Mad Heidi is an action-adventure-comedy-horror parody of the much-loved children's storybook character Heidi. Now all grown up, Heidi is just a girl from the Alps in an alternative Switzerland that has fallen under fascist rule. Little does she know that her yearning for personal freedom will be the spark that ignites a revolution.
From fondue torture to death by chocolate, Mad Heidi is a true Swissploitation film. Think Kill Bill meets The Sound of Music.
The film is directed by Tero Kaukomaa.
Check out the trailer below:...
From fondue torture to death by chocolate, Mad Heidi is a true Swissploitation film. Think Kill Bill meets The Sound of Music.
The film is directed by Tero Kaukomaa.
Check out the trailer below:...
- 9/29/2022
- QuietEarth.us
FilmChain builds bespoke collection system for Mad Invest using blockchain.
The team behind upcoming feature Mad Heidi has launched a crowdfunding initiative for fans to invest in the film and share in any future profits.
The genre twist on the classic character is from the producer of Iron Sky and has already explored traditional crowdfunding and raised $281,000 – mostly in merchandise sales – over the past two years for the development of the film.
Now, in a bid to raise most of its production finance, fans are being invited to invest in the project for a share of the revenue. The Mad...
The team behind upcoming feature Mad Heidi has launched a crowdfunding initiative for fans to invest in the film and share in any future profits.
The genre twist on the classic character is from the producer of Iron Sky and has already explored traditional crowdfunding and raised $281,000 – mostly in merchandise sales – over the past two years for the development of the film.
Now, in a bid to raise most of its production finance, fans are being invited to invest in the project for a share of the revenue. The Mad...
- 9/30/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The team behind the world’s first Swissploitation movie today announced that cult US screenwriter, actor, director and producer Trent Haaga has joined Mad Heidi’s scriptwriting team. The award-winning Haaga has been involved in over 100 films in a long and sometimes controversial career. Mad Heidi is being produced by Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa and …
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- 7/29/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
"I love the smell of cheese in the morning." Time to fight back against the evil "cheese-fueled machinery of hate"! It's all been there: Blaxploitation, Mexploitation, Sexploitation, Nunsploitation, Naziploitation. We think it's about time for the first Swissploitation film! Let's take famous Swiss mountain girl Heidi, cheese and the beautiful alps and combine them with Nazi gold, chocolate and Fondue. Add a few gallons of blood and lots of fun. That's Mad Heidi! From the producer of Iron Sky (Tero Kaukomaa), this faux-vintage action film introduces us to the "Swissploitation" subgenre by exploiting and exaggerating Swiss clichés in the best tradition of classic exploitation films. In Mad Heidi, the famous "Heidi" character – now grown-up – has to liberate Switzerland from a cheese dictatorship. No official cast has been announced, as the project is still finalizing funding to begin filming. If you want to support Heidi's fight, then join in and buy Heidi Bonds!
- 7/19/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A couple years ago we first reported about a crowdfunding campaign launched to support the creation of Mad Heidi, the first Swissploitation film. Produced by Iron Sky's Tero Kaukomaa, who knows a thing or two about exploitation cinema, and Valentin Greutert, Mad Heidi will be directed by Johannes Hartmann. If all goes according to plan this will be Hartmann's feature film debut. The production announced today that Trent Haaga, writer of films like 68 Kill, Cheap Thrills, and Girl on the Third Floor (story), will come on board to go over the script. He also wrote It Came From The Desert but I'm willing to grant him the benefit of the doubt because of what else he has written. The writing and drafting...
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- 7/14/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race, a sequel to the cult sci-fi parody that returns director Timo Vuorensola and those Nazis in space that so buzzed the Berlin Film Festival when the original bowed there in 2012.
The new pic stars Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale and the return of Udo Kier, and will feature the mix of B-movie plot and A-list effects that made the first one work so well. Myriad Pictures is aboard to hande worldwide sales and will screen the film for buyers beginning next week at the Cannes film market. Vertical plans a July 19 day-and-date theatrical and digital release in the U.S.
The first Iron Sky started out with the unknown fact that at the end of 1945 as the war was ending a group of Nazi scientists in the Antarctic escaped in space...
The new pic stars Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale and the return of Udo Kier, and will feature the mix of B-movie plot and A-list effects that made the first one work so well. Myriad Pictures is aboard to hande worldwide sales and will screen the film for buyers beginning next week at the Cannes film market. Vertical plans a July 19 day-and-date theatrical and digital release in the U.S.
The first Iron Sky started out with the unknown fact that at the end of 1945 as the war was ending a group of Nazi scientists in the Antarctic escaped in space...
- 5/10/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Mad Heidi is an action adventure horror comedy from debut director Johannes Hartmann from Switzerland. Valentin Greutert from A Film Company and Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa from Blind Spot Zürich are producing and together with Johannes they released a first Mad Heidi teaser today to start a new era in film production: Fans First. …
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- 10/6/2018
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Development money raised via crowdfunding in just five days.
Director Johannes Hartmann and producers Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Zurich and Valentin Greutert of A Film Company, whose credits include One Way Trip and Amateur Teens, have launched a crowdfunding campaign for Mad Heidi.
The filmmakers are describing it as the first “Swissploitation” film.
A crowdfunding site and merchandise store launched last week for the film,at madheidi.com. The team is selling ’Heidi Bonds’ that can be used to get rewards, to support production.
The first goal of $30,000 for development funding was raised in just five days.
The pitch...
Director Johannes Hartmann and producers Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Zurich and Valentin Greutert of A Film Company, whose credits include One Way Trip and Amateur Teens, have launched a crowdfunding campaign for Mad Heidi.
The filmmakers are describing it as the first “Swissploitation” film.
A crowdfunding site and merchandise store launched last week for the film,at madheidi.com. The team is selling ’Heidi Bonds’ that can be used to get rewards, to support production.
The first goal of $30,000 for development funding was raised in just five days.
The pitch...
- 10/2/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Gamers from the late ’80s and early ’90s may have fond memories of spending countless hours battling massive insects in the Cinemaware video game It Came from the Desert. Featuring motocross stunts, giant ants, and a potent blend of horror and humor, the film adaptation of the 1989 video game is out today on digital platforms from The Orchard, and we caught up with co-writer/director Marko Mäkilaakso in our latest Q&A feature to discuss the making of his modern-day creature feature.
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Marko! Your new movie It Came from the Desert is inspired by the 1980s video game of the same name. Do you have a nostalgic connection to that game?
Marko Mäkilaakso: My pleasure! Yes, when the first game came out in Finland where I grew up, me and my friends spent hours and hours in front of the...
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Marko! Your new movie It Came from the Desert is inspired by the 1980s video game of the same name. Do you have a nostalgic connection to that game?
Marko Mäkilaakso: My pleasure! Yes, when the first game came out in Finland where I grew up, me and my friends spent hours and hours in front of the...
- 5/29/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sf Studios picks up sequel to cult film.
Sf Studios has picked up Nordic rights (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland) to the sequel to cult film Iron Sky.
Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media handles international sales on Iron Sky: The Coming Race and is showing a teaser here.
The film recently wrapped in Belgium and is scheduled to open in February 2018. Udo Kier, Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Julia Dietze from Iron Sky, Vladimir Burlakov, and Stephanie Paul star.
“I’ve been working on this film for years, and now, with the release schedule forming up, I’m finally able to sigh in relief,” director Timo Vuorensola said.
