“The Terminal List” prequel series at Amazon Prime Video has cast Dar Salim in a key recurring guest star role, Variety has learned.
Salim has joined “The Terminal List: Dark Wolf” in the role of Mohammed “Mo” Farooq. He joins previously announced series lead Taylor Kitsch as well as cast members Chris Pratt, Jared Shaw, Tom Hopper, and Luke Hemsworth. Kitsch, Pratt, and Shaw will all be reprising the roles they played in “The Terminal List,” while Hopper will be playing Raife Hastings and Hemsworth will be playing Jules Landry.
Farooq is described as “An Iraqi Special Operations Forces (Isof) officer, formerly trained in the CIA Scorpions program. Mo was raised in a world of dictatorship and war. His mission is to strengthen his country and defend it against enemies without and within.”
Salim most recently starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the Guy Ritchie film “The Covenant,” which was released by Amazon and MGM Studios.
Salim has joined “The Terminal List: Dark Wolf” in the role of Mohammed “Mo” Farooq. He joins previously announced series lead Taylor Kitsch as well as cast members Chris Pratt, Jared Shaw, Tom Hopper, and Luke Hemsworth. Kitsch, Pratt, and Shaw will all be reprising the roles they played in “The Terminal List,” while Hopper will be playing Raife Hastings and Hemsworth will be playing Jules Landry.
Farooq is described as “An Iraqi Special Operations Forces (Isof) officer, formerly trained in the CIA Scorpions program. Mo was raised in a world of dictatorship and war. His mission is to strengthen his country and defend it against enemies without and within.”
Salim most recently starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the Guy Ritchie film “The Covenant,” which was released by Amazon and MGM Studios.
- 3/1/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Dar Salim (The Covenant) has joined the cast of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf in the recurring role of Mohammed ‘Mo’ Farooq.
Mo is an Iraqi Special Operations Forces officer, formerly trained in the CIA Scorpions program. He was raised in a world of dictatorship and war. His mission is to strengthen his country and defend it against enemies without and within.
Co-created by The Terminal List author Jack Carr and Season 1 creator-showrunner David Digilio, the prequel, set five years before the mothership series, is an elevated espionage thriller that takes viewers on Ben Edwards’ (Taylor Kitsch) journey from Navy Seal to CIA paramilitary operator, exploring the darker side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it.
Tom Hopper, Luke Hemsworth, Chris Pratt and Jared Shaw also star.
In addition to starring in the series, Kitsch executive produces alongside Pratt through Indivisible Productions, Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick,...
Mo is an Iraqi Special Operations Forces officer, formerly trained in the CIA Scorpions program. He was raised in a world of dictatorship and war. His mission is to strengthen his country and defend it against enemies without and within.
Co-created by The Terminal List author Jack Carr and Season 1 creator-showrunner David Digilio, the prequel, set five years before the mothership series, is an elevated espionage thriller that takes viewers on Ben Edwards’ (Taylor Kitsch) journey from Navy Seal to CIA paramilitary operator, exploring the darker side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it.
Tom Hopper, Luke Hemsworth, Chris Pratt and Jared Shaw also star.
In addition to starring in the series, Kitsch executive produces alongside Pratt through Indivisible Productions, Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“Power Play” – a scathing, scabrous chronicle of Gro Harlem Brundtland unlikely climb to power as Norway and Scandinavia’s first woman prime minister – won the 2024 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for best drama series screenwriting at Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival Tuesday night.
Awarded at the fest’s TV Drama Vision, the prize went to the satirical series’ main writers Johan Fasting, Silje Storstein and Kristin Grue. The Nordic drama series screenwriting award carries a cash prize of €20,000.
With the Nftfp win, “Power Play,” like “Blackport” before it, completes a double of winning a top TV fest in Europe – it walked off with best series at Canneseries last year – and then the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize.
While Nordic Noir exposed human evil festering below Scandinavia’s acclaimed social democracy, “Power Play” underscores a more recent TV phenomenon of exposing the myth to that model and its decline via comedy and farce.
Awarded at the fest’s TV Drama Vision, the prize went to the satirical series’ main writers Johan Fasting, Silje Storstein and Kristin Grue. The Nordic drama series screenwriting award carries a cash prize of €20,000.
With the Nftfp win, “Power Play,” like “Blackport” before it, completes a double of winning a top TV fest in Europe – it walked off with best series at Canneseries last year – and then the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize.
While Nordic Noir exposed human evil festering below Scandinavia’s acclaimed social democracy, “Power Play” underscores a more recent TV phenomenon of exposing the myth to that model and its decline via comedy and farce.
- 1/30/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has its fair share of problems, but its impressive slate of films and shows from all over the world isn't one of them. The streamer regularly makes new international shows and movies available to a mass audience, and with big hits like "Squid Game," "Money Heist," and "Dark," many of the most acclaimed and talked-about non-English language shows around these days come courtesy of Netflix.
Unfortunately, the streamer's persnickety algorithm and surplus of content means not everyone gets the memo when a new film or show drops. That means a movie or series can manage to earn a spot as the most-watched non-English project on the streamer — as the French thriller "Aka," Mexican satire "¡Que viva México!" and the Norwegian monster film "Troll" all did this month, per Netflix's internal metrics — without viewers even knowing about them. Though Netflix isn't particularly transparent with its viewership data, it does offer...
Unfortunately, the streamer's persnickety algorithm and surplus of content means not everyone gets the memo when a new film or show drops. That means a movie or series can manage to earn a spot as the most-watched non-English project on the streamer — as the French thriller "Aka," Mexican satire "¡Que viva México!" and the Norwegian monster film "Troll" all did this month, per Netflix's internal metrics — without viewers even knowing about them. Though Netflix isn't particularly transparent with its viewership data, it does offer...
- 5/24/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
After the triumph of Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” at the BAFTAs, Netflix has revealed a surge in viewership for non-English language titles.
New Netflix data shows that in the U.K., viewing for non-English language stories has increased by 90% over the last three years. “All Quiet on the Western Front” is now Netflix’s fourth most popular non-English language film ever, with over 150 million hours viewed since its release on Oct. 14, 2022. It has been on Netflix’s global Top 10 Non-English Film list for 14 weeks and has reached the Top 10 Films in 91 countries, including Germany, the U.K., U.S., Australia, France, Mexico and South Korea.
“All Quiet on the Western Front” is nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture. Viewing figures for the film tripled after the BAFTA wins and Oscar nominations. For the week of Feb. 20-26, the film was in the No. 2 spot for non-English films,...
