ( Occupation ) and U.S. co-executive … [Read more...] about Sci-Fi Action Pic ‘Rainfall’ Amasses Key Sales Including U.S., UK & France For Film Mode – EFM
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Charlotte Gainsbourg & Hugh Bonneville To Lead Female Spy Thriller ‘Lives In Secret’ — EFM
EXCLUSIVE : Charlotte Gainsbourg ( Antichrist ) and Hugh Bonneville ( Downton Abbey ) are set to star in WWII spy thriller Lives In Secret from Resident Evil producer Jeremy Bolt. Paris-based sales firm Other Angle will be selling the project at this week’s virtual EFM . Gainsbourg play World War Two intelligence officer Vera Atkins, who made it her mission to discover the fate of missing agents she had dispatched to Occupied France after the conflict. The feature is adapted from the Sarah Helm’s A Life in Secrets, telling the true story of Atkins, an intelligence officer for Special Operation Executive’s French Section who trained and dispatched hundreds of agents to Occupied France, many of whom didn’t return. Atkins was also involved in the interrogation of Rudolf Hess, the notorious commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. During the interrogation Atkins looked for answers to the fates of those female spies who didn’t return home. … [Read more...] about Charlotte Gainsbourg & Hugh Bonneville To Lead Female Spy Thriller ‘Lives In Secret’ — EFM
Michael Caine Sets ‘Best Sellers’, Foresight Unlimited Selling At Cannes
Oscar-winning actor Michael Caine will star in Best Seller s , the directorial feature debut of Lina Roessler ( Little Whispers: The Vow, Mustard Seed ). Pic follows a has-been author, played by Caine, who is on a wild book tour with a young editor trying to save his boutique publishing house. Caine’s author is miserable and sharp-witted and just wants to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar, and his orange Tabby cat. The project is based on Anthony Grieco’s original screenplay which won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award, and will be an official Canada-UK co-production, produced by Arielle Elwes ( Braid ), Cassian Elwes ( Mudbound, The Butler ), Petr Jákl ( xXx, Ghoul, Medieval ) and Wayne Marc Godfrey ( The Foreigner, Wind River ) on the UK side and Jonathan Vanger (Wishing Tree Productions: Miss Sloane ) and Pierre Even (Item 7: War Witch, The Hummingbird Project ) on the Canadian side. EPs include Martin Barab, Jere … [Read more...] about Michael Caine Sets ‘Best Sellers’, Foresight Unlimited Selling At Cannes
Aubrey Plaza Joins Michael Caine In ‘Best Sellers’
EXCLUSIVE: Aubrey Plaza is joining Oscar winner Michael Caine in Lina Roessler’s feature directorial debut Best Sellers . The story follows a has-been author, played by Caine, who is on a wild book tour with a young editor, Plaza, trying to save her father’s boutique publishing house. Caine’s miserable and sharp-witted author just wants to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his orange Tabby cat, but Plaza’s hopeful editor pulls him out of his reclusion. The project is based on Anthony Grieco’s original screenplay, which won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award, and will be an official Canada-UK co-production, produced by Arielle Elwes ( Braid ), Cassian Elwes ( Mudbound, The Butler ), Petr Jákl ( xXx, Ghoul, Medieval ) and Wayne Marc Godfrey ( The Foreigner, Wind River ) on the UK side and Jonathan Vanger ( Wishing Tree Productions: Miss Sloane ) and Pierre Even ( Item 7: War Witch, The Hummingbird Project ) on the … [Read more...] about Aubrey Plaza Joins Michael Caine In ‘Best Sellers’
Berlinale Unveils Competition Lineup: New Pics From Daniel Bruhl, Celine Sciamma, Radu Jude, Xavier Beauvois & Hong Sang-soo
This week of Berlin International Film Festival announcements comes to a close with the main course – the Competition and Special Screenings programs. Scroll down for the full lists. The 15-strong Competition – all world premieres – includes titles from filmmakers including Celine Sciamma, Daniel Bruhl and Xavier Beauvois. Celine Sciamma is following on from her Golden Globe-nominated Portrait Of A Lady On Fire with her next movie, Petite Maman, which only went into production in November; plot details are hush but it is understood to star two eight-year-olds. Actor-turned-filmmaker Bruhl also plays the protagonist in his directorial debut, Next Door , which centers on a film star and his troublesome neighbor. Related Story Berlin Film Fest Chiefs Talk 'Unprecedented' 2021 Edition, Landing Celine Sciamma’s 'Petite Maman' & Streamer/Studio Absence Xavier Beauvois, whose credits include the Cannes Grand Prix winner Of Gods And Men and the 2017 film … [Read more...] about Berlinale Unveils Competition Lineup: New Pics From Daniel Bruhl, Celine Sciamma, Radu Jude, Xavier Beauvois & Hong Sang-soo