“Snow,” an Austrian-German co-production and one of 16 titles presented in the Berlinale Series Market Selects showcase, weaves the timely issue of climate change and local folklore into a suspenseful mystery drama set in the picturesque Austrian Alps.
Brigitte Hobmeier stars as Lucia, a physician who with her husband and children moves to the village, where she is replacing the local doctor, who is retiring. Things take a troubling turn when her daughter is visited by a strange woman at night.
The series presentation at the EFM event brings the title back to Berlin, where it came together in 2020 at the Berlinale Co-Production Market’s Co-Pro Series event.
Based on an idea by Michaela Taschek about the impact of climate change and old secrets that come to light, the series was initially developed early on by late producer Ursula Wolschlager of Vienna-based Witcraft and filmmaker Barbara Albert, who initially planned to...
Brigitte Hobmeier stars as Lucia, a physician who with her husband and children moves to the village, where she is replacing the local doctor, who is retiring. Things take a troubling turn when her daughter is visited by a strange woman at night.
The series presentation at the EFM event brings the title back to Berlin, where it came together in 2020 at the Berlinale Co-Production Market’s Co-Pro Series event.
Based on an idea by Michaela Taschek about the impact of climate change and old secrets that come to light, the series was initially developed early on by late producer Ursula Wolschlager of Vienna-based Witcraft and filmmaker Barbara Albert, who initially planned to...
- 2/21/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Level, a drama from writer Sean Finegan (Reset), Julie Anne Robinson’s CannyLads Productions and Universal TV where CannyLads is based.
Written by Finegan, the idea for Level was sparked by his experience with investing and startups. The series revolves around Charlie Hunt, who has the most brilliant business mind in history, but after a jarring family tragedy, Charlie quit chasing profits and repurposed his unique skills to shut down villains who live above the law by making whatever they’re doing an economic impossibility. He hits them where it hurts and levels the playing field for everyone else.
Finegan executive produces with CannyLads’ Robinson, who also is set to directs, and Kelly Pancho. Universal TV is the studio.
Finegan previously developed drama Capital at NBC with CannyLads and Carol Mendelsohn. He is currently writing Reset for Paramount, and recently produced Endless with Thunder Road and Gabriela Bacher.
Written by Finegan, the idea for Level was sparked by his experience with investing and startups. The series revolves around Charlie Hunt, who has the most brilliant business mind in history, but after a jarring family tragedy, Charlie quit chasing profits and repurposed his unique skills to shut down villains who live above the law by making whatever they’re doing an economic impossibility. He hits them where it hurts and levels the playing field for everyone else.
Finegan executive produces with CannyLads’ Robinson, who also is set to directs, and Kelly Pancho. Universal TV is the studio.
Finegan previously developed drama Capital at NBC with CannyLads and Carol Mendelsohn. He is currently writing Reset for Paramount, and recently produced Endless with Thunder Road and Gabriela Bacher.
- 11/12/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Quiver Distribution, which has been raking in dough from the drive-in release of its Kevin James genre movie Becky recently, has acquired North American rights to the romantic drama Endless starring Alexandra Shipp (X-Men franchise), Nicholas Hamilton, Famke Janssen (X-Men and Taken franchise) and DeRon Horton.
Endless follows love struck high school graduates Riley (Shipp) and Chris (Hamilton). When they are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend’s death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect.
Gabriela Bacher of Film House Germany’s Summerstorm Entertainment produced alongside Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road Films and Sean Finegan of Hyper Media Ventures. Also producing is Canadian partner Kevin DeWalt of Minds Eye Entertainment who brought Calgary-based investment fund manager Invico Capital Corporation on board...
Endless follows love struck high school graduates Riley (Shipp) and Chris (Hamilton). When they are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend’s death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect.
Gabriela Bacher of Film House Germany’s Summerstorm Entertainment produced alongside Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road Films and Sean Finegan of Hyper Media Ventures. Also producing is Canadian partner Kevin DeWalt of Minds Eye Entertainment who brought Calgary-based investment fund manager Invico Capital Corporation on board...
- 6/17/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
L.A. and Berlin-based producer Gabriela Bacher, CEO of media company Film House Germany, is attached to executive produce Witcraft Filmproduktion’s mystery drama project “Snow,” selected for this year’s Co-Pro Series at the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
Bacher, a former Fox International Productions executive and principal of Studio Babelsberg, joined the company in 2011 as both CEO of Film House Germany and managing director at Fhg’s subsid Summerstorm Ent..
Set-up at Witcraft, a company co-founded by Ursula Wolschlager, “Snow” is a mystery drama created by Michaela Taschek, and co-directed by distinguished Austrian cineaste Barbara Albert (“Mademoiselle Paradis”) and Sandra Wollner (“The Impossible Picture.”)
Aimed to start principal photography in fall 2021 in Italy’s South Tyrol, the German language project is currently in treatments for all six episodes of Season One.
With Elisabeth Moss-starrer TV series “Top of the Lake” as a reference, “Snow” is set in the mountain village of Rotten,...
Bacher, a former Fox International Productions executive and principal of Studio Babelsberg, joined the company in 2011 as both CEO of Film House Germany and managing director at Fhg’s subsid Summerstorm Ent..
Set-up at Witcraft, a company co-founded by Ursula Wolschlager, “Snow” is a mystery drama created by Michaela Taschek, and co-directed by distinguished Austrian cineaste Barbara Albert (“Mademoiselle Paradis”) and Sandra Wollner (“The Impossible Picture.”)
