Norway is not known for its blockbusters, but “Pirates of the Caribbean” director Joachim Rønning has always made big movies. His last two features, co-directed with partner Espen Sandberg, weren’t the intimate stories of arthouse filmmaking: “Max Manus: Man of War” was an action drama about a World War II saboteur, while their Oscar-nominated 2012 breakout, “Kon-Tiki,” detailed the journey of a Norwegian explorer who crossed the Pacific Ocean in 1947 on a balsa wood raft.
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“Even making films in Norway, I never felt I made small films,” said Rønning. “I’m drawn to big stories, and big emotions, because I love making movies for the big screen. I like to be engulfed in the theater and make stories that takes you places.”
Nonetheless, there is a matter of scale. In...
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“Even making films in Norway, I never felt I made small films,” said Rønning. “I’m drawn to big stories, and big emotions, because I love making movies for the big screen. I like to be engulfed in the theater and make stories that takes you places.”
Nonetheless, there is a matter of scale. In...
- 5/26/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The fifth film in Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has begun filming. Here's the press release the company issued today to celebrate the news which also includes a detailed new synopsis. Here's the press release in full:
Queens Land, Australia (February 18, 2015) – Production has commenced on location in Australia on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' epic comedy adventure "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," directed by Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning ("Kon-Tiki"), the fifth entry in the blockbuster franchise inspired by the classic Disney Theme Parks attraction, which has reaped $3.7 billion in worldwide box office.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" will film entirely at Village Roadshow Studios and on locations within Queensland, Australia.
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying...
Queens Land, Australia (February 18, 2015) – Production has commenced on location in Australia on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' epic comedy adventure "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," directed by Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning ("Kon-Tiki"), the fifth entry in the blockbuster franchise inspired by the classic Disney Theme Parks attraction, which has reaped $3.7 billion in worldwide box office.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" will film entirely at Village Roadshow Studios and on locations within Queensland, Australia.
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying...
- 2/18/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Production has commenced on location in Australia on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic comedy adventure Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, directed by Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning (“Kon-Tiki”), the fifth entry in the blockbuster franchise inspired by the classic Disney Theme Parks attraction, which has reaped $3.7 billion in worldwide box office.
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will film entirely at Village Roadshow Studios and on locations within Queensland, Australia.
Johnny Depp returns to his iconic, Academy Award-nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow, one of the most beloved characters in motion picture history, newly joined by Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Skyfall”), rising young stars Kaya Scodelario (“The Maze Runner,” British television’s “Skins”) and Brenton Thwaites (“Maleficent,” “The Giver”) and Golshifteh Farahani (“The Patience Stone,” “Exodus: Gods and Kings”).
Rejoining the action are Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa,...
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will film entirely at Village Roadshow Studios and on locations within Queensland, Australia.
Johnny Depp returns to his iconic, Academy Award-nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow, one of the most beloved characters in motion picture history, newly joined by Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Skyfall”), rising young stars Kaya Scodelario (“The Maze Runner,” British television’s “Skins”) and Brenton Thwaites (“Maleficent,” “The Giver”) and Golshifteh Farahani (“The Patience Stone,” “Exodus: Gods and Kings”).
Rejoining the action are Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa,...
- 2/18/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Trustnordisk has sold Grethe Bøe-Waal's adventure film "Operation Arctic" to Germany (Telepool GmbH), France (Swift Distribution), Bulgaria (Pro Films), Estonia (Estinfilm) and Ro-In Entertainment (Iran).
"Operation Arctic" celebrated its Us premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in late January, where it screened as part of the Sundance Kids section.
Directed by Grethe Bøe-Waal and produced by Filmkameratene As, the Norwegian production company behind box office successes such as "Max Manus" (2008) and "Troll Hunter" (2010), "Operation Arctic" is an exciting action adventure film shot in one of the most spectacular and dangerous settings in the world – the Arctic Ocean – and tells the story about three kids who suddenly are left behind in the middle of a deserted island. Now the three are forced to face the epic powers of nature, as both blizzards and hungry polar bears threaten their very existence.
The film is produced by John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo and Marcus Brodersen for Filmkameratene As with support from The Norwegian Film Institute and Filmfond Nord As.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.
