The directors of hit Turkish biopic “Bergen,” Mehmet Binay and M. Caner Alper, have signed with CAA for representation.
“Bergen” tells the story of 1980s Turkish pop singer Bergen, who grappled with a violent husband that hired someone to pour nitric acid on her face and later shot and killed her. The film follows the singer’s meteoric rise from cello player to becoming Turkey’s “Queen of Arabesque,” all while struggling with a partner hellbent on sabotaging her career.
As previously reported by Variety, the film has become a sleeper box office hit across West Asia where it has resonated with audiences for its potent message about domestic violence. In Turkey, the film sparked controversy and heightened awareness of the government’s lenience towards perpetrators of femicide after the country last year formally left the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe treaty that requires signatories to fight violence against women.
“Bergen” tells the story of 1980s Turkish pop singer Bergen, who grappled with a violent husband that hired someone to pour nitric acid on her face and later shot and killed her. The film follows the singer’s meteoric rise from cello player to becoming Turkey’s “Queen of Arabesque,” all while struggling with a partner hellbent on sabotaging her career.
As previously reported by Variety, the film has become a sleeper box office hit across West Asia where it has resonated with audiences for its potent message about domestic violence. In Turkey, the film sparked controversy and heightened awareness of the government’s lenience towards perpetrators of femicide after the country last year formally left the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe treaty that requires signatories to fight violence against women.
- 7/29/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
A Turkish biopic about 1980s pop singer Bergen, who grappled with a violent husband that hired someone to pour nitric acid on her face and later shot and killed her, is becoming a sleeper box office hit across West Asia.
The potent female empowerment film, titled “Bergen,” follows the singer’s meteoric rise from cello player to becoming Turkey’s “Queen of Arabesque,” all while struggling with a partner hellbent on sabotaging her career. The pic is helmed by Turkish directorial duo Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay, who are known for works driven by civil liberties and gender issues such as the 2015 drama “Drawers,” about a teenage girl’s sexuality.
Upon grossing a substantial 10 million-plus intake at Turkish cinemas, “Bergen” is now scoring brisk box office returns across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon and Oman. The pic has drawn more than 300,000 admissions and made more than 4.8 million...
The potent female empowerment film, titled “Bergen,” follows the singer’s meteoric rise from cello player to becoming Turkey’s “Queen of Arabesque,” all while struggling with a partner hellbent on sabotaging her career. The pic is helmed by Turkish directorial duo Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay, who are known for works driven by civil liberties and gender issues such as the 2015 drama “Drawers,” about a teenage girl’s sexuality.
Upon grossing a substantial 10 million-plus intake at Turkish cinemas, “Bergen” is now scoring brisk box office returns across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon and Oman. The pic has drawn more than 300,000 admissions and made more than 4.8 million...
- 7/22/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Broadway’s long-running musical Chicago has cast Madam Secretary actor Erich Bergen in the role of Billy Flynn, producers announced today.
Bergen will join the show on Monday, August 1, and continue through Sunday, September 11. The musical revival is playing at the Ambassador Theatre.
Bergen is the latest actor best known for TV and film roles to join the Chicago production. Pamela Anderson made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the production this past spring.
Bergen is best known as Blake Moran on the Madam Secretary, and was most recently seen as Ada Robert Jones on the final season of Bull. He portrayed Bob Gaudio in the film adaptation of Jersey Boys, reprising his performance from the touring and Las Vegas casts of the stage production.
On Broadway, Bergen appeared as Dr. Pomatter in Waitress. Other TV and film credits include Gossip Girl, The Good Fight and Humor Me.
Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler,...
Bergen will join the show on Monday, August 1, and continue through Sunday, September 11. The musical revival is playing at the Ambassador Theatre.
Bergen is the latest actor best known for TV and film roles to join the Chicago production. Pamela Anderson made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the production this past spring.
Bergen is best known as Blake Moran on the Madam Secretary, and was most recently seen as Ada Robert Jones on the final season of Bull. He portrayed Bob Gaudio in the film adaptation of Jersey Boys, reprising his performance from the touring and Las Vegas casts of the stage production.
On Broadway, Bergen appeared as Dr. Pomatter in Waitress. Other TV and film credits include Gossip Girl, The Good Fight and Humor Me.
Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler,...
- 7/18/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Monday Update, with The Batman actuals: Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman has flown even higher with actuals now counted. The international box office total for opening weekend came in at $124.2M, per the studio (up $4.2M from Sunday’s projection). Combined with domestic’s updated take of $134M through yesterday, this brings the global debut on the Robert Pattinson-starrer to $258.2M — a nearly $10M increase on the Sunday estimates.
With the updated figures, like-for-like overseas comps at today’s rates have moved in The Batman‘s favor. The opening is now 5% below The Dark Knight Rises, 14% ahead of Justice League, 48% over Wonder Woman, 50% above The Dark Knight and 152% over pandemic release Godzilla Vs Kong.
There were slight shifts in individual market cumes within the Top 5 which includes the UK at a confirmed $18.1M, followed by Mexico at $12.1M, Australia at $9.3M, Brazil with $8.8M and France at $8.4M.
With the updated figures, like-for-like overseas comps at today’s rates have moved in The Batman‘s favor. The opening is now 5% below The Dark Knight Rises, 14% ahead of Justice League, 48% over Wonder Woman, 50% above The Dark Knight and 152% over pandemic release Godzilla Vs Kong.
There were slight shifts in individual market cumes within the Top 5 which includes the UK at a confirmed $18.1M, followed by Mexico at $12.1M, Australia at $9.3M, Brazil with $8.8M and France at $8.4M.
- 3/7/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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