WGA West’s Middle Eastern Writers Committee Urges Hollywood To Be More Inclusive, Less Stereotypical
Members of the WGA West’s Middle Eastern Writers Committee are urging the film and television industry to be more inclusive and less stereotypical in its storytelling.
“Reach out to us. Get to know our work. And most of all, take more chances on us to both tell our own stories and contribute to the ones being crafted in writers rooms all over town,” they wrote Monday in an open letter to the industry. But they noted: “How can we get in the rooms to tell other stories if we’re not even being hired to tell our own?”
The group said they formed the committee “primarily on the basis of one disappointing fact. As reported in the Wgaw Inclusion Report of 2020, Middle Eastern writers are dead last, making up only 0.3% of employed writers. You read that right. 0.3%. That’s pretty close to 0%. Because of this, we find ourselves at a cultural inflection point,...
“Reach out to us. Get to know our work. And most of all, take more chances on us to both tell our own stories and contribute to the ones being crafted in writers rooms all over town,” they wrote Monday in an open letter to the industry. But they noted: “How can we get in the rooms to tell other stories if we’re not even being hired to tell our own?”
The group said they formed the committee “primarily on the basis of one disappointing fact. As reported in the Wgaw Inclusion Report of 2020, Middle Eastern writers are dead last, making up only 0.3% of employed writers. You read that right. 0.3%. That’s pretty close to 0%. Because of this, we find ourselves at a cultural inflection point,...
- 8/30/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Some 778 showrunners and screenwriters have signed a statement saying that they will fire their agents if the WGA fails to reach an agreement with the Association of Talent Agents for a new franchise agreement. Signers include a slew of A-listers, including Greg Berlanti, Alfonso Cuaron, James L. Brooks, Aaron Sorkin, Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes, Seth MacFarlane, Mike Schur, Tina Fey, Joss Whedon, Kenya Barris, Peter Farrelly, Oliver Stone, John Wells, Matthew Weiner, Noah Hawley, Vince Gilligan, John Singleton, David Chase, Barry Jenkins, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Colin Trevorrow, Eric Roth, David Shore, David Simon, Shawn Ryan, Lena Waithe, Paul Haggis, Mindy Kaling, Drew Goddard, Jenji Kohan, Carlton Cuse, Howard Gordon, Kurt Sutter, Krista Vernoff, Mara Brock Akil, Danny Strong, Rob McElhenney, Jason Katims, Terence Winter, Peter Lenkov, Michelle and Robert King, Al Jean, Robert Towne, Gloria Calderon Kellett, Kevin Williamson, Darren Star, Rashida Jones, Pamela Adlon, WGA West president David A. Goodman...
- 3/23/2019
- by David Robb and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Blumhouse is in talks to finance Intruders, a thriller written by Tommy Wirkola, who’ll direct the film with an eye toward a summer production start. In the pic, a mother escapes her abusive husband and takes her young daughter toward refuge in a secluded home, only to be assailed by intruders hungry for the gold that’s supposedly buried in the house. Adam McKay and Kevin Messick are producing for Gary Sanchez.
The Norwegian director, who followed his breakout Dead Snow with the R-rated fractured fairy tale Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, most recently directed What Happened To Monday?, from Max Botkin & Kerry Williamson’s Black List script that got bought by Netflix for release in the U.S., UK and Latin America, and still found theatrical success in seven other markets like France, where it grossed over $17 million.
Wirkola has a long history with Gary Sanchez, which...
The Norwegian director, who followed his breakout Dead Snow with the R-rated fractured fairy tale Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, most recently directed What Happened To Monday?, from Max Botkin & Kerry Williamson’s Black List script that got bought by Netflix for release in the U.S., UK and Latin America, and still found theatrical success in seven other markets like France, where it grossed over $17 million.
Wirkola has a long history with Gary Sanchez, which...
- 5/24/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Show Dogs’ Distributor Will Edit Out Sexploitation Scenes That Angered Parents and Victim Advocates
Five days after “Show Dogs” opened as family-friendly fare in more than 3,200 theaters, distributor Global Road Entertainment announced that it will cut footage that — to parents and advocates — suggests sexual abuse. The Aussie theater chain Cineplex Australia had recently dropped the film from its lineup.
The company released the following statement to Deadline:
Responding to concerns raised by moviegoers and some specific organizations, Global Road Entertainment has decided to remove two scenes from the film ‘Show Dogs’ that some have deemed not appropriate for children. The company takes these matters very seriously and remains committed to providing quality entertainment for the intended audiences based on the film’s rating. We apologize to anybody who feels the original version of ‘Show Dogs’ sent an inappropriate message. The revised version of the film will be available for viewing nationwide starting this weekend.
A critic at Macaroni Kid instigated the film’s backlash...
The company released the following statement to Deadline:
Responding to concerns raised by moviegoers and some specific organizations, Global Road Entertainment has decided to remove two scenes from the film ‘Show Dogs’ that some have deemed not appropriate for children. The company takes these matters very seriously and remains committed to providing quality entertainment for the intended audiences based on the film’s rating. We apologize to anybody who feels the original version of ‘Show Dogs’ sent an inappropriate message. The revised version of the film will be available for viewing nationwide starting this weekend.
A critic at Macaroni Kid instigated the film’s backlash...
- 5/23/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool 2” has opened with a superheroic $18.6 million on Thursday night at 3,785 North American locations.
“Deadpool 2” smashed the record for top preview gross for an R-rated film, topping the previous mark of $13.5 million, set by “It” in September.
“Book Club,” meanwhile, took in $625,000 at 2,781 locations during Thursday previews.