“Collaborating with the Iron Sky Universe team, producer Tero Kaukomaa and director Timo Vuorensola, for a pan-Nordic release is something we look forward to,” Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, chief content officer at Sf Studios, said.
“Iron Sky: The Coming Race is a fantastic project with a unique universe and a big fan-base...
Sf Studios has picked up Nordic rights (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland) to the sequel to cult film Iron Sky.
Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media handles international sales on Iron Sky: The Coming Race and is showing a teaser here.
The film recently wrapped in Belgium and is scheduled to open in February 2018. Udo Kier, Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Julia Dietze from Iron Sky, Vladimir Burlakov, and Stephanie Paul star.
“I’ve been working on this film for years, and now, with the release schedule forming up, I’m finally able to sigh in relief,” director Timo Vuorensola said.
“Collaborating with the Iron Sky Universe team, producer Tero Kaukomaa and director Timo Vuorensola, for a pan-Nordic release is something we look forward to,” Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, chief content officer at Sf Studios, said.
“Iron Sky: The Coming Race is a fantastic project with a unique universe and a big fan-base...
- 5/23/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Sequel to cult hit takes 25 years after events in the original.
Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media has launched handle international sales excluding Scandinavia and China in Cannes on the sci-fi action comedy Iron Sky: The Coming Race.
Udo Kier, Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Julia Dietze from Iron Sky, Vladimir Burlakov, and Stephanie Paul star in the sequel to Iron Sky, and Timo Vuorensola directs from a script by Dalan Musson.
Iron Sky The Coming Race shot in Belgium and is in post. It tales place 25 years after events in the original, when Nazis colonised the moon and launched an attack on earth.
The sequel picks up the action after a nuclear war has ravaged earth, as survivors of the fight with the Nazis attempt to recolonise earth but must contend with an army of dinosaurs guarding the Holy Grail.
Myriad president Kirk D’Amico said: “We are delighted to be working with Timo and Tero and...
Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media has launched handle international sales excluding Scandinavia and China in Cannes on the sci-fi action comedy Iron Sky: The Coming Race.
Udo Kier, Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Julia Dietze from Iron Sky, Vladimir Burlakov, and Stephanie Paul star in the sequel to Iron Sky, and Timo Vuorensola directs from a script by Dalan Musson.
Iron Sky The Coming Race shot in Belgium and is in post. It tales place 25 years after events in the original, when Nazis colonised the moon and launched an attack on earth.
The sequel picks up the action after a nuclear war has ravaged earth, as survivors of the fight with the Nazis attempt to recolonise earth but must contend with an army of dinosaurs guarding the Holy Grail.
Myriad president Kirk D’Amico said: “We are delighted to be working with Timo and Tero and...
- 5/19/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Iron Sky: The Ark will be a Chinese-Finnish-Canadian co-production.
Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa has revealed further details of the first Chinese film in the Iron Sky franchise.
Iron Sky: The Ark is already in pre-production. It will be directed by Timo Vuorensola, and will be shot 70% in Chinese.
China Film Corporation Limited, Jiabo Culture Development Co. Ltd, Iron Sky Universe are producing the film in association with Pan Pan Pictures Co Ltd and Longevity International Enterprises Ltd.
Iron Sky: The Ark is a Chinese-Finnish-Canadian co-production but is fully financed from China.
The film is about two Chinese university dropout audiophiles who set out on a quest to decode a mysterious message received from the Moon, but find themselves fighting against the mother of all conspiracy theories – the secret organsation Illuminati. The visual effects will be overseen by VFX house Pixomondo.
The film is expected to be shot in summer 2017 in Beijing, Dalan Musson ([link...
Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa has revealed further details of the first Chinese film in the Iron Sky franchise.
Iron Sky: The Ark is already in pre-production. It will be directed by Timo Vuorensola, and will be shot 70% in Chinese.
China Film Corporation Limited, Jiabo Culture Development Co. Ltd, Iron Sky Universe are producing the film in association with Pan Pan Pictures Co Ltd and Longevity International Enterprises Ltd.
Iron Sky: The Ark is a Chinese-Finnish-Canadian co-production but is fully financed from China.
The film is about two Chinese university dropout audiophiles who set out on a quest to decode a mysterious message received from the Moon, but find themselves fighting against the mother of all conspiracy theories – the secret organsation Illuminati. The visual effects will be overseen by VFX house Pixomondo.
The film is expected to be shot in summer 2017 in Beijing, Dalan Musson ([link...
- 2/13/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The 20th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights festival rolls out its digital red carpet with the inaugaral edition of Storytek, a one-day financing and business development forum for alternative storytellers.
Co-hosted by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the all-day event takes place on Saturday November 19 and will host panels on topics ranging from intellectual property (IP) and product development to crowdfunding and marketing and distribution for new multi-platform businesses.
Informal brainstorming discussions will also be on the agenda, with international film and technology experts revealing their trade tips across the gaming, merchandising, mobile content, publishing and Vr and Ar industries
A raft of film and technology speakers will be in attendance, including: Pam Rodi, PR & Marketing executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment; Keith Arem, Call of Duty talent director & Vr visionary; Tero Kaukomaa, crowdfunding pioneer of the Iron Sky franchise; Laura-Anne Edwards, digital brand & startup strategist, Ted resident and open data expert; Mitch Mallon, digital content...
Co-hosted by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the all-day event takes place on Saturday November 19 and will host panels on topics ranging from intellectual property (IP) and product development to crowdfunding and marketing and distribution for new multi-platform businesses.
Informal brainstorming discussions will also be on the agenda, with international film and technology experts revealing their trade tips across the gaming, merchandising, mobile content, publishing and Vr and Ar industries
A raft of film and technology speakers will be in attendance, including: Pam Rodi, PR & Marketing executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment; Keith Arem, Call of Duty talent director & Vr visionary; Tero Kaukomaa, crowdfunding pioneer of the Iron Sky franchise; Laura-Anne Edwards, digital brand & startup strategist, Ted resident and open data expert; Mitch Mallon, digital content...
- 11/19/2016
- ScreenDaily
Finnish director Timo Vuorensola has taken to Indiegogo to fund an additional scene in forthcoming sequel Iron Sky The Coming Race.
The film’s team reveals that in this unique scene, “the reptilian shape-shifter Margaret Thatcher falls from her dinosaur-drawn chariot and is crushed to death when a sun rolls over her.”
The scene was shot during production but the effects budget was used to work on other scenes. But now Vuorensola hopes his audience can help via crowdfunding.
“We have hundreds of shots with big effects in the film and we have to think very hard where to spend the budget in order to make the best possible film. Sometimes that means cutting scenes that are good, but possibly not as essential to the plot,” said Vuorensola.
“Some cuts however hurt more than others and I did not want to leave poor Margaret on the cutting room floor. Because the budget is locked the only way...
The film’s team reveals that in this unique scene, “the reptilian shape-shifter Margaret Thatcher falls from her dinosaur-drawn chariot and is crushed to death when a sun rolls over her.”
The scene was shot during production but the effects budget was used to work on other scenes. But now Vuorensola hopes his audience can help via crowdfunding.
“We have hundreds of shots with big effects in the film and we have to think very hard where to spend the budget in order to make the best possible film. Sometimes that means cutting scenes that are good, but possibly not as essential to the plot,” said Vuorensola.
