PRETTY LETHAL Slays In The Official Trailer For Vicky Jewson’s SXSW Action Pic
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87North’s BALLERINA OVERDRIVE Casts Up, Taps ‘Close’ And ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Director
Momentum is picking up for Born Of War and Close helmer Vicky Jewson’s Ballerina Overdrive, which is launching ahead of the EFM market with The Veterans repping international and CAA for domestic. The project is revving up as a hot action package at this point as Jewson, who recently directed The Witcher: Blood Origin, is being joined by Kelly McCormick, David Leitch and Annie Marter who will produce the pic via 87 North, the company behind action Kate, Bullet Train and Violent Night to name a few. What’s more is that Heidi and Renae Moneymaker, best known for their combined total experience of 144 film credits in stunt performance excellence, are tapped to design the film’s balletic action sequences according to Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman. Rounding out the current cast is Lena Headey, Yara Shahidi, Isabela Merced, Iris Apatow, Millicent Simmonds and Lana Condor, from Afterlife scribe Kate Freund “about a […]
SYLVIA: ‘Closer’ Duo To Tackle Mossad Agent Story With WestEnd’s WeLove
If you enjoyed the latest actress/director pairing on Netflix for Vicky Jewson’s Closer featuring Noomi Rapace, fret not. The two will be back together for Sylvia, which Jewson will pen with Close writer Rupert Whitaker tackling the 2010 biography, “Sylvia Rafael: The Life and Death of a Mossad Spy”, from author duo Ram Oren and Rafael’s former trainer, ex-Mossad agent Moti Kfir. Sylvia is based on the life of the Mossad’s most famous female agent, Sylvia Raphael Schjødt, following her rise to prominence within the Mossad and her intelligence work locating Ali Hassan Salameh — the leader of Palestine’s Black September organisation and the figure behind the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. This mission would eventually lead to her involvement in the infamous Lillehammer affair. As Variety‘s Stewart Clarke reports, the “Lillehammer affair”, bookmarks the incident involving the death of an innocent Moroccan mistakenly […]
CLOSE: Naomi Rapace Kicks Off The New Year With Her Newest Actioner Later This Month!
The last year and a half have seen great strides by Prometheus star Noomi Rapace whose latest stints in action cinema with thrillers like Unlocked and What Happened To Monday? are such worthy bookmarks. In that same time frame, fans have had plenty of time to maintain their fervor with the production of bodyguard thriller, Close, from director Vicky Jewson, and with a release date now slated for January 18, the official trailer now online is properly all the craze. Close, an adrenaline-pumping action thriller written and directed by Vicky Jewson (Born of War), is inspired by the life of the world’s leading female bodyguard, Jacquie Davis. The film stars Noomi Rapace as Sam, a counter-terrorist expert used to war zones, who takes on the job of protecting Zoe (Sophie Nélisse), a young and rich heiress — a babysitting job for her. But a violent attempted kidnapping forces the two […]
Female-Centric Bodyguard Thriller, CLOSE, Recruits Noomi Rapace
Actress Noomi Rapace continues to bolster in the action genre a bit in the wake of her latest appearance in Unlocked and the forthcoming releases of heist thriller, Stockholm, and fantasy actioner, Bright. Her new addition to the movie, Close, will be front and center for buyers at Cannes courtesy of WestEnd per its recent acquisition though their female audience-geared WeLove banner. Rapace will star in a role based on the life of the world’s foremost leading female bodyguard from a script by producer Rupert Whitaker and Born Of War helmer Vicky Jewson who will direct. She plays Sam, a counter-terrorism expert newly assigned to protect Zoe, a rich teenage heiress, only to find themselves on the run and fighting to survive following a violent kidnapping attempt. Janette Day (Vanity Fair, Ghost World), Braden Aftergood (Hell or High Water, Lone Survivor, Battleship), Sarah Radclyffe (Les Misérables, The Edge Of Love), and producers’ representative […]
Sofia Black-D'Elia Brings Vengeance Home In The Upcoming Film, BORN OF WAR (A.K.A. MIA)
Switching gears from romantic comedy to one-woman-army revenge action epic, Lady Godiva (2008) helmer Vicky Jewson is looking to share her latest feature-length sophomore efforts with the upcoming release, Born Of War. Blending the mood and look of such films as Run Lola Run (1998) and Hanna (2011), the new centers around the riveting tale of a young woman who journeys into the world of international espionage and danger when predestined legacy at the hands of an elusive international tribal terrorist threatens everything she’s grown to know and love upon the murder her parents. Unfortunately there is no North American release date since Arclight has attained international rights to the film after its festival run last year. However, moviegoers in Japan will get the first theatrical release beginning on February 1, 2014 under its new title, Mia, courtesy of Nikkatsu. Gossip Girl star and co-star of the upcoming sci-fi flick […]