New Netflix data shows that in the U.K., viewing for non-English language stories has increased by 90% over the last three years. “All Quiet on the Western Front” is now Netflix’s fourth most popular non-English language film ever, with over 150 million hours viewed since its release on Oct. 14, 2022. It has been on Netflix’s global Top 10 Non-English Film list for 14 weeks and has reached the Top 10 Films in 91 countries, including Germany, the U.K., U.S., Australia, France, Mexico and South Korea.
“All Quiet on the Western Front” is nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture. Viewing figures for the film tripled after the BAFTA wins and Oscar nominations. For the week of Feb. 20-26, the film was in the No. 2 spot for non-English films,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
New and boosted tax breaks, plus state-of-the-art facilities and a lean, skilled crew base are drawing a growing number of productions to Scandinavia, a region whose content continues to be in high demand both locally and globally.
Denmark remains the exception and does not offer tax incentives or rebates for film and TV production. In addition, its production studios have been hard hit by a war over rights between talent and streamers that brought TV production to a virtual standstill in 2022.
Iceland, on the other hand, which upped its tax incentive from 25 to 35 last year, has seen its film industry grow by a whopping 85 over five years. An added benefit for productions is a 25 incentive for music recording, which includes studio costs, travel and lodging.
The first recipient of the enhanced tax break, “True Detective: Night Country,” Season 4 of HBO’s series, was entirely shot on location. It is the...
Denmark remains the exception and does not offer tax incentives or rebates for film and TV production. In addition, its production studios have been hard hit by a war over rights between talent and streamers that brought TV production to a virtual standstill in 2022.
Iceland, on the other hand, which upped its tax incentive from 25 to 35 last year, has seen its film industry grow by a whopping 85 over five years. An added benefit for productions is a 25 incentive for music recording, which includes studio costs, travel and lodging.
The first recipient of the enhanced tax break, “True Detective: Night Country,” Season 4 of HBO’s series, was entirely shot on location. It is the...
- 2/19/2023
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
Lorne Balfe, the Grammy Award winning score composer of “Dark Knight,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” has joined the top notch key crew of “Stockholm Bloodbath,” Mikael Håfström’s epic adventure movie produced by Viaplay Studios.
Balfe, whose prestigious credits also include “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” “His Dark Materials” and “Genius,” is creating the score for “Stockholm Bloodbath” in collaboration with Steffen Thum, an up-and-coming German composer.
The female-led epic adventure movie, which marks Viaplay’s second English-language film original following “Hilma,” lensed in Prague and Budapest, and wrapped shooting two weeks ago. The prominent cast includes Sophie Cookson (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”), Claes Bang, Emily Beecham (“Cruella”) and Alba August (“Becoming Astrid”). Adam Pålsson (“Young Wallander”), Matias Varela (“Assassin’s Creed”), Ulrich Thomsen (“The Blacklist”) and Jakob Oftebro (“Black Crab”) complete the cast.
Set in 1520, “Stockholm Bloodbath” explores a dark chapter in Sweden’s history, which saw the infamous...
Balfe, whose prestigious credits also include “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” “His Dark Materials” and “Genius,” is creating the score for “Stockholm Bloodbath” in collaboration with Steffen Thum, an up-and-coming German composer.
The female-led epic adventure movie, which marks Viaplay’s second English-language film original following “Hilma,” lensed in Prague and Budapest, and wrapped shooting two weeks ago. The prominent cast includes Sophie Cookson (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”), Claes Bang, Emily Beecham (“Cruella”) and Alba August (“Becoming Astrid”). Adam Pålsson (“Young Wallander”), Matias Varela (“Assassin’s Creed”), Ulrich Thomsen (“The Blacklist”) and Jakob Oftebro (“Black Crab”) complete the cast.
Set in 1520, “Stockholm Bloodbath” explores a dark chapter in Sweden’s history, which saw the infamous...
- 2/3/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“Kids in Crime,” a high energy 22-minute episode coming of age drama with a notable turn by Scandi superstar Jakob Oftebro as a not-to-be-messed-with local drug lord, walked off with the 2023 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for best drama series screenwriting.
Federation Studios handles international distribution.
Hardly known – his major calling card to date was a 2017 short, “The Hunger, a Young Director Award at 2019’s Cannes – Karlstad won out against stiff competition with a high-energy half hour drama set in 2001 in Norway’s drab Sarpsborg in which three roofie-fuelled teen friends run up with local drug kingpin Freddy Fingers (Oftebro).
“An impactful new offering, “Kids In Crime” presents Karlstadt’s nose for rebellious but tight narratives and a set of teenage characters hoping to live with the volume turned high,” Variety wrote in an interview with Karlstad.
Framed as eight less than half hour episodes at the request of broadcaster TV 2 Norge,...
Federation Studios handles international distribution.
Hardly known – his major calling card to date was a 2017 short, “The Hunger, a Young Director Award at 2019’s Cannes – Karlstad won out against stiff competition with a high-energy half hour drama set in 2001 in Norway’s drab Sarpsborg in which three roofie-fuelled teen friends run up with local drug kingpin Freddy Fingers (Oftebro).
“An impactful new offering, “Kids In Crime” presents Karlstadt’s nose for rebellious but tight narratives and a set of teenage characters hoping to live with the volume turned high,” Variety wrote in an interview with Karlstad.
Framed as eight less than half hour episodes at the request of broadcaster TV 2 Norge,...
- 2/1/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Worldwide Production Agency Hires Literary Agent Liz Orr
Worldwide Production Agency (Wpa) has hired literary agent Liz Orr. Orr will expand Wpa’s physical presence, establishing a new office in New York City. She joins from Wpa after four years as a TV Literary and Packaging Agent at Buchwald where she worked with TV and film writers, directors, and producers. Her clients include Patrick Coker & Adam Wiesen (East New York), Gary Hardwick (The Perfect Match), and Markuann Smith (Godfather of Harlem). Speaking of Orr’s new role, Wpa Managing Partners Steve Jacob and Frank Balkin said: “We’re extremely fortunate Liz has chosen to join our team – her passion for her clients and ‘artist-first’ philosophy makes her an outstanding fit with both our staff and our culture. She is a key component of our overall growth strategy to help our clients succeed.”
‘Triangle Of Sadness ’ Sweeps Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards...