20th Century Fox’s superhero sequel will end “Avengers: Infinity War’s” three-week rule, with forecasts in the $130 million to $150 million range on 4,349 screens for its opening weekend — the widest launch ever for a Fox title.
The original “Deadpool” stunned the industry two years ago with a $132.4 million debut weekend, which remains the record for an R-rated title. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Reynolds returns as the wisecracking mercenary in the 11th title in the X-Men franchise. David Leitch replaced Tim Miller as director,...
“Deadpool 2” smashed the record for top preview gross for an R-rated film, topping the previous mark of $13.5 million, set by “It” in September.
“Book Club,” meanwhile, took in $625,000 at 2,781 locations during Thursday previews.
20th Century Fox’s superhero sequel will end “Avengers: Infinity War’s” three-week rule, with forecasts in the $130 million to $150 million range on 4,349 screens for its opening weekend — the widest launch ever for a Fox title.
The original “Deadpool” stunned the industry two years ago with a $132.4 million debut weekend, which remains the record for an R-rated title. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Reynolds returns as the wisecracking mercenary in the 11th title in the X-Men franchise. David Leitch replaced Tim Miller as director,...
- 5/18/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Deadpool 2” shot to $18.6 million at the Thursday box office, surpassing its predecessor which earned $12.7 million in previews two years ago.
The sequel also broke the R-rated Thursday box office record that was previously held by “It.” The horror film grossed $13.5 million last September in previews.
Independent trackers expect the film to at least match the $132 million opening weekend scored by the first “Deadpool” in 2016, which was then a record for February releases.
Also Read: 'Deadpool 2' Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Gives His All to a Joke Told the Second Time
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For more comparisons, “Black Panther” grossed $25.2 million in previews, while “Thor: Ragnarok” thundered to $14.5 million. The former took in a total of $202 million its opening weekend, while “Ragnarok” grossed $122.7 million.
“Deadpool 2” sees the titular antihero start a new mutant team called X-Force to protect a young, surly mutant named Firefist (Julian Dennison) from falling into the clutches of Cable.
The sequel also broke the R-rated Thursday box office record that was previously held by “It.” The horror film grossed $13.5 million last September in previews.
Independent trackers expect the film to at least match the $132 million opening weekend scored by the first “Deadpool” in 2016, which was then a record for February releases.
Also Read: 'Deadpool 2' Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Gives His All to a Joke Told the Second Time
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For more comparisons, “Black Panther” grossed $25.2 million in previews, while “Thor: Ragnarok” thundered to $14.5 million. The former took in a total of $202 million its opening weekend, while “Ragnarok” grossed $122.7 million.
“Deadpool 2” sees the titular antihero start a new mutant team called X-Force to protect a young, surly mutant named Firefist (Julian Dennison) from falling into the clutches of Cable.
- 5/18/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Families with canines are better off staying home and having an old-fashioned backyard frolic than trotting out to see “Show Dogs,” a panting, poorly trained entry in the live-action/talking animal genre that for once makes viewers long for the candy-colored, half-witted professionalism of third-tier Pixar-knockoff animation.
Had it all been digitally rendered and pushed to the edges of anthropomorphized wackiness, you could see where a Las Vegas dog show hiding nefarious doings and infiltrated by a mismatched pair of crimefighters might make for a suitably diverting afternoon for parents and kids alike.
But however vigorous was the effort on the part of hard-working trainers to get the movie’s various breeds — Rottweilers, pugs, Papillons and more — to hit their marks, the movie around them, as directed by Raja Gosnell feels no compulsion to be as dutiful in its call to entertain. String a few dozen of the cutest...
Had it all been digitally rendered and pushed to the edges of anthropomorphized wackiness, you could see where a Las Vegas dog show hiding nefarious doings and infiltrated by a mismatched pair of crimefighters might make for a suitably diverting afternoon for parents and kids alike.
But however vigorous was the effort on the part of hard-working trainers to get the movie’s various breeds — Rottweilers, pugs, Papillons and more — to hit their marks, the movie around them, as directed by Raja Gosnell feels no compulsion to be as dutiful in its call to entertain. String a few dozen of the cutest...
- 5/17/2018
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
In the cornball kiddie tradition of his “Scooby-Doo,” “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” and “Smurfs” films, director Raja Gosnell’s “Show Dogs” combines live-action actors with real and CGI talking creatures in service of groan-worthy comedic adventure. The hero in question here is Max, an NYPD police pooch (voiced by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) who’s forced to partner with Will Arnett’s FBI agent while going undercover as a pageant contestant. Think of it as “Miss Congeniality” for dogs, replete with the sort of slapstick humor, puerile gags and for-adults-only pop-culture references required of such endeavors. Its frantic pace should make it a mildly amusing diversion for the younger set, but its juvenile imagination (or lack thereof) is likely to drive anyone over the age of 7 barking mad.
During a Manhattan sting operation gone awry that puts him in direct conflict with federal agent Frank (Arnett), street-wise Rottweiler Max fails to save...
During a Manhattan sting operation gone awry that puts him in direct conflict with federal agent Frank (Arnett), street-wise Rottweiler Max fails to save...
- 5/17/2018
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
“Avengers: Infinity War” will pass the box office baton to a fellow Marvel Comics character this weekend.
20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool 2” is expected to end “Infinity War’s” three-week rule, eyeing a release between $130 million and $150 million on 4,200 screens in North America. Should it open toward the end of that range, it would top its own record of the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated film. The original “Deadpool” was a surprise hit, launching with $132.4 million in 2016. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Ryan Reynolds stars as the wisecracking mercenary known a Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Wilson. David Leitch directed from a script by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Reynolds.
The superhero sequel sees Deadpool forming a team called the X-Force — comprised of Zazie Beetz’s Domino, T.J. Miller’s Weasel, Terry Crews’ Bedlam,...
