Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel “Anxious People” is set to be adapted into a feature film by “The Little Mermaid” screenwriter David Magee.
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro’s Hope Studios is producing the project.
“’Anxious People’ is a heartwarming and uplifting comedy about a group of strangers that get caught up in an unusual hostage situation on Thanksgiving,” reads the logline. “A story about compassion, connection, second chances, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.”
The book, published by Atria Books/S&s, is a number one New York Times bestseller.
Magee and Nicastro previously collaborated on a screen adaptation of another Backman novel, “A Man Called Ove,” which was turned into the feature “A Man Called Otto” starring Tom Hanks.
Backman and Neda Backman will executive produce “Anxious People” alongside Magee.
“Fredrik Backman has a gift for deeply human stories that are poignant,...
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro’s Hope Studios is producing the project.
“’Anxious People’ is a heartwarming and uplifting comedy about a group of strangers that get caught up in an unusual hostage situation on Thanksgiving,” reads the logline. “A story about compassion, connection, second chances, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.”
The book, published by Atria Books/S&s, is a number one New York Times bestseller.
Magee and Nicastro previously collaborated on a screen adaptation of another Backman novel, “A Man Called Ove,” which was turned into the feature “A Man Called Otto” starring Tom Hanks.
Backman and Neda Backman will executive produce “Anxious People” alongside Magee.
“Fredrik Backman has a gift for deeply human stories that are poignant,...
- 2/29/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Longtime Sf Studios executive and Scandinavian producer Fredrik Wikström Nicastro is launching Hope Studios, which will develop, finance, produce and sell international films and TV for the global market with backing from a group of private equity financiers and banks.
Nicastro has spent 18 years at Nordic powerhouse Sf Studios where he produced recent Sony pic A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks, the remake of Swedish Oscar nominee and box office hit A Man Called Ove, on which he was an executive producer.
Hope Studios will develop original content but focus primarily on adaptations of fiction and non-fiction novels and projects inspired by true stories.
The company has offices in Stockholm and London and, according to Nicastro, will be able to fully finance projects up to $50M. It has also secured an overall deal with Black Bear, which will partner with the company on international sales and distribution.
During his tenure at Sf Studios,...
Nicastro has spent 18 years at Nordic powerhouse Sf Studios where he produced recent Sony pic A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks, the remake of Swedish Oscar nominee and box office hit A Man Called Ove, on which he was an executive producer.
Hope Studios will develop original content but focus primarily on adaptations of fiction and non-fiction novels and projects inspired by true stories.
The company has offices in Stockholm and London and, according to Nicastro, will be able to fully finance projects up to $50M. It has also secured an overall deal with Black Bear, which will partner with the company on international sales and distribution.
During his tenure at Sf Studios,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi is opening Berlinale Golden Bear winner ‘Alcarràs’.
A new cinema year gets underway this weekend with Chinonye Chukwu’s historical race drama Till, and Tom Hanks comedy A Man Called Otto opening across the UK and Ireland.
Released by Universal in 424 cinemas, Till tells the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old American boy who was murdered in a racially-motivated attack in 1955. In the film, Mamie vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
Till launched at New York Film Festival in October last year,...
A new cinema year gets underway this weekend with Chinonye Chukwu’s historical race drama Till, and Tom Hanks comedy A Man Called Otto opening across the UK and Ireland.
Released by Universal in 424 cinemas, Till tells the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old American boy who was murdered in a racially-motivated attack in 1955. In the film, Mamie vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
Till launched at New York Film Festival in October last year,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sf Studios, the 104-year old Nordic giant, has crashed into the awards season with Tom Hanks’ “A Man Called Otto,” which it produced with Playtone and fully financed.
Buzzed about as a potentially strong Oscar candidate since its first official screening in L.A. last week, the Sony Pictures film is a remake of “A Man Called Ove,” the Swedish hit also produced by Sf Studios. The 2015 film, adapted from Fredrik Backman’s global bestseller, earned two Oscar nominations.
Sf Studios’ CEO and president Michael Porseryd told Variety that the 50-million film with Hanks underscores the banner’s commitment to theatrical movies and its drive to own intellectual property rights for content it finances.
“The biggest difficulty we’re facing right now is to get audiences back into theaters, but when a movie works in cinemas, the payback is much bigger than when dealing with a streamer,” said Porseryd, who...
Buzzed about as a potentially strong Oscar candidate since its first official screening in L.A. last week, the Sony Pictures film is a remake of “A Man Called Ove,” the Swedish hit also produced by Sf Studios. The 2015 film, adapted from Fredrik Backman’s global bestseller, earned two Oscar nominations.
