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Fans who can’t get enough of shows in the dystopian sci-fi genre might have to add another one to their list. With shows like The Handmaid’s Taleconcluding its series run and Severance’s third season still in development, Netflix just added a new Danish dystopian drama series from an Oscar-winning filmmaker.

Families Like Ours was recently added to Netflix, and it already boasts a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score. The series comes from Thomas Vinterberg, who co-wrote and directed its seven episodes. Bo Hr. Hansen co-wrote the series with Vinterberg. Vinterberg’s 2020 film Another Round won an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and he was nominated for a Best Achievement in Directing Oscar.

A Choice Must be Made in a Crisis

Set in the not-too-distant future, Families Like Ours (Familier som vores in Danish) follows high school student Laura. As the entire country of Denmark is...

The BBC has bought the TV series Families Like Ours, which was made by Oscar-nominated Danish director Thomas Vinterberg. This is Vinterberg’s first time working on a TV show.

The show takes place in Denmark in the near future when rising water levels force the country to be evacuated. People must leave behind everything they know and love as they move to different places. It was filmed in five countries and was shown at film festivals in Venice and Toronto before airing in Scandinavia and on Canal+ last year.

The series stars Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Magnus Millang, Esben Smed, Thomas Bo Larsen, David Dencik, Asta Kamma August, and Max Kaysen Høyrup.

Vinterberg shared his excitement about bringing the show to the UK, saying he has always felt a strong connection to the country. He is eager to see how...

The BBC has acquired “Families Like Ours,” the debut TV drama by Oscar-winning director Thomas Vinterberg for the U.K.

Written by Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen and having first premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival, the 7-part “Families Like Ours” is set in a near-future Denmark where rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are.

It was shot across five countries and stars Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Magnus Millang, Esben Smed, Thomas Bo Larsen, David Dencik, Asta Kamma August, and Max Kaysen Høyrup.

“I have a deepfelt connection with the U.K. and as you will see, it also plays a part in this series. Therefore, it is with eager...

The BBC has acquired Oscar-nominated director Thomas Vinterberg’s first TV series.

The corporation has picked up the apocalyptic Families Like Ours from Studiocanal.

Families Like Ours, which premiered at Venice and launched on Scandi broadcasters and Canal+ late last year, is set in Denmark in a not-too-distant future where rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Shot across five countries, the series was shown at Venice and Toronto. It stars Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Magnus Millang, Esben Smed, Thomas Bo Larsen, David Dencik, Asta Kamma August, and Max Kaysen Høyrup.

Vinterberg said he has always had a “deepfelt connection with the UK and as you will see, it also plays a part in this series.

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This February, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated Steven Knight series A Thousand Blows to the much-awaited Season 4 of Shoresy. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Hulu in February 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (February 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Credit – Searchlight Pictures

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. The 2014 film follows Gustav H, a concierge working at Popular European. He is falsely accused of murder and now must prove his innocence. In his quest to clear his name, he becomes good friends with a lobby boy.

"Hold me tight while your still beats and warms." Studiocanal has revealed the full trailer for an intriguing series called Families Like Ours, made by acclaimed Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg. It just premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in their "Series" section, and debuts streaming in Denmark (more countries later) in October. In a not-too-distant future, Denmark faces total evacuation due to rising water levels (climate change is definitely going to ruin everything whether we like it or not). As the nation of ~6 million people prepares to leave their homes, high school student Laura must choose between her divorced parents and the boy she's fallen in love with. It's a clever flip on the refugee crisis the world is experiencing already - what if wealthy, white people in Denmark had to flee their homes and move to other countries. What would happen? The full ensemble cast includes Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt,...

Netflix has unveiled three new Nordic originals as part of its 2025 slate, including the Swedish crime series “Synden,” the Danish fertility dramedy “Sult,” and season 3 of Norwegian romantic comedy series “Home for Christmas,” confirming its ambition to keep investing in Scandinavian content.

