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Exclusive: A trio of key creative forces on Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters say their Flemish comedy-drama Dead End is primed for an English-language remake.

Malin-Sarah Gozin, who created the Belgian series on which Bad Sisters was made and co-created the Apple show, is attending Canneseries with fellow producers Brett Baer and Dave Finkel with quirky drama Dead End, which is playing in competition. Gozin has directed Dead End with Hans Vercauter.

The show is a six-part drama out of Belgium starring Peter Van den Begin and Elise Schaap about a man with a peculiar eating disorder that makes him a potentially tasty aid to police – he can see the final moments of whatever he puts in his mouth.

Federation Studios recently picked up international sales rights to the finished tape, but Gozin, Baer and Finkel are eyeing an English-language remake, akin to Bad Sisters.

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Looking for an original crime series? In “Dead End,” a potential standout at this week’s Canneseries, sleuth Ed Bex is able to glimpse a dead person’s final moments by licking or even better eating a little part of their corpse. He spends much of Ep. 2 trying to steal a toe from murder victim 2 from out of the mortuary and store it at his family home for a moment when he can get a little nibble.

Highly palatable for crime drama connoisseurs from a director championed by Walter Presents, which bought her “Tabula Rasa” for the U.K., “Dead End,” produced by Lompvis and Caviar, has just been acquired by Federation for international distribution.

It could not be described as comfy crime. Playing in Canneseries main competition on April 27,“Dead End” is likely to build yet more the reputation of creator Malin-Sarah Gozin whose “Clan” (2012) was adapted into Apple...

Miriam Margolyes & Stephen Fry Set For LGBTQ+ Short

Exclusive: Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter franchise) will lead upcoming British short film A Friend of Dorothy, with Stephen Fry (Wilde), Alistair Nwachukwu and Oscar Lloyd (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) also starring. The film, which shot at The Charterhouse in London and a private home in Kensington & Chelsea, follows the titular Dorothy (Margolyes), an elderly woman living alone who unexpectedly strikes up a friendship with young neighbor JJ (Nwachukwu) when his football lands in her garden. It explores themes of loneliness in old age, intergenerational friendship and LGBTQ+ issues. Pic is the writing and directorial debut of actor Lee Knight, who also serves as executive producer. He is best known for appearing opposite to Ian McKellen in Prime Video’s Hamlet and for roles in two Harry Potter films. His Filthy Gorgeous Productions is making the short, in association with A Marlow’s Production,...

Faithfully Yours blends sex and twists like classic thrillers, but its ending subverts gender roles. Critics praised the challenging gender norms, but some viewers found the movie's ending unsatisfying. The movie's dark twists showcase how lying destroys relationships, leading to an ultimately pessimistic view on marriage.

The Netflix thriller Faithfully Yours has all the twists and turns of the best suspense movies. Released in 2022 and directed by Andr van Duren, Faithfully Yours follows friends Isabel and Bodil as they embark on one of their supposed "girl's trips," which is a cover for their mutual marital infidelity. However, things begin to go awry when Isabel is seemingly killed, and Bodil is trapped in a web of her lies. Blending the sex and twists of the classic thrillers of the past, Faithfully Yours isn't necessarily the most inventive film, but it isn't without its deeper meaning.

Critic reviews were relatively mixed when it came to Faithfully Yours.

After the 2021 release of Ferry, Netflix has just released its continuation in the form of a series of the same name. Ferry: The Series, directed by Cecilia Verheyden and starring Frank Lammers and Elise Schaap in the lead, centers around a drug lord’s loyal henchman, Ferry Bouman. In Amsterdam, Ferry was a ferocious animal who never hesitated to kill his boss’s enemies, but as he was tasked with going to the campsites of Brabant to kill a group of goons responsible for killing his boss’s son, he failed to complete his task. He fell in love with a woman whose brother was one of those goons. Love brought about a big transformation in Ferry’s personality, resulting in him betraying his boss and killing him to save his lady love. In this eight-episode series, we’ll get to see the aftermath of his boss’s death...

"Ferry: The Series", is a Dutch-produced, drug crime thriller, set in the Netherlands, streaming November 3, 2023 on Netflix:

"...'Ferry Bouman' (Frank Lammers), a low-life degenerate, with his brother-in-law 'Lars' (Yannick van de Velde), friends 'Remco' (Tim Haars) and 'Dennis' (Huub Smit), fight the drug lord 'Arie Tack' (Steef Cuijpers) and a notorious motorcycle club to win a place at the top. 