Sf Studios’ CEO and president Michael Porseryd told Variety that the 50-million film with Hanks underscores the banner’s commitment to theatrical movies and its drive to own intellectual property rights for content it finances.
“The biggest difficulty we’re facing right now is to get audiences back into theaters, but when a movie works in cinemas, the payback is much bigger than when dealing with a streamer,” said Porseryd, who...
- 12/15/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
During the 1990s, when Tom Hanks became one of the biggest movie stars of all-time – a two-time Best Actor winner with a string of blockbuster hits – he was known as an actor as adept at comedy as he was at drama. But despite a track record of acclaimed performances over the last decade, Hanks hasn’t really had the opportunity to go for laughs on the big screen – something his wife, Rita Wilson, says they often discussed.
“I’m like, ‘You know, you haven’t done a comedy. Why haven’t you done a comedy since the golden days of Nora Ephron and romantic comedies?’” Wilson recalls asking Hanks during an exclusive interview with Gold Derby. Wilson says Hanks would reply by saying the industry had moved on from romantic comedies – and besides, he had aged out of the genre. He also wasn’t a fan of buddy comedies.
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“I’m like, ‘You know, you haven’t done a comedy. Why haven’t you done a comedy since the golden days of Nora Ephron and romantic comedies?’” Wilson recalls asking Hanks during an exclusive interview with Gold Derby. Wilson says Hanks would reply by saying the industry had moved on from romantic comedies – and besides, he had aged out of the genre. He also wasn’t a fan of buddy comedies.
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- 12/12/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
It’s not always bad to be late to the party, even when it comes to the Oscars. Sony Pictures’ “A Man Called Otto” had its first official screening on Monday at the Academy Museum, with a crowd full of industry voters and critics alike. Though the film wasn’t really on anyone’s radar, the reception was surprisingly enthusiastic based on social media reactions.
After sitting out the best picture discussion for the last three years, Sony has a few hands to play during the season. Aside from Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” and J.D. Dillard’s “Devotion,” Marc Forster’s “A Man Called Otto” could strongly appeal to the older demographic of the Academy, sure to bring joyous moments and a few tears.
Beloved actor and “America’s Dad” Tom Hanks is back doing what he does best: stepping into an “everyman character” that the audience can’t help but root for,...
After sitting out the best picture discussion for the last three years, Sony has a few hands to play during the season. Aside from Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” and J.D. Dillard’s “Devotion,” Marc Forster’s “A Man Called Otto” could strongly appeal to the older demographic of the Academy, sure to bring joyous moments and a few tears.
Beloved actor and “America’s Dad” Tom Hanks is back doing what he does best: stepping into an “everyman character” that the audience can’t help but root for,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Dramedy remake to open on December 30 this year.
Sony Pictures has switched to a three-step platform release for Tom Hanks dramedy A Man Called Otto, moving the December 25 platform launch to December 30 in Los Angeles and New York.
After that Otto will get a limited launch on January 6 2023 prior to a wide expansion on January 13 2023, the original expansion date.
Marc Forster’s English-language remake of Swedish A Man Called Ove centres on grumpy Otto Anderson, who has lost the will to live following the loss of his wife and is planning to end it all. His plans change with the...
Sony Pictures has switched to a three-step platform release for Tom Hanks dramedy A Man Called Otto, moving the December 25 platform launch to December 30 in Los Angeles and New York.
After that Otto will get a limited launch on January 6 2023 prior to a wide expansion on January 13 2023, the original expansion date.
Marc Forster’s English-language remake of Swedish A Man Called Ove centres on grumpy Otto Anderson, who has lost the will to live following the loss of his wife and is planning to end it all. His plans change with the...
- 12/6/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Tom Hanks shows a new side to himself in his latest film “A Man Called Otto,” in which he may just be the grumpiest man alive – someone who hates cats, clowns and bad drivers.
“A Man Called Otto” is a comedy about Otto Anderson, a crotchety, set-in-his-ways widower who whose life changes when a young family moves in next door and introduces him to a quick-witted and very pregnant mother and two little girls who manage to tug on his heartstrings.
The film is an English-language adaptation of the best selling novel from Sweden “A Man Called Ove,” which was also adapted into a Swedish film that became an international box office hit.
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This is an American version of the story, and of course Hanks’ character manages to ruffle some feathers in the worst way.
“You cannot use this road without a permit,...
“A Man Called Otto” is a comedy about Otto Anderson, a crotchety, set-in-his-ways widower who whose life changes when a young family moves in next door and introduces him to a quick-witted and very pregnant mother and two little girls who manage to tug on his heartstrings.