Aimed to start principal photography in fall 2021 in Italy’s South Tyrol, the German language project is currently in treatments for all six episodes of Season One.
With Elisabeth Moss-starrer TV series “Top of the Lake” as a reference, “Snow” is set in the mountain village of Rotten,...
- 2/25/2020
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
While the process of moving towards full gender parity at festivals remains a slow slog, it’s time to put money where the movement’s mouth is and make other types of tangible steps towards lifting up women’s voices, said speakers at a panel on female filmmaking jointly hosted by Studio Babelsberg, Canada Goose and Variety, moderated by Variety international editor Manori Ravindran.
The continued underrepresentation of women despite initiatives like the renamed 50/50 for the Future movement — which launched as 50/50 by 2020 but missed that target — remains a structural problem, panelists said.
“Without money, we can’t do anything. We can’t always expect people to be severely under-financed,” said Berlin-based Swedish director Carolina Hellsgard, who estimated that although women comprise half of Germany’s film school graduates, they end up making up less than 20% of its filmmakers.
“Funding in Germany is actually taxpayers’ money. I think it’s really...
The continued underrepresentation of women despite initiatives like the renamed 50/50 for the Future movement — which launched as 50/50 by 2020 but missed that target — remains a structural problem, panelists said.
“Without money, we can’t do anything. We can’t always expect people to be severely under-financed,” said Berlin-based Swedish director Carolina Hellsgard, who estimated that although women comprise half of Germany’s film school graduates, they end up making up less than 20% of its filmmakers.
“Funding in Germany is actually taxpayers’ money. I think it’s really...
- 2/20/2020
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Tiff 19: Part I: Awaiting the plane at Lax to Toronto International Film Festival, September 4–11, 2019Lax by Paul Revere Williamss,FaiaTiff this year, under the new direction of Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente, felt the same and different at the same time. Talk of the multiplex Scotia theater’s demise in the next few years made us wonder how Tiff would evolve in the next few years. For the first time in this “new location”, I realized the distance between the old and new sites is quite close and that Tiff’s spreading throughout the city, like the Berlinale does, could be a very cool idea.
Awaiting the plane going to Tiff with me was Cassian Elwes, this era’s first male champion films by women, Sundance mentor, working with Tiff with the shorts lab and a major producer of the best indie films to boot. To finally have time...
Awaiting the plane going to Tiff with me was Cassian Elwes, this era’s first male champion films by women, Sundance mentor, working with Tiff with the shorts lab and a major producer of the best indie films to boot. To finally have time...
- 9/28/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: X-Men and Taken franchise star Famke Janssen has joined Scott Speer’s Endless starring Alexandra Shipp and Nicholas Hamilton.
Endless, based on a draft by Rohit Kumar, follows madly in love 19-year-olds Chris (Hamilton) and Riley (Shipp) who are separated when a fatal accident leaves Chris stranded in limbo between life and death. In agony, Chris watches Riley grieve until they find a way to connect and share exhilarating, deeply emotional moments that transcend life and death. A story of love and loss, both Chris and Riley must ultimately accept the hardest lesson of all – letting go.
Janssen will play Chris’ single working-class mother. Production is currently underway in British Columbia. Janssen recently appeared on ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder in a recurring role and The Blacklist: Redemption. She most recently wrapped production on Primal opposite Nicolas Cage and The Poison Rose starring John Travolta and Morgan Freeman.
Endless, based on a draft by Rohit Kumar, follows madly in love 19-year-olds Chris (Hamilton) and Riley (Shipp) who are separated when a fatal accident leaves Chris stranded in limbo between life and death. In agony, Chris watches Riley grieve until they find a way to connect and share exhilarating, deeply emotional moments that transcend life and death. A story of love and loss, both Chris and Riley must ultimately accept the hardest lesson of all – letting go.
Janssen will play Chris’ single working-class mother. Production is currently underway in British Columbia. Janssen recently appeared on ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder in a recurring role and The Blacklist: Redemption. She most recently wrapped production on Primal opposite Nicolas Cage and The Poison Rose starring John Travolta and Morgan Freeman.
- 11/27/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Alexandra Shipp (Love, Simon, X-Men: Apocalypse) and Nicholas Hamilton will take on the starring roles in the Scott Speer-directed romantic drama Endless, written by Rohit Kumar (13 Reasons Why). Dear White People star DeRon Horton is set to co-star.
Currently in production in British Columbia, Endless follows madly-in-love 19-year-olds Chris (Hamilton) and Riley (Shipp) who are separated when a fatal accident leaves Chris stranded in limbo between life and death. In agony, Chris watches Riley grieve until they find a way to connect and share exhilarating, deeply emotional moments that transcend life and death. A story of love and loss, Chris and Riley must ultimately accept the hardest lesson of all – letting go.
Reminiscent of the 1998 Robin Williams pic What Dreams May Come, Endless also features Ian Tracey (Man of Steel), Patrick Gilmore (Travelers), Zoe Belkin (The Latest Buzz), Eddie Ramos (Incorporated), Catherine Haggquist (Fifty Shades Freed...
Currently in production in British Columbia, Endless follows madly-in-love 19-year-olds Chris (Hamilton) and Riley (Shipp) who are separated when a fatal accident leaves Chris stranded in limbo between life and death. In agony, Chris watches Riley grieve until they find a way to connect and share exhilarating, deeply emotional moments that transcend life and death. A story of love and loss, Chris and Riley must ultimately accept the hardest lesson of all – letting go.
