Billed as the first-ever Stephen King work to be adapted entirely in the Farsi language, the upcoming short film The Last King will adapt King’s short story, The Doctor’s Case.
Variety details today, “The timely short film, which is in Farsi, is set in Iran and reflects the country’s ongoing “Woman, Life, Freedom” revolution. It stars Iranian-American actors such as international comedian Maz Jobrani and the star of Apple TVs “Tehran,” Sheila Ommi.”
The Last King is a short film that tells the story of world famous Iranian detective Shahriar and his ward Vahid who are called upon the murder of a shipping magnate. His list of suspects, short but close to him, his three daughters and wife stand by as they tell their version of the events leading up to the patriarchs death.
The Last King is part of the first slate of productions from Aladdin actor Mena Massoud‘s company,...
Variety details today, “The timely short film, which is in Farsi, is set in Iran and reflects the country’s ongoing “Woman, Life, Freedom” revolution. It stars Iranian-American actors such as international comedian Maz Jobrani and the star of Apple TVs “Tehran,” Sheila Ommi.”
The Last King is a short film that tells the story of world famous Iranian detective Shahriar and his ward Vahid who are called upon the murder of a shipping magnate. His list of suspects, short but close to him, his three daughters and wife stand by as they tell their version of the events leading up to the patriarchs death.
The Last King is part of the first slate of productions from Aladdin actor Mena Massoud‘s company,...
- 2/7/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Aladdin” star Mena Massoud has revealed the first slate of projects out of his company Press Play Productions, which aims to bridge the gap between Hollywood and the Middle East and North Africa.
With offices in Dubai and Los Angeles, Press Play was founded by Massoud and producing partner Ali Mashayekhi, who heads content development in North America. George Shehata oversees content development in the Mena region.
Massoud, who is of Egyptian heritage, broke out playing Aladdin in Guy Ritchie’s live-action adaptation of the Disney film. His other credits include Prime Video’s “Hotel for the Holidays,” the animated feature “Lamya’s Poem” and Hulu series “Reprisal.”
The company’s slate include Canadian TV series “Evolving Vegan,” as well as the films “In Broad Daylight,” the Stephen King adaptation “The Last King” and festival title “Spaceman.”
Bell Media original series “Evolving Vegan” is slated to debut this spring in Canada...
With offices in Dubai and Los Angeles, Press Play was founded by Massoud and producing partner Ali Mashayekhi, who heads content development in North America. George Shehata oversees content development in the Mena region.
Massoud, who is of Egyptian heritage, broke out playing Aladdin in Guy Ritchie’s live-action adaptation of the Disney film. His other credits include Prime Video’s “Hotel for the Holidays,” the animated feature “Lamya’s Poem” and Hulu series “Reprisal.”
The company’s slate include Canadian TV series “Evolving Vegan,” as well as the films “In Broad Daylight,” the Stephen King adaptation “The Last King” and festival title “Spaceman.”
Bell Media original series “Evolving Vegan” is slated to debut this spring in Canada...
- 2/7/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
A special guest star will help Young Rock wrap up its season. Joining Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the two-part season two finale of the NBC comedy is none other than Hollywood legend Forest Whitaker, and E! News has your exclusive first look at his upcoming appearance. Whitaker will star as himself in the show's future timeline, which sees Johnson running for President in 2032. The only thing standing in The Rock's way? His childhood nemesis Julian Echo (Sean Astin), who's had his sights set on ruining Johnson's Potus dreams all season long. A little rivalry isn't anything The Last King star can't tackle, especially with the help of some drinks. The...
- 5/23/2022
- E! Online
“Images of a Nordic Drama,” the debut documentary by Oscar-nominated Norwegian director Nils Gaup, has debuted its teaser trailer, ahead of its international premiere at Hot Docs.
The film follows art collector Haakon Mehren who faces unexpected resistance while championing the work of an unknown Norwegian artist after finding a cache of paintings in a barn.
Despite success abroad, the undiscovered work of Aksel Waldemar Johannessen, a contemporary of Edvard Munch, takes nearly three decades to launch in Norway. The painter’s depictions of prostitutes and drunks living in miserable poverty offend the aesthetics of Norway’s art establishment and challenge the canon to the point of sabotaging his rediscovery.