“Some cuts however hurt more than others and I did not want to leave poor Margaret on the cutting room floor. Because the budget is locked the only way...
- 10/12/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Producers join Marko Mäkilaakso’s pulpy monster movie based on the 80’s video game; Raven Banner sells.
Fledgling UK production/finance company Alliance Media Partners (Amp) is collaborating with Finland’s Roger! Pictures to produce the action-comedy-sci-fi It Came From The Desert.
The film is the first feature from Roger! Pictures, run by producer Teemu Virta and director Marko Mäkilaakso, whose aim is to produce genre films with budgets of under $1m for the international market.
Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa, a shareholder in Roger!, is an executive producer on the film, which is described as “a smart, pulpy, action monster movie, inspired by Cinemaware’s cult 1980s video game of the same name. Its tall tale involves rival motocross heroes (and heroines), kegger parties in the desert, secret underground military bases, romantic insecurities…and giant ants!”
Kaukomaa said: “This deal with Amp gives us an extra power boost to produce this great script into a...
Fledgling UK production/finance company Alliance Media Partners (Amp) is collaborating with Finland’s Roger! Pictures to produce the action-comedy-sci-fi It Came From The Desert.
The film is the first feature from Roger! Pictures, run by producer Teemu Virta and director Marko Mäkilaakso, whose aim is to produce genre films with budgets of under $1m for the international market.
Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa, a shareholder in Roger!, is an executive producer on the film, which is described as “a smart, pulpy, action monster movie, inspired by Cinemaware’s cult 1980s video game of the same name. Its tall tale involves rival motocross heroes (and heroines), kegger parties in the desert, secret underground military bases, romantic insecurities…and giant ants!”
Kaukomaa said: “This deal with Amp gives us an extra power boost to produce this great script into a...
- 7/8/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Successful pitches will be crowdfunded through kickstarter.
The Iron Sky filmmakers are launching ‘Fanchise’, an open call for Iron Sky fans, young filmmakers, game developers and innovators to pitch their concepts of up-to-10-minute “experiences” - games, short films, Vr experiences, or graphic novels.
In the first phase, Iron Sky Universe will select the best pitches, which will then be taken to the web-based task management toolkit Iron Sky Online Film Studio, created to host and guide the productions.
Crowdfunding will be done as a source of production finance.
It’s not the first time that the Iron Sky team has engaged with fans. For 2017 sequel Iron Sky The Coming Race [pictured], fans served as extras and gave direct script feedback and comments on the film’s early rough cut in test screenings in Helsinki and Berlin.
The open call runs now through January 2017.
Meanwhile Iron Sky The Coming Race is in post production and is being sold by...
The Iron Sky filmmakers are launching ‘Fanchise’, an open call for Iron Sky fans, young filmmakers, game developers and innovators to pitch their concepts of up-to-10-minute “experiences” - games, short films, Vr experiences, or graphic novels.
In the first phase, Iron Sky Universe will select the best pitches, which will then be taken to the web-based task management toolkit Iron Sky Online Film Studio, created to host and guide the productions.
Crowdfunding will be done as a source of production finance.
It’s not the first time that the Iron Sky team has engaged with fans. For 2017 sequel Iron Sky The Coming Race [pictured], fans served as extras and gave direct script feedback and comments on the film’s early rough cut in test screenings in Helsinki and Berlin.
The open call runs now through January 2017.
Meanwhile Iron Sky The Coming Race is in post production and is being sold by...
- 5/17/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Video game adaptation sees mutant ants wreacking havoc in the New Mexico Desert.
Genre movie It Came From The Desert from Marko Mäkilaakso (director of 2011 shocker War Of The Dead) has been exciting buyers in the market.
Raven Banner has confirmed deals with Tiberius (Germany), Minerva (Italy), Zylo (France), Borsalino (Latin America), Crystalsky (Philippines), H.G.C. (China), Monster Pictures (Australia/New Zealand), Moviecloud (Taiwan), and Roll Caption (Turkey)
Production is set for spring on the action-adventure computer game adaptation that features giant mutant ants wreaking destruction in the New Mexico Desert. Roger Pictures produces and Tero Kaukomaa (Iron Sky) is the executive producer.
Genre movie It Came From The Desert from Marko Mäkilaakso (director of 2011 shocker War Of The Dead) has been exciting buyers in the market.
Raven Banner has confirmed deals with Tiberius (Germany), Minerva (Italy), Zylo (France), Borsalino (Latin America), Crystalsky (Philippines), H.G.C. (China), Monster Pictures (Australia/New Zealand), Moviecloud (Taiwan), and Roll Caption (Turkey)
Production is set for spring on the action-adventure computer game adaptation that features giant mutant ants wreaking destruction in the New Mexico Desert. Roger Pictures produces and Tero Kaukomaa (Iron Sky) is the executive producer.
- 2/15/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Two-month shoot saw the set catch fire and lead actor suffer injury during the final week.
Iron Sky: The Coming Race, a sequel to Nazis-on-the-Moon feature Iron Sky, has completed principal photography at Aed Studios, near Antwerp, Belgium.
The two-month shoot on the $19m Finland-Germany-Belgium co-production saw the set catch fire during a scene set in the cockpit of a spaceship and male lead Vladimir Burlakov dislocated his shoulder during a stunt rehearsal in the film week of filming.
Post-production will be split between Finland and Germany. The VFX will be handled by Oscar-winning German studio Pixomondo while the score will be composed next year with Slovenian industrial band Laibach.
The financing included crowdfunding, with close to $625,000 raised through IndieGoGo by more than 7,000 fans from 75 countries.
Director Timo Vuorensola said of completing the shoot: “The feeling is unreal. I set out to do an ambitious large-scale production and managed to finally wrap what I needed - and more...
Iron Sky: The Coming Race, a sequel to Nazis-on-the-Moon feature Iron Sky, has completed principal photography at Aed Studios, near Antwerp, Belgium.
The two-month shoot on the $19m Finland-Germany-Belgium co-production saw the set catch fire during a scene set in the cockpit of a spaceship and male lead Vladimir Burlakov dislocated his shoulder during a stunt rehearsal in the film week of filming.
Post-production will be split between Finland and Germany. The VFX will be handled by Oscar-winning German studio Pixomondo while the score will be composed next year with Slovenian industrial band Laibach.
The financing included crowdfunding, with close to $625,000 raised through IndieGoGo by more than 7,000 fans from 75 countries.
Director Timo Vuorensola said of completing the shoot: “The feeling is unreal. I set out to do an ambitious large-scale production and managed to finally wrap what I needed - and more...
- 12/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Once I Was A Dragonfly was selected from 10 works in progress presented to the festival’s jury.
Producer-director Elli Toivoniemi’s feature documentary debut Once I Was A Dragonfly received the Best Pitch Award at this year’s Finnish Film Affair (Sept 22-24) in Helsinki.
The new $3,400 (€3,000) award, which was sponsored by the Finnish Film Foundation for use in the film’s international marketing, was decided by a three-person jury made up of Fortissimo Films’ Berenice Fugard, Robert Burke of TenOne Entertainment and La-based critic Barbara Gasser.
Announcing the winner on Wednesday evening, Gasser said that it had been a “tough decision” to make the final choice from the 10 works in progress, but Toivoniemi’s film boasted “stunning visuals” and was “a story we could also relate to”.