"But only when his lover 'Danielle' (Elise Schaap) learns the dark side of Ferry and his business, does it become clear what price he has to pay..."

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Judge Bodil Backer (Bracha van Doesburgh) seemingly has it all: she’s a no-nonsense Judge and has a great home life with her doctor husband Milan (Nasrdin Dchar) and pre-teen son Ben (Damiano Incani).

At the start of director André van Duren’s Erotic Thriller, Bo is preparing for a girls weekend away with her best friend Isabel (Elise Schaap). They leave their husbands behind in Amsterdam, board a train for Bo’s family beach house in Belgium and outline plans for their weekend, which includes a burner phone, a large sum of money, and an expensive suite at a high-end hotel for Isabel.

Faithfully Yours has a fantastic central premise: a few times a year the two women use each other as cover while they cheat on their husbands. One woman will attend a lecture or visit a museum and snap photos to send to the husbands as an alibi.

I'm not the biggest fan of Netflix. I don't want to get into a huge rant about it, but my biggest issue is that here in the Czech Republic, it takes the service forever to upload any new movies. Then, when something fresh finally drops, it's usually something starring Ryan Reynolds, Adam Sandler, or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. I may be exaggerating, but that's what it feels like; too many mediocre Netflix originals and not much in the way of variety beyond the most mainstream of offerings.

To give Netflix its due, it does throw up some surprises from time to time. Given how subtitle-adverse many viewers in English-speaking countries can be, they took a bit of a chance on "Squid Game," but it went on to become a phenomenon and further advanced the cause of the booming Korean entertainment industry. Then there was "Cobra Kai," which sounded a lot...

The Amstelveen-born helmer’s new film, an adaptation of her book of the same name, stars Elise Schaap, Pierre Bokma, Maarten Heijmans and Stefan Rokebrand in the lead roles. Antoinette Beumer’s new film, a drama entitled My Father Is an Airplane, is currently in post-production. This is the director’s seventh feature, following her most recent productions Rendez-Vous (2015), Soof (2013) and Jackie (2012). Her best-known works are The Happy Housewife (2010), starring Carice van Houten as a woman who has trouble adjusting to the birth of her son, and Loft (2010), a remake of the 2008 Belgian film of the same name, Loft. The script, penned by Maaik Krijgsman (The Good Terrorist), is based on Beumer’s debut novel of the same name, which was published by Lebowski in 2018. The book garnered many great reviews and won the prestigious Hebban Debut Award. According to the synopsis, when her mother unexpectedly dies,...

Chicago – A glance at the premise of Ben Sombogaart’s “Bride Flight” would lead one to believe that the entire film chronicled the 1953 long distance air race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand. Yet that backdrop merely serves as the launching pad for a plethora of melodramatic fireworks. Despite occasional moments of hokum, the film benefits greatly from its three splendid leads.

Instead of focusing on the race itself, Marieke van der Pol’s script centers on a trio of female immigrants from Holland who board the plane known as The Flying Dutchman (dubbed “Bride Flight”) to meet their fiancés as they make a new home in New Zealand. Yet a chance encounter with a handsome young ladykiller, Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), proves to have a lasting impact on their lives. What follows is a relatively standard romantic tearjerker much like “Bridges of Madison County” with a dash of post-wwii intrigue.

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Bride Flight, the sumptuous post-World War II romantic saga directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ben Sombogaart (Twin Sisters), arrived on Blu-ray on Sept. 20, and Music Box Films Home Entertainment has given Disc Dish three copies of the Blu-ray to give away to three lucky Dd readers!

Bride Flight, the most expensive Dutch film production of all time, is the tale of three Dutch beauties (Elise Schaap, Karina Smulders and Anna Drijver) who meet on an airplane in the aftermath of the war as they’re emigrating to New Zealand to meet their husbands-to-be. The movie has it all: love, loss, faith, betrayal and, of course, triumph.

On Blu-ray, the movie is...

Anna Drijver connects with Waldemar Torenstra in Bride Flight.

On Sept. 20, Music Box Films Home Entertainment will release the 2008 Dutch epic romantic drama Bride Flight on Blu-ray and DVD, for the suggested retail prices of $38.94 and $29.95, respectively.

