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"This rig is leaking gas! We have to get out of here!" Magnolia Pictures has unveiled an official US trailer for the Norwegian disaster movie The Burning Sea, the latest in Norway's disaster series. An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious - an environmental apocalypse. The Burning Sea is the latest disaster epic from the team behind The Quake and The Wave. As rigs are evacuated, submarine operator Sofia's companion Stian becomes trapped in the depths of the sea, and Sofia must dive in to rescue him. The movie stars Kristine Kujath Thorp, Henrik Bjelland, and Rolf Kristian Larsen. This looks crazy! And I'm glad the Norwegians keep making epic movies like this. Whatever is going on under the sea looks freaky indeed. I hope this...

In this week’s International TV Newswire: spring festivals and markets feel Le Crunch, Warner Bros. steps up Spanish scripted, Nordisk Film and Fantefilm join forces, “All Star Driving School” steers into Mexico.

June Builds as a Virtual Market Smackdown

Le Crunch used to refer to the France-England rugby match. Now, it pretty much sums up Europe’s virtual marketplace line-up in June. Already the latter half of Annecy (June 15-30), the biggest animation festival in the world, overlaps with the virtual edition of the Cannes Film Market (June 22-26), the biggest film market in the world. Sunny Side of the Doc, one of Europe’s premiere doc events, runs online June 22-25. Now Conecta Fiction, the buzzing boutique Europe-Latin American drama series forum held in Pamplona, Spain, has announced a “strong” line-up of virtual presentations over the week of June 15. The new crunch is of course a consequence of...

Oslo-based Fantefilm is the production company behind ‘The Quake’ and ‘The Wave’.

Scandinavian studio Nordisk Film has acquired a minority stake in Fantefilm, the Norwegian production company behind disaster features The Quake and The Wave.

The deal will also see Nordisk secure an output deal with Fantefilm, which has four features in production and is also developing a major TV series. It will give the studio Nordic distribution and international sales rights to Fantefilm’s future slate.

Kenneth Wiberg, president of Nordisk Film Distribution and VP of Nordisk Film, said the move was part of its ongoing strategic to be...

Scandi major Nordisk Film has acquired a minority stake in leading Norwegian production company Fantefilm, known for successful local blockbusters including The Quake and The Wave.

The parties have also signed a new output deal which will see Nordisk continue as the Nordic distribution and international sales rights partner on Fantefilm’s future slate.

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Fantefilm’s credits also include Ragnarok (2013), Escape (2012) and Cold Prey (2006) as well as the popular Merry Christmas, Mr. Andersen film series. Fantefilm currently has four feature films in production and is also developing a major TV series.

Said Kenneth Wiberg, President of Nordisk Film Distribution and Vice President,...

New Indie

While I didn’t find Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” (Lionsgate/Mrc) as wonderful a whodunit as most audiences (and critics), I do cheer his evident love for the genre and his energy and enthusiasm in revitalizing the all-star murder mystery. (Give me a crisp new story like this over a thousand sludgy remakes like the recent “Murder on the Orient Express.”) And it’s a win for everyone when an original movie — not a sequel, not a remake, not a reboot, not an adaptation — becomes a much-talked-about hit. So let’s hear it for more fresh takes on beloved movie tropes.

Also available: Keep your indies straight — “The Wave” (Echo Wolf/Epic) features Justin Long on a psychedelic trip, while the critically acclaimed “Waves” (Lionsgate) is a powerful tale of race and family featuring powerhouse acting from Sterling K. Brown, Taylor Russell and Kelvin Harrison, Jr.; the...

Picture Tree Intl. has secured global sales rights of Berlin comedy “Nightlife,” directed by Simon Verhoeven, following his last film “Welcome to Germany,” which was Germany’s comic relief to the refugee crisis. The film sold to more than 60 territories and screened at more than 50 festivals worldwide, while being the No.1 box office hit in Germany in 2016.

“Nightlife” features German star Elyas M’Barek as bartender Milo who, on a night out in Berlin, meets Sunny, a Berlin native and the woman of his dreams – a fateful encounter as it soon turns out. Their first date starts out very smoothly until Milo’s chaotic friend Renzo, played by Frederick Lau, appears on the scene. Unexpectedly, the romantic evening turns into a wild race through the nightlife of Berlin with the trio fighting for nothing less than their lives and true love.