The Nordic market has gone through a rough patch in the last few years after the fallout of negotiations between the Danish producers guild and streamers; and the major restructuring at Viaplay which has put the brakes on local originals and is now partly owned by France’s Canal+.

All three Nordic originals greenlighted by Netflix are backed by renowned creatives and producers.

“Synden” is written and directed by Peter Grönlund whose credits include “Goliat” and “Beartown.” The series follows the perpetually angry, odd but highly intelligent investigator Dani (Krista Kosonen) who is teamed up with newly graduated police colleague Malik (Mohammed Nour Oklah) to investigate the murder...

Netflix is going deeper into the Nordics with the launch of a trio of originals — including the return of romantic drama series Home For Christmas.

The streamer unveiled the titles at the opening of a new office in Stockholm. Netflix has had a base in the Swedish capital since 2021, but is moving into a new space this week.

Marking the move are Swedish drama Synden, Danish feature film Sult and Home For Christmas, which will return more than three years after season two dropped. All three will launch in 2025.

Home For Christmas Season 3 will see Ida Elise Broch returning to star as Johanne, who is now 35 and now single after a recent break up. While helping her siblings, taking care of her lonely father and landing a leadership role at work, she throws herself back into the dating scene but realises it is not what it used to be.

Writers are Siri Seljeseth,...

Writing and directing a series is a rite of passage for any celebrated European filmmaker — so why shouldn’t Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg follow in the footsteps of Ingmar Bergman and Rainer Werner Fassbinder? The Danish director, who won the Best International Feature Film Oscar for “Another Round” in 2021, was in Toronto to promote his new series, “Families Like Ours,” which first premiered in Venice alongside Alfonso Cuarón’s “Disclaimer” and Joe Wright’s “M. Son of the Century.” He spoke to IndieWire about his seven-episode television show, which finds Denmark in a state of environmental collapse, flooded by rising water levels as its citizens panic toward a way out. Denmark, like everywhere else, has been hit by storm surges in recent years, so this series is all too prescient in its imagining of a widespread catastrophe that would push its people out.

Vinterberg first made an arthouse splash with...

When the Syrian War broke out in 2011, triggering a wave of refugees to Europe, Thomas Vinterberg felt a surge of empathy towards the millions of families forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in foreign lands. But when the Oscar-winning director of Another Round, The Hunt, and The Celebration saw the response of many Europeans — often hostile, sometimes violent — he began thinking: What would happen if a disaster hit closer to home and “we were the refugees”?

More than a decade later, that “thought experiment” led to Families Like Ours. The miniseries, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival before heading to TIFF, imagines a near future where rising sea levels force the government of Denmark to evacuate. The entire country. Turning its six million inhabitants into refugees, forced to seek shelter in whichever countries will have them.

The series features a who’s who of Danish talent in its ensemble cast,...

Everything is about to rot in the state of Denmark. The sea is rising, water is starting to bubble out of the ground and a decision has been made: the entire country is going to be dismantled and turned into a wind farm, its six million inhabitants sent to whichever country will accept them.

Thomas Vinterberg’s grimly prophetic seven-part series Families Like Ours follows timeworn convention by whittling down a macro issue — one we find too big to think about, mostly — to the stories of a few individuals. The families of the title are a rondel of comfortably-off Danes who never expected to want for anything, let alone a country: an architect and his wife who think they will be able to transfer their lives to Paris; the wife’s brother and his husband, who have the advantage of advance knowledge of the government’s plans; the architect’s...

"I think we should gush out like a river."...

Chris Rock's directorial role in the English-language adaptation of Another Round sparks curiosity and marks an intriguing pivot in his career. Thomas Vinterberg's endorsement of Rock suggests openness to reinterpretation and the potential for the remake to reach a broader audience. Rock's involvement in the project brings back memories of the Oscars incident and adds intrigue to the discussion, but the focus remains on the creative potential of the remake.

Chris Rock has been named as the director for the English-language adaptation of the critically acclaimed Danish film, Another Round. This development comes with a mix of enthusiasm and apprehension, particularly from Thomas Vinterberg, the original film's director and co-writer.

