CANNES -- Tim Roth and Neve Campbell have joined German star Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others) in the cast of Sea-Wolf, the $20 million adventure two-parter from Herbert Kloiber's Tele-Munchen Group for RHI Entertainment and German public broadcaster ZDF.
Koch will star as the crazed seaman Wolf Larson in the new adaptation of the Jack London classic. Roth will play his brother and rival Death Larsen while Campbell will star as Maude, a runaway bride who lands on Wolf's ship.
Mike Barker (A Good Woman) will direct the mini for Tele-Munchen's production division Clasart Television from a script by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I).
Shooting is set to start in Halifax, Canada at the end April for delivery this fall. ZDF will air the series in Germany with RHI handling U.S. rights.
Tele-Munchen is using Sea-Wolf as the flagship to launch its new international sales outfit, which is being run by ex-Telepool sales exec Carlos Hertel. TMG holds all worldwide rights to Sea-Wolf outside of Germany and the U.S.
Koch will star as the crazed seaman Wolf Larson in the new adaptation of the Jack London classic. Roth will play his brother and rival Death Larsen while Campbell will star as Maude, a runaway bride who lands on Wolf's ship.
Mike Barker (A Good Woman) will direct the mini for Tele-Munchen's production division Clasart Television from a script by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I).
Shooting is set to start in Halifax, Canada at the end April for delivery this fall. ZDF will air the series in Germany with RHI handling U.S. rights.
Tele-Munchen is using Sea-Wolf as the flagship to launch its new international sales outfit, which is being run by ex-Telepool sales exec Carlos Hertel. TMG holds all worldwide rights to Sea-Wolf outside of Germany and the U.S.
COLOGNE, Germany -- Sebastian Koch, the German star of "The Lives of Others" and "Blackbook", has signed on as the lead in the $17 million TV miniseries "The Seawolf".
Koch will play psychotic schooner captain Wolf Larson in the remake of the Jack London adventure classic, which Germany's Tele Munchen Group, U.K. production company Power and German public broadcaster ZDF are co-producing.
Mike Barker ("A Good Woman", "Best Laid Plans") will direct the mini, which is set to begin shooting in April 2008.
"The Seawolf" tells the story of a gentlemen scholar who is rescued by Wolf's crew after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. What follows is a struggle to survive both against Wolf and his lackeys and against the forces of nature.
TMG's 1971 adaptation of "The Seawolf", starring Raimund Harmstorf as Wolf Larson, helped put the Munich-based company on the map
U.K. screenwriter Nigel Williams will pen the script for the new version. Delivery of the two-parter is set for October, with Power handling international sales.
Koch will play psychotic schooner captain Wolf Larson in the remake of the Jack London adventure classic, which Germany's Tele Munchen Group, U.K. production company Power and German public broadcaster ZDF are co-producing.
Mike Barker ("A Good Woman", "Best Laid Plans") will direct the mini, which is set to begin shooting in April 2008.
"The Seawolf" tells the story of a gentlemen scholar who is rescued by Wolf's crew after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. What follows is a struggle to survive both against Wolf and his lackeys and against the forces of nature.
TMG's 1971 adaptation of "The Seawolf", starring Raimund Harmstorf as Wolf Larson, helped put the Munich-based company on the map
U.K. screenwriter Nigel Williams will pen the script for the new version. Delivery of the two-parter is set for October, with Power handling international sales.
- 11/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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