20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool 2” is expected to end “Infinity War’s” three-week rule, eyeing a release between $130 million and $150 million on 4,200 screens in North America. Should it open toward the end of that range, it would top its own record of the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated film. The original “Deadpool” was a surprise hit, launching with $132.4 million in 2016. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Ryan Reynolds stars as the wisecracking mercenary known a Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Wilson. David Leitch directed from a script by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Reynolds.
The superhero sequel sees Deadpool forming a team called the X-Force — comprised of Zazie Beetz’s Domino, T.J. Miller’s Weasel, Terry Crews’ Bedlam,...
- 5/15/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic "One Child Policy," seven identical sisters live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau, directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning agenda that the sisters outwit by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman (Noomi Rapace). Taught by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe) who raised and named them - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - each can go outside once a week as their common identity, but are only free to be themselves in the prison of their own apartment. That is until, one day, Monday does not come home…
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Max Botkin & Kerry Williamson
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Producers: Raffaella De Laurentiis, Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet
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Cast: Noomi Rapace, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Max Botkin & Kerry Williamson
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Producers: Raffaella De Laurentiis, Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet
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- 8/19/2017
- by Michael Connally
- LRMonline.com
Editor’s Note: This article is presented in partnership with Netflix’s original film “What Happened to Monday?” – now streaming on Netflix.
Although he’s best known to American audiences for his funny and gruesome spins on old-fashioned fairy tales that follow characters as wide-ranging as zombie Nazis (“Dead Snow”) and candy-seeking children (“Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters”), Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola has some other tricks up his sleeve. With his “What Happened to Monday?,” Wirkola tackles high-concept sci-fi, thanks to an ambitious story that follows seven identical sisters (all played by Noomi Rapace) trapped in a future society that only allows just one child per household.
In the film, each sister is assigned a day of the week – and a matching name – in which they’re allowed out of their apartment (and the watchful eye of their surrogate dad, played by Willem Dafoe) for a little slice of living.
Although he’s best known to American audiences for his funny and gruesome spins on old-fashioned fairy tales that follow characters as wide-ranging as zombie Nazis (“Dead Snow”) and candy-seeking children (“Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters”), Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola has some other tricks up his sleeve. With his “What Happened to Monday?,” Wirkola tackles high-concept sci-fi, thanks to an ambitious story that follows seven identical sisters (all played by Noomi Rapace) trapped in a future society that only allows just one child per household.
In the film, each sister is assigned a day of the week – and a matching name – in which they’re allowed out of their apartment (and the watchful eye of their surrogate dad, played by Willem Dafoe) for a little slice of living.
- 8/18/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
When Max Botkin’s high-concept sci-fi thriller “What Happened to Monday?” landed on the Blacklist of “most liked” unproduced screenplays in 2010, the film followed seven brothers living in a dystopian future world where families are only allowed a single child. Seven years later, Tommy Wirkola’s version of the film is complete, with one major twist: now it’s about sisters.
Although the film went through a number of rewrites during its journey from page to screen, it was Wirkola who hit upon the idea to change the gender of the septuplets, all the better to add a different dimension to an already clever concept. But his idea came with a caveat, as he could only imagine one star in the role (well, the seven roles): Swedish star Noomi Rapace, whom he had once considered casting in his “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
When Wirkola initially sent Rapace the script,...
Although the film went through a number of rewrites during its journey from page to screen, it was Wirkola who hit upon the idea to change the gender of the septuplets, all the better to add a different dimension to an already clever concept. But his idea came with a caveat, as he could only imagine one star in the role (well, the seven roles): Swedish star Noomi Rapace, whom he had once considered casting in his “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
When Wirkola initially sent Rapace the script,...
- 8/17/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
What Happened To Monday Director: Tommy Wirkola Written by: Max Botkin, Kerry Williamson Cast: Noomi Rapace, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close, Robert Wagner, Marwan Kenzari Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/3/17 Opens: August 18, 2017 Thomas Malthus predicted a gloomy future for us all, warning that the food supply on our planet would become scarce, as […]
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- 8/15/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Ryan Lambie Aug 1, 2017
There are multiple Noomi Rapaces in the forthcoming sci-fi thriller, What Happened To Monday. Here's the new trailer...
If the sci-fi thriller What Happened To Monday had come out in the 80s, its trailer would have written itself. "In a world... where having more than one child is banned... one couple dared to have septuplets..." (You have to imagine all that read out in the gruff voice of 80s Trailer Voiceover Guy, Don Lafontaine).
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Whatever Happened To Monday is the latest in a bewildering line of films and TV shows funded by Netflix, and it looks like a lot of fun. It's set in a gloomy future where, yes, it's illegal...
There are multiple Noomi Rapaces in the forthcoming sci-fi thriller, What Happened To Monday. Here's the new trailer...
If the sci-fi thriller What Happened To Monday had come out in the 80s, its trailer would have written itself. "In a world... where having more than one child is banned... one couple dared to have septuplets..." (You have to imagine all that read out in the gruff voice of 80s Trailer Voiceover Guy, Don Lafontaine).
See related American Horror Story renewed for seasons 8 and 9 American Horror Story: Roanoke might be its best season yet American Horror Story season 6: Roanoke Chapter 10 Ryan Murphy: celebrating a showrunner who never holds back
Whatever Happened To Monday is the latest in a bewildering line of films and TV shows funded by Netflix, and it looks like a lot of fun. It's set in a gloomy future where, yes, it's illegal...