In a light-hearted yet pointed comment during an interview with Ekstra Bladet (via ComicBook), Vinterberg couldn't help but reference the now-infamous Oscars incident involving Rock and Will Smith, humorously cautioning that a disappointing remake could result in another slap for Rock.

Chris Rock is set to direct a remake of Another Round, the critically acclaimed Danish film. The original film follows four high school teachers conducting an experiment to stay intoxicated throughout the workday. Rock has had mixed success as a director in the past, with negative reviews for his first two films but critical acclaim for Top Five.

Chris Rock is taking on a familiar story for his next directorial effort. The actor and comedian is set to helm a remake of the popular, Academy Award-winning Danish film, Another Round, which starred Mads Mikkelsen. Per Deadline, the remake will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson for Appian Way while Brad Weston and Collin Creighton will handle producing duties for Makeready. Stuart Bloomberg wrote the first draft of the script, but a new writer will be brought in to work directly with Rock.

The original Another Round is a...

Chris Rock has been chosen to direct the English-language remake of Another Round, which was originally directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way Productions, is involved in the remake project. While it's unclear if DiCaprio will star in the remake, his involvement will likely depend on his schedule, as he has other film commitments.

Leonardo DiCaprio's Another Round remake finds its director. Released in 2020, the black comedy also known under its original title Druk (Danish for "binge-drinking"), follows four high school teachers in the midst of midlife crises who embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday, with a cast led by Mads Mikkelsen (Fantastic Beasts 3), Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, and Lars Ranthe. Shortly after Another Round won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, with Thomas Vinterberg also receiving a nomination for Best Director, an English-language remake...

Bottoms up! Comedian and filmmaker Chris Rock is getting behind the camera for a remake of Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-winning film Another Round. Appian Way and Makeready are producing for Fifth Season. Meanwhile, Jennifer Davisson and Leonardo DiCaprio produce through Appian Way, with Brad Weston and Collin Creighton producing for Makeready. The project has a script written by Stuart Bloomberg, but the draft will get a rewrite from Rock and a co-writer.

Released in 2020, Vinterberg’s Another Round stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, and Lars Ranthe as four high-school teachers who consume alcohol daily to see how it affects their social and professional lives.

Emerging from the shadow of the Oscar slap heard around the world, Rock’s next project is King: A Life, a cinematic biopic centering on the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Universal optioned the rights to adapt Jonathan Eig...

Exclusive: Chris Rock has made a deal to develop to direct Another Round, based on the 2020 Thomas Vinterberg-directed black comedy that won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film as well as the BAFTA.

The film is an Appian Way and Makeready production for Fifth Season. Jennifer Davisson and Leonardo DiCaprio are producing for Appian Way, and Brad Weston and Collin Creighton are producing for Makeready. Stuart Bloomberg wrote a draft and they will now bring in a new writer to work with Rock.

Rock has made directing a priority, and adds this to a Universal-based adaptation of King: A Life, the Jonathan Eig book about Martin Luther King Jr., along with an untitled script Rock is writing that has Peter Rice producing.

Rock stamped himself as a director with chops with Top Five, which he also wrote and which became the biggest deal at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival...

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Families Like Ours, the debut TV drama from Thomas Vinterberg, has begun principal photography as well as formally announcing its cast, with several stars of his Oscar and BAFTA winning feature Another Round set to appear.

Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Brothers, The Killing, Riders of Justice) Paprika Steen (Festen, Open Hearts, The First Lady), Helene Reingaard Neumann (Another Round, Kursk, Borgen), Magnus Millang (Another Round, Kursk, The Commune), Esben Smed (Follow The Money, Held for Ransom, The Kindness of Strangers), Amaryllis April August in her acting debut, Albert Rudbek Lindhardt (Another Round, Riders of Justice), Thomas Bo Larsen (Another Round, The Hunt, Festen), Asta August (Burn All My Letters, The Pact, A Song for Martin) and David Dencik (No Time To Die, Chernobyl, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) will star in the six-part series, from Zentropa and which StudioCanal is co-producing and distributing.