Reminiscent of the 1998 Robin Williams pic What Dreams May Come, Endless also features Ian Tracey (Man of Steel), Patrick Gilmore (Travelers), Zoe Belkin (The Latest Buzz), Eddie Ramos (Incorporated), Catherine Haggquist (Fifty Shades Freed...
- 11/21/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Matthew Ross’ “Siberia,” a thriller with Keanu Reeves and Ana Ularu, Variety has confirmed.
“Siberia” follows Lucas Hill (Reeves), an American diamond trader who sells blue diamonds of dubious origin to buyers in Russia. As the deal quickly begins to disintegrate, he falls into an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner (Ularu) in a small Siberian town while colliding with the treacherous world of the diamond trade.
“Siberia” was produced by Stephen Hamel and Reeves of Company Films, Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm Entertainment/Film House Germany, Dave Hansen, and Braden Aftergood. Molly Ringwald rounds out the cast of the romantic crime-thriller.
The script was written by Scott B. Smith from a story by Hamel and Smith. Ross’ first feature, “Frank & Lola,” premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Bill Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films, with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
“Siberia” follows Lucas Hill (Reeves), an American diamond trader who sells blue diamonds of dubious origin to buyers in Russia. As the deal quickly begins to disintegrate, he falls into an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner (Ularu) in a small Siberian town while colliding with the treacherous world of the diamond trade.
“Siberia” was produced by Stephen Hamel and Reeves of Company Films, Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm Entertainment/Film House Germany, Dave Hansen, and Braden Aftergood. Molly Ringwald rounds out the cast of the romantic crime-thriller.
The script was written by Scott B. Smith from a story by Hamel and Smith. Ross’ first feature, “Frank & Lola,” premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Bill Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films, with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 5/11/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Saban Films has acquired the North American rights to the thriller “Siberia,” which stars Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu and Molly Ringwald, the distributor announced Friday.
Matthew Ross directed the romantic crime-thriller that was written by Scott B. Smith from a story by Stephen Hamel and Smith. Hamel and Reeves produced alongside Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm Entertainment/Film House Germany, Dave Hansen and Braden Aftergood.
“Siberia” follows Lucas Hill (Reeves), an American diamond trader who sells blue diamonds to buyers in Russia. He soon begins an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner while dealing with the dangerous world of diamond trade.
Also Read: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter to Reprise Roles in Third 'Bill & Ted' Film
“‘Siberia’ is a fresh departure from your average love story, balancing the high-wire act of being a thriller with pacing that keeps you on your toes till the last frame,” said Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley in a statement. “Everyone will love this.”
Ross’ first feature, “Frank & Lola,” premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was later acquired and released by Universal Studios.
Cassian Elwes helped to arrange financing and is executive producing with Marc Hansell, Devan Towers, and Jere R. Hausfater; Wayne Marc Godfrey and Robert Jones of The Fyzz; Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann of Film House; Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films; and Phyllis Laing and Jeff Beesley of Buffalo Gals.
Also Read: Keanu Reeves Sci-Fi Thriller 'Replicas' Sells to Entertainment Studios
Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films, with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Saban Films already acquired Gerard Butler’s “Keepers” at this year’s festival. Earlier this year, the company bought the rights to “Lizzie,” starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, at Sundance.
Read original story Keanu Reeves Thriller ‘Siberia’ Picked Up by Saban Films At TheWrap...
Matthew Ross directed the romantic crime-thriller that was written by Scott B. Smith from a story by Stephen Hamel and Smith. Hamel and Reeves produced alongside Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm Entertainment/Film House Germany, Dave Hansen and Braden Aftergood.
“Siberia” follows Lucas Hill (Reeves), an American diamond trader who sells blue diamonds to buyers in Russia. He soon begins an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner while dealing with the dangerous world of diamond trade.
Also Read: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter to Reprise Roles in Third 'Bill & Ted' Film
“‘Siberia’ is a fresh departure from your average love story, balancing the high-wire act of being a thriller with pacing that keeps you on your toes till the last frame,” said Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley in a statement. “Everyone will love this.”
Ross’ first feature, “Frank & Lola,” premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was later acquired and released by Universal Studios.
Cassian Elwes helped to arrange financing and is executive producing with Marc Hansell, Devan Towers, and Jere R. Hausfater; Wayne Marc Godfrey and Robert Jones of The Fyzz; Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann of Film House; Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films; and Phyllis Laing and Jeff Beesley of Buffalo Gals.
Also Read: Keanu Reeves Sci-Fi Thriller 'Replicas' Sells to Entertainment Studios
Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films, with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Saban Films already acquired Gerard Butler’s “Keepers” at this year’s festival. Earlier this year, the company bought the rights to “Lizzie,” starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, at Sundance.
Read original story Keanu Reeves Thriller ‘Siberia’ Picked Up by Saban Films At TheWrap...
- 5/11/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Here in Cannes, Saban Films has inked a deal for North American rights to Keanu Reeves’ romantic crime thriller Siberia. Bill Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films, with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Reeves stars opposite Ana Ularu (Inferno) in the fearture from director Matthew Ross (Frank & Lola), with supporting cast including Molly Ringwald (Riverdale) and Pasha Lychnikoff (Ray Donovan).
Penned by Scott B. Smith from a story by Hamel and Smith, Siberia follows Lucas Hill (Reeves), an American diamond trader who sells blue diamonds of dubious origin to buyers in Russia. As the deal quickly begins to disintegrate, he falls into an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner (Ularu) in a small Siberian town while colliding with the treacherous world of the diamond trade.
Producers are Stephen Hamel (Passengers) and Reeves of Company Films, Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm Entertainment/Film House Germany,...