Worldwide Production Agency (Wpa) has hired literary agent Liz Orr. Orr will expand Wpa’s physical presence, establishing a new office in New York City. She joins from Wpa after four years as a TV Literary and Packaging Agent at Buchwald where she worked with TV and film writers, directors, and producers. Her clients include Patrick Coker & Adam Wiesen (East New York), Gary Hardwick (The Perfect Match), and Markuann Smith (Godfather of Harlem). Speaking of Orr’s new role, Wpa Managing Partners Steve Jacob and Frank Balkin said: “We’re extremely fortunate Liz has chosen to join our team – her passion for her clients and ‘artist-first’ philosophy makes her an outstanding fit with both our staff and our culture. She is a key component of our overall growth strategy to help our clients succeed.”
‘Triangle Of Sadness ’ Sweeps Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards...
- 1/24/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Ruben Ostlund’s satire won awards including best film and best director.
Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness swept Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards on Monday night, winning six prizes including best film and best director.
The satire also won best actress in a supporting role for Dolly de Leon, who recently secured a Bafta nomination for her performance as cleaner-turned-leader Abigail, and best actor in a supporting role for Croatian actor Zlatko Burić.
Sofie Krunegård won the best costume design prize and Stefanie Gredig won the best makeup award for their work on the film.
Triangle Of Sadness won the...
Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness swept Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards on Monday night, winning six prizes including best film and best director.
The satire also won best actress in a supporting role for Dolly de Leon, who recently secured a Bafta nomination for her performance as cleaner-turned-leader Abigail, and best actor in a supporting role for Croatian actor Zlatko Burić.
Sofie Krunegård won the best costume design prize and Stefanie Gredig won the best makeup award for their work on the film.
Triangle Of Sadness won the...
- 1/24/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Ruben Östlund’s Oscar contender Triangle of Sadness continues to build award buzz, on Monday night sweeping Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards, taking six trophies, including Best Film and Best Director.
The capitalism satire also picked up Best Supporting Actress trophy for Dolly de Leon, the Filipino breakout whose turn in Triangle as Abigail —a cleaner on a luxury yacht who becomes the de facto leader of the one-percenters left over after a shipwreck —has put her on Hollywood’s radar.
Croatian actor Zlatko Burić, a scene-stealer in Triangle as the obnoxious Russian billionaire Dimitry, took the Best Supporting Actor nod, just a month after scooping the same prize at the European Film Awards. Sofie Krunegård also won the Guldbagge for Best Costume Design for Triangle, and Stefanie Gredig took the award for Best Make-Up.
Östlund’s dramedy, which co-stars Harris Dickinson, Woody Harrelson, and the late Charlbi Dean, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival,...
The capitalism satire also picked up Best Supporting Actress trophy for Dolly de Leon, the Filipino breakout whose turn in Triangle as Abigail —a cleaner on a luxury yacht who becomes the de facto leader of the one-percenters left over after a shipwreck —has put her on Hollywood’s radar.
Croatian actor Zlatko Burić, a scene-stealer in Triangle as the obnoxious Russian billionaire Dimitry, took the Best Supporting Actor nod, just a month after scooping the same prize at the European Film Awards. Sofie Krunegård also won the Guldbagge for Best Costume Design for Triangle, and Stefanie Gredig took the award for Best Make-Up.
Östlund’s dramedy, which co-stars Harris Dickinson, Woody Harrelson, and the late Charlbi Dean, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the Rian Johnson film that renewed the conversation over the coexistence of theaters and streaming services, has become Netflix’s sixth biggest film debut.
Glass Onion was streamed 82.1 million hours in the first three days since bowing Dec. 23, the streaming service said Tuesday. That puts it behind Sandra Bullock’s The Unforgivable (85.86. million hours) and The Gray Man, the pricey Ryan Gosling-Chris Evans feature that bowed to 88.55 million hours in July. Those films stand at Netflix’s No. 5 and No. 4 debuts, respectively, since the streamer began releasing such records in 2021.
Rounding out the top five are Red Notice (148.72 million hours), Don’t Look Up (111.03 million hours) and The Adam Project (92.43 million hours).
Johnson pushed for Glass Onion to have a noteworthy theatrical component, and it became the first Netflix title to receive a theatrical release from...
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the Rian Johnson film that renewed the conversation over the coexistence of theaters and streaming services, has become Netflix’s sixth biggest film debut.
Glass Onion was streamed 82.1 million hours in the first three days since bowing Dec. 23, the streaming service said Tuesday. That puts it behind Sandra Bullock’s The Unforgivable (85.86. million hours) and The Gray Man, the pricey Ryan Gosling-Chris Evans feature that bowed to 88.55 million hours in July. Those films stand at Netflix’s No. 5 and No. 4 debuts, respectively, since the streamer began releasing such records in 2021.
Rounding out the top five are Red Notice (148.72 million hours), Don’t Look Up (111.03 million hours) and The Adam Project (92.43 million hours).
Johnson pushed for Glass Onion to have a noteworthy theatrical component, and it became the first Netflix title to receive a theatrical release from...
- 12/27/2022
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just two weeks after premiering on Dec. 1, Norwegian action-adventure “Troll” has become Netflix’s most popular non-English film.
With a total of 128 million hours viewed and still counting, the film has taken the top spot on the non-English Netflix Top 10. It is in the Top 10 in 93 countries including Norway, France, Germany, the U.S., the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Brazil and Mexico.
In the film, a Norwegian addition to the ever-popular kaiju genre, deep inside the mountain of Dovre, Norway, something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway, with city-dwellers struggling to stop something they thought existed only in Norwegian folklore.
The film is by “Tomb Raider” director Roar Uthaug. It is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Strand Sinkerud from Motion Blur, the production company behind Norwegian Netflix film “Cadaver.” It stars Ine Marie Wilmann,...
With a total of 128 million hours viewed and still counting, the film has taken the top spot on the non-English Netflix Top 10. It is in the Top 10 in 93 countries including Norway, France, Germany, the U.S., the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Brazil and Mexico.
In the film, a Norwegian addition to the ever-popular kaiju genre, deep inside the mountain of Dovre, Norway, something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway, with city-dwellers struggling to stop something they thought existed only in Norwegian folklore.
The film is by “Tomb Raider” director Roar Uthaug. It is produced by Espen Horn and Kristian Strand Sinkerud from Motion Blur, the production company behind Norwegian Netflix film “Cadaver.” It stars Ine Marie Wilmann,...
- 12/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“Midsommar” producer Patrik Andersson from B-Reel Films and Jakob Abrahamsson, a distribution veteran from NonStop Entertainment, have joined forces to launch Mylla Films, a Scandinavian genre film and TV production company.
