Tag: The Killing
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John Woo’s Silent Night Trailer Teases The Dialogue-Free Christmas Action Movie
If you’re wondering why the last 20 years has felt like something was missing, it’s because John Woo hasn’t given us a Hollywood action flick since 2003’s “Paycheck.” The legendary Chinese filmmaker is responsible for some of the greatest films of all time and remains the patron saint of Gun Fu. Woo has been continuing…
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Patty Jenkins Set to Hold Conversation at HollyShorts Film Festival – Global Bulletin
FestivalPatty Jenkins Set to Appear at HollyShorts Film Festival For Q&a“Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins is set to open the Shorts on Film Program at the upcoming HollyShorts Film Festival with a Q&a.Jenkins, who is also know for films including “Monster” and television including “The Killing” finale, will appear in conversation with Steve Bellamy, president…
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‘Bloodlands’: AcornTV Sets ‘True Detective’-Inspired Thriller in Northern Ireland
Fans of James Nesbitt can soon enjoy a heavily-accented dose of the stone-faced Northern Irish actor, as he leads a gripping four-part Irish crime thriller from executive producer Jed Mercurio, the force behind police thrillers “Line of Duty” and “Bodyguard.” Written by Chris Brandon (“Red Rock), who cites “True Detective” and “The Killing” as inspiration,…
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Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market Unveils Lineup
“Cop Secret,” “Magrete – Queen of the North” and “The Emigrants” are among 12 wide-ranging projects set to be presented at a virtual Nordic Film Market, Scandinavia’s biggest industry showcase which runs alongside the Goteborg Film Festival.“Cop Secret,” directed by Icelandic gaolkeeper turned filmmaker Hannes Þór Halldórsson, is an action comedy following a tough cop…
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Reel Suspects Closes Major Deals on Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Come True’ (Exclusive)
Reel Suspects has scored a raft of sales on Anthony Scott Burns’s sci-fi thriller “Come True,” an elevated genre film which world premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival and had its U.S. premiere at the Nightstream virtual festival.Written and directed by Burns, “Come True” stars Julia Sarah Stone (“The Killing”) and Landon Liboiron (“Truth or…
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Trine Dyrholm to star in Charlotte Sieling’s historical epic ‘Margrete – Queen Of The North’
The big-budget production will start shooting on March 2, with a premiere planned for spring 2021.Award-winning Queen Of Hearts actress Trine Dyrholm will play a different kind of queen in Charlotte Sieling’s historical epic Margrete – Queen Of The North.The Danish actress plays Margrete I, who gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union.…
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‘Mr. Jones’ Trailer: Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard Star In A WWII Thriller For Director Agnieszka Holland
Polish film and television director and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland is a journeywoman. Beginning her career as an assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, at 71, the underrated filmmaker has really done it all. In the early aughts, her no-nonsense style of directing and visual storytelling got her TV jobs on “The Wire” and…
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‘The Killing’ distributor Dr now offers VOD rights to catalogue and new titles (exclusive)
The company’s back catalogue includes The Killing, Borgen and Follow The Money.Dr Sales, the sales arm of The Danish Broadcasting Corporation, heads into Mipcom (Oct 13-16) after securing VOD rights (including for Svod) for both its back catalogue and new titles.Previously the company was only allowed to sell very limited VOD rights to its international…
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Endemol Shine Builds ‘The Bridge’ in Africa (Exclusive)
Durban–Endemol Shine Group has sold the rights to adapt its critically acclaimed and highly popular Nordic Noir detective series “The Bridge” to Cape Town-based production company Both Worlds Pictures, Variety has learned exclusively.The series will feature an all-African cast and will be set around the Beit Bridge border crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe.Originally known…