Gaup said that he decided to make the film after visiting an Edvard Munch art exhibition in a museum in Vienna in 2009. “There I discovered some paintings by an unknown Norwegian artist – Aksel Waldemar Johannesen. I had never heard of...
The film follows art collector Haakon Mehren who faces unexpected resistance while championing the work of an unknown Norwegian artist after finding a cache of paintings in a barn.
Despite success abroad, the undiscovered work of Aksel Waldemar Johannessen, a contemporary of Edvard Munch, takes nearly three decades to launch in Norway. The painter’s depictions of prostitutes and drunks living in miserable poverty offend the aesthetics of Norway’s art establishment and challenge the canon to the point of sabotaging his rediscovery.
Gaup said that he decided to make the film after visiting an Edvard Munch art exhibition in a museum in Vienna in 2009. “There I discovered some paintings by an unknown Norwegian artist – Aksel Waldemar Johannesen. I had never heard of...
- 4/21/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Although Kathleen Barber’s 2017 novel “Are You Sleeping?” was a direct piece of source material for Apple TV Plus’ limited series “Truth Be Told,” it was far from the only one on which creator and showrunner Nichelle Tramble Spellman relied to create her television series about “a family’s tragedy becoming water cooler talk.”
The story centers on a nuclear family whose patriarch was killed decades before the events of the show take place. The family’s teenage neighbor was accused and later convicted of the crime, and one of the family’s teenage daughters (both played by Lizzy Caplan) testified during that trial. Then, journalist Poppy Parnell’s (Octavia Spencer) reporting on the case made it seem like he was guilty, but now, she is having doubts and re-opens the case by starting a podcast about it.
“It’s kind of a family drama masquerading as a crime drama.
The story centers on a nuclear family whose patriarch was killed decades before the events of the show take place. The family’s teenage neighbor was accused and later convicted of the crime, and one of the family’s teenage daughters (both played by Lizzy Caplan) testified during that trial. Then, journalist Poppy Parnell’s (Octavia Spencer) reporting on the case made it seem like he was guilty, but now, she is having doubts and re-opens the case by starting a podcast about it.
“It’s kind of a family drama masquerading as a crime drama.
- 12/2/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Mar 5, 2019
Joe Wright’s next movie will return him to World War II, this time from an American’s perspective, with In the Garden of Beasts.
Director Joe Wright appears to be on the verge of returning to the historical backdrop of World War II, which, of course, recently yielded a bevy of BAFTA and Oscar-winning success in 2018 for his Winston Churchill biopic, Darkest Hour, this time eyeing the big chair for non-fiction book adaptation In the Garden of Beasts.
StudioCanal and Playtone Productions are finalizing negotiations with Wright to direct the historical thriller, according to Variety. The film will adapt Erik Larson’s 2011 New York Times bestselling book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, which was quickly optioned for adaptation in its release year by Tom Hanks through his Playtone shingle. Flashing forward to now, the project appears to...
Joe Wright’s next movie will return him to World War II, this time from an American’s perspective, with In the Garden of Beasts.
Director Joe Wright appears to be on the verge of returning to the historical backdrop of World War II, which, of course, recently yielded a bevy of BAFTA and Oscar-winning success in 2018 for his Winston Churchill biopic, Darkest Hour, this time eyeing the big chair for non-fiction book adaptation In the Garden of Beasts.
StudioCanal and Playtone Productions are finalizing negotiations with Wright to direct the historical thriller, according to Variety. The film will adapt Erik Larson’s 2011 New York Times bestselling book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, which was quickly optioned for adaptation in its release year by Tom Hanks through his Playtone shingle. Flashing forward to now, the project appears to...
- 3/5/2019
- Den of Geek
After a relatively fallow 2017, European sales companies at Busan’s Asian Film Market, which runs Oct. 6-9, appear to be headed back to the halcyon days of 2016, despite the damp weather conditions. Statistics from European Film Promotion (Efp), a constant presence at the market since 2006 via their Europe Umbrella business hub for European sales companies, tell the tale.Europeans Get Back to Business at the Asian Film Market
At the 2016 market, 27 European companies represented 105 films, of which 48, or 45.71%, were sold across Asia. These included “Night of a 1000 Hours,” sold by Germany’s Picture Tree Intl., and “Porto,” sold by Poland’s New Europe Film Sales. In 2017, 30 companies represented 119 films, of which 47, or 39.49%, were sold to Asian territories, including “Bpm (Beats Per Minute),” sold by France’s Playtime, and “The Insult,” repped by fellow French outfit Alpha Violet.