For more information, visti Here.
"Operation Arctic" celebrated its Us premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in late January, where it screened as part of the Sundance Kids section.
Directed by Grethe Bøe-Waal and produced by Filmkameratene As, the Norwegian production company behind box office successes such as "Max Manus" (2008) and "Troll Hunter" (2010), "Operation Arctic" is an exciting action adventure film shot in one of the most spectacular and dangerous settings in the world – the Arctic Ocean – and tells the story about three kids who suddenly are left behind in the middle of a deserted island. Now the three are forced to face the epic powers of nature, as both blizzards and hungry polar bears threaten their very existence.
The film is produced by John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo and Marcus Brodersen for Filmkameratene As with support from The Norwegian Film Institute and Filmfond Nord As.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.
For more information, visti Here.
- 2/11/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales looks set to shoot in Australia in early 2015.
While the Walt Disney Studios has not announced the location, Australian talent agents say a casting call has gone out for two key roles and a mid-February shoot is planned.
Australia.s chances of landing the production, which has a reported budget of more than $200 million, were enhanced when the federal government agreed to give Disney the $21.6 million incentive which had been offered by the previous government as an inducement to shoot the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake in Oz.
That project was shelved after director David Fincher departed, later blaming "Disney's corporate culture" and differences over casting.
Disney asked the government to reassign the funds to Pirates 5 and to boost the total incentive to 30% of the budget.. If understands the studio wanted an extra $7 million, either from the feds or one of the state agencies.
While the Walt Disney Studios has not announced the location, Australian talent agents say a casting call has gone out for two key roles and a mid-February shoot is planned.
Australia.s chances of landing the production, which has a reported budget of more than $200 million, were enhanced when the federal government agreed to give Disney the $21.6 million incentive which had been offered by the previous government as an inducement to shoot the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake in Oz.
That project was shelved after director David Fincher departed, later blaming "Disney's corporate culture" and differences over casting.
Disney asked the government to reassign the funds to Pirates 5 and to boost the total incentive to 30% of the budget.. If understands the studio wanted an extra $7 million, either from the feds or one of the state agencies.
- 9/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
We're kicking off our extensive Deliver Us From Evil interview series today with a lengthy chat with one of the industry's great producers, Jerry Bruckheimer. Read on to find out if it was the devil who made him do it!
Dread Central: Why did you want to do a movie on exorcism?
Jerry Bruckheimer: We like to put a voice to things that are true and Ralph Sarchie’s story was very intriguing. It was something that I didn’t understand or believe but apparently these things actually happened.
DC: We heard that some weird things happened on the set. Were you privy to anything?
Jb: No, but I’m sure [director] Scott [Derrickson] could tell you some of the weird things that happened. One thing that happened, it was the rainiest June in the recorded history of New York. So when you see the movie, and you’ll see it rains,...
Dread Central: Why did you want to do a movie on exorcism?
Jerry Bruckheimer: We like to put a voice to things that are true and Ralph Sarchie’s story was very intriguing. It was something that I didn’t understand or believe but apparently these things actually happened.
DC: We heard that some weird things happened on the set. Were you privy to anything?
Jb: No, but I’m sure [director] Scott [Derrickson] could tell you some of the weird things that happened. One thing that happened, it was the rainiest June in the recorded history of New York. So when you see the movie, and you’ll see it rains,...
- 6/2/2014
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
The Weinstein Company to Produce a New Netflix Original Series Based on the Adventures of Marco Polo
[Press Release] Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 14, 2014 -- The epic adventures of Marco Polo, a kinetic tale of high politics, masterful manipulation and deadly warfare among clashing empires, will premiere exclusively for Netflix members to watch instantly in all Netflix territories in late 2014. The famed explorer's journey takes him to the center of a brutal war in 13th century China, a world replete with astonishing martial arts, sexual intrigue, political skullduggery and spectacular battles and comes from directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki, Max Manus: Man of War), executive producer and director Dan Minahan (Game of Thrones, True Blood) and executive producer and creator John Fusco (Young Guns, Hidalgo). Produced by The Weinstein Company (TWC), the nine chapter...
