SUNDAY, MAY 20 2012
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August, Scherfig to play Game
BY GEOFFREY MACNAB Two of the biggest talents in Scan- dinavian cinema are to join forces as Danish writer-director Lone Scherfig and Swedish actress- director Pernilla August are col- laborating on $6.4m period love story The Serious Game. “It is a Scandinavian dream team,” said Patrik Andersson, who produces alongside Fredrik Heinig. The f i lm, which August
(Beyond) will direct from Scherfi g’s screenplay, is based on the classic novel by Hjalmar Soderberg. It is a
Iris and Rezo prep Rainer, Pinocchio
BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW Luxembourg-based Iris Group, which announced it had acquired a stake in Rezo Films at Cannes last year, has unveiled a 10-picture slate of films due to be distributed in France and sold worldwide by its Paris-based partner. Upcoming productions include
German director Marco Kreuzpaint- ner’s Rainer Werner Fassbinder biopic, Rainer and Italian Enzo d’Alo’s feature-length animation Pinocchio, as well as Franziska Buch’s Upgrade starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Thure Lindhardt. Alongside the co-production
slate, the group is also involved in six festival titles including Bernard- Henri Lévy’s The Oath Of Tobruk, which Rezo sold to The Weinstein Company. Under last year’s deal, Jean-
Michel Rey’s Rezo Films became part of the Iris Group. “The beauty of partnering with
Rezo is that the group now has a dedicated sales operation for its films… it gives us extra muscle,” said Iris Group founding chief Nicolas Steil. “It is an extra, optional service we can offer our co-production partners.” Rainer is due to shoot from
spring 2013, with a four-month break in the middle so the, as yet uncast, lead can bulk up for the scenes capturing Fassbinder’s fi nal months. “We’re currently casting; we’ve got to get it right,” added Steil.
love story about a couple who meet early in life, go their separate ways and then meet again when they are married to other people. When they start an affair, the conse- quences for both are profound. The Serious Game is being made
through Stockholm-based B-Reel Feature Films and, while the book has been filmed twice before, B-Reel is promising a story in the vein of Jane Campion and Andrea Arnold’s work. Shooting is set to begin in 2013. Here in Cannes, B-Reel has con-
Lone Scherfi g and Pernilla August
firmed that rising Danish actress Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair) will play the lead role in Hotel, Lisa Langseth’s psychological drama.
The fi lm is being co-produced by SVT, Film i Vast and Nimbus, with support by SFI and DFI. The Stockholm company is also
working on two feature docs: Palme, about murdered Swedish politician Olof Palme; and Stig Bjorkman’s next Ingmar Bergman doc, Fanny, Alexander & I, which looks at the process of putting his Fanny & Alexander on stage. B-Reel’s slate also includes
Mikael Marcimain’s love story thriller Gentlemen & Gangsters, due to shoot early next year.
Wim Wenders
NEWS New dimensions Wim Wenders talks about shooting his next film in 3D. » Page 14
REVIEW Exorcise video Cristian Mungiu’s striking Romanian drama Beyond The Hills will not go unnoticed. » Page 22
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Buyers court StudioCanal’s romcom
BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW Buyers are feeling the love for Working Title and comedy writer Dan Mazer’s romantic comedy I Give It A Year, which is being sold internationally by StudioCanal. In early sales, eOne has acquired
the picture for Canada, Benelux and Australia. It has also gone to Scandinavia (Svensk) and Russia (Daro/Cascade). “It is Working Title doing what
it does best,” says StudioCanal’s Harold Van Leer. “We have also got a lot of interest from the US but
Gens plans a heist with Gaumont, LGM
Shia LaBeouf (right) got an eyeful of Jessica Chastain yesterday at the press call for John Hillcoat’s Lawless, also starring Tom Hardy (left). See review, p20
Buyers run on eOne’s Bank
eOne Films International has seen strong demand for its new slate and has secured a number of deals on upcoming thriller Cut Bank starring Armie Hammer. The Matt Shakman-directed
feature film has pre-sold to German- speaking Europe (Koch Media), Latin America (Gussi), Spain (Golem), Portugal (Lusomundo),
Poland (Kino Swait) and the Middle East (Falcon). Other territories are expected to close shortly. Hammer, John Malkovich, Ben
Kingsley, Michael Sheen and Teresa Palmer are set to star in the thriller, which was on the Black List of hot unproduced US scripts, and is due to get underway in the autumn. Andreas Wiseman
BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW French genre director Xavier Gens is set to direct a comedy crime caper inspired by the real-life rob- bery of a Claude Monet painting from a Paris museum in 1986. The fi lm-maker, best known for
horror movie Frontiers and thriller Hitman, is developing the French- language picture with production powerhouses LGM and Gaumont. The film is based on the true
story of a bunch of petty criminals who stole paintings by Camille Corot and Monet and then sold them to the Japanese Yakuza. Gens told Screen: “It will be in
the vein of British crime comedies such as The Italian Job and Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock & Two Smok- ing Barrels.” Provisionally entitled Les Authentiques, the fi lm is due to shoot in spring 2013.
we’re not expecting a deal here… we’ll show a promo at Toronto.” Rose Byrne stars opposite Rafe
Spall as a couple with serious doubts about their compatibility as they approach their fi rst wedding anniversary. The $25m production is fully financed by StudioCanal, which will distribute the fi lm in the France, Germany and the UK. StudioCanal’s slate includes Pad-
dington Bear, which was presented to buyers here, and Jeremy Lover- ing’s psychological horror In Fear, produced by Big Talk and Film4.
Cargo escorts
Hendricks film Cargo Entertainment sales chief Mark Lindsay has been talking up the thriller Zipper, starring Patrick Stewart and Christina Hendricks, which Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures is on board to produce. Mora Stephens will direct from
a screenplay she co-wrote with Joel Viertel about a hotshot prosecutor who tries to hide his addiction to high-end escorts. Deborah Aquila and Julianne
Hausler are co-producers, and Cinetic Media and CAA jointly represent US rights. “Coming from the producers
of incredible films such as Black Swan, this film will be both cutting edge and captivating,” said Cargo CEO Marina Grasic. Jeremy Kay
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