The film is an English-language adaptation of the best selling novel from Sweden “A Man Called Ove,” which was also adapted into a Swedish film that became an international box office hit.
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This is an American version of the story, and of course Hanks’ character manages to ruffle some feathers in the worst way.
“You cannot use this road without a permit,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
To be known as the nicest guy in Hollywood and be playing a sour, bitter, out-spoken grump in a movie, you’d have to be a hell of an actor. And Tom Hanks happens to be both. The academy award-winning actor is starring in a new comedy called A Man Called Otto based on the book, A Man Called Ove written by Swedish author, Fredrick Bachman. Sony Pictures just dropped the trailer for the new comedy.
The official synopsis reads,
“Based on the comical and moving #1 New York Times bestseller, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some...
The official synopsis reads,
“Based on the comical and moving #1 New York Times bestseller, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some...
- 10/20/2022
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
What happens in suburbia, stays in suburbia.
Tom Hanks stars as Otto, a widower who prefers a solitary life — and makes his disgruntlement known to those around him. That is, until new neighbors thaw his frozen heart.
Directed by Marc Forster, “A Man Called Otto” opens in select theaters December 25 in Los Angeles and New York, and premieres wide January 13, 2023. The film is based on Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel “A Man Called Ove.”
Per the official synopsis, based on the comical and moving # 1 New York Times bestseller, “A Man Called Otto” tells the story of Otto Anderson (Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol (Mariana Treviño), leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some...
Tom Hanks stars as Otto, a widower who prefers a solitary life — and makes his disgruntlement known to those around him. That is, until new neighbors thaw his frozen heart.
Directed by Marc Forster, “A Man Called Otto” opens in select theaters December 25 in Los Angeles and New York, and premieres wide January 13, 2023. The film is based on Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel “A Man Called Ove.”
Per the official synopsis, based on the comical and moving # 1 New York Times bestseller, “A Man Called Otto” tells the story of Otto Anderson (Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol (Mariana Treviño), leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some...
- 10/20/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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Tom Hanks-starrer A Man Called Otto is switching up its theatrical release plans.
The Sony dramedy, based bestselling novel A Man Called Ove, was originally set to open nationwide on Dec. 14, two days before Disney and 20th Century set sail in theaters with James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water.
Instead, A Man Called Otto will debut in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas Day before expanding wide on Jan. 13, 2023. The select run on Dec. 25 qualifies the film for awards consideration.
Directed by Marc Forster, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Hanks), a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors.
When a lively young family moves in next door, Otto meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant neighbor, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside-down.
Tom Hanks-starrer A Man Called Otto is switching up its theatrical release plans.
The Sony dramedy, based bestselling novel A Man Called Ove, was originally set to open nationwide on Dec. 14, two days before Disney and 20th Century set sail in theaters with James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water.
Instead, A Man Called Otto will debut in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas Day before expanding wide on Jan. 13, 2023. The select run on Dec. 25 qualifies the film for awards consideration.
Directed by Marc Forster, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Hanks), a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors.
When a lively young family moves in next door, Otto meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant neighbor, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside-down.
- 10/17/2022
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Norwegian director Erik Poppe takes on Vilhelm Moberg’s acclaimed series of novels in “The Emigrants,” his new historical drama about a struggling Swedish family which emigrates to the U.S. in 1849, searching for a better future.
“It’s probably the most classic work of literature in the whole Scandinavia,” he told Variety, taking about the 2022 Haugesund Festival winner ahead of its national premiere at the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund.
Which is why, when approached to direct the film, he had only one reservation: He had to make it his own.
“Sf Studios tried to develop it for years, with another director, but they couldn’t quite crack it. I agreed to take over under the condition that I would be able to start all over again. Focusing on what I believed was the most interesting part: the story of Kristina and her husband Karl-Oskar, their kids and their escape.
“It’s probably the most classic work of literature in the whole Scandinavia,” he told Variety, taking about the 2022 Haugesund Festival winner ahead of its national premiere at the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund.
Which is why, when approached to direct the film, he had only one reservation: He had to make it his own.
“Sf Studios tried to develop it for years, with another director, but they couldn’t quite crack it. I agreed to take over under the condition that I would be able to start all over again. Focusing on what I believed was the most interesting part: the story of Kristina and her husband Karl-Oskar, their kids and their escape.
- 8/26/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Erik Poppe’s historical drama “The Emigrants” scored the top Andreas Award at the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund. Produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, it is distributed by Sf Studios. Poppe is also known for “Utøya: July 22” and “The King’s Choice.”
Based on Vilhelm Moberg’s series of novels about Swedes who decided to leave their country and search for a better future, it “tackles deep questions about cultural and religious identity,” argued the jurors.
