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11 items from 2012
Summit Grabs Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Film 'Revoc'
21 December 2012 11:00 AM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur and Summit entertainment just sealed the deal to make the sci-fi action flick Revoc.
Warm Bodies’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are attached as producers. There are few details on the film, but Summit is describing it as “being in the vein of District 9 and Moon and is a post-alien invasion thriller.”
Olaf de Fleur made a name for himself (and what a name it is) in his home country with the crime drama City State. Back in October, it was rumored that director James Mangold would be helming the Us remake of the film. Watch the trailer for de Fleur’s City State. No reindeer sweaters!
via THR
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- Sara Castillo
Summit Buys Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Revoc’
21 December 2012 5:15 AM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
The year’s almost over, but Summit was able to make another deal. The studio has acquired the rights to an original sci-fi pitch by Olaf de Fleur titled Revoc.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but THR describes the story as something “in the vein of District 9 and Moon and is a post-alien invasion thriller.”
De Fleur is best known for directing and co-writing 2011′s Icelandic thriller City State, about an immigrant who vows to avenge his unborn child after getting attacked by a crime syndicate.
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville are attached to produce the film.
There are a lot of sci-fi films coming next year, including After Earth, with Will and Jaden Smith, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim, the adaptation of Ender’s Game and Tom Cruise’s Oblivion. Revoc probably won’t make it in time for a 2013 release (depending on »
- Laura Frances
Script News: Prince, Revoc, Warden
20 December 2012 9:49 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The False Prince
"Game of Thrones" writer and story editor Bryan Cogman has been hired to adapt Jennifer Nielsen's young adult novel "The False Prince" for Paramount Pictures.
The first in a trilogy, the story follows a nobleman who devises a plan to find someone to impersonate the recently slain king’s long-lost son and act as a puppet. An orphan finds himself chosen with three other boys in the running. [Source: THR]
Summit Entertainment has picked up "City State" director Olaf de Fleur's post-alien invasion thriller script pitch "Revoc".
Plot details are being kept under wraps. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are attached to produce. [Source: THR]
Warden
New Line and Mosaic have picked up John and Thomas Sonntag's action spec "Warden". Jimmy Miller and Lawrence Inglee are producing.
The story centers on a prison warden who -- when his wife and son are kidnapped -- is blackmailed into helping »
- Garth Franklin
Script News: Prince, Revoc, Warden
20 December 2012 9:49 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The False Prince
"Game of Thrones" writer and story editor Bryan Cogman has been hired to adapt Jennifer Nielsen's young adult novel "The False Prince" for Paramount Pictures.
The first in a trilogy, the story follows a nobleman who devises a plan to find someone to impersonate the recently slain king’s long-lost son and act as a puppet. An orphan finds himself chosen with three other boys in the running. [Source: THR]
Revoc
Summit Entertainment has picked up "City State" director Olaf de Fleur's post-alien invasion thriller script pitch "Revoc".
Plot details are being kept under wraps. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are attached to produce. [Source: THR]
Warden
New Line and Mosaic have picked up John and Thomas Sonntag's action spec "Warden". Jimmy Miller and Lawrence Inglee are producing.
The story centers on a prison warden who -- when his wife and son are kidnapped -- is blackmailed into helping »
- Garth Franklin
Sci-Fi Thriller Revoc Sold To Summit By Icelandic Filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
20 December 2012 9:35 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
A new science-fiction story is on the horizon and this one hails all the way from the Nordic nation of Iceland. Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, who has become well known in his home country for his action thriller Borgríki (known here in the U.S. as City State) has sold a pitch to Summit Entertainment for a new sci-fi action movie called Revoc. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news about the acquisition, but just about all details about the plot are being kept under wraps at this time. The only thing that's known about the story is that it is in the same vein as Neill Blomkamp's District 9 and Duncan Jones' Moon and is "a post-alien invasion." Given those comparisons it sounds as though the movie is going to be a lower-budget affair and be a bit more character based than standard blockbusters. David Hoberman and »
Summit Entertainment Picks Up Revoc
20 December 2012 4:59 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Summit Entertainment has picked up a sci-fi pitch entitled Revoc from Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson (City State).