- 8/1/2017
- Den of Geek
What Happened to Monday is the latest Netflix original film, which premieres on the service on August 18th. Starring Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe, this sci-fi tale comes from director Tommy Wirkola, the genius behind Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and the Dead Snow movies; and writers Max Botkin (Robosapien) and Kerry Williamson (Alex Cross). With the film due next month we have you first look at the new trailer and poster for the film…
In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic “One Child Policy,” seven identical sisters live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau, directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning agenda that the sisters outwit by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman (Noomi Rapace). Taught by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe) who raised and named them – Monday,...
In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic “One Child Policy,” seven identical sisters live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau, directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning agenda that the sisters outwit by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman (Noomi Rapace). Taught by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe) who raised and named them – Monday,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Taking a page from Orphan Black, Noomi Rapace plays multiple characters in the international sci-fi flick Seven Sisters.
The first trailer has appeared for the film directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow 1 & 2, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters). The screenplay is written by Kerry Williamson and Max Botkin.
Synopsis:
In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic One-Child Policy, seven identical sisters (all of them portrayed by Noomi Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence [Continued ...]...
The first trailer has appeared for the film directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow 1 & 2, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters). The screenplay is written by Kerry Williamson and Max Botkin.
Synopsis:
In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic One-Child Policy, seven identical sisters (all of them portrayed by Noomi Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence [Continued ...]...
- 6/6/2017
- QuietEarth.us
Taking a page from Tatiana Maslany and Cate Blanchett, the latest role for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus star Noomi Rapace finds her playing septuplets in the aptly-named Seven Sisters. Once titled What Happened to Monday?, the first trailer has now arrived ahead of a release in France this summer. (No U.S. release has been set yet, but Netflix has the streaming rights.)
Directed by Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) based on a Black List script by Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson, it imagines a future where there’s a one child policy, so Rapace’s characters are always on the run as they pretend to be a single person. Judging from the trailer, as well as the director’s past work, we imagine, despite not having lofty ambitions, this could be some late-summer, high-concept fun.
Check out the trailer below via Dark...
Directed by Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) based on a Black List script by Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson, it imagines a future where there’s a one child policy, so Rapace’s characters are always on the run as they pretend to be a single person. Judging from the trailer, as well as the director’s past work, we imagine, despite not having lofty ambitions, this could be some late-summer, high-concept fun.
Check out the trailer below via Dark...
- 6/5/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Mixed media and production company 1stAveMachine has inked a producing partnership and intellectual property incubation program with screenwriter Max Botkin.
Botkin has several projects in various stages of development. He recently wrote two family films, Opposite Day and Cody: The Robosapien, both released by Anchor Bay, and his Black List-approved sci-fi thriller What Happened to Monday? will be released in August by Netflix. Additionally, Botkin's original spec script Show Dogs, directed by Raja Gosnell, is scheduled for release in January by Open Road Films, and his original screenplay Ponce has Mexican box-office king Eugenio Derbez attached to produce, direct and...
Botkin has several projects in various stages of development. He recently wrote two family films, Opposite Day and Cody: The Robosapien, both released by Anchor Bay, and his Black List-approved sci-fi thriller What Happened to Monday? will be released in August by Netflix. Additionally, Botkin's original spec script Show Dogs, directed by Raja Gosnell, is scheduled for release in January by Open Road Films, and his original screenplay Ponce has Mexican box-office king Eugenio Derbez attached to produce, direct and...
- 4/26/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Will Arnett is set to topline Show Dogs, the live-action family comedy being co-produced and co-financed by Open Road Films and Riverstone Pictures. Raja Gosnell is directing a script by Max Botkin. The pic, which just started shooting at Pinewood Studios Wales, will co-star Natasha Lyonne and feature the voices of Ludacris, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Gabriel Iglesias and Shaquille O'Neal. The pic was previously slotted for a November 10, 2017 wide release. The project…...
- 12/6/2016
- Deadline
Netflix is in final negotiations to pick up Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close‘s “What Happened to Monday?” The project, sold at the Toronto Film Festival, is directed by Tommy Wirkola and also stars Willem Dafoe. In the film, Rapace plays identical twin sisters who have to pretend to be the same person in a post-apocalyptic world where families are only allowed to have one child. “What Happened to Monday?” was produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis, Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi. Kerry Williamson and Max Botkin are co-writers and co-producers. Also Read: Noomi Rapace in Talks to Join Will Smith in David Ayer's.
- 9/13/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Open Road Films and Riverstone Pictures family adventure heads to the Croisette through the Open Road International arrangement with Glen Basner’s FilmNation.
Raja Gosnell of Scooby Doo and The Smurfs fame will direct the live-action project that Open Road and Riverstone will co-produce and co-finance.
Show Dogs has been earmarked for a September production start ahead of an October 13, 2017, Us release through Open Road.
The film will feature a cast of talking dogs led by Max, a solitary Rottweiler police dog who must learn to become a team player and go undercover to help his new human handler thwart an attack on a prestigious dog show by animal traffickers.
Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg and Deepak Nayar of Riverstone Pictures announced the project on Thursday.
Max Botkin wrote the screenplay and Nayar produces with Philip von Alvensleben.
Ortenberg, Nik Bower, Max Botkin, Gosnell, and Scott Lambert will serve as executive producers.
Gosnell is represented...
Raja Gosnell of Scooby Doo and The Smurfs fame will direct the live-action project that Open Road and Riverstone will co-produce and co-finance.
Show Dogs has been earmarked for a September production start ahead of an October 13, 2017, Us release through Open Road.
The film will feature a cast of talking dogs led by Max, a solitary Rottweiler police dog who must learn to become a team player and go undercover to help his new human handler thwart an attack on a prestigious dog show by animal traffickers.
Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg and Deepak Nayar of Riverstone Pictures announced the project on Thursday.