The $224,000 (€200,000) Tuffi Films production centres on 24-year-old Miikka Friman’s lifelong fascination with dragonflies from the tender age of six and the decisions he must take as the obligations...
Producer-director Elli Toivoniemi’s feature documentary debut Once I Was A Dragonfly received the Best Pitch Award at this year’s Finnish Film Affair (Sept 22-24) in Helsinki.
The new $3,400 (€3,000) award, which was sponsored by the Finnish Film Foundation for use in the film’s international marketing, was decided by a three-person jury made up of Fortissimo Films’ Berenice Fugard, Robert Burke of TenOne Entertainment and La-based critic Barbara Gasser.
Announcing the winner on Wednesday evening, Gasser said that it had been a “tough decision” to make the final choice from the 10 works in progress, but Toivoniemi’s film boasted “stunning visuals” and was “a story we could also relate to”.
The $224,000 (€200,000) Tuffi Films production centres on 24-year-old Miikka Friman’s lifelong fascination with dragonflies from the tender age of six and the decisions he must take as the obligations...
- 9/24/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Something crawly this way comes, and it comes to us courtesy of Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa who is filling an executive producer role on a Finnish backed, English language big screen adaptation of classic 1980s giant bug video game It Came From the Desert.Finnish Roger! Pictures has entered into agreement with Us-based legendary game developer Cinemaware to produce a motion picture adaptation of the classic 80's game It Came From the Desert. The action-horror-comedy tells a story of a giant mutated ants which wreak havoc in New Mexico desert. The film will also follow on the legacy of the game and tie into the original story as new characters make an appearance several decades later to discover new horrors. Roger's Teemu Virta will produce...
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- 2/6/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Nearly $150k raised by offering roles in the feature.
Finnish-German science fiction film Iron Sky: The Coming Race has completed its latest crowdfunding campaign, raising more than $500,000 on IndieGoGo.
More than 7,000 fans from 75 countries took part in the campaign.
“It’s amazing to see fans support us so heavily”, said producer Tero Kaukomaa. “This goes to show there’s an audience out there waiting for original science fiction films and they’re not afraid to show it.”
The main source of funds in the campaign came from the offer of extra roles, which raised nearly $150,000 of the total amount from more than 300 fans. Parts ranged from citizens of a Moonbase to being eaten by a dinosaur, costing from $200 to $5,000.
“The extra roles are a fun way to engage our audience and to offer them a unique experience,” said director Timo Vuorensola. “Filmmaking is an adventure and it is great to be able to bring our audience...
Finnish-German science fiction film Iron Sky: The Coming Race has completed its latest crowdfunding campaign, raising more than $500,000 on IndieGoGo.
More than 7,000 fans from 75 countries took part in the campaign.
“It’s amazing to see fans support us so heavily”, said producer Tero Kaukomaa. “This goes to show there’s an audience out there waiting for original science fiction films and they’re not afraid to show it.”
The main source of funds in the campaign came from the offer of extra roles, which raised nearly $150,000 of the total amount from more than 300 fans. Parts ranged from citizens of a Moonbase to being eaten by a dinosaur, costing from $200 to $5,000.
“The extra roles are a fun way to engage our audience and to offer them a unique experience,” said director Timo Vuorensola. “Filmmaking is an adventure and it is great to be able to bring our audience...
- 1/2/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Power to the Pixel event to include a major Nordic delegation.Scroll down for full list of projects
Power to the Pixel (PttP) has announced the 32 cross-media projects from across Europe, the Us, Canada, the Middle East, Australia and South America selected to participate in The Pixel Market (Oct 8-9).
The two-day finance and co-production market is run as part of 8th Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum (Oct 7-10), held in association with the 58th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
From the 32 teams, PttP has selected the top eight to compete for the Arte International Prize for The Pixel Market, a €6,000 ($7,800) award sponsored by the French/German broadcaster.
The producers and creators will present to a panel of international commissioning executives, financiers and experts who will use these projects as a backdrop to discuss successful finance strategies, sustainable business models and the companies actively investing in new media.
The winning team will be...
Power to the Pixel (PttP) has announced the 32 cross-media projects from across Europe, the Us, Canada, the Middle East, Australia and South America selected to participate in The Pixel Market (Oct 8-9).
The two-day finance and co-production market is run as part of 8th Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum (Oct 7-10), held in association with the 58th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
From the 32 teams, PttP has selected the top eight to compete for the Arte International Prize for The Pixel Market, a €6,000 ($7,800) award sponsored by the French/German broadcaster.
The producers and creators will present to a panel of international commissioning executives, financiers and experts who will use these projects as a backdrop to discuss successful finance strategies, sustainable business models and the companies actively investing in new media.
The winning team will be...
- 9/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sequel will be directed by Timo Vuorensola and will see several of the original cast return.
Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa has revealed further details of Iron Sky The Coming Race, the $10m sequel to the original Nazis on the moon saga.
The film will again be directed by Timo Vuorensola. Several of the original cast will be returning, among them cult star Udo Kier, Julia Dietze and Stephanie Paul.
Earlier this month the film-makers behind the project began raising equity crowdfunding for Iron Sky Universe Ltd, the company owning the Iron Sky franchise. A second sequel is being planned as is a prequel – and a special promo has already been shot.
The Iron Sky sequel is due to be shot in Babelsberg studios. A large part of the post-production will be done in Germany. The German co-producer is 27 Films Production. The producers have already received development support from the Finnish Film Foundation and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (Mbb...
Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa has revealed further details of Iron Sky The Coming Race, the $10m sequel to the original Nazis on the moon saga.
The film will again be directed by Timo Vuorensola. Several of the original cast will be returning, among them cult star Udo Kier, Julia Dietze and Stephanie Paul.
Earlier this month the film-makers behind the project began raising equity crowdfunding for Iron Sky Universe Ltd, the company owning the Iron Sky franchise. A second sequel is being planned as is a prequel – and a special promo has already been shot.
The Iron Sky sequel is due to be shot in Babelsberg studios. A large part of the post-production will be done in Germany. The German co-producer is 27 Films Production. The producers have already received development support from the Finnish Film Foundation and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (Mbb...
- 5/17/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Company behind high-concept genre franchise are raising equity crowdfunding via Finland’s Invesdor.
The film-makers behind genre hit Iron Sky are raising equity crowdfunding for Iron Sky Universe, the company which owns the franchise.
It marks the first time in film history where the audience has a chance to purchase shares directly for their favoured franchise. The funding will take place via the Finnish service Invesdor.com and investors will become full shareholders in the company with a minimum investment of €250.
Iron Sky Universe aims to make the Iron Sky franchise into a multi-channel sci-fi saga produced and distributed in co-operation with its audience.
Tero Kaukomaa, head of business of Iron Sky Universe, commented: “We managed to produce the first Iron Sky with a pure rage boosted by the help from our audience. Now the target is to build a sufficient organisation to execute our production and distribution strategy.”
The core team of Iron Sky Universe consists...
The film-makers behind genre hit Iron Sky are raising equity crowdfunding for Iron Sky Universe, the company which owns the franchise.
It marks the first time in film history where the audience has a chance to purchase shares directly for their favoured franchise. The funding will take place via the Finnish service Invesdor.com and investors will become full shareholders in the company with a minimum investment of €250.
