Ingvar E Sigurdsson, Hera Hilmar to star.
Iceland’s Baltasar Kormakur has lined up Ingvar E Sigurdsson and Hera Hilmar to star in his anticipated adaptation of Independent People, Iceland’s most acclaimed novel of the 20th century.
Kormakur has worked with both actors before – Sigurdsson in TV’s Trapped as well as films The Oath, Everest and Jar City; and Hilmar in The Oath.
Kormakur is adapting the script alongside co-writer Lilja Sigurdardottir. He could shoot the project by the end of 2019, or in 2020, depending on his next studio-backed film (yet to be confirmed) that may shoot first.
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Iceland’s Baltasar Kormakur has lined up Ingvar E Sigurdsson and Hera Hilmar to star in his anticipated adaptation of Independent People, Iceland’s most acclaimed novel of the 20th century.
Kormakur has worked with both actors before – Sigurdsson in TV’s Trapped as well as films The Oath, Everest and Jar City; and Hilmar in The Oath.
Kormakur is adapting the script alongside co-writer Lilja Sigurdardottir. He could shoot the project by the end of 2019, or in 2020, depending on his next studio-backed film (yet to be confirmed) that may shoot first.
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- 11/6/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Focus World, the alternative distribution initiative owned and operated by Focus Features, has acquired U.S. rights to the riveting drama The Deep, directed by Baltasar Kormákur (director of this year.s Contraband and next year.s 2 Guns). The announcement was made today by Focus President Andrew Karpen. The Deep will be released in the first half of 2013.
The Deep has been selected as Iceland.s official submission for the 2013 Academy Awards, in the Best Foreign-Language Film category. Directed, produced, and co-written by Mr. Kormákur, The Deep dramatizes an astonishing true incident about the sole survivor of a downed fishing boat. An ordinary man.s will to live made him a reluctant national hero . one whose truly fearless act was to journey home. The film screened at the Mill Valley and Toronto International Film Festivals after being a box office smash in its home country. Bac Films is handling foreign sales of The Deep.
The Deep has been selected as Iceland.s official submission for the 2013 Academy Awards, in the Best Foreign-Language Film category. Directed, produced, and co-written by Mr. Kormákur, The Deep dramatizes an astonishing true incident about the sole survivor of a downed fishing boat. An ordinary man.s will to live made him a reluctant national hero . one whose truly fearless act was to journey home. The film screened at the Mill Valley and Toronto International Film Festivals after being a box office smash in its home country. Bac Films is handling foreign sales of The Deep.
- 11/13/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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