After blockbusters like “Maennerherzen” (Men in the City) (2009) and “Welcome to Germany...

Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds) has been tapped for a recurring role in the second season of CBS’ summer action-adventure series Blood & Treasure, from CBS TV Studios and Propagate. Starring Matt Barr and Sofia Pernas, Blood & Treasure is a globe-trotting action-adventure drama about a brilliant antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. Brewster will play Sister Lisa. A resourceful nun in Rome with a sly sense of humor, Sister Lisa is good friends with Father Chuck Donnelly (Mark Gagliardi). While Father Chuck is on the trail of a mystery, he quickly comes to rely on Sister Lisa for information, as he knows that the Nuns are the eyes and ears of the Church. Brewster is wrapping up her role as Emily Prentiss in the 15th and final season of CBS’ Criminal Minds. She also...

For the first time in 2020, we bring the review round-up to you fine folks. Yes, today we’re catching up on a trio of movies that I just wasn’t able to put reviews up of until now. The three films getting the treatment here are independent titles that couldn’t be more different. The indies in question are the coming of age dramedy Troop Zero, the surreal retro found footage type flick VHYes, and the trippy science fiction “comedy” The Wave. Are they all worth your time? Are any of them worth it? Read on to find out… Troop Zero A cast as strong as this one deserves a slightly better movie than we get here with Troop Zero. A family friendly coming of age story, too often it seems like shortcuts are being taken. Quirky moments substitute for true character development. It all just falls flatter than expected,...

A sort of “After Hours” update with a lot more drugs and time ellipses, “The Wave” throws Justin Long down a rabbit’s hole of sometimes hallucinatory, sometimes mortal peril when his button-down protagonist makes the mistake of celebrating a career breakthrough a little too adventurously. This surreal comedy from debuting feature director Gille Klabin and writer Carl W. Lucas offers a colorfully diverting ride that invokes the specter of everything from “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” to “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

What it doesn’t quite have is the singularity of vision those and other movies had in putting their protagonists through some mind-expanding changes, whether induced psychedelically or supernaturally. This fever dream feels more derivative than distinctive, entertaining and eventful as it is. Still, it’s a well-cast, well-crafted stab at something offbeat that should find a modest but appreciative viewership in limited theatrical release (simultaneous with VOD launch) on Jan.

Let’s give Justin Long some overdue credit: few everyman actors actively choose to push the edges of their beta-dude personas. There’s always a need for ordinary guys in rom-coms and sitcoms, and Long could easily coast through them.

As often as not, though, he embraces eccentric efforts that remain under the radar, and surely don’t include a mainstream paycheck. Sometimes these risks are so bananas they become unforgettable, like 2014’s “Tusk,” in which Kevin Smith turned Long into a walrus. And sometimes, inevitably, they’re “The Wave.”

Even here, generous viewers might appreciate Long’s commitment to the unusual and unexpected. Through no fault of his, however, they will find both their loyalty and their patience considerably tested.

Watch Video: How Justin Long Pranked Bruce Willis So Hard on 'Live Free or Die Hard' That He 'F-king Panicked'

Long plays Frank, a milquetoast lawyer at...

Alamo Drafthouse, the cinema chain that popularized in-theater dining, is partnering with speciality film festival Fantastic Fest to bring greater attention to independent genre movies.

Under the new pact, Fantastic Fest will offer Alamo Drafthouse ticket buyers “bonus content” when they watch movies from the film festival. That includes bringing in the talent behind the movies, live-streaming Q&As and hosting afterparties at the theater. The goal, to combat the comfort and appeal of staying home to stream Netflix or Disney Plus, is to make going to the movies feel more like an event.

“Our reason for existence, and this is true for both the Alamo and Fantastic Fest, is to support emerging filmmakers and the incredible films they create,” Alamo Drafthouse founder and CEO Tim League said. “We see so many wonderful films debut at the festival each year; it is immensely rewarding to continue that relationship all the way through their commercial launch.