Reeves stars opposite Ana Ularu (Inferno) in the fearture from director Matthew Ross (Frank & Lola), with supporting cast including Molly Ringwald (Riverdale) and Pasha Lychnikoff (Ray Donovan).
Penned by Scott B. Smith from a story by Hamel and Smith, Siberia follows Lucas Hill (Reeves), an American diamond trader who sells blue diamonds of dubious origin to buyers in Russia. As the deal quickly begins to disintegrate, he falls into an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner (Ularu) in a small Siberian town while colliding with the treacherous world of the diamond trade.
Producers are Stephen Hamel (Passengers) and Reeves of Company Films, Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm Entertainment/Film House Germany,...
- 5/11/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Arri Media to handle international sales on feature.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has joined Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in The Aspern Papers, an adaptation of Henry James’s novella of the same name.
Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray and Barbara Meier have also joined the cast.
Set in Venice in 1885, Morton Vint (Rhys Meyers), a young writer and publisher fascinated by iconic romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern, strives to get his hands on the letters Aspern wrote to his beautiful mistress, Juliana Bordereau.
Now, decades later, Juliana lives in a Venetian palazzo with her niece, whom she dominates and Morton tries to seduce.
Julien Landais is directing from an adaptation he wrote with Jean Pavans and Hannah Bhuiya. Production is currently underway in Venice, Italy.
Meyers won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in Elvis and has since starred in The Tudors, Dracula, and Vikings. His film credits...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has joined Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in The Aspern Papers, an adaptation of Henry James’s novella of the same name.
Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray and Barbara Meier have also joined the cast.
Set in Venice in 1885, Morton Vint (Rhys Meyers), a young writer and publisher fascinated by iconic romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern, strives to get his hands on the letters Aspern wrote to his beautiful mistress, Juliana Bordereau.
Now, decades later, Juliana lives in a Venetian palazzo with her niece, whom she dominates and Morton tries to seduce.
Julien Landais is directing from an adaptation he wrote with Jean Pavans and Hannah Bhuiya. Production is currently underway in Venice, Italy.
Meyers won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in Elvis and has since starred in The Tudors, Dracula, and Vikings. His film credits...
- 8/4/2017
- ScreenDaily
Im Global will kick off pre-sales in Berlin through its Opus division in what is anticipated to be one of the main draws of the market.
Reeves, riding high on a well-received turn in heavyweight Sundance acquisition To The Bone and about to hit the screens in John Wick 2, will star as an imperilled diamond trader.
Siberia follows the character as he travels to Russia to rendezvous with his local partner to sell a batch of gems of dubious provenance.
When he follows the trail to Siberia in a bid to locate his partner and the diamonds he embarks on an affair with a local woman as he falls deeper into trouble.
Producers are Hamel and Keanu Reeves of Company Films and Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm/Film House Germany.
Matthew Ross, whose credits include Frank & Lola, will direct from a screenplay by Scott Smith based on a treatment by Hamel, who produced...
Reeves, riding high on a well-received turn in heavyweight Sundance acquisition To The Bone and about to hit the screens in John Wick 2, will star as an imperilled diamond trader.
Siberia follows the character as he travels to Russia to rendezvous with his local partner to sell a batch of gems of dubious provenance.
When he follows the trail to Siberia in a bid to locate his partner and the diamonds he embarks on an affair with a local woman as he falls deeper into trouble.
Producers are Hamel and Keanu Reeves of Company Films and Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm/Film House Germany.
Matthew Ross, whose credits include Frank & Lola, will direct from a screenplay by Scott Smith based on a treatment by Hamel, who produced...
- 2/1/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keanu Reeves is in advanced negotiations to star in the romantic-thriller Siberia, directed by Matthew Ross. Hamel and Reeves of Company Films and Gabriela Bacher of Summerstorm/Film House Germany are producing the film. Scott B. Smith (A Simple Plan) writes the script based on a treatment by Stephen Hamel. Im Global is handling international sales for the title with Wme Global repping domestic. It will be launched to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next…...
- 2/1/2017
- Deadline
Irish helmer John Moore ("A Good Day to Die Hard," "Max Payne") is attached to direct the upcoming C.I.A. action-thriller "N.O.C." for Summerstorm Entertainment.
Penned by Dave Matalon and Daniel Scott Gordon, the story follows a C.I.A. deep undercover operative who discovers that a faction of the agency is actively collaborating with the terrorist cell he was sent to infiltrate.
Stuck in a hospital in Berlin and with the help of the Emt who saved his life, he must find and bring evidence of the unsanctioned special op to the people he thinks he can trust.
Gabriela Bacher, Navid Mcllhargey and Marina Grassic will produce with filming to begin at the end of the summer in Berlin.
Source: Variety...
Penned by Dave Matalon and Daniel Scott Gordon, the story follows a C.I.A. deep undercover operative who discovers that a faction of the agency is actively collaborating with the terrorist cell he was sent to infiltrate.
Stuck in a hospital in Berlin and with the help of the Emt who saved his life, he must find and bring evidence of the unsanctioned special op to the people he thinks he can trust.
Gabriela Bacher, Navid Mcllhargey and Marina Grassic will produce with filming to begin at the end of the summer in Berlin.
Source: Variety...
- 5/12/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mother and daughter Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson are teaming to star in Julien Landais’ Aspern Papers. Film House Germany is producing and financing the prestige project, which is based on one of Henry James’ best-known and most acclaimed tales. Jean Pavas, Julien Landais and Hannah Bhuiya adapted the screenplay. Film House Germany's Gabriela Bacher will produce with Landais under his Princeps Films label. James Ivory, Charles S. Cohen, Joely Richardson, Francois…...