“Even though the events in this story are long behind us, the film reminds us of our own present,” they added.
Interestingly enough, in 1971 Jan Troell also took on the story, ending up with four Academy Awards nominations – including one for Liv Ullmann.
“She was able to see our film and she is its biggest ambassador now. She just loves this take and noticed that it’s about the refugees today. It takes place 150 years ago,...
Based on Vilhelm Moberg’s series of novels about Swedes who decided to leave their country and search for a better future, it “tackles deep questions about cultural and religious identity,” argued the jurors.
“Even though the events in this story are long behind us, the film reminds us of our own present,” they added.
Interestingly enough, in 1971 Jan Troell also took on the story, ending up with four Academy Awards nominations – including one for Liv Ullmann.
“She was able to see our film and she is its biggest ambassador now. She just loves this take and noticed that it’s about the refugees today. It takes place 150 years ago,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Emmy nominated actor Cameron Britton and Mike Birbiglia have joined the cast of Sf Studios’ A Man Called Otto, starring Tom Hanks. Marc Forster will direct with two-time Oscar nominee David Magee adapting the screenplay from Fredrik Backman’s comical 1# New York Times Bestseller A Man Called Ove – with the titular character being renamed to reflect the shift to an American setting. Britton and Birbiglia join a cast that already includes Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo are also on board
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro of Sf Studios is producing the film with Rita Wilson and Hanks and his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman. Forster and Renée Wolfe will serve as executive producer via their production company 2DUX2. Sf Studios is also fully financing the project. Magee is also executive producing.
Sony Pictures will release the film in theaters on December 25, 2022.
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller,...
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro of Sf Studios is producing the film with Rita Wilson and Hanks and his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman. Forster and Renée Wolfe will serve as executive producer via their production company 2DUX2. Sf Studios is also fully financing the project. Magee is also executive producing.
Sony Pictures will release the film in theaters on December 25, 2022.
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony has acquired the worldwide rights to “A Man Called Otto,” a comedy starring Tom Hanks that’s an English-language remake based on the Swedish book and film “A Man Called Ove,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
A source says the film sold in the range of a $60 million deal, which would rank it among the highest deals ever out of the European Film Market.
Marc Forster is attached to direct the film, and David Magee is writing the script based on Fredrik Backman’s book. Ove has been renamed Otto for the Americanized film version of the story.
Hanks plays the title character Otto, who is a grumpy isolated widower with staunch principles, strict routines and a short fuse, and who gives everyone in his neighborhood a hard time as he watches over it like a hawk. Just as it seems like he’s finally given up on life,...
A source says the film sold in the range of a $60 million deal, which would rank it among the highest deals ever out of the European Film Market.
Marc Forster is attached to direct the film, and David Magee is writing the script based on Fredrik Backman’s book. Ove has been renamed Otto for the Americanized film version of the story.
Hanks plays the title character Otto, who is a grumpy isolated widower with staunch principles, strict routines and a short fuse, and who gives everyone in his neighborhood a hard time as he watches over it like a hawk. Just as it seems like he’s finally given up on life,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Brian Welk and Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
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Having been around for more than a century, Scandinavian powerhouse Sf Studios has survived through a lot, with its existence spanning the Second World War, numerous economic collapses, and a continually evolving film industry. Whether the coronavirus will prove to be its most difficult period yet is impossible to ascertain, but the...
Having been around for more than a century, Scandinavian powerhouse Sf Studios has survived through a lot, with its existence spanning the Second World War, numerous economic collapses, and a continually evolving film industry. Whether the coronavirus will prove to be its most difficult period yet is impossible to ascertain, but the...
- 4/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Hanks is attached to star in a remake of A Man Called Ove, the Oscar nominated Hannes Holm-directed Swedish comedy that became the highest grossing foreign language film released in the U.S. in 2016. Pic will be produced by Playtone partners Hanks and Gary Goetzman, along with Rita Wilson and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro for Nordic major Sf Studios. Hanks will play the protagonist, a grumpy widower whose overall unhappiness is exacerbated when he is unceremoniously…...
- 9/21/2017
- Deadline
Tom Hanks is tackling an adaptation of the international best-selling novel A Man Called Ove.
Hanks is attached to star in the project and will produce with his Playtone banner partner Gary Goetzman. Rita Wilson, Hanks' wife and frequent producing partner, is also producing along with Fredrik Wikstrom Nicastro, it was announced Thursday. Nicastro hails from SF Studios, one of the companies behind the upcoming tennis drama Borg vs. McEnroe. He also executive produced the Swedish-language adaptation.