Aiming to nurture local talent and stories, folklore and myths for an international audience, the banner is bowing at Cannes with a strong slate comprising of “Devastation,” Sweden’s first gothic Western, and “Hoin,” a conspiracy thriller based on a hit Swedish podcast and penned by Jerker Virdborg (Netflix’s “Black Crab”).
“Devastation” revolves around two brothers who keep a town under a tyrannical stronghold during the never-ending winter and plague of 1867. An uprising begins from the most unexpected place.
“Hoin,” meanwhile, is a thriller based on Andreas Ericson’s popular podcast of the same name. Virdborg penned the movie, which Andersson described as “‘Chinatown’ meets ‘The Ring.'” The story follows a journalist who travels to the barren archipelago of Stockholm,...
Aiming to nurture local talent and stories, folklore and myths for an international audience, the banner is bowing at Cannes with a strong slate comprising of “Devastation,” Sweden’s first gothic Western, and “Hoin,” a conspiracy thriller based on a hit Swedish podcast and penned by Jerker Virdborg (Netflix’s “Black Crab”).
“Devastation” revolves around two brothers who keep a town under a tyrannical stronghold during the never-ending winter and plague of 1867. An uprising begins from the most unexpected place.
“Hoin,” meanwhile, is a thriller based on Andreas Ericson’s popular podcast of the same name. Virdborg penned the movie, which Andersson described as “‘Chinatown’ meets ‘The Ring.'” The story follows a journalist who travels to the barren archipelago of Stockholm,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Ahmad’s Darkland (2017), also sold by TrustNordisk, was selected for Fantastic Fest and was a box office hit in Denmark.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Fenar Ahmad’s action thriller sequel Darkland: Case Closed.
The film is shooting now in Copenhagen with Dar Salim again taking the lead role. He plays Zaid, a truth-seeking anti-hero, who after seven years in prison is forced to return to the criminal underworld in his attempt to see his estranged 7-year-old son.
Ahmad’s Darkland (2017), also sold by TrustNordisk, was selected for Fantastic Fest and was a box office hit in Denmark.
Ahmad...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Fenar Ahmad’s action thriller sequel Darkland: Case Closed.
The film is shooting now in Copenhagen with Dar Salim again taking the lead role. He plays Zaid, a truth-seeking anti-hero, who after seven years in prison is forced to return to the criminal underworld in his attempt to see his estranged 7-year-old son.
Ahmad’s Darkland (2017), also sold by TrustNordisk, was selected for Fantastic Fest and was a box office hit in Denmark.
Ahmad...
- 5/11/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Apple TV+ has given a formal green light to Constellation, a conspiracy-based psychological thriller drama series starring Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Jonathan Banks. The project was created and written by Peter Harness (The War of the Worlds), with Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad) set to direct the series from Turbine Studios and Haut et Court TV.
Constellation will star Rapace as Jo, a woman who returns to Earth after a disaster in space — only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. The action-packed space adventure is an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology, one woman’s desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel and for her to recover all that she has lost.
Banks will play Henry, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. The answers to his secret discovery are...
Constellation will star Rapace as Jo, a woman who returns to Earth after a disaster in space — only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. The action-packed space adventure is an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology, one woman’s desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel and for her to recover all that she has lost.
Banks will play Henry, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. The answers to his secret discovery are...
- 4/6/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In one of the biggest swings in Europe’s market, Erik Barmack, the former Netflix VP of international originals, is teaming with Benjamin Munz, producer of “Blood Red Sky,” Netflix’s most-watched non-English movie of all time, on a tentpole high-speed German action film, “The Chase.”
Billed by Barmack as “‘The Fast and the Furious’ meets ‘Money Heist’” – which he helped bring to Netflix – “The Chase” marks the first movie out of the gate at Munz’s Berlin-based new label, Fright Zone, the first production company in Germany that will focus exclusively on developing and producing fantasy, action, horror and science fiction films as well as TV shows in and from Germany.
Overseen by founder and CEO Munz, Fright Zone will produce with Barmack, who is now working out of his own L.A. label, Wild Sheep Content, a company that he started with The Mediapro Studio, headed by Laura Fernández Espeso.
Billed by Barmack as “‘The Fast and the Furious’ meets ‘Money Heist’” – which he helped bring to Netflix – “The Chase” marks the first movie out of the gate at Munz’s Berlin-based new label, Fright Zone, the first production company in Germany that will focus exclusively on developing and producing fantasy, action, horror and science fiction films as well as TV shows in and from Germany.
Overseen by founder and CEO Munz, Fright Zone will produce with Barmack, who is now working out of his own L.A. label, Wild Sheep Content, a company that he started with The Mediapro Studio, headed by Laura Fernández Espeso.
- 4/1/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
“Bridgerton” Season 2 was viewed for 193 million hours over its debut weekend, per Netflix’s newly released Top 10 rankings for the week of March 21-27. That impressive three-day viewership is a record-breaker, as “Bridgerton” Season 2 is now the most-watched Netflix English-language TV title in its premiere weekend in the streamer’s history.
Naturally, the second season of “Bridgerton” landed in the No. 1 slot for Netflix’s English-language TV series during that seven-day period. Coming in at No. 2 was new competition series “Is It Cake?” and in third was the first season of “Bridgerton.”
The success of “Bridgerton’s” second season was expected, as Season 1 is resting comfortably at No. 1 on Netflix’s list of most popular English-language shows, based on hours viewed in their first 28 days on the streaming service. The first season garnered 625.5 million hours viewed over that period after its Dec. 25, 2020 premiere.
Following the second book from Julia Quinn...
Naturally, the second season of “Bridgerton” landed in the No. 1 slot for Netflix’s English-language TV series during that seven-day period. Coming in at No. 2 was new competition series “Is It Cake?” and in third was the first season of “Bridgerton.”
The success of “Bridgerton’s” second season was expected, as Season 1 is resting comfortably at No. 1 on Netflix’s list of most popular English-language shows, based on hours viewed in their first 28 days on the streaming service. The first season garnered 625.5 million hours viewed over that period after its Dec. 25, 2020 premiere.
Following the second book from Julia Quinn...
- 3/29/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony/$19.99) scored a second of what will be likely many weeks atop VOD charts. That comes after the film reached $800 million in domestic box office and it’s about to enter its fifth month in theaters.
Little else changed this week, with fewer films than usual finding positions on all three iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu charts. “Sing 2” (Universal/$19.99), high on all charts again, has spent more than three months at a $19.99 or higher. Like “Spider-Man,” it still ranked in the top 10 this weekend.