- 5/12/2016
- Deadline
Julien Landais will direct the drama based on a Henry James story for Film House Germany and Carnaby International is introducing to Cannes buyers.
Cohen Media will distribute the adaptation of James’ The Aspern Papers in the Us. The story takes place in Venice in 1885 as a young writer who becomes obssessed with the letters the romance poet Jeffrey Aspern wrote to his mistress, who is still alive.
Jean Pavas, Julien Landais and Hannah Bhuiya adapted the screenplay. Film House Germany’s Gabriela Bacher will produce with Landais through his Princeps Films.
James Ivory, Charles S. Cohen, Richardson, Francois Sarkozy, and Film House Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann serve as executive producers.
Cohen Media Group executive vice-president Gary Rubin is on board as an associate producer.
Cohen recently acquired the Merchant Ivory brand and the worldwide distribution and remake rights to 19 features along with nine shorts and documentaries, which includes...
Cohen Media will distribute the adaptation of James’ The Aspern Papers in the Us. The story takes place in Venice in 1885 as a young writer who becomes obssessed with the letters the romance poet Jeffrey Aspern wrote to his mistress, who is still alive.
Jean Pavas, Julien Landais and Hannah Bhuiya adapted the screenplay. Film House Germany’s Gabriela Bacher will produce with Landais through his Princeps Films.
James Ivory, Charles S. Cohen, Richardson, Francois Sarkozy, and Film House Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann serve as executive producers.
Cohen Media Group executive vice-president Gary Rubin is on board as an associate producer.
Cohen recently acquired the Merchant Ivory brand and the worldwide distribution and remake rights to 19 features along with nine shorts and documentaries, which includes...
- 5/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Live Like Line
Helen Hunt is set to re-team with "Soul Surfer" director Sean McNamara on the inspirational sports movie "Live Like Line" at Ld Entertainment. David Aaron Cohen ("Friday Night Lights") penned the script with revisions by Elissa Matsueda. Filming is slated to begin in July.
The story chronicles Iowa City's West High girls volleyball team and its improbable run to the state championship under the guidance of their tough-love coach Kathy Bresnahan (Hunt) after the death of their star player Caroline 'Line' Found. [Source: Deadline]
When We First Met
Adam Devine ("Workaholics") is set to co-write and star opposite Alexandra Daddario ("San Andreas") in Ari Sandel's rom-com "When We First Met" for Footprint Features, Mxn and Wonderland Sound and Vision.
Devine stars as Noah, who spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams (Daddario) but gets relegated to the friend zone. He spends the next three...
Helen Hunt is set to re-team with "Soul Surfer" director Sean McNamara on the inspirational sports movie "Live Like Line" at Ld Entertainment. David Aaron Cohen ("Friday Night Lights") penned the script with revisions by Elissa Matsueda. Filming is slated to begin in July.
The story chronicles Iowa City's West High girls volleyball team and its improbable run to the state championship under the guidance of their tough-love coach Kathy Bresnahan (Hunt) after the death of their star player Caroline 'Line' Found. [Source: Deadline]
When We First Met
Adam Devine ("Workaholics") is set to co-write and star opposite Alexandra Daddario ("San Andreas") in Ari Sandel's rom-com "When We First Met" for Footprint Features, Mxn and Wonderland Sound and Vision.
Devine stars as Noah, who spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams (Daddario) but gets relegated to the friend zone. He spends the next three...
- 5/7/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Film House Germany's Summerstorm Entertainment and Vandal Entertainment have acquired Byron Willinger & Phil De Blasi’s hot spec screenplay Command & Control. Vandal Entertainment's Navid McIlhargey is producing alongside Film House Germany and Summerstorm Entertainment's CEO Gabriela Bacher. The producers are out to select directors on the project, which follows a Nsa employee as he takes over the most secure room in the nation — U.S. Cyber Command — using its…...
- 5/18/2015
- Deadline
Twilight star Kellan Lutz has landed the lead in action-thriller The Feud, where he will reunite with director Steven C. Miller after their collaboration on the not-yet-released Extraction. Based on a script by David Matalon and Matthew Altman, the film follows Toland (Lutz), a young man who returns to his rural hometown in the Midwest for his brother’s funeral. When the local crime lord traps him and his friends in an abandoned farming complex, Toland uses his wits and skills to unlock a greater mystery as they battle for their lives. Navid McIlhargey and Gabriela Bacher will produce The Feud, which will
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- 5/5/2015
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kellan Lutz (“Twilight”) is set to star in director Steven C. Miller’s action-thriller “The Feud” for Summerstorm Entertainment and Vandal Entertainment, it was announced Tuesday. Lutz and Miller recently worked together on “Extraction,” which stars Bruce Willis and Gina Carano. Vandal Entertainment founder Navid McIlhargey is producing “The Feud” alongside Film House Germany’s and Summerstorm Entertainment CEO Gabriela Bacher. Production is scheduled to start this summer and Highland Film Group will introduce the project to foreign buyers at Cannes. Also Read: Kellan Lutz-Hosted Competition Series 'Bullseye' to Debut Next Month on Fox (Video) Based on...
- 5/5/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Summerstorm Entertainment and Vandal Entertainment have tapped Kellan Lutz to star in the action-thriller. Highland Film Group will handle sales in Cannes.
Steven C Miller will direct The Feud, which is set to commence production this summer.
Vandal Entertainment Founder Navid McIlhargey is producing alongside Film House Germany and its subsidiary Summerstorm Entertainment CEO Gabriela Bacher.