Exclusive: Another Round creator Thomas Vinterberg’s debut TV project has set cast and commenced principal photography.

Canal+ and TV2 Denmark’s six-parter, which first emerged two years ago and reunites Vinterberg with Lars Von Trier’s Another Round producer Zentropa and co-producer/distributor Studiocanal, is shooting on location in Copenhagen, Sweden, the Czech Republic, France and Romania.

Leading the cast are a number of Another Round actors and established Scandinavian talent including Nikolaj Lie Kaas (The Killing), Paprika Steen (The First Lady), Helene Reingaard Neumann (Borgen), Magnus Millang (Another Round), Esben Smed (The Kindness of Strangers), Amaryllis April August in her acting debut, Albert Rudbek Lindhardt (Another Round), Thomas Bo Larsen ( The Hunt), Asta August (The Pact) and David Dencik (Chernobyl).

The dystopian show follows Laura and takes place in summertime Denmark, where everything seems normal but is about to be disrupted. After a flood slowly takes over the land,...

Scandinavia’s TrustNordisk has picked up international sales rights to an upcoming Zentropa dramedy series about a struggling Danish agent to the stars.

The eight-part Agent, which has a budget of €5.7M (6M), comes from actor, director and writer Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Riders of Justice Department Q) and stars Esben Smed (Follow the Money) in the lead role. Leading Scandinavian producer Zentropa is attached to the show, which Danish channel TV2 has ordered for a Q4 2023 launch.

Smed plays Joe, a 35-year-old agent for Danish stars with global ambitions, who desperately tries to keep his head above water as personal problems keep piling up. In the midst of the chaos of his life, his daughter longs for his attention.

Sidse Babett Knudsen, Dar Salim, Ulrich Thomsen (The Marco Effect), Lars Ranthe (Another Round) and Magnus Millang (Another Round) will appear as caricatures of themselves,...

Zentropa produces the Danish-language dramedy about a talent agent in the entertainment industry.

TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for the new series Agent from actor-turned-writer/director Nikolaj Lie Kaas.

Zentropa produces the Danish-language dramedy about a talent agent in the entertainment industry. The series has now started shooting, with Esben Smed (Follow The Money) in the lead role as Joe, an agent with a chaotic life.

The cast also includes Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen), Dar Salim (Darkland), Ulrich Thomsen (The Commune), and Another Round actors Lars Ranthe and Magnus Millang, all playing caricatured versions of themselves.

Louise Vesth produces the 8x40’ series,...

Netflix has set the launch date for “Borgen – Power & Glory,” the new version of the hit Danish political drama, for April 14 across the Nordics and on June 2 in the rest of the world.

Directed by Per Fly, “Borgen – Power & Glory” brings back Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) who has just been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs when a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland. The event sparks an international struggle for power in the Arctic.

“The series deals with some of the biggest political issues of our time, as well the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic – and not least, the climate crisis,” said Netflix, which described “Power & Glory” as “a stand-alone continuation of the previous seasons of ‘Borgen.'”

The streamer added that “the main story focuses on the struggle for power and what power does to...

Borgen – Power & Glory, a fresh continuation of hit Danish political drama Borgen, has been set for release on Netflix April 14 in the Nordic markets and June 2 in the rest of the world. Netflix has also dropped first-look photos (see above and below).

From creator/writer and executive producer Adam Price, Borgen – Power & Glory again follows Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), her staff and the media tasked with covering her, this time in her role as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The series tackles major political issues including the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic — and not least, the climate crisis.

When a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland, it marks the beginning of an international struggle for power in the Arctic, and one in which Nyborg must repeatedly accept that despite Denmark’s ‘big brother’ relationship with Greenland, when...

Oscar-winner and Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has been tapped to star in an English-language remake of director Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round. The rights to the project were recently acquired at auction by DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson's Appian Way, Endeavor Content and Brad Weston's Makeready.