Iron Sky Universe aims to make the Iron Sky franchise into a multi-channel sci-fi saga produced and distributed in co-operation with its audience.
Tero Kaukomaa, head of business of Iron Sky Universe, commented: “We managed to produce the first Iron Sky with a pure rage boosted by the help from our audience. Now the target is to build a sufficient organisation to execute our production and distribution strategy.”
The core team of Iron Sky Universe consists...
- 5/12/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Iron Sky’s Tero Kaukomaa [pictured] is new company’s executive producer.
The recently launched Helsinki-based production company Roger! Pictures has struck a co-production and financing deal with Patrick Ewald’s Epic Pictures Group for historical action title Viking - Rise Of The Warrior. Marko Mäkilaakso directs.
Roger!’s slate also includes Mäkilaakso’s Salem-set horror story Night of the Witch and Mäkilaakso’s action comedy The Troublemakers.
Roger! was founded in late 2013 by producer Teema Virta, director Makilaakso and executive producer Tero Kaukomaa (Iron Sky).
“We are committed to bringing strong and entertaining stories with high quality visuals. We have a solid lineup of films in development and we have received a very positive response. In addition, we are building a reliable, first-rate production pipeline and constantly looking for partners to produce genre films for our audience,” says producer/CEO Teemu Virta.
The recently launched Helsinki-based production company Roger! Pictures has struck a co-production and financing deal with Patrick Ewald’s Epic Pictures Group for historical action title Viking - Rise Of The Warrior. Marko Mäkilaakso directs.
Roger!’s slate also includes Mäkilaakso’s Salem-set horror story Night of the Witch and Mäkilaakso’s action comedy The Troublemakers.
Roger! was founded in late 2013 by producer Teema Virta, director Makilaakso and executive producer Tero Kaukomaa (Iron Sky).
“We are committed to bringing strong and entertaining stories with high quality visuals. We have a solid lineup of films in development and we have received a very positive response. In addition, we are building a reliable, first-rate production pipeline and constantly looking for partners to produce genre films for our audience,” says producer/CEO Teemu Virta.
- 2/5/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details and photos from Muck, a teaser trailer for Stranger in the Dunes, the Truth or Dare Pajama Party event, the UK premiere of Iron Sky: Dictator’s Cut, and more:
Exclusive Photos from Muck: “Muck is the highly stylized and hyper-violent middle chapter of a true horror trilogy that unfolds like a love letter to horror fanatics everywhere. Filmed completely on the Red Epic in ultra HD without any CGI, Muck simultaneously pushes the limits of what can be done both within the horror genre and independent filmmaking.
Starring Lachlan Buchanan, Jaclyn Swedberg, Lauren Francesca, Puja Mohindra, Bryce Draper, Stephanie Danielson, Laura Jacobs, Gia Skova, Grant Alan Ouzts, and horror legend Kane Hodder as Grawesome Crutal.”
Release details for Muck are expected shortly and we...
Exclusive Photos from Muck: “Muck is the highly stylized and hyper-violent middle chapter of a true horror trilogy that unfolds like a love letter to horror fanatics everywhere. Filmed completely on the Red Epic in ultra HD without any CGI, Muck simultaneously pushes the limits of what can be done both within the horror genre and independent filmmaking.
Starring Lachlan Buchanan, Jaclyn Swedberg, Lauren Francesca, Puja Mohindra, Bryce Draper, Stephanie Danielson, Laura Jacobs, Gia Skova, Grant Alan Ouzts, and horror legend Kane Hodder as Grawesome Crutal.”
Release details for Muck are expected shortly and we...
- 1/5/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Th International Financing Forum (Iff) will be held at this year's Tiff by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (Omdc), now in its 8th edition the annual event will bring the best Canadian and international producers to an expectant group of industry executives, sales agents, financiers, and distributors.
During the two-day networking program, taking place September 8tha and 9th, 40 feature film projects will be get this invaluable exposure. Twenty-one of these potential works are Canadian, the rest represent 15 international markets from around the globe which include Australia, Bulgaria, England, Germany, India, Finland, France, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and The United State.
Via more than 682 meetings scheduled for Iff 2013 the selected projects will have the chance to be connected with over 30 international companies :
Bankside Films, Big Beach Films, Cinetic Media, eOne Entertainment, Film4, FilmNation, IFC Films/Sundance Selects, K5 Media Group, ICM Partners, Kickstarter, Magnolia, The Match Factory, Nordisk, Participant Films, Parts & Labor Films, Protagonist Pictures, River Road Entertainment, See-Saw Films, TF1, Voltage, Wild Bunch, and William Morris Endeavor, among other top film companies.
Canadian producers/projects include:
• Toronto producer David Cormican of Don Carmody Productions with romantic comedy, The Jane Austen Marriage Manual, written by internationally best-selling novelist Kim Izzo (The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum)
• Vancouver’s Trish Dolman and Christine Haebler (Hector and The Search For Happiness starring Simon Pegg) with Nick Broomfield’s ( Kurt and Courtney) fiction feature film directorial debut, The Catastrophist, to star Freida Pinto, John C. Reilly, and Dana Stevens
• Toronto producer, Frank Siracusa with murder-mystery, The Bird Artist, with Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) at the helm, written by Malcolm McRury (The Man Without A Face, Deadwood)
• International projects include:
• Award-winning Iranian director, novelist, human rights activist, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (award-winning Gabbeh, Iran’s submission for 70th Academy Awards®) with The President from U.K. producers, Mike Downey (Deathwatch) and Sam Taylor (Before The Rain)
• Netherlands producers Pierre Spengler and Laurence Lamers (1995 Palme d’Or Winner – Underground; Superman I and II) with historical-drama, Orestes, with Freddie Highmore, Susan Lynch and Alan Cumming attached to star
• Finnish producer, Tero Kaukomaa (2000 Palme d’Or winner, Dancer in the Dark and award-winning Iron Sky) with Deadrise, a Timo Vuerensola (Iron Sky) horror/zombie project
• U.S. producers Mona Panchal (former Paramount executive) and Priya Swaminathan (head of development, George Clooney’s Smoke House Pictures) with psychological thriller, The Incident (2013 Sundance Screenwriting and Directing labs), written and to be directed by Jan Kwiecinski (Vice Films distributed, Fawns).
Some of the recent successful projects supported in previous years by the Iff include the 2011 Academy Award nominated film Incendies by Denis Villeneuve who returns to Toronto with two films Prisoners and Enemy , David Michod's Animal Kingdom, and more recently Wadjda, the first Saudi Arabian feature film from a female director, which opens in the U.S on September 13th.
During the two-day networking program, taking place September 8tha and 9th, 40 feature film projects will be get this invaluable exposure. Twenty-one of these potential works are Canadian, the rest represent 15 international markets from around the globe which include Australia, Bulgaria, England, Germany, India, Finland, France, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and The United State.
Via more than 682 meetings scheduled for Iff 2013 the selected projects will have the chance to be connected with over 30 international companies :
Bankside Films, Big Beach Films, Cinetic Media, eOne Entertainment, Film4, FilmNation, IFC Films/Sundance Selects, K5 Media Group, ICM Partners, Kickstarter, Magnolia, The Match Factory, Nordisk, Participant Films, Parts & Labor Films, Protagonist Pictures, River Road Entertainment, See-Saw Films, TF1, Voltage, Wild Bunch, and William Morris Endeavor, among other top film companies.