David Matalon and Matthew Altman wrote the screenplay about a mysterious young man who returns to his brother’s funeral in the Midwest homestead and discovers spectacular skills when he goes up against the local crime lord.
Film House Germany’s film slate includes Big Game starring Samuel L Jackson, Atom Egoyan’s Remember starring Christopher Plummer and Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein with Xavier Samuel.
Steven C Miller will direct The Feud, which is set to commence production this summer.
Vandal Entertainment Founder Navid McIlhargey is producing alongside Film House Germany and its subsidiary Summerstorm Entertainment CEO Gabriela Bacher.
David Matalon and Matthew Altman wrote the screenplay about a mysterious young man who returns to his brother’s funeral in the Midwest homestead and discovers spectacular skills when he goes up against the local crime lord.
Film House Germany’s film slate includes Big Game starring Samuel L Jackson, Atom Egoyan’s Remember starring Christopher Plummer and Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein with Xavier Samuel.
- 5/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Goon 2
"Goon" film star Seann William Scott has revealed that a sequel to the hockey comedy is set to start filming in a couple of months time. In a new Reddit Ama, Scott says he's been fight-training for the past month and begins work with an Mma fighter next month ahead of some skating lessons.
Filming begins mid-June from a script co-written by Jay Baruchel Jesse Chabot. Michael Dowse is thought to be returning to the director's chair for the follow-up. [Source: Collider]
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ang Lee confirmed at Sony's CinemaCon presentation that he will shoot all of his military drama "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk" in 3D and at a ultra-high frame rate of 120 frames per second - twice that of Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
This marks the first film ever shot entirely at the 120 fps and is aimed at immersing viewers in...
"Goon" film star Seann William Scott has revealed that a sequel to the hockey comedy is set to start filming in a couple of months time. In a new Reddit Ama, Scott says he's been fight-training for the past month and begins work with an Mma fighter next month ahead of some skating lessons.
Filming begins mid-June from a script co-written by Jay Baruchel Jesse Chabot. Michael Dowse is thought to be returning to the director's chair for the follow-up. [Source: Collider]
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ang Lee confirmed at Sony's CinemaCon presentation that he will shoot all of his military drama "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk" in 3D and at a ultra-high frame rate of 120 frames per second - twice that of Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
This marks the first film ever shot entirely at the 120 fps and is aimed at immersing viewers in...
- 4/23/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The recently rebranded distributor has cut a deal with Summerstorm Entertainment following the thriller’s recent world premiere and Golden Raven Award win at Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
Nu Image handles international sales on the film from Bernard Rose starring Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Ann Moss, Tony Todd and Danny Huston.
Gabriela Bacher produced for Summerstorm alongside Heidi Jo Markel for Eclectic Pictures, Jennifer Holliday Morrison for Bad Badger and Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann of Summerstorm parent company Film House Germany.
Avi Lerner serves as executive producer on the modern-day adaptation set in Los Angeles where an artificial beast is left for dead by the married scientists that created him.
“Alchemy is the perfect partner to bring this modern take on a timeless story to American audiences,” said Bacher and Markel. “Alchemy’s acquisition is testament to the worldwide demand and hunger for new, contemporary visions and well-crafted filmmaking – audiences have never seen a monster quite like this...
Nu Image handles international sales on the film from Bernard Rose starring Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Ann Moss, Tony Todd and Danny Huston.
Gabriela Bacher produced for Summerstorm alongside Heidi Jo Markel for Eclectic Pictures, Jennifer Holliday Morrison for Bad Badger and Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann of Summerstorm parent company Film House Germany.
Avi Lerner serves as executive producer on the modern-day adaptation set in Los Angeles where an artificial beast is left for dead by the married scientists that created him.
“Alchemy is the perfect partner to bring this modern take on a timeless story to American audiences,” said Bacher and Markel. “Alchemy’s acquisition is testament to the worldwide demand and hunger for new, contemporary visions and well-crafted filmmaking – audiences have never seen a monster quite like this...
- 4/22/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Film House Germany (Fhg) announced today that Alchemy has secured the Us rights to horror legend Bernard Rose’s (Candyman, Ivansxtc) Frankenstein, from Summerstorm Entertainment following it’s highly acclaimed World Premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival where it was awarded the grand prize, the Golden Raven Award.
Frankenstein is produced by Gabriela Bacher for Summerstorm, Heidi Jo Markel for Eclectic Pictures, Jennifer Holliday Morrison for Bad Badger, and Summmerstorm’s parent company, Film House Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann. Conor Charles is co-producing for Eclectic Pictures. Avi Lerner is executive producing and Nu Image is handling international sales.
On confirming the sale, producers Gabriela Bacher and Heidi Jo Markel said: ‘Alchemy is the perfect partner to bring this modern take on a timeless story to American audiences. Alchemy’s acquisition is testament to the worldwide demand and hunger for new, contemporary visions and well-crafted filmmaking...
Frankenstein is produced by Gabriela Bacher for Summerstorm, Heidi Jo Markel for Eclectic Pictures, Jennifer Holliday Morrison for Bad Badger, and Summmerstorm’s parent company, Film House Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann. Conor Charles is co-producing for Eclectic Pictures. Avi Lerner is executive producing and Nu Image is handling international sales.
On confirming the sale, producers Gabriela Bacher and Heidi Jo Markel said: ‘Alchemy is the perfect partner to bring this modern take on a timeless story to American audiences. Alchemy’s acquisition is testament to the worldwide demand and hunger for new, contemporary visions and well-crafted filmmaking...