The movie tells the tale of three Dutch beauties — Marjorie (Elise Schaap), Ada (Karina Smulders) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who meet on an airplane in the aftermath of World War II as they’re emigrating to New Zealand to meet their husbands-to-be. During the flight, the three become fast friends before meeting Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), a dashing young man who also yearns to start a new and better life. It’s this chance meeting that will mark a changing point in their lives—a destiny-altering encounter that will be revealed to the women when they reunite 50 years later at Frank’s funeral.

The most expensive film ever made in the Netherlands, Bride Flight...

If this story had been filmed in the 1930′s during the ” golden age’ of Hollywood it might have been condescendingly referred to as a “woman’s picture”. Jack Warner might have cast Bette Davis, Oliva DeHaviland, and Miriam Hopkins as the three female leads. Perhaps that important lead male role would have gone to George Brent ( or later in the decade by Errol Flynn ). But this tale begins in the modern age and spends most of it’s time in the early 1950′s. And while MGM or Warners would’ve shot on the studio back lot and on nearby California ranches, this film showcases the scenic wonders on New Zealand. Also this film features several terrific young actors who recite the dialogue in their native language of Holland. And of course modern times allow a greater intimacy during scenes of passion. Instead of calling this a “woman’s picture” a...

Title: Bride Flight Director: Ben Sombogaart Starring: Karina Smulders, Elise Schaap, Anna Drijver, Waldemar Torenstra, Rutger Hauer Based on the novel by Marieke van der Pol, Dutch import ‘Bride Flight’ is emblematic of the particular sort of heritage cinema that is from the outside and at first glance stuffy and a bit boring but, if one gives it time and an open heart and mind, eventually blossoms due to the strength of its characterizations. Directed by Ben Sombogaart (‘Twin Sisters’) and based on true events, the film opens in the present day at a funeral and then flashes back to 1953, as a plane full of (mostly betrothed) women escape...

See poster and images from Bride Flight, starring Waldemar Torenstra, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Rutger Hauer and Pleuni Touw. Ben Sombogaart directs from the screenplay by Marieke van der Pol. The drama is produced by Anton Smit & Hanneke Niens and opened this weekend. Bride Flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-wwii Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who aspires to be a fashion designer, become fast friends...

See poster and images from Bride Flight, starring Waldemar Torenstra, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Rutger Hauer and Pleuni Touw. Ben Sombogaart directs from the screenplay by Marieke van der Pol. The drama is produced by Anton Smit & Hanneke Niens and opened this weekend. Bride Flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-wwii Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who aspires to be a fashion designer, become fast friends...

See poster and images from Bride Flight, starring Waldemar Torenstra, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Rutger Hauer and Pleuni Touw. Ben Sombogaart directs from the screenplay by Marieke van der Pol. The drama is produced by Anton Smit & Hanneke Niens and opened this weekend. Bride Flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-wwii Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who aspires to be a fashion designer, become fast friends...

Ben Sombogaart’s Dutch melodrama Bride Flight is flooded with nostalgia, but not for the era (the 1950s and ’60s) or place (mostly New Zealand) where it’s set. It’s informed by a longing for tone, not time, resulting in a vague, hazy aesthetic that floods every available space with as much light as it can hold. The story centers around three women—mousy farm girl Karina Smulders, fashion designer Anna Drijver, and aspirant housewife Elise Schaap—who hop aboard a plane bound for the antipodes, part of an attempt to break air-travel records; for unspecified reasons, the plane ...

Reviewed by Amy R. Handler

(June 2011)

Directed by: Ben Sombogaart

Written by: Marieke van der Pol

Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen

“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.

Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...

Reviewed by Amy R. Handler

(June 2011)

Directed by: Ben Sombogaart

Written by: Marieke van der Pol

Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen

“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.

Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...

On behalf of Music Box Films, we have a glimpse at the poster and a couple stills from the new film Bride Flight, by Academy Award-nominated director Ben Sombogaart. Bride Flight stars Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Karina Smuldersm, Waldemar Torenstra and Rutger Hauer.

Bride Flight is scheduled to open in Los Angeles and New York on June 10, 2011 followed by a national release.

Spanning over five decades, Bride Flight is inspired by the true story of the 1953 “Last Great Air Race” London-Christchurch (Nz), and follows Esther (Anna Drijver), Ada (Karina Smulders) and Marjorie (Elise Schaap), three young women who, eager to escape post-wwii Holland, emigrate to New Zealand for what they hope will be a better life. On the plane trip overseas – dubbed the “Bride Flight” – the three become fast friends and meet Frank, a dashing young man (played by Waldemar Torenstra and Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner/Hobo with a...