In 2018, reflecting what has been a strong year for European cinema, there are...
At the 2016 market, 27 European companies represented 105 films, of which 48, or 45.71%, were sold across Asia. These included “Night of a 1000 Hours,” sold by Germany’s Picture Tree Intl., and “Porto,” sold by Poland’s New Europe Film Sales. In 2017, 30 companies represented 119 films, of which 47, or 39.49%, were sold to Asian territories, including “Bpm (Beats Per Minute),” sold by France’s Playtime, and “The Insult,” repped by fellow French outfit Alpha Violet.
In 2018, reflecting what has been a strong year for European cinema, there are...
- 10/5/2018
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Metropolitan Filmexport takes historical drama from TrustNordisk.
TrustNordisk has sold The Last King (Birkebeinerne) to French distributor Metropolitan Filmexport.
The deal was negotiated between Nicolai Korsgaard from TrustNordisk and Cyril Burkel from Metropolitan.
The film has previously sold to North America (Magnolia), Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Koch), Italy (Minerva), Czech Republic (Film Europe Media Company), Middle East (Gulf Film), India (Pictureworks) and Estonia (Estinfilm).
Nils Gaup directs the historical drama about two Norwegian warriors who escape across the mountains in 1204 to bring the last remaining heir to the throne to safety. The cast includes Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Child 44).
TrustNordisk has sold The Last King (Birkebeinerne) to French distributor Metropolitan Filmexport.
The deal was negotiated between Nicolai Korsgaard from TrustNordisk and Cyril Burkel from Metropolitan.
The film has previously sold to North America (Magnolia), Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Koch), Italy (Minerva), Czech Republic (Film Europe Media Company), Middle East (Gulf Film), India (Pictureworks) and Estonia (Estinfilm).
Nils Gaup directs the historical drama about two Norwegian warriors who escape across the mountains in 1204 to bring the last remaining heir to the throne to safety. The cast includes Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Child 44).
- 2/13/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Pernilla August’s new adaption of A Serious Game, scriped by Lone Scherfig, is among the 11 works-in-progress set to be introduced at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films
Swedish actress-turned-writer/director Pernilla August, whose latest film Beyond (Svinalängorna, 2010) garnered her three Guldbaggar – Sweden’s national film award – and the Nordic Council Film Prize, will introduce her new feature A Serious Game (Den allvarsamma leken) in New Nordic Films at the Norwegian International Film Festival (Aug 15-21) in Haugesund.
Norwegian director Anja Breien’s 1977 adaptation of Swedish author Hjalmar Söderberg’s 1912 novel is also screening in the festival programme.
Danish writer-director Lone Scherfig has scripted the new version of the passionate love between Arvid and Lydia (Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof), which Patrik Andersson, Frida Barzgo and Fredrik Heinig are producing for A B-Reel Production.
A Serious Game is one of 11 new Nordic productions, which will be presented tomorrow and Thursday (Aug 19-20) at Haugesund’s Scandic Maritim: six from...
Swedish actress-turned-writer/director Pernilla August, whose latest film Beyond (Svinalängorna, 2010) garnered her three Guldbaggar – Sweden’s national film award – and the Nordic Council Film Prize, will introduce her new feature A Serious Game (Den allvarsamma leken) in New Nordic Films at the Norwegian International Film Festival (Aug 15-21) in Haugesund.
Norwegian director Anja Breien’s 1977 adaptation of Swedish author Hjalmar Söderberg’s 1912 novel is also screening in the festival programme.
Danish writer-director Lone Scherfig has scripted the new version of the passionate love between Arvid and Lydia (Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof), which Patrik Andersson, Frida Barzgo and Fredrik Heinig are producing for A B-Reel Production.
A Serious Game is one of 11 new Nordic productions, which will be presented tomorrow and Thursday (Aug 19-20) at Haugesund’s Scandic Maritim: six from...
- 8/18/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
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