Written by Carl W. Lucas, The Wave is a psychedelic science fiction comedy and the feature directorial debut from Gille Klabin. The extraordinary modern-day parable tells the story of a self-centered insurance lawyer Frank, played by Justin Long (Die Hard […]

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The first thing you need to know when entering director Gille Klabin and writer Carl W. Lucas’ The Wave is that it takes a lot of liberties. The second thing is that doing so doesn’t have to be a problem. So much of what happens on-screen is born from convenience and ultimately has no explanation (if it even needs one) before playing its long-term role within Frank’s (Justin Long) hallucinogenic nightmare of an adventure. Just because he might get a handle on what’s happening to manipulate the experience to his benefit (or at least his will) doesn’t mean he (or we) understand how beyond the notion that the implausible isn’t necessarily impossible when a creative strain of karmic retribution proves to be the goal. The sky’s the limit.

You wouldn’t think as much from the start considering Frank is nothing if not a...

Happy 2020, everyone! With a new year comes a new batch of VOD and digital releases for the month of January. So, if you’re looking for some movies to keep you busy while you try and escape the unforgiving winter elements, we have plenty coming our way over the next few weeks.

Everything kicks off on the 7th with an array of titles making their digital debut, including Countdown, Sequence Break, Snatchers and Inner Ghosts. A few days later, The Marshes arrives on Shudder exclusively, and both The Sonata and Inherit the Viper hit various platforms on the 10th.

January 14th is another big day for digital releases, as one my favorite films of 2019 is set to premiere—Parasite—as well as several other films, including Terminator: Dark Fate, Boneyard, Rough Draft and House of Demons. The Wave, featuring Justin Long and Donald Faison, makes its digital debut on the 17th,...

The Middle Man

2020 should see the premiere of Norwegian auteur Bent Hamer’s long-awaited eighth film The Middle Man, which will star actor/director Tuva Novotny and Pal Sverre Hagen. John Christian Rosenlund serves as Dp on the Norwegian-Canadian-German co-production. Hamer has become one of Norway’s most noted art-house auteurs, thanks partially to his programming at Cannes, where his 1995 debut Eggs played in Directors’ Fortnight, as did his 2005 English language debut Factotum. His 2007 title O’Horten played in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival.…...

The Day We Died

Denmark’s Ole Christian Madsen has elected to commemorate the 2015 terrorist attacks on Copenhagen with his latest film, The Day We Died (previously known as The Attack on Copenhagen and also Notat). Following in the footsteps of increasingly popular reenactments of terrorist attacks, this ends a six-year hiatus for Madsen. Produced by Malene Blenkov and lensed by John Christian Rosenlund, Madsen gets a high-profile cast led by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, supported by Jakob Oftbro, Sonja Richter and Nikolaj Kopernikus.…...

Take The Trip Of A Lifetime With The New Trailer For The Wave In Theaters And On VOD January 17th Indie Sci-Fi Comedy Starring Justin Long and Donald Faison, directed by Gille Klabin Gille Klabin’s psychedelic sci-fi adventure-comedy The Wave opens nationwide in theaters and on VOD January 17th, 2020 from Epic Pictures Justin Long …

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Justin Long (Drag Me to Hell) and Donald Faison (Scrubs) star in The Wave, which is set to hit theaters and VOD on January 17th, 2020. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a trailer for I See You and release details for Clown Fear on DVD, Digital, and VOD.

The Wave Trailer and Theatrical Dates Released: "Justin Long and Donald Faison lead the unique modern-day parable that follows Frank (Long), an opportunistic insurance lawyer, who thinks he’s in for the time of his life when he goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff (Faison). But their night takes a turn for the bizarre when Frank is dosed with a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world, taking him on a psychedelic quest through board meetings, nightclubs, shootouts, and alternate dimensions. As Frank ping-pongs between reality and fantasy, he finds himself on a...

Between the outlandish daydream sequences in “Scrubs” and…well, pretty much everything about “Tusk,” Donald Faison and Justin Long, respectively, have proven that they are not afraid to get a little weird and wacky with their creative choices. The duo has joined forces for their next weird project, Gille Klabin’s directorial debut, the trippy new film “The Wave.” The film was featured at Fantastic Fest, so you know it is bound to be the perfect kind of weird.

