A huge star in his native Denmark and well known around the world for his work on the Klown films and television series, Danish comic Casper Christensen serves as the screenwriter of Nikolaj Peyk's Undercover - a new crime comedy designed to show off the talents of comedienne Linda P. Rikke, allegedly Denmark’s worst police officer, is looking forward to Christmas with roast duck and rice pudding. But on Christmas Eve, she is assigned to her first undercover mission: she must follow petty criminal and crown witness Mick to the island of Funen, before an infamous gangster boss and his minions get their hands on him and the 120,000 euros he has stolen. The involvement of Christensen makes this immediately of interest in these parts...
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- 9/28/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: Film about Danish journalist and her Syrian fixer will start shooting in February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco.
Danish writer/director Kasper Barfoed and producer Michel Schonnemann are launching production company The Lot by developing a feature film based on Danish journalist Puk Damsgaard’s bestseller Under A Crying Sun.
The journalistic autobiography is about the relationship between Danish journalist Damsgaard and her local fixer Nour during the start of the Syrian war.
The shoot for the $3m feature is planned for February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco. Casting has started in Denmark and Los Angeles, and the Danish Film Institute is supporting development.
The project marks Barfoed’s sixth feature; he had a huge hit in Denmark in 2015 with football story Summer of ’92 and past credits include The Numbers Station starring John Cusack.
Barfoed said: “Under A Crying Sun is a suspenseful, personal and deeply heartbreaking story about dreams, ideals and the desire for freedom. It’s a book...
Danish writer/director Kasper Barfoed and producer Michel Schonnemann are launching production company The Lot by developing a feature film based on Danish journalist Puk Damsgaard’s bestseller Under A Crying Sun.
The journalistic autobiography is about the relationship between Danish journalist Damsgaard and her local fixer Nour during the start of the Syrian war.
The shoot for the $3m feature is planned for February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco. Casting has started in Denmark and Los Angeles, and the Danish Film Institute is supporting development.
The project marks Barfoed’s sixth feature; he had a huge hit in Denmark in 2015 with football story Summer of ’92 and past credits include The Numbers Station starring John Cusack.
Barfoed said: “Under A Crying Sun is a suspenseful, personal and deeply heartbreaking story about dreams, ideals and the desire for freedom. It’s a book...
- 5/12/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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