Exclusive: Icelandic production company gears up for first in-house production.
Truenorth, the Icelandic production company that has worked on big Us shoots such as Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, and the Wachowski’s forthcoming Netflix drama Sense8, is gearing up to shoot its first in-house production this summer.
The project, Oskar Jonasson’s In Front Of Others, is being pitched at Berlin’s Co-Production Market. Denmark’s Nepenthe is attached as co-producer and German partners are also showing interest.
Jonasson co-writes the romantic comedy (with playwright Kristjan Thordur Hrafnsson) about a shy guy who tries to impress a woman with a clever impersonation of his boss. But the relationship falters when his impersonations become out of control.
The €1.3m budgeted film is supported by the Icelandic Film Centre. Sena Distribution plans an Icelandic release at the end of 2015.
The cast will feature Svandis Dora, Snorri Engilbertsson, [link...
Truenorth, the Icelandic production company that has worked on big Us shoots such as Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, and the Wachowski’s forthcoming Netflix drama Sense8, is gearing up to shoot its first in-house production this summer.
The project, Oskar Jonasson’s In Front Of Others, is being pitched at Berlin’s Co-Production Market. Denmark’s Nepenthe is attached as co-producer and German partners are also showing interest.
Jonasson co-writes the romantic comedy (with playwright Kristjan Thordur Hrafnsson) about a shy guy who tries to impress a woman with a clever impersonation of his boss. But the relationship falters when his impersonations become out of control.
The €1.3m budgeted film is supported by the Icelandic Film Centre. Sena Distribution plans an Icelandic release at the end of 2015.
The cast will feature Svandis Dora, Snorri Engilbertsson, [link...
- 2/9/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
How can you not be intrigued by a title like “Harpoon: Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre”? It got me with “Harpoon”. Of course, a blurb calling it “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on a whaler” didn’t hurt, either. I mean, how many slasher films have you seen set on a whaler? That’s a new one. Great harpooning fun is guaranteed when the film lands on DVD in the UK May 2010 courtesy of E1 Entertainment. Check out a teaser trailer below. An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control. Starring Pihla Viitala, Nae, Terence Anderson, Miranda Hennessy, Aymen Hamdouchi, Carlos Takeshi, Miwa Yanagizawa, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Guðlaug Ólafsdóttir, Snorri Engilbertsson, Gunnar Hansen, and directed by Júlíus Kemp.
- 3/15/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
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