Another Round was just awarded Best International Feature Film at the recent Academy Awards, and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, and Lars Ranthe as four high school teachers who decide to consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. The Danish comedy-drama was directed by Thomas Vinterberg, from a screenplay by Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm and has been met with much critical acclaim, currently holding a very fresh 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

With such a positive response, and now an Oscar win, under its belt, it's not surprising to learn that Another Roundhas...

Fresh off its Oscar win for best international feature film, “Another Round” is getting the Hollywood treatment. The Danish dramedy about four friends who engage in an epic drinking binge will be remade in English.

Leonardo DiCaprio is being eyed to star in the film in the role originated by Mads Mikkelsen, but there’s no formal deal in place. DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way acquired rights following a bidding war that reportedly involved Jake Gyllenhaal’s production company Nine Stories, as well as Elizabeth Banks.

Thomas Vinterberg, who landed a surprise Oscar nomination for directing the Danish film, will executive produce the remake, along with Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing. Vinterberg also co-wrote “Another Round” with Tobias Lindholm. However, he won’t be directing or writing the upcoming version.

Endeavor Content and Makeready are financing the English-language movie.

“Another Round” centers on four friends who consume booze...

If you’ve heard about Another Round, the Oscar-nominated Danish film starring Mads Mikkelsen, you probably know about the Dance. It happens at the end of writer-director Thomas Vinterberg’s tragicomedy about four middle-aged high school teachers who attempt an experiment in magical drinking; entire features and paeans have already been written about it. Sitting on a park bench as his students whoop and holler near a pier, Mikkelsen’s history professor tentatively starts doing a two-step. Then he bursts into the sort of musical dance routine — leaping, twirling, sliding...

"Sings and sparkles!" Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a second official US trailer for the award-winning film Another Round, which now has two Oscar nominations for Best Director + Best International Film. It was originally selected for Cannes, but eventually premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this fall, and was one of my Top 10 of 2020. The film follows four teachers who embark on an experiment where they each sustain a certain level of alcohol intoxication during their everyday life, believing that all people in general would benefit from a bit higher Blood Alcohol Content. Of course, things start to get out of hand... Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, and Maria Bonnevie. This new trailer is pretty much a "look at all the awards we've received and these two Oscar nominations!" Which is all good by me if they want to show off, because this is a...

Jayro Bustamante on La Llorona, co-written with Lisandro Sanchez: “I wanted to give women that honor to be in the center of looking for justice in the film.”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday, March 15, the nominations for the 93rd Oscars. Best International Feature Film nominees are from Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round; From Hong Kong, Derek Tsang’s Better Days; From Romania, Alexander Nanau’s Collective; from Tunisia, Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin, and from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jasmila Žbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida?.

Jayro Bustamante: “I can understand victims. And I can feel empathy with them.”

The Oscar-shortlisted film from Chile, Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent snared a Best Documentary nomination. From Norway, Maria Sødahl’s Hope...

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.

To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective

Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season

2021 Oscars Predictions:

Best International Feature

Updated: Mar. 4, 2021

Awards Prediction Commentary: Denmark has dominated the season with “Another Round,” even presenting itself as a film that can show up in other categories like best actor (Mads Mikkelsen). While “Honeyland” made history last year when it...

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.

To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective

Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season

2021 Golden Globe Predictions:

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Updated: Feb. 24, 2021

Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to...

“From the beginning it was merely a film about alcohol — actually, it was a pure celebration of alcohol,” explains “Another Round” co-writer and director Thomas Vinterberg about telling the story of four friends who test whether liquor will lift them out of their emotional doldrums. “But digging deeper into it, we realized there was more to it. We got more ambitious, and this project grew and developed into becoming a movie about life and being inspired … The word spirit means more than just alcohol.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Vinterberg above.