Canadian producers/projects include:
• Toronto producer David Cormican of Don Carmody Productions with romantic comedy, The Jane Austen Marriage Manual, written by internationally best-selling novelist Kim Izzo (The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum)
• Vancouver’s Trish Dolman and Christine Haebler (Hector and The Search For Happiness starring Simon Pegg) with Nick Broomfield’s ( Kurt and Courtney) fiction feature film directorial debut, The Catastrophist, to star Freida Pinto, John C. Reilly, and Dana Stevens
• Toronto producer, Frank Siracusa with murder-mystery, The Bird Artist, with Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) at the helm, written by Malcolm McRury (The Man Without A Face, Deadwood)
• International projects include:
• Award-winning Iranian director, novelist, human rights activist, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (award-winning Gabbeh, Iran’s submission for 70th Academy Awards®) with The President from U.K. producers, Mike Downey (Deathwatch) and Sam Taylor (Before The Rain)
• Netherlands producers Pierre Spengler and Laurence Lamers (1995 Palme d’Or Winner – Underground; Superman I and II) with historical-drama, Orestes, with Freddie Highmore, Susan Lynch and Alan Cumming attached to star
• Finnish producer, Tero Kaukomaa (2000 Palme d’Or winner, Dancer in the Dark and award-winning Iron Sky) with Deadrise, a Timo Vuerensola (Iron Sky) horror/zombie project
• U.S. producers Mona Panchal (former Paramount executive) and Priya Swaminathan (head of development, George Clooney’s Smoke House Pictures) with psychological thriller, The Incident (2013 Sundance Screenwriting and Directing labs), written and to be directed by Jan Kwiecinski (Vice Films distributed, Fawns).
Some of the recent successful projects supported in previous years by the Iff include the 2011 Academy Award nominated film Incendies by Denis Villeneuve who returns to Toronto with two films Prisoners and Enemy , David Michod's Animal Kingdom, and more recently Wadjda, the first Saudi Arabian feature film from a female director, which opens in the U.S on September 13th.
- 9/9/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: 40 Canadian and international producer teams selected for Omdc’s eighth annual Toronto co-financing market.
New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)
The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.
The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.
The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.
The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...
New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)
The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.
The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.
The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.
The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...
- 8/27/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The sequel to 2012 cult sci-fi Iron Sky has achieved its initial target of $150,000 for script and promo development on crowd-funding site IndieGoGo.
Iron Sky The Coming Race, described as a dark comedy poking fun at big-budget Hollywood sci-fi features, is due to get underway in 2015, and has Iron Sky actors Udo Kier and Stephanie Paul attached.
Iron Sky director Timo Vuorensola and the same writing team also return for the sequel, which production is hoping will be budgeted in the $15m dollar range.
“The crowd funding campaign we finished now is just the beginning – we will continue down this road, because it offers us much more freedom to develop the film exactly the way we want it to be, and to create a distribution system which makes sense to all,” said producer Tero Kaukomaa.
Taking place over 57 days, the campaign offered contributors perks ranging from thank you videos to t-shirts, action figures...
Iron Sky The Coming Race, described as a dark comedy poking fun at big-budget Hollywood sci-fi features, is due to get underway in 2015, and has Iron Sky actors Udo Kier and Stephanie Paul attached.
Iron Sky director Timo Vuorensola and the same writing team also return for the sequel, which production is hoping will be budgeted in the $15m dollar range.
“The crowd funding campaign we finished now is just the beginning – we will continue down this road, because it offers us much more freedom to develop the film exactly the way we want it to be, and to create a distribution system which makes sense to all,” said producer Tero Kaukomaa.
Taking place over 57 days, the campaign offered contributors perks ranging from thank you videos to t-shirts, action figures...
- 7/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Finnish filmmakers behind Iron Sky are planning a sequel to the Nazis on the Moon film: Iron Sky The Coming Race. Similar to the first film, the producers will use crowd funding to kick off financing Iron Sky 2, launching the project on Indiegogo. For the pitch to prospective investors, Iron Sky director Timo Vuorensola has made a spoof hostage video in which, sitting in front of a North Korean flag and flanked by two women armed with machine guns, apologizes for making the original film. Story: Video Game Based on 'Iron Sky' in the Works Producer Tero Kaukomaa
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- 5/15/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When it comes to aliens invading the Earth, you just cannot be too careful. We'll need some form of protection, and something tells us it's gonna take a lot more than just conventional means. That being said...
Deadline reports that Dalan Musson has been hired to write Jeremiah Harm, an adaptation of the Boom! Studios action/sci-fi comic book that will be directed by Iron Sky helmer Timo Vuorensola. Vuorensola’s Blind Spot partner Tero Kaukomaa, Cheyenne Enterprises’ Arnold Rifkin, Boom!’s Ross Richie, and The Corniche Group are producing the film, which is based on the comic written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant and drawn by John Mueller, Rael Lyra, and Rafael Albuquerque.
The story follows a tough intergalactic bounty hunter tracking three alien criminals to Earth, where they are searching for a sphere that has the capability of being the most deadly weapon in the cosmos. Check...
Deadline reports that Dalan Musson has been hired to write Jeremiah Harm, an adaptation of the Boom! Studios action/sci-fi comic book that will be directed by Iron Sky helmer Timo Vuorensola. Vuorensola’s Blind Spot partner Tero Kaukomaa, Cheyenne Enterprises’ Arnold Rifkin, Boom!’s Ross Richie, and The Corniche Group are producing the film, which is based on the comic written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant and drawn by John Mueller, Rael Lyra, and Rafael Albuquerque.
The story follows a tough intergalactic bounty hunter tracking three alien criminals to Earth, where they are searching for a sphere that has the capability of being the most deadly weapon in the cosmos. Check...
- 11/29/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A couple weeks ago, we reported that Iron Sky directing duo Timo Vuorensola and Tero Kaukomaa will team up again to develop a film based on the sci-fi comic book Jeremiah Harm, which is published by Boom! Studios. Now, the project has a writer. According to Deadline, screenwriter Dalan Musson has signed on to write the script for the adaptation, which will be produced by Kaukomaa, Cheyenne Enterprises’ Arnold Rifkin, Boom!’s Ross Richie, and The Corniche Group. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant and drawn by John Mueller, Rael Lyra, and Rafael Albuquerque, Jeremiah Harm's story follows a tough intergalactic bounty hunter tracking three alien criminals to Earth, where they are searching for a sphere that has the capability of being the most deadly weapon in the cosmos. Musson has previously written Warner Bros.' vampire movie Blood Wars. Below is a promo for Jeremiah Harm: Follow @PaulRomCBM !function(d,...
- 11/28/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Dalan Musson has been hired to adapt "Jeremiah Harm," the action/sci-fi comic book published by Boom! Studios, with "Iron Sky" director Timo Vuorensola attached to direct. Arnold Rifkin is producing the adaptation along with Ross Richie and Vuorensola's producing partner, Tero Kaukomaa, along with The Corniche Group, the companies announced on Wednesday. The story follows the titular character as he travels across space, tracking three intergalactic criminals to earth. The criminals land in New York City, searching for a sphere that has the capability of being the most deadly weapon in the...
- 11/28/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Iron Sky director Timo Vuorensola has released a concept promo trailer for another film project Jeremiah Harm, and it looks really freakin' cool! The film is an adaptation of the graphic novel created by Alan Grant and Keith Giffen. Here's a description...
