Tag: Millennium
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Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas Gave Barbie His Blessing To Make Fun Of ‘Push’
This article contains spoilers for “Barbie.”I’m a ’90s kid. I mean, I was actually a proper child in the ’90s. I turned seven in the first year of the 21st century. When most people say they are ’90s kids, they really mean they were born in the ’80s and had their formative coming of age years…
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Noomi Rapace to Headline ‘Hamlet’ Adaptation by Ali Abbasi
Noomi Rapace, who shot to global prominence as Lisbeth Salander in the “Millennium” trilogy, will lead the cast of acclaimed “Border” director Ali Abbasi’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”Swedish-Danish-Iranian filmmaker Abbasi made his feature debut in 2018 with “Shelley,” which was selected for the Panorama competition at the Berlin Film Festival. “Border” won Un Certain…
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Amazon to Spinoff ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ with Original Lisbeth Salander TV Series
Lisbeth Salander is taking a break from the big screen and planning a move to television in a new original series centered around the breakout character from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book trilogy (via Variety). The literary franchise includes “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” and “The Girl Who Kicked…
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Film News Roundup: Noomi Rapace Thriller ‘O2’ Heads for Berlin Film Market
In today’s film news roundup, Noomi Rapace gets a starring role, ArcLight Cinemas hires Ted Mundorff and a “Karn Evil 9” movie is in the works.CastingNoomi Rapace will star in the thriller “O2,” which will launch sales next week at the European Film Market in Berlin through Wild Bunch International.Franck Khalfoun is directing and Alexandre…
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Starry Deals Driving an Unsettled American Film Market
Stars like Jason Statham, Gerard Butler, Liam Neeson and Ben Affleck have brought a semblance of stability to an unsettled American Film Market this week.The boom in streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon along with the emergence of new services from Disney, Apple and Warner Bros. has disrupted the traditional business model for the…
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Box Office: ‘Angel Has Fallen’ Heads Toward $14 Million Holiday Weekend
“Angel Has Fallen” continues to fly at the box office. The Lionsgate and Millennium film is heading for a $14 million Labor Day weekend, following $2.8 million in Friday’s domestic ticket sales.While slightly below earlier predictions, that should push the film’s total domestic gross to around $43 million come Monday. “Angel Has Fallen” beat expectations…
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Ventana Sur: German co-pro ace Peter Nadermann talks Scandi success,
’It makes no send to do a co-production if you don’t have the product that fits your market and your partner.’Peter Nadermann, the champion of high-end Scandinavian content who served as executive producer the original Millennium film series and launched Nadcon with Constantin Films six years ago, used a Ventana Sur keynote to emphasise the…
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Ventana Sur: German co-pro ace Peter Nadermann talks Scandi success
’It makes no sense to do a co-production if you don’t have the product that fits your market and your partner.’Peter Nadermann, the champion of high-end Scandinavian content who served as executive producer the original Millennium film series and launched Nadcon with Constantin Films six years ago, used a Ventana Sur keynote to emphasise the…
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‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ With Claire Foy to Premiere at Rome Film Festival
Sony’s “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” starring Claire Foy as avenging heroine Lisbeth Salander, is set to world premiere at the Rome Film Festival, which announced a strong lineup Friday mixing crowd-pleasers with esoteric titles. The festival also boasts an impressive roster of speakers who will hold onstage conversations, including Martin Scorsese, Sigourney Weaver…