Mads Mikkelsen stars as Martin, who along with his longtime friends and fellow teachers Tommy (Thomas Bo Larsen), Peter (Lars Ranthe) and Nikolaj (Magnus Millang) embarks on this experiment in day-drinking, and for a while the results are promising. But it’s not necessarily just their blood-alcohol levels that make them better teachers, husbands and parents. “I think...

Another Round Review — Another Round (2020) Video Movie Review, a Samuel Goldwyn Films movie written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, co-written by Tobias Lindholm, and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold, Diêm Camille G., Martin Greis-Rosenthal, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Morten Thunbo, Dorte Højsted, [...]

Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Another Round (2020): Mads Mikkelsen…Do I Need To Say More?...

Update: The Spanish Academy has announced that the 2021 Goya nominations will now be announced on Monday, Jan. 18.

In today’s Global Bulletin, historic snowfall in Madrid delays Spanish Academy Award nominations, Sky announces members of its Diversity Advisory Council, Netflix reveals casting for the next season of “Borgen,” documentary “Daisy Maskell – Insomnia and Me” on the way from BBC Three, Endemol Shine Germany teams with Rainer Laux on a new reality production label, “Covid vs The World” documentary gets History Channel premiere dates across Asia, and Gaumont’s “Lupin” becomes Netflix’s first French series to break the Top 10 in the U.S.

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The 2021 Spanish Academy Goya Awards nominations, scheduled to be announced on Monday (Jan. 11), have been delayed after winter storm Filomena dropped 8”-12” of snow on Madrid, paralyzing the Spanish capital. The Academy has not yet stated when the nominations will take place, but record temperatures threaten...

Netflix has unveiled the cast for the new season of Borgen, the hit Danish political drama that is being relaunched on the streamer after almost a decade-long hiatus.

Borgen creator Adam Price is re-teaming with the series’ original stars Sidse Babett Knudsen and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, who will reprise their roles as Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg and television journalist Katrine Fonsmark, respectively, for the show’s fourth season.

Mikkel Boe Folsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen, actors from Netflix’s Danish sci-fi drama The Rain, have joined the Borgen cast, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Other ...

Netflix has unveiled the cast for the new season of Borgen, the hit Danish political drama that is being relaunched on the streamer after almost a decade-long hiatus.

Borgen creator Adam Price is re-teaming with the series’ original stars Sidse Babett Knudsen and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, who will reprise their roles as Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg and television journalist Katrine Fonsmark, respectively, for the show’s fourth season.

Mikkel Boe Folsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen, actors from Netflix’s Danish sci-fi drama The Rain, have joined the Borgen cast, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Other ...

Now TV Hires Former Universal Exec

Now TV has hired former Universal Pictures International and TWC exec Jamie Schwartz as Director of Brand, Marketing and Merchandising. He will report into Marina Storti, Managing Director of Now TV, and will be responsible for core brand development and guardianship, marketing strategy and campaigns, media planning, as well as PR, social, editorial and in-product merchandising. Schwartz was most recently EVP of Marketing for Focus Features and before that worked at TWC and Momentum.

Cast Set For Netflix & Dr’s Borgen

In April Netflix and Dr, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, announced that the hit series Borgen was returning, reuniting creator Adam Price with lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen (Birgitte Nyborg) and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Katrine Fønsmark). Today, additional cast was announced, including Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Returning from the...

About 18 minutes into Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) starts to cry. They’re quiet tears, just brimming on his eyelids—I’m not sure they even fall—but he doesn’t try to hide them from his three concerned friends, who are gathered around a restaurant table to celebrate Nikolaj’s (Magnus Millang) 40th birthday. It struck me, watching this scene, how rare it is to see men cry at the beginning of movies. Typically, male tears have to be “earned”: they’re shed at a film’s climax, after immense emotional turmoil, and they’re loud. Mikkelsen allows Martin to be delicate and vulnerable right from the very start, something male characters, and male actors, are rarely allowed to be. Of course, as is the crux of Vinterberg’s film, Martin’s vulnerability is only possible because he just downed a shot of vodka.

Mikkelsen...

