Tag: Kon-Tiki
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Lone Korslund joins Scanbox’s new productions arm as creative director
Korslund is leaving Nordisk Film after 18 years.Lone Korslund is leaving Nordisk Film after 18 years to become creative director of Scanbox Entertainment Productions as of September 1.Korslund had most recently served as vice president for acquisitions, co-productions and creative partnerships at Nordisk Film, where she worked on projects like The Girl With The Dragon…
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Haugesund Head Tonje Hardersen: “We’ve Had More Films to Choose From Than Ever Before”
For its 50th edition unspooling Aug. 20-26, Norway’s top film event, the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, will be treating its 400-plus international guests and local audiences with a beefed-up onsite program of 72 feature length films and 19 shorts.“We’ve had more films to choose from than ever before, “says festival honcho Tonje Hardersen…
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TrustNordisk Sells Petter Næss’s Oslo-Set Dramedy ‘Nothing to Laugh About’ (Exclusive)
TrustNordisk has sold “Nothing to Laugh About,” Petter Næss’s Norwegian drama comedy which played at the Zürich Film Festival in 2020. Næss is best known for his Oscar-nominated film “Elling” and has been working in TV and theatre in recent years.Set in Oslo, Norway’s capital, the heartfelt dramedy is about a 40-year-old stand-up comedian who…
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‘Deadpool,’ ‘Homeland’s’ Morena Baccarin to Star in Espen Sandberg’s Survival Thriller ‘Beast’
“Deadpool” and “Homeland” actress Morena Baccarin will star in the survival thriller “Beast,” to be directed by Espen Sandberg, who co-helmed Oscar-nominated “Kon-Tiki” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”Based on Aaron W. Sala’s Blacklist script, “Beast” is about a woman who survives a plane crash and is stranded on a seemingly…
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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Star Katherine Waterston Joins Cast of ‘Amundsen’ (Exclusive)
“Fantastic Beasts” star Katherine Waterston has joined the cast of “Amundsen,” a biopic of the Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen directed by Espen Sandberg, the hot Norwegian director of Golden Globe- and Oscar-nominated “Kon-Tiki” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”Sf Studios has come on board the project to represent it worldwide and…
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‘Pirates 5’ Director Joachim Ronning to Direct Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Here There Be Monsters’ (Exclusive)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director Joachim Rønning is attached to direct feature Here There Be Monsters, which he co-wrote with his brother, Andreas.Media Rights Capital, the independent film and television studio behind Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, is developing the the sci-fi thriller. While plot detail are being kept below sea level, Heat Vision is told that the feature…