The 2012 book by Fredrik Backman told the tale of a cantankerous widower who seems to revel in his bitterness and loneliness even as his...
Hanks is attached to star in the project and will produce with his Playtone banner partner Gary Goetzman. Rita Wilson, Hanks' wife and frequent producing partner, is also producing along with Fredrik Wikstrom Nicastro, it was announced Thursday. Nicastro hails from SF Studios, one of the companies behind the upcoming tennis drama Borg vs. McEnroe. He also executive produced the Swedish-language adaptation.
The 2012 book by Fredrik Backman told the tale of a cantankerous widower who seems to revel in his bitterness and loneliness even as his...
- 9/21/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro also promoted.
Sf Studios has appointed Annika Sucksdorff as head of film production in Sweden.
She will lead the development and execution of the Swedish slate for feature films, which the company said will have a “focus on commercial quality content for a broad audience.”
Sucksdorff was previously been CEO of Finland-based Helsinki Filmi in Finland, where she produced films such as Tom of Finland and Heart of a Lion by Dome Karukoski and The Mine by Aleksi Salmenperä. She was also the Finnish producer on Our Kind of Traitor.
In her new role, she replaces Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, who will now focus fully to lead the international expansion of Sf Studios as Svp of International Production.
Sucksdorff will report to Tim King, Evp Production.
Michael Porseryd, CEO of Sf Studios, said, “I am truly excited to have a producer of Annika’s caliber to lead our Swedish team. In addition...
Sf Studios has appointed Annika Sucksdorff as head of film production in Sweden.
She will lead the development and execution of the Swedish slate for feature films, which the company said will have a “focus on commercial quality content for a broad audience.”
Sucksdorff was previously been CEO of Finland-based Helsinki Filmi in Finland, where she produced films such as Tom of Finland and Heart of a Lion by Dome Karukoski and The Mine by Aleksi Salmenperä. She was also the Finnish producer on Our Kind of Traitor.
In her new role, she replaces Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, who will now focus fully to lead the international expansion of Sf Studios as Svp of International Production.
Sucksdorff will report to Tim King, Evp Production.
Michael Porseryd, CEO of Sf Studios, said, “I am truly excited to have a producer of Annika’s caliber to lead our Swedish team. In addition...
- 6/14/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Baltasar Kormákur attached to direct and will produce with Borg/McEnroe’s Fredrik Wikström Nicastro.
Sf Studios has picked up film rights to the bestselling Norwegian crime writer’s next book as it builds its stable of English-language films with global appeal.
Baltasar Kormákur is attached to direct and will produce through his Rvk Studios alongside Fredrik Wikström Nicastro for Sf Studios, producer of the upcoming Borg/McEnroe who put the Nesbø project together.
Skyfall and Casino Royale writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are currently adapting the screenplay about a morally corrupt divorce lawyer who gets himself framed for a series of murders.
Nesbø, whose books have sold more than 20million copies, will serve as executive producer with his agent Niclas Salomonsson.
“I was completely blown away by Victor - this unique and totally outrageous character that Jo Nesbø has created – and I am thrilled to bring him to the screen together with this fantastic team of...
Sf Studios has picked up film rights to the bestselling Norwegian crime writer’s next book as it builds its stable of English-language films with global appeal.
Baltasar Kormákur is attached to direct and will produce through his Rvk Studios alongside Fredrik Wikström Nicastro for Sf Studios, producer of the upcoming Borg/McEnroe who put the Nesbø project together.
Skyfall and Casino Royale writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are currently adapting the screenplay about a morally corrupt divorce lawyer who gets himself framed for a series of murders.
Nesbø, whose books have sold more than 20million copies, will serve as executive producer with his agent Niclas Salomonsson.
“I was completely blown away by Victor - this unique and totally outrageous character that Jo Nesbø has created – and I am thrilled to bring him to the screen together with this fantastic team of...
- 4/5/2017
- ScreenDaily
Baltasar Kormákur attached to direct and will produce with Borg/McEnroe’s Fredrik Wikström Nicastro.
Sf Studios has picked up film rights to the bestselling Norwegian crime writer’s next book as it builds its stable of English-language films with global appeal.
Baltasar Kormákur is attached to direct and will produce through his Rvk Studios alongside Fredrik Wikström Nicastro for Sf Studios, producer of the upcoming Borg/McEnroe who put the Nesbø project together.
Skyfall and Casino Royale writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are currently adapting the screenplay about a morally corrupt divorce lawyer who gets himself framed for a series of murders.
Nesbø, whose books have sold more than 20million copies, will serve as executive producer with his agent Niclas Salomonsson.