Photo: 'Another Round'/Nordisk Film 'Another Round' - Mads Mikkelsen, Uncorked Mads Mikkelsen is a hero. The actor, known best to American audiences as the Bond villain Le Chiffre or as NBC’s Hannibal, is perhaps his home country Denmark’s most valuable export. The actor is slated to appear in the Tom Holland/Daisy Ridley vehicle Chaos Walking, and has recently been selected to replace Johnny Depp in the Fantastic Beasts franchise. It’s safe to say Mikkelsen’s star is ascending. Unlike the frequently murderous characters the actor plays in American films, Mikkelsen is humble and gracious to a fault--he absolutely deserves his success. Mikkelsen is starring in two Danish films this year, Anders Thomas Jensen’s Riders of Justice and Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round. Related article: ‘Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy: 32 Facts on the Spell-Binding Fantasy Epic Related article: ‘The Life Ahead...

The beguiling, intoxicating and sometimes dangerous nature of friendship and alcohol are the twin engines that drive Thomas Vinterberg's latest film, which does an admirable job of balancing the positive and negative aspects of both.

Martin (Mads Mikkelsen), Tommy (Thomas Bo Larsen), Nikolaj (Magnus Millang) and Peter (Lars Ranthe) are teachers at the same senior school who are all flirting with midlife crisis. History teacher Martin seems to have lost his mojo in the classroom and at home, where his encounters with his night-shift working wife Anika (Marie Bonnevie) are more practical than emotional. His colleaguesTommy and Peter are on the other side of failed marriages, while Nikolaj has just hit 40 and is trying to cope with the pressures his young family are applying to his relationship with Amalie (Helene Reingaard Neumann).

Just the right cocktail of ennui with life, then, to be up for the experiment when one.

Update, writethru: Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round swept the European Film Awards this evening, winning in each of its categories: Film, Director, Actor (Mads Mikkelsen) and Screenwriter (Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm). The drama that’s Denmark’s entry for the International Feature Oscar is also the biggest film at the Danish box office this year and has continued to scoop prizes from San Sebastian to London.

The story of four weary high school teachers who test the theory that a constant level of modest inebriation opens our minds to the world, takes them on a journey of self-discovery with both tragic and uplifting consequences.

On accepting the top prize during the virtual Efa ceremony, Vinterberg said, “None of my films ever could ever have been made without the support systems of my country and of European filmmaking in general. My first film was about child abuse, my second one about...

Alcohol is an integral part of many cultures around the world, but as explored in Thomas Vinterberg’s latest feature Another Round—which has been selected as the Danish Oscar submission—Denmark has a particularly bad drinking problem. In the opening scene, a group of rowdy teenagers take part in a ‘Lake Race’ a common real-life tradition that Vinterberg saw both of his two daughters partake in during high school. The teens challenge each other to race around a lake in groups while downing a case of beer. If one of them vomits, time is added to their score; if they all vomit in unison, time is deducted. But surely the adults are better behaved?

High school teachers Martin (Mads Mikkelsen), Tommy (Thomas Bo Larsen), Nikolaj (Magnus Millang), and Peter (Lars Ranthe) appear to be more mature than their students, but their midlife crises prompt them to embark on a rather juvenile ‘social experiment.

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76 Days

76 Days, from directors Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, and an anonymous filmmaker,is a heartbreaking work of documentary vérité investigating the emerging Covid-19 outbreak at a single hospital in Wuhan, China, and their response from early February to April 2020, when Wuhan lifted their initial lockdown. Eschewing contextualizing features, 76 Days places viewers alongside doctors and nurses as they struggle to control the spiraling implications of Covid-19, dealing with an influx of scared patients, a virus they do not fully understand, and diminishing resources. Though 76 Days proves a hard watch, it’s a profoundly visceral look into how one hospital dealt with the raging virus. – Christian G.