“Dog” (United Artists/$19.99), a much more recent release and #7 in theaters, was the third across-the-board placer. The only new entry of note was “Panama” (Saban/$6.99), an action thriller about an arms dealer in the country during the invasion. It costars Mel Gibson, with Mark Neveldine directing. It placed on two charts.
Four Best Picture nominees showed up on at least one chart.
Little else changed this week, with fewer films than usual finding positions on all three iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu charts. “Sing 2” (Universal/$19.99), high on all charts again, has spent more than three months at a $19.99 or higher. Like “Spider-Man,” it still ranked in the top 10 this weekend.
“Dog” (United Artists/$19.99), a much more recent release and #7 in theaters, was the third across-the-board placer. The only new entry of note was “Panama” (Saban/$6.99), an action thriller about an arms dealer in the country during the invasion. It costars Mel Gibson, with Mark Neveldine directing. It placed on two charts.
Four Best Picture nominees showed up on at least one chart.
- 3/28/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Docuseries “Bad Vegan” debuted on Netflix’s Top 10 list of English-language TV series at No. 5, with 27 million hours of the show viewed in the first five days after its March 16 launch. On the film side, “The Adam Project” maintained its hold as the No. 1 movie for the second week in a row.
From Chris Smith, the executive producer of “Tiger King” and director of “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened,” “Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives” is a four-part documentary series that explores how Sarma Melngailis, the celebrity restaurateur behind the glittering New York hotspot Pure Food and Wine, went from being the queen of vegan cuisine to being known as the “Vegan Fugitive.” Shortly after meeting a man named Shane Fox on Twitter in 2011, Melngailis begins draining her restaurant’s funds and funneling the money to Fox after he cons her into believing he could make her dreams — from...
From Chris Smith, the executive producer of “Tiger King” and director of “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened,” “Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives” is a four-part documentary series that explores how Sarma Melngailis, the celebrity restaurateur behind the glittering New York hotspot Pure Food and Wine, went from being the queen of vegan cuisine to being known as the “Vegan Fugitive.” Shortly after meeting a man named Shane Fox on Twitter in 2011, Melngailis begins draining her restaurant’s funds and funneling the money to Fox after he cons her into believing he could make her dreams — from...
- 3/22/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony/$19.99) debuted on home platforms nearly 13 weeks after its release in theaters. That’s a long time, by any standard — pre-Covid, 70-75 days was typical for even the biggest films — and is a testament to Sony’s emphasis on theatrical play as the sole major studio to not have its own streamer. Although other studios thrive with PVOD play to some degree, Sony may benefit the most.
As “No Way Home” nears the $800 million mark, it would be shocking if the Marvel movie didn’t debut at #1 on PVOD across the board. It’s likely to remain there for a long time, in part because “Uncharted” won’t appear for a while. The PVOD future for “The Batman” is uncertain, although the Warner Bros. title is expected to land on HBO Max April 19.
Two other recent releases debuted on PVOD. “Marry Me” (Universal) and “The Cursed...
As “No Way Home” nears the $800 million mark, it would be shocking if the Marvel movie didn’t debut at #1 on PVOD across the board. It’s likely to remain there for a long time, in part because “Uncharted” won’t appear for a while. The PVOD future for “The Batman” is uncertain, although the Warner Bros. title is expected to land on HBO Max April 19.
Two other recent releases debuted on PVOD. “Marry Me” (Universal) and “The Cursed...
- 3/22/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
What’s one way to spice up a dystopian thriller from its usual bleak tone, bleaker landscapes, and, bleaker still, a tired gray-on-gray color palate? An unconventional mode of transportation should do the trick. That’s the best thing about “Black Crab,” Netflix‘s latest entry in its long line of dystopia-adjacent projects. But hasn’t this been done before, one may ask, and at a high level? Certainly, but director/co-writer Adam Berg has no plans to swipe from the likes of Bong Joon-ho‘s 2013 extravaganza “Snowpiercer” and its globe-spanning locomotive for his feature debut.
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- 3/19/2022
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
“Black Crab” is a new Swedish produced, science fiction action feature, directed by Adam Berg starring Noomi Rapace, Aliette Opheim, and Dar Salim, now streaming on Netflix:
“…in a post-apocalyptic world, six soldiers on a covert mission must transport a mysterious package across a frozen archipelago…”
Cast also includes Jakob Oftebro , Ardalan Esmaili, Martin Hendrikse, Erik Enge, Cecilia Säverman, Ahmed Shawky, Shaheen Ilir Latifi and Mikail Akalin.
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“…in a post-apocalyptic world, six soldiers on a covert mission must transport a mysterious package across a frozen archipelago…”
Cast also includes Jakob Oftebro , Ardalan Esmaili, Martin Hendrikse, Erik Enge, Cecilia Säverman, Ahmed Shawky, Shaheen Ilir Latifi and Mikail Akalin.
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- 3/19/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Noomi Rapace is giving it her all on screen. Whatever the job, whatever the movie, she does not want to disappoint. Rapace, as she says, owes that level of commitment to passionate movie fans partly because she, too, is a passionate movie fan. The actress pushes herself, and sometimes even scares or injures herself, often in physically taxing roles, such as her latest part in Adam Berg's war film, "Black Crab."
Ever since breaking out as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish version of the "Dragon Tattoo" trilogy, Rapace hasn't repeated herself. In...
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Ever since breaking out as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish version of the "Dragon Tattoo" trilogy, Rapace hasn't repeated herself. In...
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- 3/18/2022
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Director Adam Berg creates a surprising sense of scale with his directorial debut, "Black Crab." The war film, which involves a team on a suicide mission and a whole lot of ice skating, is by no means a big-budget film, but the adaptation of Jerker Virdborg's thriller novel would've popped on a big screen. As Berg and many other directors say, nature paints a bigger, lusher, and more vibrant picture than what's generally accomplished on green screen.
"Black Crab," which stars Noomi Rapace as one of six underdogs attempting to deliver a mysterious package to finish a war, is the kind of action-thriller Berg wishes...
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"Black Crab," which stars Noomi Rapace as one of six underdogs attempting to deliver a mysterious package to finish a war, is the kind of action-thriller Berg wishes...
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- 3/18/2022
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
When it comes to acting roles, few compare to Noomi Rapace’s history of switching things up. Rapace is fluent in five languages, and the last two years have seen her acting in Icelandic (“Lamb”), Norwegian (“The Trip”), English (“The Secrets We Keep”), and even without any speaking at all, as her shape-shifting witch character does in the recent release “You Won’t Be Alone.”