- 4/22/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Navid McIllhargey, the former FilmEngine president is back with a new company — Vandal Entertainment — and he just optioned his first project under the new banner: a revenge thriller called The Feud. Financed by German investors Film House Germany and Summerstorm Entertainment, McIllhargey just purchased the spec by Matthew Altman and David Matalon (no, not the Matalon who used to head New Regency). Described as The Raid meets Winter’s Bone, the story follows a mysterious man who returns to his home in Iowa for his brother’s funeral when he finds himself head to head with the local crime boss and traps him and his friends in an abandoned farm complex. They must battle for their lives against impossible odds.
McIllhargey, who formerly worked at Silver Pictures and New Regency, expects to announce several more projects in both film and television shortly; he and his financiers plan to do two...
McIllhargey, who formerly worked at Silver Pictures and New Regency, expects to announce several more projects in both film and television shortly; he and his financiers plan to do two...
- 10/17/2014
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline
Candyman director Bernard Rose has wrapped production on a contemporary version of Mary Shelley’s classic novel for Summerstorm Entertainment and Bad Badger in association with Eclectic Pictures.
The producers are in talks with Nu Image to handle international sales at the Afm.
Xavier Samuel stars alongside Carrie-Anne Moss (pictured), Danny Huston and Tony Todd, whom Rose directed in Candyman.
Frankenstein takes place in Los Angeles and told from the perspective of a monster created and abandoned by a husband-and-wife team of scientists. Rose directed from his original script based on the novel.
Summerstorm’s Gabriela Bacher, Eclectic’s Heidi Jo Markel and Jennifer Holliday Morrison of Bad Badger produce alongside Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann of Summmerstorm’s Berlin-based parent company, Film House. Production wrapped in Los Angeles on September 21.
“This version is an existential rollercoaster that is both emotional and terrifying,” said Rose. “Xavier is unquestionably one of the most talented actors of his...
The producers are in talks with Nu Image to handle international sales at the Afm.
Xavier Samuel stars alongside Carrie-Anne Moss (pictured), Danny Huston and Tony Todd, whom Rose directed in Candyman.
Frankenstein takes place in Los Angeles and told from the perspective of a monster created and abandoned by a husband-and-wife team of scientists. Rose directed from his original script based on the novel.
Summerstorm’s Gabriela Bacher, Eclectic’s Heidi Jo Markel and Jennifer Holliday Morrison of Bad Badger produce alongside Germany’s Christian Angermayer and Klemens Hallmann of Summmerstorm’s Berlin-based parent company, Film House. Production wrapped in Los Angeles on September 21.
“This version is an existential rollercoaster that is both emotional and terrifying,” said Rose. “Xavier is unquestionably one of the most talented actors of his...
- 9/24/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Australian actor Xavier Samuel ("Twilight: Eclipse," "Newcastle") is set to play a modern day Frankenstein monster in a contemporary Los Angeles-set reboot of Mary Shelley's iconic story "Frankenstein" for Bad Badger.
Danny Huston and Carrie-Anne Moss will play Victor and Elizabeth Frankenstein, a husband and wife team of eccentric scientists who create the monster Adam, a creature faced with nothing but anger, aggression and violence from the world around him.
"Candyman" director Bernard Rose is helming and penned the screenplay. He's also enlisted the Candyman himself, Tony Todd, for a role in the film.
Gabriela Bacher, Heidi Jo Markel, Jennifer Holliday Morrison, Christian Angermayer, Klemens Hallmann are producing.
Source: Deadline...
Danny Huston and Carrie-Anne Moss will play Victor and Elizabeth Frankenstein, a husband and wife team of eccentric scientists who create the monster Adam, a creature faced with nothing but anger, aggression and violence from the world around him.
"Candyman" director Bernard Rose is helming and penned the screenplay. He's also enlisted the Candyman himself, Tony Todd, for a role in the film.
Gabriela Bacher, Heidi Jo Markel, Jennifer Holliday Morrison, Christian Angermayer, Klemens Hallmann are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 9/24/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga, Fury) will star as Frankenstein’s monster in a new contemporized take on Mary Shelley’s iconic horror creation, from Candyman helmer Bernard Rose. Produced by Eclectic Pictures, Bad Badger, and Summerstorm Entertainment, Frankenstein is set in present-day Los Angeles and told from the perspective of Adam/The Monster (Samuel), who is created by a husband-and-wife team of eccentric scientists only to be met with nothing but aggression and violence from the world around him. Danny Huston and Carrie-Anne Moss will play Victor and Elizabeth Frankenstein in a cast that also includes Rose’s Candyman star Tony Todd. Rose adapted the script himself, updating Shelley’s classic tome as he did with Tolstoy in ivan’s xtc. Frankenstein is produced by Gabriela Bacher, Heidi Jo Markel, Jennifer Holliday Morrison, Christian Angermayer, and Klemens Hallmann. Frankenstein leads a slate of upcoming cutting-edge horror films at Bad Badger,...
- 9/24/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Global Screen has picked up sales rights to German rom-com Coming In from Marco Kreuzpaintner.
Marco Kreuzpaintner’s (Summer Storm, Trade) latest effort tells the story of a gay hairdresser who falls in love with a female beauty parlor owner.
Kostja Ullmann and Aylin Tezel star alongside Ken Duken, August Zirner and Katja Riemann.
The film is a Summerstorm Entertainment production, in co-production with Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany and in cooperation with Bavaria Film Partners.
Producers are Gabriela Bacher, Christoph Müller and Christian Angermayer of Summerstorm’s parent company Film House Germany.