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Gille Kalbin's psychadelic head trip movie The Wave was quickly scooped up by Epic Pictures after its worold premiere at Fantastic Fest back in September. Wasting no time they are preparing ot release The Wave in Us cinemas and on VOD on January 17th. A new trailer was released today, have a look below. Justin Long and Donald Faison lead the unique modern-day parable that follows Frank (Long), an opportunistic insurance lawyer, who thinks he’s in for the time of his life when he goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff (Faison). But their night takes a turn for the bizarre when Frank is dosed with a hallucinogen that completely alters...

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Epic Pictures today has debuted a psychedelic and visually-splendiferous trailer for The Wave, an upcoming science-fiction feature that is currently giving me flashbacks to my early college days. Acting as Gille Klabin's feature directorial debut, The Wave is written and produced by Carl W. Lucas. As your attorney I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my briefcase.…...

"The universe is trying to tell you something - pay attention!" Oh yeah - take a big hit of this! Epic Pictures has debuted a full-length official trailer for a wacky, mesmerizing psychedelic thriller titled The Wave, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Gille Klabin. This already premiered at Fantastic Fest and Screamfest this year, and will be available on VOD in January. Justin Long plays a man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is. Seems to be a psychedelic parable about capitalism and the rat race we're all sucked into, a bit like Sorry to Bother You but way, way trippier. The full cast also includes Donald Faison, Tommy Flanagan, Sheila Vand, Katia Winter, Ronnie Gene Blevins, and Bill Sage. Uh yeah, so this looks damn good! Really want to see it,...

“Have you ever woken up from a dream so real that for a moment you can’t remember where you are?” *Current Theatrical Listings Below* After a celebrated world premiere at Austin’s famous Fantastic Fest and a series of festival screenings, both international and nationwide, Gille Klabin’s psychedelic sci-fi adventure-comedy The Wave is heading to nationwide …

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After a celebrated world premiere at Austin’s famous Fantastic Fest and a series of festival screenings, both international and nationwide, Gille Klabin’s psychedelic sci-fi adventure-comedy The Wave is heading to nationwide theaters and VOD January 17th, 2020 from Epic Pictures […]

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Justin Long and Donald Faison will co-star in The Wave, an indie film written and produced by Carl W. Lucas and directed by Gille Klabin. The film is about a lawyer who changes his outlook on a high-stakes insurance case when a life-changing, drug-induced night on the town with co-workers actually ends up changing the way he lives life.

According to Deadline, Long will play Frank, an image-obsessed attorney who changes course on a controversial insurance case. Faison is Frank’s coworker Jeff who encourages Frank to live a little and join him for a night out on the town.

Faison is known for his role on Scrubs, and Long is know for his roles in Live Free or Die Hard and Drag Me To Hell. No word on when production will begin or when the film is expected to be released.

Sons Of Anarchy alum Tommy Flanagan and Bill Sage (Hap and Leonard) will join Justin Long and Donald Faison in the indie film, The Wave, which follows an image obsessed attorney (Long) who changes course on a high-stakes insurance case when a life-changing, drug-induced night on the town ends up changing his outlook on life. Gille Klabin is directing from a script by Carl W. Lucas, who also is producing the pic with Joshua Bunting through their EchoWolf Productions label…...

Justin Long and Donald Faison will star in the indie film, The Wave, written and produced by Carl W. Lucas with Gille Klabin directing. The pic is about an attorney who changes course on a high-stakes insurance case when a life-changing, drug-induced night on the town with co-workers actually ends up changing his outlook on life. Long will play Frank, an image obsessed attorney who changes course on a controversial insurance case. Faison is Frank's coworker Jeff who…...

Justin Long and Donald Faison are set for a ride on The Wave.

The indie feature follows an image-obsessed attorney (Long) that changes course on a high-stakes insurance case when a life-changing, drug-induced night on the town with co-workers, including Jeff (Faison), ends up changing his outlook on life.

Gille Klabin will direct from a screenplay by Carl Lucas. Lucas will also produce with Joshua Bunting via their EchoWolf Productions.

Long most recently starred opposite Cobie Smulders in Literally, Right Before Aaron and the coming-of-age indie And Then I Go. He is repped by UTA, 3 Arts and Felker Toczek.

Faison starred opposite Adam Scott in Netflix’s Little Evil and was in Lionsgate's Paula...