Now, Rapace is celebrating a homecoming with Adam Berg’s “Black Crab,” releasing on Netflix this Friday. The film marks her return to Swedish cinema, more than 10 years after her groundbreaking success as Lisbeth in the “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” trilogy.
“Black Crab” takes place in a post-apocalyptic hellscape, where resources are scarce and an unexplained war seems to only get more unbearable. Rapace plays the impenetrable Caroline Edh, whose young daughter is stolen from her by insurgent forces at the start of the conflict.
Now, Rapace is celebrating a homecoming with Adam Berg’s “Black Crab,” releasing on Netflix this Friday. The film marks her return to Swedish cinema, more than 10 years after her groundbreaking success as Lisbeth in the “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” trilogy.
“Black Crab” takes place in a post-apocalyptic hellscape, where resources are scarce and an unexplained war seems to only get more unbearable. Rapace plays the impenetrable Caroline Edh, whose young daughter is stolen from her by insurgent forces at the start of the conflict.
- 3/18/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s latest bears all the familiar hallmarks of a dystopian thriller. Nebulously defined wars. Militarized civilians tasked with a perilous quest guaranteed to dwindle their numbers. Unforgiving terrain as inhospitable as the enemy. A bleak, desolate tone. Black Crab attempts to set itself apart with an unconventional mode of transportation, ice skating, and the always compelling Noomi Rapace. […]
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- 3/18/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
I'll say one thing for "Black Crab": I'm pretty sure this is the first and only post-apocalyptic movie where the characters spend the majority of the runtime ice skating. Directed by Adam Berg, this bleak Swedish pic is set in the midst of a cataclysmic war. It's vague enough to seem timely, with people fighting over seemingly nothing but their raw hatred. It's winter, everything is frozen, and everyone looks suitably miserable. As the war rages on, six soldiers — led by former speed-skater turned soldier Caroline Edh (Noomi Rapace) — are tasked with transporting two mysterious canisters across a frozen archipelago. "You'll move sideways behind enemy lines, like a crab...
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- 3/17/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Noomi Rapace is a speed skater forced to take part in a civil war in an often tense yet mostly forgettable action film
There’s a civil war on in Sweden, and yet no one seems to know why. It’s gonna be a bad one, as imagined by the sporadically tense and consistently pointless Netflix thriller Black Crab, which sends the country into a state of dystopian devastation only five short years removed from the present. Brother has been pitted against brother, and yet the dividing lines between them remain hazy. At a glance, there’s no evident rift of class, race or ideology defining the sides in this conflict. No one mentions what they have got against those bastards in the opposition, or the way of life they’re willing to die to preserve. That doesn’t have to be a problem; many soldiers marching off to fight...
There’s a civil war on in Sweden, and yet no one seems to know why. It’s gonna be a bad one, as imagined by the sporadically tense and consistently pointless Netflix thriller Black Crab, which sends the country into a state of dystopian devastation only five short years removed from the present. Brother has been pitted against brother, and yet the dividing lines between them remain hazy. At a glance, there’s no evident rift of class, race or ideology defining the sides in this conflict. No one mentions what they have got against those bastards in the opposition, or the way of life they’re willing to die to preserve. That doesn’t have to be a problem; many soldiers marching off to fight...
- 3/17/2022
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Black Crab Trailer — Adam Berg‘s Black Crab / Svart krabba (2022) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The Black Crab trailer stars Noomi Rapace, Jakob Oftebro, Erik Enge, Dar Salim, Ardalan Esmaili, Aliette Opheim, and David Dencik. Crew Adam Berg and Pelle Rådström wrote the screenplay for Black Crab. Kristofer Nordin conducted the [...]
Continue reading: Black Crab (2022) Movie Trailer: Soldier Noomi Rapace is on a Covert Mission in a Post-apocalyptic Warzone...
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- 2/24/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Black Crab is a Swedish action thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world torn apart by war. During a long, harsh winter, six soldiers embark on a covert mission across a frozen archipelago, risking their lives to transport a mysterious package that could end the war.
As they enter hostile enemy territory, they have no idea what dangers lie ahead or who—if anyone—they can trust. But for speed skater turned soldier Caroline Edh, the mission is about something else entirely. Starring Noomi Rapace in a film directed by Adam Berg, Black Crab follows six soldiers on a desperate mission to bring an end to the war which has destroyed their lives.
In Black Crab, coming to Netflix on March 18.
Prometheus star Noomi Rapace, who also executive produced, stars alongside Jakob Oft...
As they enter hostile enemy territory, they have no idea what dangers lie ahead or who—if anyone—they can trust. But for speed skater turned soldier Caroline Edh, the mission is about something else entirely. Starring Noomi Rapace in a film directed by Adam Berg, Black Crab follows six soldiers on a desperate mission to bring an end to the war which has destroyed their lives.
In Black Crab, coming to Netflix on March 18.
Prometheus star Noomi Rapace, who also executive produced, stars alongside Jakob Oft...
- 2/22/2022
- QuietEarth.us
When Netflix released a preview of its original film slate for 2022, only a few titles stood out amidst a sea of star-studded yet homogenous-looking productions. Swedish post-apocalyptic thriller "Black Crab" wasn't featured in the supercut, which is too bad, because it looks awesome. Now, the upcoming Netflix movie has a full trailer, which you can watch below.
"Black Crab" is billed as an action thriller set in a war-torn landscape. Rapace plays Caroline Edh, a former speed skater and current soldier who is recruited for a mysterious mission across a frozen landscape. As the trailer shows, a geopolitically...
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"Black Crab" is billed as an action thriller set in a war-torn landscape. Rapace plays Caroline Edh, a former speed skater and current soldier who is recruited for a mysterious mission across a frozen landscape. As the trailer shows, a geopolitically...
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- 2/22/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Netflix is behind a bunch of various genre-focused films and that trend continues with “Black Crab.” The post-thriller will focus on a woman looking to end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.
The streaming giant has released a new trailer of the film directed by Adam Berg with a cast that consists of Noomi Rapace, Jakob Oftebro, Erik Enge, Dar Salim, Ardalan Esmaili, Aliette Opheim, and David Dencik.
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The streaming giant has released a new trailer of the film directed by Adam Berg with a cast that consists of Noomi Rapace, Jakob Oftebro, Erik Enge, Dar Salim, Ardalan Esmaili, Aliette Opheim, and David Dencik.
