Actor Alex Wolff, who was last seen in Michael Sarnoski's critically acclaimed film "Pig," has found his next project. The actor will star in Oscar-winning filmmaker Aaron Schneider's "Untold" (via Deadline), a Holocaust survival drama based on the autobiography "I Escaped From Auschwitz" penned by Holocaust survivor Rudolf Vrba. The remarkable story is a firsthand account of Vrba's experiences as a registrar at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest German Nazi concentration camp and extermination center in German-occupied Poland, and documents the heroic tale of his escape. His memoir is supported by testimonies that illustrate the unbearable, vivid horror he experienced during his 21-month internment.
Alex Wolff will portray Vrba in the film with Schneider at the helm. The filmmaker's latest slew of projects includes the Oscar and British Academy-nominated "Greyhound," the Apple TV World War II drama starring Tom Hanks. Schneider won the Academy Award back in 2003 for "Two...
Alex Wolff will portray Vrba in the film with Schneider at the helm. The filmmaker's latest slew of projects includes the Oscar and British Academy-nominated "Greyhound," the Apple TV World War II drama starring Tom Hanks. Schneider won the Academy Award back in 2003 for "Two...
- 8/26/2022
- by Fatemeh Mirjalili
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Next Productions, a subsidiary of sales agency The Exchange, has boarded production, financing and sales of concentration camp survival and escape drama Untold, with Oscar-winning director Aaron Schneider attached to direct.
Untold is based on the autobiography I Escaped From Auschwitz by Holocaust survivor and documenter Rudi Vrba. Next Productions and parent company The Exchange have jointly optioned feature script and book rights.
Award-winning actor Alex Wolff is set to star as Vrba and casting is underway for other major roles, ahead of a potential early 2023 shoot.
Schneider’s recent credits include Academy Award and Bafta-nominated Apple TV World War Two drama Greyhound starring Tom Hanks, while the director won the Oscar for the best live-action short in 2003 for Two Soldiers.
Vrba’s memoir has been adapted by Black List screenwriters Evan Parter and Paul Hilborn in partnership with producer Ben Shields Catlin at Story in the Sky,...
Untold is based on the autobiography I Escaped From Auschwitz by Holocaust survivor and documenter Rudi Vrba. Next Productions and parent company The Exchange have jointly optioned feature script and book rights.
Award-winning actor Alex Wolff is set to star as Vrba and casting is underway for other major roles, ahead of a potential early 2023 shoot.
Schneider’s recent credits include Academy Award and Bafta-nominated Apple TV World War Two drama Greyhound starring Tom Hanks, while the director won the Oscar for the best live-action short in 2003 for Two Soldiers.
Vrba’s memoir has been adapted by Black List screenwriters Evan Parter and Paul Hilborn in partnership with producer Ben Shields Catlin at Story in the Sky,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Ben Shields Catlin has teamed with Black List screenwriters Evan Parter and Paul Hilborn to develop a feature adaptation to I Escaped From Auschwitz memoir by Rudi Vrba. It details Vrba’s experience in a concentration camp as well as his harrowing escape.
In 1942, Vrba was deported to Auschwitz at the age of 18 from his hometown in Slovakia. He became connected to the underground resistance within the camp where he and his friend Fred Wetzler devised an ingenious escape plan. In the Spring of 1944, they broke out of the prison, just as the Nazi’s Final Solution was heading into its deadliest months. Once free, Vrba and Wetzler set off an epic manhunt for them through nearly 100 miles of treacherous Nazi territory, being tracked by SS search parties desperate to hunt them down. After multiple close calls, they made it back home to Slovakia where they would write...
In 1942, Vrba was deported to Auschwitz at the age of 18 from his hometown in Slovakia. He became connected to the underground resistance within the camp where he and his friend Fred Wetzler devised an ingenious escape plan. In the Spring of 1944, they broke out of the prison, just as the Nazi’s Final Solution was heading into its deadliest months. Once free, Vrba and Wetzler set off an epic manhunt for them through nearly 100 miles of treacherous Nazi territory, being tracked by SS search parties desperate to hunt them down. After multiple close calls, they made it back home to Slovakia where they would write...
- 4/14/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Invisible Monsters was published 20 years ago today, and now Fabrik Entertainment in developing the book for television. Legion and Outlander writer Jennifer Yale is adapting the property.
Bosch producer Fabrik has optioned Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk’s novel, marking the first time one of his books has been adapted for TV. Fabrik CEO Henrik Bastin and President Melissa Aouate are executive producing, and VP Development Paul Hilborn — who brought the project to the company — is shepherding the development process.
Invisible Monsters centers on a fashion model who has everything: the perfect boyfriend, a thriving career, a loyal best friend — until a freeway accident leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech. She quickly goes from the beautiful center of attention to being perceived as an invisible monster. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a woman. Brandy teaches the now-former fashion model that reinventing one’s self...
Bosch producer Fabrik has optioned Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk’s novel, marking the first time one of his books has been adapted for TV. Fabrik CEO Henrik Bastin and President Melissa Aouate are executive producing, and VP Development Paul Hilborn — who brought the project to the company — is shepherding the development process.
Invisible Monsters centers on a fashion model who has everything: the perfect boyfriend, a thriving career, a loyal best friend — until a freeway accident leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech. She quickly goes from the beautiful center of attention to being perceived as an invisible monster. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a woman. Brandy teaches the now-former fashion model that reinventing one’s self...
- 9/17/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fabrik Entertainment, the producer of Amazon's hit crime drama Bosch, has upped Melissa Aouate to Head of Development. The exec succeeds Kristen Campo, who left the company in October. Aouate is making the jump from her role as Svp of Development and Production. She will continue to be supported by Abbey Morris and Paul Hilborn, who have been promoted to VPs. Prior to joining Fabrik, Aouate was a literary agent at ICM Partners and a film and television…...
- 11/17/2016
- Deadline TV
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