Jeremiah - you can call him Jerry, but he'll probably rip your limbs off if you do - is a nasty guy with a bad attitude and a lever-action rifle to back that up. He's a human, but never really went to Earth. Born and raised in several intergalactic orphanaries with a bunch of aliens from all corners of the galaxy, he begun a career as a bounty hunter early, scoring his first kill before the age of 15. After that, the bodycount has been steadily rising, and by mid-30's, he has basically hunted down every imaginable race in the galaxy - but not his own kind. See,...
Jeremiah - you can call him Jerry, but he'll probably rip your limbs off if you do - is a nasty guy with a bad attitude and a lever-action rifle to back that up. He's a human, but never really went to Earth. Born and raised in several intergalactic orphanaries with a bunch of aliens from all corners of the galaxy, he begun a career as a bounty hunter early, scoring his first kill before the age of 15. After that, the bodycount has been steadily rising, and by mid-30's, he has basically hunted down every imaginable race in the galaxy - but not his own kind. See,...
- 11/22/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Boom! Studios reports that Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola, the Finnish filmmakers behind "Iron Sky", are partnering with Arnold Rifkin's Cheyenne Enterprises and Ross Richie's Boom! Studios for the sci-fi action film "Jeremiah Harm".
The film will be based on the Boom! Studios graphic novel mini-series of the same name by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant :
"...when three of the galaxy's most fearsome criminals escape confinement on a prison planet and wind up on Earth, the authorities have no choice but to free the most wanted man in the universe, 'Jeremiah Harm', to track these fugitives down and stop them..."
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The film will be based on the Boom! Studios graphic novel mini-series of the same name by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant :
"...when three of the galaxy's most fearsome criminals escape confinement on a prison planet and wind up on Earth, the authorities have no choice but to free the most wanted man in the universe, 'Jeremiah Harm', to track these fugitives down and stop them..."
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- 11/16/2012
- by M. Stevens
- SneakPeek
Jeremiah Harm is to be adapted for cinema by the team behind indie hit Iron Sky. Directors Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola have joined up with producers Arnold Rifkin and Ross Richie to bring the Boom! Studios graphic novel to the big screen. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, Jeremiah Harm follows an intergalactic bounty hunter who travels to Earth to track down a band of space criminals and the girl they have kidnapped. Kaukomaa and Vuorensola are planning to fund the project via online crowdsourcing - the same method they used to secure backing for Iron (more)...
- 11/15/2012
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola backed by Die Hard 4.0 producer Arnold Rifkin to make film about bounty hunter
The makers of crowdsourced Nazis-in-space sci-fi romp Iron Sky are heading to Hollywood, and taking their unorthodox film-making methods with them.
Finnish producer and director team Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola have united with the executive producer of Die Hard 4.0, Arnold Rifkin, on the comic-book adaptation Jeremiah Harm. They plan a science-fiction action movie in the vein of similarly themed 80s and 90s fare and will once again interact with fans as part of the production process.
Kaukomaa and Vuorensola partnered with thousands of online supporters to raise $1m in production funds for Iron Sky and develop the film via a web platform over a six-year period. The feature debuted in April in several European countries and has so far made $8m at the global box office on a budget of $9.5m.
The makers of crowdsourced Nazis-in-space sci-fi romp Iron Sky are heading to Hollywood, and taking their unorthodox film-making methods with them.
Finnish producer and director team Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola have united with the executive producer of Die Hard 4.0, Arnold Rifkin, on the comic-book adaptation Jeremiah Harm. They plan a science-fiction action movie in the vein of similarly themed 80s and 90s fare and will once again interact with fans as part of the production process.
Kaukomaa and Vuorensola partnered with thousands of online supporters to raise $1m in production funds for Iron Sky and develop the film via a web platform over a six-year period. The feature debuted in April in several European countries and has so far made $8m at the global box office on a budget of $9.5m.
- 11/15/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
"Iron Sky" director Timo Vuorensola is set to helm a feature adaptation of the gritty 2006 comic mini-series "Jeremiah Harm."
"Lobo" writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant penned the comic about three of the galaxy's most fearsome criminals escaping confinement on a prison planet and winding up on Earth.
Authorities have no choice but to free the most wanted man in the universe - Jeremiah Harm - to track these fugitives down and stop them. Harm is a brutal anti-hero figure who will get the job done.
Arnold Rifkin, Ross Richie and Tero Kaukomaa will produce while Dalan Musson is adapting the script.
Source: jeremiahharm.com...
"Lobo" writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant penned the comic about three of the galaxy's most fearsome criminals escaping confinement on a prison planet and winding up on Earth.
Authorities have no choice but to free the most wanted man in the universe - Jeremiah Harm - to track these fugitives down and stop them. Harm is a brutal anti-hero figure who will get the job done.
Arnold Rifkin, Ross Richie and Tero Kaukomaa will produce while Dalan Musson is adapting the script.
Source: jeremiahharm.com...
- 11/15/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola, the Finnish filmmakers behind the cult feature "Iron Sky," are partnering with Arnold Rifkin's Cheyenne Enterprises and Ross Richie's Boom! Studios to bring the sci-fi action graphic novel "Jeremiah Harm" to the big screen, the companies announced on Wednesday. Kaukomaa, Rifkin and Richie will produce, along with The Corniche Group, and "Iron Sky" director Vuorensola will direct. The filmmakers announced they will use a crowdsourcing model similar to the one used for "Iron Sky," (Left: "Iron Sky" star Peta Sergeant) through which fans were able to play...
- 11/14/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
It was a week ago today that Twitch brought you the first artwork from a proposed new project from Iron Sky helmer Timo Vuorensola. Yes, we knew he was already working on an adaptation of graphic novel I Killed Adolf Hitler but it turns out the Finn had something else on the boil and today we found out what it is. And, once again, he is turning to a graphic novel for source material.Using a formula much like the one followed by Iron Sky - meaning a heavy crowd funding and fan involvement emphasis - Vuorensola is developing an adaptation of Alan Grant and Keith Giffen's Jeremiah Harm with Tero Kaukomaa (Iron Sky), Arnold Rifkin (A Good Day To Die Hard) and Boom! Studios Ross...
- 11/14/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The Hollywood Reporter reveal that Finnish filmmakers Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola, who most recently directed the science fiction film Iron Sky, are teaming up again for a new film in the genre. The two are teaming up with producers Arnold Rifkin (Live Free Or Die Hard) and Ross Richie (2 Guns) to adapt the Boom! Studios graphic novel Jeremiah Harm for the big screen. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, the story follows an intergalactic bounty hunter sent to Earth to hunt down a group of space-traveling criminals and the girl that they have kidnaps. Richie is also the founder and CEO of Boom! Studios. The directing duo plan to use online crowdsourcing to help finance and produce Jeremiah Harm, similar to their approach in funding Iron Sky. A new website has been launched for fans to create their own aliens for the movie. Stay tuned to Cbm for...