Max Botkin wrote the screenplay and Nayar produces with Philip von Alvensleben.
Ortenberg, Nik Bower, Max Botkin, Gosnell, and Scott Lambert will serve as executive producers.
Gosnell is represented...
- 4/28/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Open Road Films and Riverstone Pictures family adventure heads to the Croisette through the Open Road International arrangement with Glen Basner’s FilmNation.
Raja Gosnell of Scooby Doo and The Smurfs fame will direct the live-action project that Open Road and Riverstone will co-produce and co-finance.
Show Dogs has been earmarked for a September production start ahead of an October 13, 2017, Us release through Open Road.
The film will feature a cast of talking dogs led by Max, a solitary Rottweiler police dog who must learn to become a team player and go undercover to help his new human handler thwart an attack on a prestigious dog show by animal traffickers.
Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg and Deepak Nayar of Riverstone Pictures announced the project on Thursday.
Max Botkin wrote the screenplay and Nayar produces with Philip von Alvensleben.
Ortenberg, Nik Bower, Max Botkin, Gosnell, and Scott Lambert will serve as executive producers.
Gosnell is represented...
Raja Gosnell of Scooby Doo and The Smurfs fame will direct the live-action project that Open Road and Riverstone will co-produce and co-finance.
Show Dogs has been earmarked for a September production start ahead of an October 13, 2017, Us release through Open Road.
The film will feature a cast of talking dogs led by Max, a solitary Rottweiler police dog who must learn to become a team player and go undercover to help his new human handler thwart an attack on a prestigious dog show by animal traffickers.
Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg and Deepak Nayar of Riverstone Pictures announced the project on Thursday.
Max Botkin wrote the screenplay and Nayar produces with Philip von Alvensleben.
Ortenberg, Nik Bower, Max Botkin, Gosnell, and Scott Lambert will serve as executive producers.
Gosnell is represented...
- 4/28/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Willem Dafoe and Glenn Close are set to join Tommy Wirkola's sci-fi tale "What Happened to Monday?" which is set in a future where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic One-Child Policy.
Seven identical sisters (played by Noomi Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence who outwit authorities by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman. Each named after a day of the week, each can go outside of their apartment one day a week using their common identity. Then, one day, Monday does not come home.
Wirkola ("Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters") is directing from a script written by Kerry Williamson and Max Botkin. Marwan Kenzari, Christian Rubeck and Pal Sverre Hagen also star and filming is now underway in Bucharest at the Castel Film Studios.
Source: Deadline...
Seven identical sisters (played by Noomi Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence who outwit authorities by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman. Each named after a day of the week, each can go outside of their apartment one day a week using their common identity. Then, one day, Monday does not come home.
Wirkola ("Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters") is directing from a script written by Kerry Williamson and Max Botkin. Marwan Kenzari, Christian Rubeck and Pal Sverre Hagen also star and filming is now underway in Bucharest at the Castel Film Studios.
Source: Deadline...
- 7/31/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
What Happened to Monday? has begun production in Romania; new cast additions include Kon-Tiki’s Pal Sverre Hagen.
Willem Dafoe (The Grand Budapest Hotel) has joined Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close in sci-fi thriller What Happened to Monday?, which began principal photography at the Castel Film Studios in Bucharest on July 23 .
Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) directs the feature, which is produced by Vendome Pictures and Raffaella Productions and fully financed by Snd, which will handle French distribution rights as well as international sales.
New additional cast includes Marwan Kenzari (Accused, Reckless), Christian Rubeck (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and Pal Sverre Hagen (Kon-Tiki).
Set in a world where families are allowed only one child due to overpopulation, a resourceful set of seven identical sisters must avoid governmental execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Rapace - star of the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus - plays all seven...
Willem Dafoe (The Grand Budapest Hotel) has joined Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close in sci-fi thriller What Happened to Monday?, which began principal photography at the Castel Film Studios in Bucharest on July 23 .
Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) directs the feature, which is produced by Vendome Pictures and Raffaella Productions and fully financed by Snd, which will handle French distribution rights as well as international sales.
New additional cast includes Marwan Kenzari (Accused, Reckless), Christian Rubeck (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and Pal Sverre Hagen (Kon-Tiki).
Set in a world where families are allowed only one child due to overpopulation, a resourceful set of seven identical sisters must avoid governmental execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Rapace - star of the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus - plays all seven...
- 7/31/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
In a social media posting the other day, "Life of Pi" screenwriter David Magee revealed that he has finished his work on the script for the fourth film in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series:
"Completed the final draft of The Silver Chair today. I've had the immense pleasure to work on the project for over a year now. So fulfilling." [Source: NarniaWeb]
Napkin Notes
Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea's Pacific Standard production company is developing a film adaptation of Garth Callaghan's memoir "Napkin Notes" for New Line. The pair will produce the project.
Callaghan's book deals with how he began writing short inspirational notes on napkins to put in his daughter Emma’s lunchbox daily. It became more significant when he was given five separate cancer diagnoses. [Source: Variety]
The Nightingale
Ann Peacock ("The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe") has just...
In a social media posting the other day, "Life of Pi" screenwriter David Magee revealed that he has finished his work on the script for the fourth film in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series:
"Completed the final draft of The Silver Chair today. I've had the immense pleasure to work on the project for over a year now. So fulfilling." [Source: NarniaWeb]
Napkin Notes
Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea's Pacific Standard production company is developing a film adaptation of Garth Callaghan's memoir "Napkin Notes" for New Line. The pair will produce the project.
Callaghan's book deals with how he began writing short inspirational notes on napkins to put in his daughter Emma’s lunchbox daily. It became more significant when he was given five separate cancer diagnoses. [Source: Variety]
The Nightingale
Ann Peacock ("The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe") has just...