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- 2/22/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
"This isn't the end of the war... it's the end of everything." Netflix has launched the first official trailer for an action thriller titled Black Crab, made by Swedish filmmaker Adam Berg delivering his first feature film. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, six soldiers on a covert mission must transport a mysterious package across a frozen archipelago. The concept combines post-apocalyptic survival in freezing cold conditions with a war movie thriller involving transporting a package that might or might not save the world end the war. "But for speed skater turned soldier Caroline Edh, the mission is about something else entirely" as she wants to find and rescue her daughter. Noomi Rapace stars as Caroline, with Jakob Oftebro, Erik Enge, Dar Salim, Ardalan Esmaili, Aliette Opheim, and David Dencik. This actually looks pretty dang good, and it has a very dark Children of Men vibe. Ice skating as part of...
- 2/22/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Netflix‘s Black Crab trailer has arrived this morning, a new Swedish movie starring Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) that brings a post-apocalyptic winter to Netflix this coming March. In Black Crab, coming to Netflix on March 18… “During a long, harsh winter, six soldiers embark on a covert mission across a frozen archipelago, risking their lives to transport a mysterious […]
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- 2/22/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Even as it celebrates its 27 Oscar nominations this week, Netflix unveiled its mega-slate of 86 titles for 2022. That’s far more than any traditional studio this year.
Thus we learned that a “sea beast” is about to devour a stowaway, 16 nuclear missiles are set to be launched, a female assassin will come out of hiding and even Marilyn Monroe will make a comeback — well, almost.
If you are intrigued by these one-liners, then stay tuned because, as Charlize Theron warns us, “Every night is Netflix movie night.” Translation: Netflix has lavished $17 billion to deliver the goods to its 222 million subscribers – and also raised their fees – so they’d better pay attention.
Over the years, the identity of Hollywood studios has been keyed to their slates: Warners’ noirish gangster films, MGM’s glitzy musicals, etc. If a slate touches all the bases, however, will that guarantee a home run?
In announcing details this week,...
Thus we learned that a “sea beast” is about to devour a stowaway, 16 nuclear missiles are set to be launched, a female assassin will come out of hiding and even Marilyn Monroe will make a comeback — well, almost.
If you are intrigued by these one-liners, then stay tuned because, as Charlize Theron warns us, “Every night is Netflix movie night.” Translation: Netflix has lavished $17 billion to deliver the goods to its 222 million subscribers – and also raised their fees – so they’d better pay attention.
Over the years, the identity of Hollywood studios has been keyed to their slates: Warners’ noirish gangster films, MGM’s glitzy musicals, etc. If a slate touches all the bases, however, will that guarantee a home run?
In announcing details this week,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Swedish movie Black Crab is coming to Netflix this year, and the streaming service has provided us with our first look at the Noomi Rapace-starring thriller this morning. In Black Crab, coming to Netflix on March 18… “Set in a post-apocalyptic world, this Swedish action thriller follows six soldiers sent on a covert mission […]
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- 2/3/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Maybe you’ve been patiently waiting two years for director Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” sequel. It could be the team-up of Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas in “The Gray Man” that strikes your fancy. Perhaps “The Bubble,” Maria Bakalova’s first film since “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” has you grabbing for popcorn. Whatever your taste, Netflix will be unveiling a smorgasbord of entertainment options in 2022.
The streaming service has announced plans to debut no less than 68 movies in the new year, making good on its promise to launch at least one film per week over the next 12 months.
Netflix’s genre-spanning slate includes musicals, action spectacles, romantic comedies and spooky thrillers, with projects on schedule from Ryan Reynolds, Halle Berry, Judd Apatow, Jamie Foxx, Greta Gerwig, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Lopez, Jordan Peele, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and other A-listers.
In a new sizzle reel released Thursday, Netflix showcased first...
The streaming service has announced plans to debut no less than 68 movies in the new year, making good on its promise to launch at least one film per week over the next 12 months.
Netflix’s genre-spanning slate includes musicals, action spectacles, romantic comedies and spooky thrillers, with projects on schedule from Ryan Reynolds, Halle Berry, Judd Apatow, Jamie Foxx, Greta Gerwig, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Lopez, Jordan Peele, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and other A-listers.
In a new sizzle reel released Thursday, Netflix showcased first...
- 2/3/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Upwards of 85 new films will launch (or have already arrived) on Netflix this year. A few movies made their grand debuts in January, and quite a few more are set to launch at the beginning of this month, but the streaming service is touting its 2022 slate with new movies every week and a robust lineup of actors and filmmakers.
Standout tiles include Shawn Levy’s time-traveling tale, “The Adam Project,” with a cast led by Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldaña, as well as a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion,” starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding. Regina King will embody trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm in a biopic titled “Shirley.” Stop-motion and horror maestros Henry Selick and Jordan Peele are teaming up for the animated pic “Wendell & Wild.” “The Gray Man” stars both Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in a CIA/spy/global manhunt film alongside Ana de Armas.
Standout tiles include Shawn Levy’s time-traveling tale, “The Adam Project,” with a cast led by Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldaña, as well as a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion,” starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding. Regina King will embody trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm in a biopic titled “Shirley.” Stop-motion and horror maestros Henry Selick and Jordan Peele are teaming up for the animated pic “Wendell & Wild.” “The Gray Man” stars both Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in a CIA/spy/global manhunt film alongside Ana de Armas.
- 2/3/2022
- by Dessi Gomez and Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Energized by the second strong year in a row for Scandinavian cinema, a hybrid 45th Göteborg Film Festival will open with Christoffer Sandler’s “So Damn Easy Going” in main Nordic Competition, alongside Juho Kuosmanen’s “Compartment No. 6” and Eskil Vogt’s “The Innocents.”
Despite new theater capacity controls announced by Swedish prime minister Magdalena Andersson on Monday, Göteborg, which had anticipated the tighter restrictions, is pressing ahead with its plans for an on-site festival with select online screenings of some 50 films for Sweden, festival artistic director Jonas Holmberg told Variety.
Luca Guadagnino will receive an Honorary Dragon Award, attending the festival and participating in an on-stage conversation after the screening of “Call Me By Your Name” on Feb. 3.
Playing Lady Jessica Atreides in “Dune,” Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”) will pick up a Nordic Honorary Dragon Award.
Produced by Sweden’s Cinenic Film, the company behind Sundance...