- 11/14/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Cologne, Germany – Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola, the Finnish filmmakers behind the crowdsourced 'Nazis from Space' film Iron Sky have teamed with producers Arnold Rifkin (Live Free or Die Hard) and Ross Richie (2 Guns) to adapt the graphic novel Jeremiah Harm for the big screen. Video: 'A Good Day to Die Hard' Trailer: Bruce Willis is Back as John McClane, Again The sci-fi drama, which Vuorensola will direct and Kaukomaa, Richie and Rifkin will produce, focuses on a intergalactic bounty hunter sent to Earth to hunt down a group of space-traveling criminals and the girl
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- 11/14/2012
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A first teaser and first stills have just been released for psychological horror thriller, "Murkwood". Branko Tomovic ("Entity", "The Bourne Ultimatum", "Whitechapel") has been cast in the main part of Lucian Thaler. Ralph Ineson ("Game of Thrones", "Harry Potter") is in talks for the part of Pete Buck. Alex Boutellier is directing from his own script, with Remo Pini producing. Also on board is Iron Sky's Tero Kaukomaa as advisor. In the fi…...
- 9/16/2012
- Horrorbid
Tero Kaukomaa, one of the producers of Iron Sky and Dancer in the Dark, is behind this zombedy which is unfortunately still in development. You may be asking, yet again, do we need more zombie films? I can hear the resounding yes! If you don't like it, too bad. It's my website and I pick the news. Read on for a synopsis.
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- 5/8/2012
- QuietEarth.us
Brought to life by Finnish Director Timo Vuorensola and producer Tero Kaukomaa, the cinematic phenomenon that is - the sci-fi, action, comedy mash-up - Iron Sky is finally coming to UK screens....But not for long! The window of opportunity for some Nazis from the moon action is pretty tiny, because for one day only (Wednesday 23rd May) Iron Sky will be shown at cinemas across the country, and then released on DVD on Monday 28th May. A confirmed list of the initial 15 theatres screening Iron Sky will be released next week, but in the mean time, if you want to see the film near home, get in touch with your local cinema to let them know there’s a demand. Interest can also be expressed and viewed on this interactive map within the Iron Sky website. Synopsis: In the final moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space...
- 5/6/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
With its Nazis in space, Iron Sky promised a comedy that would take flight – but did its fans' involvement drag it down?
Iron Sky was one of the most buzzed about films ahead of this year's Berlin film festival, but many critics (including my colleague Andrew Pulver) found the reality of Finnish director Timo Vuorensola's Nazis-in-space comedy rather less satisfying than its enticing premise promised. Just as with another highly hyped fanboy-fuelled movie that wound up disappointing, Samuel L Jackson romp Snakes on a Plane, there were suggestions that the assistance of thousands of amateur collaborators via the online Wreckamovie community hindered rather than helped the film.
Iron Sky posits the preposterous but intriguing possibility that the Nazis discovered anti-gravity technology in the final months of the second world war and hightailed it off to Earth's satellite, where they've been preparing for an invasion ever since. In the year...
Iron Sky was one of the most buzzed about films ahead of this year's Berlin film festival, but many critics (including my colleague Andrew Pulver) found the reality of Finnish director Timo Vuorensola's Nazis-in-space comedy rather less satisfying than its enticing premise promised. Just as with another highly hyped fanboy-fuelled movie that wound up disappointing, Samuel L Jackson romp Snakes on a Plane, there were suggestions that the assistance of thousands of amateur collaborators via the online Wreckamovie community hindered rather than helped the film.
Iron Sky posits the preposterous but intriguing possibility that the Nazis discovered anti-gravity technology in the final months of the second world war and hightailed it off to Earth's satellite, where they've been preparing for an invasion ever since. In the year...
- 3/20/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Entertainment One is in negotiations to acquire North American theatrical rights to Nazi sci-fi comedy Iron Sky.
The Finnish-German-Australian co-production, which had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival this week, will also be distributed in Israel by Shoval, the filmmakers said.
The film has made headlines for its unusual funding structure - about €1 million of its €7.5 million budget was crowdsourced from fans. The official trailer's 5+ million views on YouTube in less than a week outpaced trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man and Battleship, the filmmakers said.
"It feels great to beat these films that have already spent more on marketing that the entire budget of Iron Sky," director Timo Vuorensola said in a statement.."I see it as a sign of democratisation of entertainment, where the internet means a Finnish film can capture the interest of the viewing public. This is a victory to all European and independent filmmakers,...
The Finnish-German-Australian co-production, which had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival this week, will also be distributed in Israel by Shoval, the filmmakers said.
The film has made headlines for its unusual funding structure - about €1 million of its €7.5 million budget was crowdsourced from fans. The official trailer's 5+ million views on YouTube in less than a week outpaced trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man and Battleship, the filmmakers said.
"It feels great to beat these films that have already spent more on marketing that the entire budget of Iron Sky," director Timo Vuorensola said in a statement.."I see it as a sign of democratisation of entertainment, where the internet means a Finnish film can capture the interest of the viewing public. This is a victory to all European and independent filmmakers,...
- 2/15/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Berlin – Entertainment One is set to acquire Finnish "Nazis from space" film Iron Sky for release in North America, the film's producers announced Wednesday in Berlin. “I’m especially happy at the moment to confirm a theatrical release in North America (for Iron Sky) as we are in negotiations with Entertainment One,” said producer Tero Kaukomaa. He added that Israel’s biggest distributor, Shoval, also has picked up the English-language sci-fi spoof. Photos: 28 of Berlin Film Festival's Most Outrageous Movie Posters Iron Sky, which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, has been generating
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- 2/15/2012
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More than half a decade in the making, director Timo Vuorensola’s movie about Nazis from the dark side of the moon is finally coming to the big screen this year, and will be making its debut at the Berlin International Film Festival this Saturday, 11th February.
We’ve seen a few things from the sci-fi action-comedy already, most recently in a new trailer and poster in the past two weeks, and now we have another new trailer to share with you, going out in honour of its world premiere.
The film’s synopsis looks a little like this, courtesy of the festival’s site:
“Following their unusually successful science-fiction cult parody Star Wreck, the Finnish guerrilla filmmakers of Energia Productions return to our screens with Iron Sky, a hysterical piece of tomfoolery that rolls wildly confused Nazi esotericism and fascistic-techno-mysticism into one big parody.
Unknown to the world, at...
We’ve seen a few things from the sci-fi action-comedy already, most recently in a new trailer and poster in the past two weeks, and now we have another new trailer to share with you, going out in honour of its world premiere.
The film’s synopsis looks a little like this, courtesy of the festival’s site:
“Following their unusually successful science-fiction cult parody Star Wreck, the Finnish guerrilla filmmakers of Energia Productions return to our screens with Iron Sky, a hysterical piece of tomfoolery that rolls wildly confused Nazi esotericism and fascistic-techno-mysticism into one big parody.
Unknown to the world, at...
- 2/8/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sci-fi feature Iron Sky has raised €500,000 ($662,384) in crowd-sourced funding.as it prepares to release the film early next year. It is likely to be the highest crowd-sourced amount ever raised through by an Australian co-production or screen project. .This is amazing and seems to be only the beginning., said producer Tero Kaukomaa in a statement. .It.s not only the money, these people have been very active in helping us producing and marketing the film in so many ways. If we were to count the value of all these contributions, we are already talking about several millions here!. The film, starring Udo Kier and Julia Dietze, takes place in 2018 when Nazis who fled to the dark side of the moon in 1945 return to claim the earth as their...
- 10/31/2011
- by Chris Dame
- IF.com.au
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