efm 2019
800: Sales Underway At EFM For Guan Hu’s New WWII Epic
Gangster pic Mr. Six helmer Guan Hu is in post production with trailblazing $80 million dollar World War II epic, 800, which centers on a four-day fracas between looming Japanese forces, and a band of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers who’ve fortified a Shanghai warehouse complex.
GREENLAND: ‘Angel Has Fallen’ Star And Director To Reteam For Diaster Pic
Last weekend saw big news out of Berlin with actor Gerard Butler set to star in upcoming disaster pic, Greenland. STXinternational is repping the film intermatonally for buyers in Berlin and releasing in the UK.
STRAY: Karen Fukuhara Battles Supernatural Evil In The Official Trailer
Director Joe Sill’s new supernatural horror, Stray, has been another feat for the Berlin crowd with Screen Media selling the pic at EFM. The company is already on the way with a March 1 release host to actress Karen Fukuhara who segues from her DC stint in Suicide Squad as Katana to portray an orphaned girl investigating her mother’s murder.
Sabu’s JAM Stimulates With Song And Savagery In The Official Trailer
Celebrated director and actor SABU made festival waves late last year in Tokyo premiering his latest, Jam. World sales reps at Freestone have been busy at EFM in Berlin where the film now looks toward garnering releases overseas since opening locally in December.
Crime Drama LINE OF DESCENT Unravels A Dark Legacy In The First Trailer
Philip Kim and Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard’s Storyboard Media have been hustling since the last AFM repping world sales for award-winning filmmaker Rohit Karn Batra’s crime thriller, Line of Descent. Its presence continued since then at the EFM in Berlin where producer Guy J. Louthan scored greenlights for projects under his Palanquin banner – Mata Hari and Fargo-esque crime thriller, Call Center.
Kitamura’s Marine Action Thriller, DOORMAN, Casts Ruby Rose To Star
Do I still want a Versus 2? Yes. Am I deluded at this point? Probably. Still, director Kitamura Ryuhei is someone I’ve been long proud of since stumbling upon his films back in college in 2001, and it gives me great pleasure to see reported at Deadline that his latest, Doorman, has installed actress Ruby Rose.
DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF: Gina Carano Action Thriller Gets A May 10 U.S. Release
Director David Hackl’s latest pic is well on the way after selling to a raft of territories at this year’s EFM in Berlin. The Gina Carano and Richard Dreyfuss-led Daughter Of The Wolf will have its day in North America on May 10 in theaters and VOD.
Sono Sion’s PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Haunts With Imogen Poots Joining Nicolas Cage
Alex Ritman’s newest exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter is continuing the stimulus from last year’s news with Nicolas Cage addition to Sono Sion’s American debut, Prisoners Of The Ghostland. Set to begin production in the Spring, Cage will be joined by Green Room actress Imogen Poots who now joins the film which is currently being shopped in Berlin from XYZ Films.
THE MOURNER: ‘Casshern’, ‘Last Knights’ Director Tackles Novel Adaptation With Ezra Miller Starring
I honestly have no idea when people started calling him Casper Kiriya – I always new the Last Knights director as Kiriya Kazuaki ever since I obsessed over the awesomeness that was his 2004 manga adaptation, Casshern, and his 2009 folkloric follow-up, Goemon.
THE HEART Beats For Sierra/Affinity At EFM, Casts Rockwell, Spencer And Janney
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants, Fox Seachlight’s upcoming Downhill) are set to reunite with fellow Academy Award-winners Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney (The Way Way Back) for new movie, The Heart, which rolls cameras at the end of the year. The two actors will be joined by Academy award-winning Octavia Spencer (The Shape Of Water, Hidden Figures), from an original script by Faxon and Nash.
SAS: RED NOTICE: UK Actioner Lands At Altitude, Releases In UK And Ireland In 2020
Altitude is set to rep UK action thriller, SAS: Red Notice. The title will hit the floor at EFM starting this week as Sky Cinema revs up plans to release the film in the UK and Ireland in 2020.
Owens’ THE INTERGALACTIC ADVENTURES OF MAX CLOUD Wraps With Adkins, Flanagan Starring
Just as martial arts star Scott Adkins is out in the UK with the long-awaited release of Undisputed: Fight For Freedom, the Incoming star has just finished filming his latest return to intergalactic sci-fi with The Intergalactic Adventures Of Max Cloud according to Screendaily.
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN: Revenge Thriller Casts Carey Mulligan
As reported the other day at Deadline, actress Carey Mulligan will star in the new retribution thriller, Promising Young Woman.
Mad River Lines Up BLACK FLIES For EFM With Mel Gibson And Tye Sheridan
A Prayer Before Dawn helmer Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is setting up Black Flies for Mad River Pictures ahead of EFM next week where IMR International will be to rep global sales rights; CAA and WME are handling U.S. rights.
SHADOW IN THE CLOUD Casts Chloe Grace-Moretz Ahead Of EFM
I’ve been waiting to see Chloe Grace-Moretz kick some kind of ass again and now it looks as if that moment will arise very soon with the production of Roseanne Liang’s action horror, Shadow In The Cloud. Endeavor Content is launching international sales at EFM which kicks off next week.
SILK ROAD: True Crime Drama Adds Jason Clark And Nick Robinson
Documentary filmmaker Tiller Russell (The Seven Five, Operation Odessa) is journeying into narrative storytelling with true crime drama, Silk Road. Sierra/Affinity is launching international sales at EFM this month for the new production which centers on the criminal mastermind who unleashed the Dark Net and the ’Jurassic Narc’ bent on bringing down the young kingpin’s billion-dollar empire.
CAGEFIGHTER: Michael Jai White, Gina Gershon, Josh Herdman Headline Inspirational MMA Drama
Calloused Hands helmer Jesse Quinones is taking to the octagon for Cagefighter according to several reports ahead of European Film Market in February. He’ll direct from his own script that has Josh Herdman, Michael Jai White, and Bound and Face/Off actress Gina Gershon starring along with Michelle Ryan and Welcome To The Punch actor Jason Maza.
THE PREY Makes A Stand In New Key Sales Art From Raven Banner
Director Jimmy Henderson’s new actioner, The Prey, is now on par for the course as we enter a new year of festivals and market updates. As such, the production has paired up with Toronto-based Raven Banner for international sales ahead of EFM which launches on February 7 in Berlin.
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