Warner Bros. will be releasing the film in the autumn in Germany.
Marco Kreuzpaintner’s (Summer Storm, Trade) latest effort tells the story of a gay hairdresser who falls in love with a female beauty parlor owner.
Kostja Ullmann and Aylin Tezel star alongside Ken Duken, August Zirner and Katja Riemann.
The film is a Summerstorm Entertainment production, in co-production with Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany and in cooperation with Bavaria Film Partners.
Producers are Gabriela Bacher, Christoph Müller and Christian Angermayer of Summerstorm’s parent company Film House Germany.
Warner Bros. will be releasing the film in the autumn in Germany.
- 2/8/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
London, March 20 – Oscar winner Christoph Waltz is to make his directorial debut with a German language movie ‘Up and Away’.
The movie is an adaptation of Meike Winnemuth and Peter Praschl’s novel ‘Auf und Davon’.
Waltz has been writing the script for some time, and Fox International’s Gabriela Bacher says it ‘reflects Christoph’s formidable sense of humor, and he might even star in the film as well,’ imdb.com reported.
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The movie is an adaptation of Meike Winnemuth and Peter Praschl’s novel ‘Auf und Davon’.
Waltz has been writing the script for some time, and Fox International’s Gabriela Bacher says it ‘reflects Christoph’s formidable sense of humor, and he might even star in the film as well,’ imdb.com reported.
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- 3/20/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
2010 is coming up roses for Christoph Waltz. The once unknown actor is not only the Oscar-winning charismatic highlight of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, he's also setting out to become a feature film director. The Hollywood Reporter posts that the Austrian actor is gearing up for his directorial debut with the German-language flick Auf Und Davon (Up and Away).
Loosely based on the book by Meike Winnemuth and Peter Praschl, the story focuses on a ruthless female dating show host who "finds herself in over her head when the show's romantic storyline bumps into her own feelings for a contestant." Waltz has been writing the script for some time, and Fox International's Gabriela Bacher says it "reflects Christoph's formidable sense of humor." Heck, he might even star in the film as well.
Unfortunately, there's some bad news. First: "The film will not necessarily be seen outside of German-speaking countries." Second:...
Loosely based on the book by Meike Winnemuth and Peter Praschl, the story focuses on a ruthless female dating show host who "finds herself in over her head when the show's romantic storyline bumps into her own feelings for a contestant." Waltz has been writing the script for some time, and Fox International's Gabriela Bacher says it "reflects Christoph's formidable sense of humor." Heck, he might even star in the film as well.
Unfortunately, there's some bad news. First: "The film will not necessarily be seen outside of German-speaking countries." Second:...
- 3/19/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, whose career is red hot after winning the best supporting actor Oscar as a Nazi officer in "Inglorious Basterds," will make his feature directing debut on the German-language movie "Auf Und Davon" ("Up and Away"), based on a script he wrote. Waltz also might play a role.
The movie for Fox International Prods., is about a woman who is the ruthless host of a dating show competition. She finds herself in over her head when the show's romantic story line bumps into her own feelings for a contestant.
"This love story reflects Christoph's formidable sense of humor," said Gabriela Bacher, who oversees Fox International Prods. in Germany and brought the project to the studio.
The movie will be loosely based on Meike Winnemuth and Peter Praschl's German-language novel "Auf und Davon."
The film will not necessarily be seen outside of German-speaking countries. Fox executives first discussed...
The movie for Fox International Prods., is about a woman who is the ruthless host of a dating show competition. She finds herself in over her head when the show's romantic story line bumps into her own feelings for a contestant.
"This love story reflects Christoph's formidable sense of humor," said Gabriela Bacher, who oversees Fox International Prods. in Germany and brought the project to the studio.
The movie will be loosely based on Meike Winnemuth and Peter Praschl's German-language novel "Auf und Davon."
The film will not necessarily be seen outside of German-speaking countries. Fox executives first discussed...
- 3/18/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- Twentieth Century Fox International Pictures (Fip) has picked former Studio Babelsberg boss Gabriela Bacher to run its new German production division.
Bacher, who briefly ran Babelsberg back in 2002, operates a consulting firm, Primary Pictures, which has often advised Fox in the past.
Bacher has a number of German projects in development, among them an adaptation of Robin Wasserman's teen thriller trilogy "Chasing Yesterday," about a girl who wakes up in a hospital with no idea who she is or how she got there.
Genre experts Peter Thorwarth and Stefan Holtz ("Bang Boom Bang") are co-writing a script that moves the action of the novels to modern-day Berlin. Thorwarth is in negotiations to direct.
Fox is also planning the simultaneous production of seven foreign-language remakes of wine tasting buddy movie "Sideways," with adaptations for Germany, Russia, Japan, India, Korea, Spain and Brazil.
Fip's German division also plans to...
Bacher, who briefly ran Babelsberg back in 2002, operates a consulting firm, Primary Pictures, which has often advised Fox in the past.
Bacher has a number of German projects in development, among them an adaptation of Robin Wasserman's teen thriller trilogy "Chasing Yesterday," about a girl who wakes up in a hospital with no idea who she is or how she got there.
Genre experts Peter Thorwarth and Stefan Holtz ("Bang Boom Bang") are co-writing a script that moves the action of the novels to modern-day Berlin. Thorwarth is in negotiations to direct.
Fox is also planning the simultaneous production of seven foreign-language remakes of wine tasting buddy movie "Sideways," with adaptations for Germany, Russia, Japan, India, Korea, Spain and Brazil.
Fip's German division also plans to...
- 6/25/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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