Story details are being kept under wraps, except that the plot takes place in the aftermath of an alien invasion. The project is being likened to genre favorites such as District 9 and Moon. It isn't clear if Olaf de Fleur Johannesson will write and direct, or if Summit will hire new filmmakers to build off of his pitch.
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are attached to produce through their Mandeville production company. No shooting schedule was released.
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson's City State is also being remake at New Regency. We reported last October that James Mangold (The Wolverine) is attached to direct. »
- MovieWeb
Summit Plans Revoc
20 December 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Summit Entertainment, now a division of Lionsgate, has secured the rights to an original science fiction pitch by Olaf de Fleur. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the film, which is said to take place in the wake of an alien invasion, is to be titled Revoc . De Fleur is best known for directing and co-writing 2011's Icelandic thriller City State . David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are attached to produce Revoc . »
DVD Review - City State (2011)
11 November 2012 11:54 PM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
City State (Iceland: Borgríki), 2011.
Directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.
Starring Philip Jackson, Jonathan Pryce, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson and Sigurður Sigurjónsson.
Synopsis:
Set in modern day Iceland, an immigrant vows revenge after losing his unborn child in an attack by a crime syndicate, thereby binding his fate with a troubled policewoman, her corrupt police commander, and a crime lord who's losing his edge.
Financed entirely from private funding and with the crew taking massive pay cuts just to get it made, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson’s City State is getting a UK DVD release today – and it is well worth checking out.
It’s hard to detail the plot in just a few sentences as there is so much going on in the film that it can be hard to keep up. There is a troubled Serbian immigrant, a corrupt cop, a beaten down business man, his »
- flickeringmyth
City State Remake Penned by Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Scribes
25 June 2012 5:22 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The writing duo behind 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider feature has been tapped to remake the Icelandic thriller, City State for New Regency. Patrick Massett and John Zinman will pen the new version of Olaf de Fleur Johannesson's 2011 feature. We previously reported that director James Mangold (Walk the Line) would be moving onto City State after wrapping on The Wolverine. The story of City State follows four characters caught in the cross-hairs of a drug syndicate and juggles “a crooked police captain in love with a prostitute, an aging crime boss with a heart condition looking to get out of the game alive, a mechanic determined to avenge the death of his unborn child, and a female cop who is attacked by thugs and takes matters into her own hands.” Hit the jump for more on City State. Variety reports that Massett and Zinman will relocate the Icelandic original to a Stateside setting. »
- Dave Trumbore
James Mangold Finds Scribes for ‘City State’; ‘Gone’ and ‘Underworld: Awakening’ Writer Sets Up Project With New Line
25 June 2012 5:02 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
It was over eight months ago, a simpler time, when James Mangold (next year’s The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma) was announced to helm City State, an English-language take on Olaf de Fleur Johannesson‘s hit Icelandic crime thriller. Work on the aforementioned comic book movie, while seemingly protracted, has been occupying time on the old schedule in the time since — i.e., this other film’s been a quiet prospect in all this time since — but, with that gearing up to shoot next month, City State now has some breathing room.
Variety reports that John Zinman and Patrick Massett (TV’s Friday Night Lights, Tomb Raider) will help give the film its American treatment, having been hired to scribe a story of colliding lives in the criminal underworld; the original, one of those hyper-link sort of deals, centered on “four people whose lives intersect when a foreign crime syndicate »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Key Players in the 2012 Cannes Film Market: Celluloid Dreams
17 May 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Outside of the highly anticipated Rust & Bone from helmer Jacques Audiard, Celluloid Dreams is much more immersed in the market aspect of Cannes this year. Headed by Hengameh Panahi, Celluloid Dreams brings to some noteworthy Cannes this year, but outside of that doesn’t have anything to front. The Rambler, The Side Effect are noteworthy projects worth keeping tabs on, while Dormant Beauty starring the just Isabelle Huppert who is on some Cannes auteur bucket list drive and Dan Algrant’s debut Greetings from Tim Buckley (see pic above) should be top tier items drawing plenty of buyer interest.
City State (Borgriki) by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Rust & Bone (De Rouille Et D’Os) by Jacques Audiard
A Place On Earth by Fabienne Godet
Bald Mountain by Heitor Dhalia
City State 2: Brave Men’S Blood by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Detachment by Tony Kaye »
- Eric Lavallee
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11 items from 2012
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