At the center of Thomas Vinterberg’s new film Another Round lies one of the eternal questions—does alcohol help open up the mind to stimulate or even liberate the imagination in helpful ways that might not have occurred otherwise, or is it, at the end of the day, a harmful depressant and mind-decayer, as well as a door-opener to abuse and violence? The Danish writer-director puts the topic on the table in disarming fashion but, in the end, literally dances away from it to reaffirm the status quo without significantly illuminating the issue as seemingly promised at the outset. This Samuel Goldwyn release had been selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival competition but ended up making its world premiere—remotely—at the Toronto Film Festival in September, just prior to its release in Denmark. The country has selected it as its submission in the International Feature Oscar race.

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Another Round (Druk) Samuel Goldwyn Company Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Thomas Vinterberg Writer: Thomas Vinterberg Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 11/11/20 Opens: December 4, 2020 If you limit yourself to two glasses of wine per day […]

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Denmark has selected Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, starring Mads Mikkelsen, to represent the country at next year’s Oscar race in the international feature film category.

Mikkelsen stars alongside Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, and Magnus Millang as four high school teachers stuck in a midlife funk who decide to embark on a drinking experiment. Inspired by a philosopher who claims humans were born with too little booze in their blood, the four begin to day drink with a purpose: to maintain a constant blood alcohol level of at least 0.5 percent.

Another Round was a crowd-pleaser at the Toronto and ...

Denmark has selected Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, starring Mads Mikkelsen, to represent the country at next year’s Oscar race in the international feature film category.

Mikkelsen stars alongside Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, and Magnus Millang as four high school teachers stuck in a midlife funk who decide to embark on a drinking experiment. Inspired by a philosopher who claims humans were born with too little booze in their blood, the four begin to day drink with a purpose: to maintain a constant blood alcohol level of at least 0.5 percent.

Another Round was a crowd-pleaser at the Toronto and ...

Another Round U.S. Trailer — Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the U.S. movie trailer for Another Round / Druk (2020). You can view here the international Another Round film trailer. Cast and crew Thomas Vinterberg‘s Another Round stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold, Diêm [...]

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If the latest rumors about Mads Mikkelsen’s future casting decisions have you reaching for an alcoholic beverage, his upcoming Another Round may be more to your taste. Quite literally: Mikkelsen here plays a high school teacher who tests a theory with three colleagues that their life will improve if they main a constant blood alcohol level. Delightful chaos, at least a few bad decisions, and a nasty hangover are inevitable as these friends attempt to escape from their midlife crises by raising spirits.

The latest from Thomas Vinterberg—whose recent work has endearingly ricocheted between lush period romances (Far From the Madding Crowd) and submarine dramas (The Command)—seems to have far more on its mind than simply offering an opportunity to watch Mikkelsen dance while sloshed based on today’s new trailer.

Also starring Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, and Susse Wold, and co-written by regular...

"I haven't felt this good in ages. I think there's more to this." Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled an official US trailer for the fantastic film Another Round, the latest Thomas Vinterberg feature that made a splash on the festival circuit this fall. It was originally selected for Cannes, but eventually premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this fall. It's easily one of my favorite films of the year! Another Round, originally known as Druk in Danish, follows four teachers who embark on an experiment where they each sustain a certain level of alcohol intoxication during their everyday life, believing that all people in general would benefit from a bit higher Blood Alcohol Content. But, of course, they eventually take things too far... As always. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, and Maria Bonnevie. I wrote a glowing review commenting on the layers of...

Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round is continuing its trajectory as one to watch this season. The Mads Mikkelsen-starrer has been shortlisted by Denmark’s Oscar Committee as one of three pictures that will vie to be the country’s entry for the International Feature Film Academy Award. The other two films are Rotterdam prizewinner A Perfectly Normal Family by Malou Reymann and Venice Critics’ Week title Shorta from Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid. The official selection will be announced on November 18.

Another Round on Sunday scooped the Virtual Audience Award for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival. It had previously received the official selection label for Cannes’ 2020 edition and had its international premiere during the Toronto Film Festival. At San Sebastian, it won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.

At the Danish box office, the drama has sold over 500K tickets since release on...