Tag: Arctic
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My streaming gem: why you should watch Arctic
The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser-known films available to stream is a recommendation for a tough Mads Mikkelsen survival thrillerI’d happily watch Mads Mikkelsen sit in silence for an hour and a half. Whether he’s playing a weepy-eyed Bond villain, an alcoholic teacher, or the bloke who designed the Death Star, the…
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Xyz Films Raises $100 Million in Production Financing
Los Angeles-based production, sales and management outfit Xyz Films has raised $100 million in production financing across a slate of 15 to 20 films.Venture capital firm Ipr.Vc, based in Helsinki, Finland, is co-financing the slate. Xyz made the announcement Thursday on the second day of the American Film Market.Notable Xyz titles include Gareth Evans’ “The…
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Cannes: Daniel Dae Kim Joins Joe Penna’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Stowaway’
Daniel Dae Kim, best known recently for ABC’s “The Good Doctor,” will join Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette in Joe Penna’s sci-fi thriller “Stowaway.” The movie marks the second feature from Penna and Ryan Morrison, the duo behind the Cannes Official Selection film “Arctic,” which released earlier this year.Xyz Films and CAA Media Finance are…
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Oscar Shorts Hit Records as Specialty Box Office Waits for Academy Award Winners
While possible winners “Roma,” “Vice,” “Free Solo,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Green Book” could get a box-office boost from Sunday’s Oscar finale, the specialized world’s primary reliance on awards contenders is drawing to a close. That leaves room for other players to take center stage. Specialized mainstay Roadside Attractions is releasing “Run the…
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Toni Collette Joins Anna Kendrick in Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Stowaway’ (Exclusive)
Toni Collette will star opposite Anna Kendrick in the sci-fi thriller “Stowaway.”The movie marks the second feature from Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison, the duo behind “Arctic,” a survival film that premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. “Stowaway” will be directed by Penna, who will co-write the script with Morrison.The story revolves around a…
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Fintage House Launches New App; MovieChainer Enlists MK2, Charades
Fintage House is set to launch Fintage Cam Live, a new online platform aimed to allow the collecting agency’s of their numerous users – ranging from producers, sales agents, talents, financiers — to track down their revenues in real time.Fintage Cam Live was created using a software developed by MovieChainer, the cloud-based app allowing right-holders…
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Backup Media Picks Up Mads Mikkelsen Starrer ‘Arctic’ Ahead of Cannes Unspooling
Paris-based Backup Media has acquired multi-territory rights to Joe Penna’s feature debut “Arctic,” a gripping survival thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen (“Hannibal”) which will make its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight section.Written by Penna and Ryan Morrison, “Arctic” follows Mikkelsen as a man stranded in the Arctic who is finally about to…
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Cannes Lineup Reaches From Spike Lee to Jean-Luc Godard
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival will include new films from directors Spike Lee, Pawel Pawlikowski, David Robert Mitchell and Jean-Luc Godard, as part of a lineup light on American films and long on international auteurs both young and old.Lee’s “BlacKKKlansman” and Mitchell’s “Under the Silver Lake” are the only American movies in the 18-film main…