Erik Poppe, Paul Mayersberg, Aage Aaberge team on painter biopic.
Erik Poppe is attached to direct a new biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch.
Poppe, whose latest drama A Thousand Times Goodnight took the Best Film Prize at this week’s Amanda Awards in Norway, will collaborate on the project with veteran UK writer Paul Mayersberg (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) and Norwegian producer Aage Aaberge (Kon-Tiki).
Aaberge, of Neofilm told ScreenDaily at Haugesund that the film is “a dream project” of his.
“For eight years I have wanted to make a film of Munch, Norway’s greatest artists,” he said. “After all, the latest effort, by UK director Peter Watkins, dates back to 1974.”
“But it was difficult to find the right way to approach the project, until I met writer-director Paul Mayersberg.”
Loosely based on Norwegian author Ketil Bjørnstad’s book, The Story of Edvard Munch, the film will...
Erik Poppe is attached to direct a new biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch.
Poppe, whose latest drama A Thousand Times Goodnight took the Best Film Prize at this week’s Amanda Awards in Norway, will collaborate on the project with veteran UK writer Paul Mayersberg (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) and Norwegian producer Aage Aaberge (Kon-Tiki).
Aaberge, of Neofilm told ScreenDaily at Haugesund that the film is “a dream project” of his.
“For eight years I have wanted to make a film of Munch, Norway’s greatest artists,” he said. “After all, the latest effort, by UK director Peter Watkins, dates back to 1974.”
“But it was difficult to find the right way to approach the project, until I met writer-director Paul Mayersberg.”
Loosely based on Norwegian author Ketil Bjørnstad’s book, The Story of Edvard Munch, the film will...
- 8/19/2014
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sweden’s Tre Vanner and Norway’s Motlys team for prestigious crime thriller based on Karin Fossum bestseller.
Hans Petter Moland, who premieres In Order Of Disappearance in Berlinale Competition, will direct The Indian Bride (Elskede Poona), adapted from Karin Fossum’s bestseller of the same title. The film is set for a summer 2015 shoot in India and rural Norway on a budget of €4-5m.
The psychological drama/tragic love story will be produced as a joint venture between Scandinavian powerhouses Tre Vanner/Svensk (Sweden) and Motlys (Norway). The lead producers are Helen Ahlsson (The Fjallbacka Murders) of Tre Vanner/Svensk and Yngve Saether (The Orheim Company) of Motlys.
Erlend Loe, novelist and award-winning screenwriter, adapts the script. He says of the film: “It’s a different kind of crime story, it’s much more into character and just being there, its not a mathematical unfolding of plot.”
Ahlsson, who said...
Hans Petter Moland, who premieres In Order Of Disappearance in Berlinale Competition, will direct The Indian Bride (Elskede Poona), adapted from Karin Fossum’s bestseller of the same title. The film is set for a summer 2015 shoot in India and rural Norway on a budget of €4-5m.
The psychological drama/tragic love story will be produced as a joint venture between Scandinavian powerhouses Tre Vanner/Svensk (Sweden) and Motlys (Norway). The lead producers are Helen Ahlsson (The Fjallbacka Murders) of Tre Vanner/Svensk and Yngve Saether (The Orheim Company) of Motlys.
Erlend Loe, novelist and award-winning screenwriter, adapts the script. He says of the film: “It’s a different kind of crime story, it’s much more into character and just being there, its not a mathematical unfolding of plot.”
Ahlsson, who said...
- 2/8/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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