“I was completely blown away by Victor - this unique and totally outrageous character that Jo Nesbø has created – and I am thrilled to bring him to the screen together with this fantastic team of...
Sf Studios has picked up film rights to the bestselling Norwegian crime writer’s next book as it builds its stable of English-language films with global appeal.
Baltasar Kormákur is attached to direct and will produce through his Rvk Studios alongside Fredrik Wikström Nicastro for Sf Studios, producer of the upcoming Borg/McEnroe who put the Nesbø project together.
Skyfall and Casino Royale writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are currently adapting the screenplay about a morally corrupt divorce lawyer who gets himself framed for a series of murders.
Nesbø, whose books have sold more than 20million copies, will serve as executive producer with his agent Niclas Salomonsson.
“I was completely blown away by Victor - this unique and totally outrageous character that Jo Nesbø has created – and I am thrilled to bring him to the screen together with this fantastic team of...
- 4/5/2017
- ScreenDaily
Lebanon-based distributor Phoenicia Pictures has acquired Mena rights to Borg vs McEnroe, about the famous rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe, at Dubai Film Market.
Sf Studios is handling international sales on the film, which is directed by Janus Metz Pedersen and stars Sverrir Gudnason and Shia Labeouf as Borg and McEnroe. Stellan Skarsgård also stars.
“The film is the first step in Sf Studios’ intention to produce commercial high-quality films for the international market,” said producers Jon Nohrstedt and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro.
The film is currently in post-production for release in autumn 2017. It has also been sold to the UK (Curzon), France (Pretty Pictures), Germany (Ascot Pictures), Italy (Lucky Red), Poland (Best Film) and China (Hualu), among other territories.
Sf Studios is attending Dubai Film Market as part of a delegation of Nordic producers, funders and sales agents.
Sf Studios is handling international sales on the film, which is directed by Janus Metz Pedersen and stars Sverrir Gudnason and Shia Labeouf as Borg and McEnroe. Stellan Skarsgård also stars.
“The film is the first step in Sf Studios’ intention to produce commercial high-quality films for the international market,” said producers Jon Nohrstedt and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro.
The film is currently in post-production for release in autumn 2017. It has also been sold to the UK (Curzon), France (Pretty Pictures), Germany (Ascot Pictures), Italy (Lucky Red), Poland (Best Film) and China (Hualu), among other territories.
Sf Studios is attending Dubai Film Market as part of a delegation of Nordic producers, funders and sales agents.
- 12/11/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Further cast announced for sporting biopic.
Principal photography has begun on Borg/McEnroe, which will centre on the famous rivalry between Us tennis champ Jon McEnroe and Sweden’s Bjorn Borg, which came to a head at Wimbledon 1980.
Shia Labeouf will play McEnroe while rising Swedish talent Sverrir Gudnason plays Borg in the film directed by Janus Metz - director of Cannes-winning documentary Armadillo and episodes of the acclaimed HBO drama True Detective.
The part of Borg’s coach Lennart Bergelin will be played by Stellan Skarsgård (The Avengers, Mamma Mia), making his first Swedish production in more than a decade, while Björn’s fiancée Mariana Simionescu is to be played by Swedish actress Tuva Novotny (A War, Eat Pray Love).
The part of Us tennis playboy Vitas Gerulaitis will be played by Robert Emms (Mirror Mirror, War Horse) while McEnroe’s father will be portayed by Ian Blackman (The Bourne Legacy, Hail Caesar!, House of Cards).
Principal photography has begun on Borg/McEnroe, which will centre on the famous rivalry between Us tennis champ Jon McEnroe and Sweden’s Bjorn Borg, which came to a head at Wimbledon 1980.
Shia Labeouf will play McEnroe while rising Swedish talent Sverrir Gudnason plays Borg in the film directed by Janus Metz - director of Cannes-winning documentary Armadillo and episodes of the acclaimed HBO drama True Detective.
The part of Borg’s coach Lennart Bergelin will be played by Stellan Skarsgård (The Avengers, Mamma Mia), making his first Swedish production in more than a decade, while Björn’s fiancée Mariana Simionescu is to be played by Swedish actress Tuva Novotny (A War, Eat Pray Love).
The part of Us tennis playboy Vitas Gerulaitis will be played by Robert Emms (Mirror Mirror, War Horse) while McEnroe’s father will be portayed by Ian Blackman (The Bourne Legacy, Hail Caesar!, House of Cards).
- 8/16/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Babak Najafi will direct the thriller for Nordic studio Svensk Filmindustri.
Svensk beat off other bidders to acquire the original spec script written by Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, who recently wrote 10 Cloverfield Lane for Jj Abrams.