Despite new theater capacity controls announced by Swedish prime minister Magdalena Andersson on Monday, Göteborg, which had anticipated the tighter restrictions, is pressing ahead with its plans for an on-site festival with select online screenings of some 50 films for Sweden, festival artistic director Jonas Holmberg told Variety.
Luca Guadagnino will receive an Honorary Dragon Award, attending the festival and participating in an on-stage conversation after the screening of “Call Me By Your Name” on Feb. 3.
Playing Lady Jessica Atreides in “Dune,” Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”) will pick up a Nordic Honorary Dragon Award.
Produced by Sweden’s Cinenic Film, the company behind Sundance...
- 1/11/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
“Tudum.” It’s the sound you hear whenever you begin streaming a Netflix title, and it’s also the name of the company’s upcoming virtual event built to highlight Netflix programs.
Netflix’s first Tudum event will be held September 25. Per the company, Tudum will feature Netflix’s biggest stars and creators from around the world, representing over 70 series, films and specials. Guests will join the virtual stage for a day full of exclusives and first-looks. The live stream will begin at 9 a.m. Pt and will be broadcast across Netflix’s YouTube channels worldwide, in addition to Twitter and Twitch. There will also be pre-shows spotlighting Korean and Indian series and films, along with anime content that will kick-off at 5 a.m. Pt on specific channels. The day’s events will include new trailers and clips, interactive panels, and conversations with the creators and stars from Netflix.
Netflix...
Netflix’s first Tudum event will be held September 25. Per the company, Tudum will feature Netflix’s biggest stars and creators from around the world, representing over 70 series, films and specials. Guests will join the virtual stage for a day full of exclusives and first-looks. The live stream will begin at 9 a.m. Pt and will be broadcast across Netflix’s YouTube channels worldwide, in addition to Twitter and Twitch. There will also be pre-shows spotlighting Korean and Indian series and films, along with anime content that will kick-off at 5 a.m. Pt on specific channels. The day’s events will include new trailers and clips, interactive panels, and conversations with the creators and stars from Netflix.
Netflix...
- 8/25/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
If you don’t know what “Tudum” is, allow Regina King, Álvaro Morte, Idris Elba, Chris Hemsworth, Millie Bobby Brown and dozens more of Netflix’s biggest stars to tell you.
“Tudum… or not Tudum?” that is the question “Sex Education” star Ncuti Gatwa asks (as Kedar Williams-Stirling cracks up beside him) in a comedic teaser, which explains that “tudum” is the way to spell out the sound you hear when you press play on Netflix.
And now, Tudum is also the name of the streamer’s first ever global fan event.
Netflix announced today that the inaugural Tudum celebration will be held on Sept. 25, with more than 70 of the streamer’s properties represented during a three-hour virtual show, where talent from fan-favorite Netflix series, films and specials will reveal exclusive news and unveil first-look trailers and clips.
The fan event will also feature interactive panels and conversations with the creators and stars,...
“Tudum… or not Tudum?” that is the question “Sex Education” star Ncuti Gatwa asks (as Kedar Williams-Stirling cracks up beside him) in a comedic teaser, which explains that “tudum” is the way to spell out the sound you hear when you press play on Netflix.
And now, Tudum is also the name of the streamer’s first ever global fan event.
Netflix announced today that the inaugural Tudum celebration will be held on Sept. 25, with more than 70 of the streamer’s properties represented during a three-hour virtual show, where talent from fan-favorite Netflix series, films and specials will reveal exclusive news and unveil first-look trailers and clips.
The fan event will also feature interactive panels and conversations with the creators and stars,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has revealed plans to open a new office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region.
The office will open in the second half of this year, as detailed in a new blog by Lina Brouneus, the streamer’s Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Emea.
Netflix now has European offices in Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, London, Paris and Brussels, while Rome (and Istanbul) is opening later this year. The streamer recently revealed a new Bogota, Colombia, office to boot.
Brouneus said: “Now is the time for us to get even closer to our members, the creators, filmmakers, partners and cultural communities throughout the Nordics – which is why I’m excited to announce that in the second half of this year we’re opening a Nordic office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region. To further support the region and to reflect the diversity of talent we work with,...
The office will open in the second half of this year, as detailed in a new blog by Lina Brouneus, the streamer’s Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Emea.
Netflix now has European offices in Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, London, Paris and Brussels, while Rome (and Istanbul) is opening later this year. The streamer recently revealed a new Bogota, Colombia, office to boot.
Brouneus said: “Now is the time for us to get even closer to our members, the creators, filmmakers, partners and cultural communities throughout the Nordics – which is why I’m excited to announce that in the second half of this year we’re opening a Nordic office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region. To further support the region and to reflect the diversity of talent we work with,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Streamer will also run team of employees based in Copenhagen.
Netflix will open a Nordic hub in Stockholm, Sweden, in the second half of this year as it moves ahead with expanding its stable of regional content.
By the end of 2021 nearly 70 original films and shows from Nordic territories are expected to be available on the service.
Since 2012, original series include Quicksand, Love & Anarchy and Snabba Cash from Sweden; Norwegian series Ragnarok and Home For Christmas; series The Rain and new title The Chestnut Man in Denmark; and upcoming Icelandic sci-fi thriller series Katla.
Last year Netflix debuted Cadaver, its first film from the region,...
Netflix will open a Nordic hub in Stockholm, Sweden, in the second half of this year as it moves ahead with expanding its stable of regional content.
By the end of 2021 nearly 70 original films and shows from Nordic territories are expected to be available on the service.
Since 2012, original series include Quicksand, Love & Anarchy and Snabba Cash from Sweden; Norwegian series Ragnarok and Home For Christmas; series The Rain and new title The Chestnut Man in Denmark; and upcoming Icelandic sci-fi thriller series Katla.
Last year Netflix debuted Cadaver, its first film from the region,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The new production, based on Jerker Virdborg’s novel of the same name, stars Noomi Rapace in the lead role. Award-winning Swedish writer-director Adam Berg is now developing a new production, a Scandi action thriller entitled Black Crab. Berg, now prepping his first feature, is best known for his successful career in commercials and music videos, having worked for world-known artists such as A-ha, Idlewild, The Cardigans and Groove Armada. The story of Black Crab, based on Jerker Virdborg’s novel of the same name and penned by the helmer himself, is set in a post-apocalyptic world torn apart by climate change and war. During an endless winter, six soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission across the frozen sea to transport a package that could finally end the war. Equipped with ice skates, not knowing what they are carrying nor who they can trust, the mission challenges their beliefs and forces.
- 11/13/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
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