- 6/25/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Noomi Rapace to play seven sisters in What Happened to Monday?, co-starring Glenn Close.
Paris-based Snd has boarded Tommy Wirkola’s upcoming high-concept sci-fi action film What Happened to Monday?, starring Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close.
The previously announced project, which has been in development for some time, is produced by Vendome Pictures and Raffaella Production and fully financed by Snd, which will handle French distribution rights as well as international sales.
The partners announced on Wednesday (May 6) that the production is due to shoot in Bucharest late July.
“Working with Vendôme pictures and Raffaella productions to produce this project with us is a thrill. They have found and polished a gem of a story we are excited to bring to the screen. These producers have an amazing track record. We are thrilled to work with those two partners,” said Lionel Uzan, director of acquisitions and international sales at Snd.
It is a sixth...
Paris-based Snd has boarded Tommy Wirkola’s upcoming high-concept sci-fi action film What Happened to Monday?, starring Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close.
The previously announced project, which has been in development for some time, is produced by Vendome Pictures and Raffaella Production and fully financed by Snd, which will handle French distribution rights as well as international sales.
The partners announced on Wednesday (May 6) that the production is due to shoot in Bucharest late July.
“Working with Vendôme pictures and Raffaella productions to produce this project with us is a thrill. They have found and polished a gem of a story we are excited to bring to the screen. These producers have an amazing track record. We are thrilled to work with those two partners,” said Lionel Uzan, director of acquisitions and international sales at Snd.
It is a sixth...
- 5/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has set Max Botkin to write Prosthesis, the visually-driven science fiction film created by Arvind Palep, who’s attached to direct. Universal acquired the property based on a ten-minute teaser trailer, blending VFX with storyboards and live-action footage hatched by 1stAveMachine, the multimedia production company that Palep co-created with Serge Patzak. Latter will produce with Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson, with Gotham’s Peter McHugh exec producing with Sam Penfield. An earlier draft of the screenplay was written by Walking Dead showrunner Scott Gimple. Botkin wrote the Black List script What Happened To Monday, which is percolating at Vendome with Tommy Wirkola directing and Noomi Rapace attached to star. Verve, Eml Entertainment and attorney Larry Kopeikin rep the scribe. Universal’s Anikah McLaren and Chloe Yellin are overseeing. Palep is repped by Wme, The Gotham Group and attorney George Davis.
- 3/5/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
'Prometheus' star Noomi Rapace (below) has signed up to appear in the new indie sci-fi 'What Happened to Monday?' from Vendome and Raffaella Productions. Rapace will play multiple roles in the movie which takes place in a world where families are allowed only one child due to overpopulation. Rapace will play septuplet sisters who must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own. The project will be directed by 'Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters' and 'Dead Snow' helmer Tommy Wirkola who will direct from a script written by Max Botkin. Rapace's role was originally written for a male but was rewritten when Rapace met with Wirkola. As for the title...we have to assume it refers to the Monday's Child nursery rhyme and that this is the sibling whom has gone missing....
- 11/11/2013
- Horror Asylum
Noomi Rapace is playing sisters. Septuplet sisters. All seven of them. The “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” star has signed on to front the cast of “Dead Snow” and “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” director Tommy Wirkola’s “What Happened to Monday?”, in which she’ll play all seven septuplet sisters in the indie sci-fi drama. Based on a script by Max Botkin, “What Happened to Monday?” would find Rapace playing “the multiple roles of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings. The seven must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own.” So I’m guessing the rest of the sisters are named after days, being that Monday goes missing? Makes sense. Seven days, seven sisters. One actress. Hey, if anyone can do it, it’s the girl with the dragon tattoo.
- 10/29/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Dead Snow and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters director Tommy Wirkola has something more sci-fi involved for his next film, but we'd be remiss if we didn't at least give you guys a head's up about it. Read on for details.
THR reports Noomi Rapace has signed on to star in What Happened to Monday? an indie sci-fi drama from Tommy Wirkola. Following a script by Max Botkin, Monday will see Rapace play the multiple roles of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy outlaws siblings. The seven must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own.
The lead was originally written for a male actor but was rewritten when Rapace met with Wirkola. "Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of...
THR reports Noomi Rapace has signed on to star in What Happened to Monday? an indie sci-fi drama from Tommy Wirkola. Following a script by Max Botkin, Monday will see Rapace play the multiple roles of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy outlaws siblings. The seven must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own.
The lead was originally written for a male actor but was rewritten when Rapace met with Wirkola. "Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of...
- 10/29/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Noomi Rapace will take on seven roles in What Happened to Monday?
The Prometheus actress has been cast as septuplets in Tommy Wirkola's indie sci-fi drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film centres around the seven sisters who must keep their existence a secret in a future, overpopulated world with a strict one-child policy.
They must overcome their differences and work together to save one of their own and escape governmental execution.
Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters's Wirkola will direct from Max Botkin's script.
Although original written with a male lead in mind, the screenplay was reworked for Rapace.
The actress will next be seen in Animal Rescue and Child 44, both alongside Tom Hardy.
The Prometheus actress has been cast as septuplets in Tommy Wirkola's indie sci-fi drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film centres around the seven sisters who must keep their existence a secret in a future, overpopulated world with a strict one-child policy.
They must overcome their differences and work together to save one of their own and escape governmental execution.
Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters's Wirkola will direct from Max Botkin's script.
Although original written with a male lead in mind, the screenplay was reworked for Rapace.
The actress will next be seen in Animal Rescue and Child 44, both alongside Tom Hardy.
- 10/29/2013
- Digital Spy
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Noomi Rapace, has been cast as septuplets in What Happened to Monday?
The film follows “septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings. The seven must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own.”
Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters) is directing from a script by Max Botkin.
Here’s Wirkola on why he chose Rapace:
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor — male or female — to bring them to life.”
Source: THR
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The film follows “septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings. The seven must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own.”
Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters) is directing from a script by Max Botkin.
Here’s Wirkola on why he chose Rapace:
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor — male or female — to bring them to life.”
Source: THR
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- 10/29/2013
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
• Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) will play seven sisters in the dystopian pic What Happened to Monday? Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) is set to direct the movie about a set of septuplets born into a strictly enforced one-child per family society. Wirkola originally intended to cast a man in the lead. In the release announcing the news, he said: “I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor — male or female — to bring them to life.” Max Botkin wrote the script, which made the 2010 Black List. [THR]
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- 10/29/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Rummage through your memory for a second and cast your mind back to December 2011, when it appeared that Headhunters director Morten Tyldum would be making his English-language debut with acclaimed dystopian script Whatever Happened To Monday? That never quite worked out, and Tyldum moved on to other things. The project, however, has now re-emerged with Tommy Wirkola directing and Noomi Rapace starring.Max Botkin’s script is set in in an overpopulated world where the government has begun to enforce a harsh crackdown on family size. With the rules dictating just one child per couple, a brood of septuplet sisters must go on the run when one of them goes missing. They’ll have to overcome their own differences and the authorities to work out what happened.“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and...
- 10/29/2013
- EmpireOnline
Playing multiple characters is so hot right now. Taking a page from Tatiana Maslany and “Orphan Black”, Noomi Rapace is set to play no less than seven different characters in a new indie drama called “What Happened to Mondays?” according to THR. Max Botkin wrote the script about septuplet sisters who must remain hidden in [...]
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- 10/28/2013
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
It's always fun to see an actor challenge themselves by taking on a project that requires them to play more than one role, but now Noomi Rapace is taking that idea to some pretty extreme levels. The Swedish star has signed a deal to star in the upcoming indie sci-fi movie What Ever Happened To Monday?, a film that will require the actress to play seven different parts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the casting news, the film will be directed by Tommy Wirkola, who is best known for his Nazi zombie movie Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which was released earlier this year. The movie will be based on a screenplay by Max Botkin and is set in a futuristic world that has been damaged by dangerous overpopulation. In order to stop society from growing too large, a "one-child only" policy is created. ...
- 10/28/2013
- cinemablend.com
According to Variety, actress Noomi Rapace has just signed on for the sci-fi flick What Happened To Monday? Based on Max Botkin’s Black List script, the film has an extremely intriguing premise, which might see the actress taking on seven different roles.
The story follows seven sisters who live in an over-populated world where a one-child only policy is being enforced. In order to stay hidden and avoid execution by their government, the sisters must “overcome their own differences.” Unfortunately, those are all the plot details that we have for now but apparently, Botkin’s script has a lot of buzz surrounding it, so this is definitely a project worth keeping your eye on.
As mentioned above, Rapace will play all seven sisters, an ambitious challenge for the actress no doubt. In the director’s chair will be Tommy Wirkola, who previously gave us Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
The story follows seven sisters who live in an over-populated world where a one-child only policy is being enforced. In order to stay hidden and avoid execution by their government, the sisters must “overcome their own differences.” Unfortunately, those are all the plot details that we have for now but apparently, Botkin’s script has a lot of buzz surrounding it, so this is definitely a project worth keeping your eye on.
As mentioned above, Rapace will play all seven sisters, an ambitious challenge for the actress no doubt. In the director’s chair will be Tommy Wirkola, who previously gave us Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
- 10/28/2013
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Noomi Rapace has signed on to star in Tommy Wirkola’s “What Happened to Monday?” Max Botkin wrote the script, which was voted to the 2010 Black List. Rapace will play seven sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy outlaws siblings. Also Read: Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace Get Cozy in ‘Passion’ Trailer (Video) The lead role was initially written for a male actor, though the character’s gender was switched after Wirkola met with Rapace. “Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and.
- 10/28/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Noomi Rapace ("Prometheus," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") will take on seven roles in the sci-fi drama "What Happened to Monday?" for Vendome.
Rapace will portray a group of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
The role was originally written for a man, but Rapace's hiring has led to a re-conceptualisation.
Tommy Wirkola ("Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters") directs the film from a Black List script by Max Botkin. Raffaella De Laurentiis and Philippe Rousselet will produce.
Source: Variety...
Rapace will portray a group of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
The role was originally written for a man, but Rapace's hiring has led to a re-conceptualisation.
Tommy Wirkola ("Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters") directs the film from a Black List script by Max Botkin. Raffaella De Laurentiis and Philippe Rousselet will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 10/28/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While Jesse Eisenberg and Jake Gyllenhaal earned from fall festival buzz for the dual role turns in "The Double" and "Enemy," they're about be bested by none other than Noomi Rapace. Sorry boys. The actress has boarded the sci-fi flick "What Happened To Monday?" that'll find her playing all seven sisters in a family who live in world with a one-child only policy, and struggle to stay hidden and survive. It's a fascinating premise from the Black List script by Max Botkin but the red flag here is Tommy Wirkola. The "Dead Snow" and "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" director is going to helm this thing and really, that could see this going either way quality wise. Nonetheless, Rapace has swooped in a part that was originally written for a dude, so that's actually pretty cool. Financing is coming together but no word on when it will shoot. [Variety]...
- 10/28/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Noomi Rapace will star in What Happened To Monday? for director Tommy Wirkola.
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
- 10/28/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Noomi Rapace will star in What Happened To Monday? for director Tommy Wirkola.