Horizon Line is a a suspense thriller that follows a couple on a small airplane that loses its way over the Pacific Ocean.
The film will soon start casting ahead of an autumn shoot.
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro will produce for Svensk Filmindustri and Jonas Fors, CEO of Svensk Filmindustri, will executive produce.
Najafi previously directed Berlin award-winner Sebbe and has London Has Fallen launching next month
Campbell and Stuecken reunite with Wikstrom Nicastro after having written the English-language remake Easy Money.
Wikstrom Nicastro said, “I am thrilled to continue the fruitful and creative collaboration with director Babak Najafi and such talented writers as Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken. Horizon Line is one of the most suspenseful, original scripts...
Svensk beat off other bidders to acquire the original spec script written by Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, who recently wrote 10 Cloverfield Lane for Jj Abrams.
Horizon Line is a a suspense thriller that follows a couple on a small airplane that loses its way over the Pacific Ocean.
The film will soon start casting ahead of an autumn shoot.
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro will produce for Svensk Filmindustri and Jonas Fors, CEO of Svensk Filmindustri, will executive produce.
Najafi previously directed Berlin award-winner Sebbe and has London Has Fallen launching next month
Campbell and Stuecken reunite with Wikstrom Nicastro after having written the English-language remake Easy Money.
Wikstrom Nicastro said, “I am thrilled to continue the fruitful and creative collaboration with director Babak Najafi and such talented writers as Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken. Horizon Line is one of the most suspenseful, original scripts...
- 2/10/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Child 44 director Daniél Espinosa is to helm a new adptation of period epic The Emigrants for Scandinavian major Svensk Filindustri.
Details of the project were announced at the annual press conference held in Cannes by Swedish regional fund Film Väst.
The Emigrants tells the story of Kristina and her husband Karl-Oskar, who emigrate from Sweden to America in the 1850s. Determined to flee poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression, they head across the Atlantic in search of a better life.
An earlier adaptation of EspinoVilhelm Moberg’s acclaimed novel was made in 1971 by revered director Jan Troell that was nominated for five Academy Awards and won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Emigrants will be scripted by Petter Skavlan (Kon Tiki.) It is to be produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro at Svensk Filmindustri, and co-produced by Film Väst. Shooting is scheduled to begin in 2017, in the Västra Götaland region of western Sweden.
Another...
Details of the project were announced at the annual press conference held in Cannes by Swedish regional fund Film Väst.
The Emigrants tells the story of Kristina and her husband Karl-Oskar, who emigrate from Sweden to America in the 1850s. Determined to flee poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression, they head across the Atlantic in search of a better life.
An earlier adaptation of EspinoVilhelm Moberg’s acclaimed novel was made in 1971 by revered director Jan Troell that was nominated for five Academy Awards and won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Emigrants will be scripted by Petter Skavlan (Kon Tiki.) It is to be produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro at Svensk Filmindustri, and co-produced by Film Väst. Shooting is scheduled to begin in 2017, in the Västra Götaland region of western Sweden.
Another...
- 5/16/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Swedish production company announces first English-language projects.
Sweden’s Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Easy Money (Snabba Cash) trilogy, has announced the launch of two international thrillers - the company’s first in the English-language.
They include a thriller from acclaimed Swedish director Jens Jonsson and an English-language remake of the first Easy Money film, the first part in a planned trilogy.
Both projects will be produced by Tre Vänner and Swedish major Svensk Filmindustri, with Svensk handling Scandinavian distribution. The two companies merged in 2013.
Jonsson’s Ibiza-set thriller The White Island centres around two female characters.
The film-maker, who won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2008 with The King Of Ping Pong and also directed Snabba Cash III - Life Deluxe, the third film in the trilogy, co-wrote the script with Matthew Ian Cirulnick based on extensive research.
“We will take the audience behind the curtain of Europe’s wildest party island,” producer...
Sweden’s Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Easy Money (Snabba Cash) trilogy, has announced the launch of two international thrillers - the company’s first in the English-language.
They include a thriller from acclaimed Swedish director Jens Jonsson and an English-language remake of the first Easy Money film, the first part in a planned trilogy.
Both projects will be produced by Tre Vänner and Swedish major Svensk Filmindustri, with Svensk handling Scandinavian distribution. The two companies merged in 2013.
Jonsson’s Ibiza-set thriller The White Island centres around two female characters.
The film-maker, who won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2008 with The King Of Ping Pong and also directed Snabba Cash III - Life Deluxe, the third film in the trilogy, co-wrote the script with Matthew Ian Cirulnick based on extensive research.