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
- 10/28/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Breaking: Noomi Rapace has teamed with Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters helmer Tommy Wirkola for What Happened To Monday? The script, which made the Black List, was written by Max Botkin. Rapace will play the multiple roles of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings. Wirkola said he originally envisioned the protagonist(s) as male, but “I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” Wirkola said in a statement. That puts the breakout star of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in the rare company of female talent like Angelina Jolie, who succeeded Tom Cruise as the star of Salt. Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions, along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet. Vendome is also financing the film.
- 10/28/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Noomi Rapace has signed on to star in What Happened to Monday? an indie sci-fi drama from Tommy Wirkola, the writer-director of Dead Snow and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Following a script by Max Botkin, Monday will see Rapace play the multiple roles of septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings. The seven must overcome their own differences and avoid government execution in order to solve the disappearance of one of their own. Photos: 10 Classic Sci-Fi Movies With Better Effects Than Modern Films
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- 10/28/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Originally announced for Morten Tyldum to direct back in 2011 , the dystopic sci-fi drama What Happened to Monday? is now moving forward with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters ' Tommy Wirkola at the helm and, as Deadline has just announced, Noomi Rapace in the lead. Written by Max Botkin, the film follows identical septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a .one child. policy dictates that siblings are against the law. Rapace, who starred earlier this year in Dead Man Down , will play all seven septuplets whose very existence is against the law. She can be seen coming up pulling double duty opposite Tom Hardy in both Animal Rescue and Child 44 . (Photo Credit: WENN.com)...
- 10/28/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Stars: Kim Coates, Penelope Ann Miller, Joaquim de Almeida, David Eigenberg, Jae Head, Bobby Coleman, Peter Jason, Holliston Coleman, Billy Slaughter | Written by Avi Arad, Max Botkin | Directed by Sean McNamara
Originally announced way back in 2008, Robosapien has had a long gestation period and has gone through numerous re-titles (including Cody the Robosapien and Robosapien: Rebooted) since being filmed in New Orleans some 5 years ago. Helmed by longtime kids TV director Sean McNamara (Even Stevens, That’s So Raven, Bratz), the film is a family-friendly adventure film with a heart, the type of movie which rarely gets made outside of the TV movie arena these days…
The film is based (loosely) on Wow Wee’s robotic toy of the same name, and tells the story of an inventor working for Kinetech Labs who designs a robot for search and rescue missions that has the ability to mimic human actions and emotions.
Originally announced way back in 2008, Robosapien has had a long gestation period and has gone through numerous re-titles (including Cody the Robosapien and Robosapien: Rebooted) since being filmed in New Orleans some 5 years ago. Helmed by longtime kids TV director Sean McNamara (Even Stevens, That’s So Raven, Bratz), the film is a family-friendly adventure film with a heart, the type of movie which rarely gets made outside of the TV movie arena these days…
The film is based (loosely) on Wow Wee’s robotic toy of the same name, and tells the story of an inventor working for Kinetech Labs who designs a robot for search and rescue missions that has the ability to mimic human actions and emotions.
- 5/2/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Coming off his thriller Headhunters — which premiered at Tiff this past September — Morten Tyldum is currently prepping his latest project, which Variety says is an American feature for Vendome Pictures What Happened to Monday?
Max Botkin has written the script, with Raffaella De Laurentiis serving as producer alongside Vendome CEO Philippe Rousselet. The script “follows identical septuplet brothers who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy outlaws siblings.” With Monday being his first U.S. feature, there’s a good chance that Tyldum will be able to show off his directing style for an audience unfamiliar with his work.
If you want more of the talented Norwegian, Headhunters will also be released in the United States this coming spring.
Are you interested in Tyldum’s new project?...
Max Botkin has written the script, with Raffaella De Laurentiis serving as producer alongside Vendome CEO Philippe Rousselet. The script “follows identical septuplet brothers who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy outlaws siblings.” With Monday being his first U.S. feature, there’s a good chance that Tyldum will be able to show off his directing style for an audience unfamiliar with his work.
If you want more of the talented Norwegian, Headhunters will also be released in the United States this coming spring.
Are you interested in Tyldum’s new project?...
- 12/8/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
After scoring a huge box office smash with his adaptation of Jo Nesbo's Headhunters Norwegian director Morten Tyldum will be coming to America to tackle English language scifi thriller What Happened To Monday?Based on the Black List script by Max Botkin, the film revolves around septuplet brothers - presumably named after the days of the week - trying to stay hidden in a near future world governed by a strictly enforced one child policy as a measure against over population. Vendome Pictures are backing the project which was developed by producer Raffaella De Laurentiis at Raffaella Productions....
- 12/8/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Norwegian director Morten Tyldum ("Headhunters") will make his American feature debut on "What Happened to Monday?" for Vendome Pictures reports Variety
The story centers on identical septuplet brothers, who try to remain hidden in a world where each family is only allowed one child.
Max Botkin wrote the 2010 Black List-making script while Raffaella De Laurentiis and Philippe Rousselet are producing...
The story centers on identical septuplet brothers, who try to remain hidden in a world where each family is only allowed one child.
Max Botkin wrote the 2010 Black List-making script while Raffaella De Laurentiis and Philippe Rousselet are producing...
- 12/8/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Morten Tyldum, the Norwegian director of "Headhunters" -- the most successful Norwegian film in history -- has signed on to the thriller "What Happened to Monday?," Vendome Pictures announced Wednesday. Vendome decided to finance the movie in December 2010 -- just after Max Botkin's script was named to the Black List of best unproduced screenplays. "What Happened to Monday" is about identical septuplets who try to hide in an overpopulated world in which it is against the law to have more than one child. Raffaella De Laurentiis developed the project and will produce with...
- 12/8/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
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