“We will take the audience behind the curtain of Europe’s wildest party island,” producer...
- 5/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
Easy Money is a smart, affecting, slow burn of a movie, a spectacular example of Nordic noir. The sequel suffers by comparison, though. I’m “biast” (pro): have a soft spot for Joel Kinnaman
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
If you’ve enjoyed the new remake of RoboCop — or even if you didn’t — you can’t go wrong by checking out newly minted Hollywood leading man Joel Kinnaman in a fantastic film made on his home turf of Sweden. (Were you fooled by Kinnaman’s flawless American accent? He’s not American.) Easy Money, from 2010, had only a small release in North America in 2012, unsurprising given the general lack of interest by U.S. audiences in reading subtitles. Its similarly limited release in the U.K. in 2013 is surprising, however, because...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
If you’ve enjoyed the new remake of RoboCop — or even if you didn’t — you can’t go wrong by checking out newly minted Hollywood leading man Joel Kinnaman in a fantastic film made on his home turf of Sweden. (Were you fooled by Kinnaman’s flawless American accent? He’s not American.) Easy Money, from 2010, had only a small release in North America in 2012, unsurprising given the general lack of interest by U.S. audiences in reading subtitles. Its similarly limited release in the U.K. in 2013 is surprising, however, because...
- 2/19/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights from TrustNordisk to Easy Money: Hard To Kill and Easy Money: Life Deluxe based on the bestselling books by Jens Lapidus. Separately, FilmBuff has acquired Someone Marry Barry.
The second and third instalments in the Easy Money Stockholm noir trilogy starring Joel Kinnaman that have drawn more than 1.2m Swedish theatre-goers.
Martin Scorsese presented the first episode to Us audiences last year and a remake is in development at Warner Bros with Zac Efron attached to star.
Cinedigm has set both films for release in 2014 across all platforms.
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro produced the films for Swedish production company Tre Vänner in co-production with Film i Väst, TV broadcaster Svt, Nordisk Film, Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning, Hobohm Brothers, Fantefilm, Network Movie & Zdf/Arte.
Production support comes from The Swedish Film Institute, The Norwegian Film Institute, Nordic film and TV fund in co-operation with C-more. Nordisk Film is...
The second and third instalments in the Easy Money Stockholm noir trilogy starring Joel Kinnaman that have drawn more than 1.2m Swedish theatre-goers.
Martin Scorsese presented the first episode to Us audiences last year and a remake is in development at Warner Bros with Zac Efron attached to star.
Cinedigm has set both films for release in 2014 across all platforms.
Fredrik Wikström Nicastro produced the films for Swedish production company Tre Vänner in co-production with Film i Väst, TV broadcaster Svt, Nordisk Film, Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning, Hobohm Brothers, Fantefilm, Network Movie & Zdf/Arte.
Production support comes from The Swedish Film Institute, The Norwegian Film Institute, Nordic film and TV fund in co-operation with C-more. Nordisk Film is...
- 10/31/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Swedish production powerhouse also planning autumn shoot for heist film Mastermind.
Swedish outfit Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Snabba Cash trilogy, will next shoot The Boy With The Golden Trousers, a family adventure movie based on the classic Swedish novel.
The story of a young boy who finds a pair of trousers with magical money-giving pockets, the film will start shooting in Sweden in early September with Ella Lemhagen (Patrik, Age 1.5) directing. It is a Swedish-Danish co-production with Cosmo Film.
In early October Tre Vänner will also start production on Mastermind, a heist film about a criminal about to pull off a big bank job with some of the best criminals in Sweden. The director and cast will be announced shortly.
“Genre-wise it’s more kind of Headhunters than Snabba Cash,” Tre Vänner’s head of film Fredrik Wikström Nicastro told ScreenDaily at Gothenburg’s Way Out West festival, where [link=tt...
Swedish outfit Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Snabba Cash trilogy, will next shoot The Boy With The Golden Trousers, a family adventure movie based on the classic Swedish novel.
The story of a young boy who finds a pair of trousers with magical money-giving pockets, the film will start shooting in Sweden in early September with Ella Lemhagen (Patrik, Age 1.5) directing. It is a Swedish-Danish co-production with Cosmo Film.
In early October Tre Vänner will also start production on Mastermind, a heist film about a criminal about to pull off a big bank job with some of the best criminals in Sweden. The director and cast will be announced shortly.
“Genre-wise it’s more kind of Headhunters than Snabba Cash,” Tre Vänner’s head of film Fredrik Wikström Nicastro told ScreenDaily at Gothenburg’s Way Out West festival, where [link=tt...
- 8/21/2013
- ScreenDaily
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