- 1/15/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
FremantleMedia is expanding its scripted business with this acquisition in the hot Nordic region. Miso Film‘s TV credits include the recently launched Dicte, and Those Who Kill, a drama being remade for A&E with Chloë Sevigny and James D’Arcy starring. It’s also working on 1864, an epic war drama series directed by Ole Bornedal that’s Denmark’s biggest production ever. On the feature side, Miso produced 2008′s Max Manus, the Norwegian drama that launched the careers of Kon-Tiki helmers Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. Here’s the full release: London, November 6th 2013: FremantleMedia, one of the world’s largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of global television brands, announced today that it has signed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Miso Film, a leading Danish scripted production company. Under the deal – financial terms of which are not disclosed – FremantleMedia will have...
- 11/6/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Uma Thurman To Present Lumière Prize To Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino muse Uma Thurman will be on hand Friday in Lyon to present the director with the fifth annual Lumière Prize, organizers said today. Tarantino is receiving the award for his body of work, his love of cinema, “the tributes he pays inside his own films to the entire mythology of the 7th art” and for “the way he’s always saying ‘Vive le cinéma!’ ” The ceremony will be part of the Lumière Festival of retrospectives and restored vintage titles that is overseen by Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux and Lumière Institute president Bertrand Tavernier. Per-Olav Sørensen Prepping Norwegian Mini ‘The Heavy Water War’ While Danny Boyle is prepping Telemark, a miniseries for FX in the U.S., Norwegian director Per-Olav Sørensen is putting together a similarly themed mini in Norway. The Heavy Water War is based on the...
- 10/17/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
He signs six-year contract as production and development chief; Svensk Denmark appoints Birdi Bjerregaard as MD for Sf Film Production.
Norwegian producer Sveinung Golimo, who worked on this including Max Manus: Men of War and Troll Hunter, was today named production and development chief at the Norwegian Film Institute.
Golimo, 38, who has signed a six-year contract, will join the top management team headed by new CEO Sindre Guldvog, who will shortly replace managing director Nina Refseth. Starting next spring, he will succeed Ivar Køhn, who has become head of drama at Norwegian pubcaster Nrk.
Since 2001, Golimo has worked for Oslo-based production outfit Filmkameratene, now 50%-50% owned by its founder, Norwegian veteran producer John M Jacobsen and Sf Norge; for six years he was head of the Norwegian Film and TV Producers’ Association. He is currently producing Norwegian directors Hallvard Bræin’s Burning (Børning), Grethe Bøe’s Operation Arctic (Operasjon Arktis), and Per Olav Sørensen’s TV series...
Norwegian producer Sveinung Golimo, who worked on this including Max Manus: Men of War and Troll Hunter, was today named production and development chief at the Norwegian Film Institute.
Golimo, 38, who has signed a six-year contract, will join the top management team headed by new CEO Sindre Guldvog, who will shortly replace managing director Nina Refseth. Starting next spring, he will succeed Ivar Køhn, who has become head of drama at Norwegian pubcaster Nrk.
Since 2001, Golimo has worked for Oslo-based production outfit Filmkameratene, now 50%-50% owned by its founder, Norwegian veteran producer John M Jacobsen and Sf Norge; for six years he was head of the Norwegian Film and TV Producers’ Association. He is currently producing Norwegian directors Hallvard Bræin’s Burning (Børning), Grethe Bøe’s Operation Arctic (Operasjon Arktis), and Per Olav Sørensen’s TV series...
- 10/2/2013
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Norway’s Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year is finally sailing in on DVD and Blu-ray. From Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company, Kon-tiki is available to own now and will remind you of how Hollywood used to do movies. This is one you will want to add to your collection.
From the directing duo of Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Max Manus: Man of War, Bandidas), Kon-tiki is based on the amazing true adventure of Thor Heyderdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen), a Norwegian explorer in 1947 who embarks on the voyage of a lifetime to prove a point.
In 1947, the world is gripped with excitement as the young Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl (Pål Hagen) embarks on an astonishing expedition – a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean on the Kon-Tiki raft. From his days living in the Marquesas with his wife Liv (Agnes Kittlesen), Thor...
From the directing duo of Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Max Manus: Man of War, Bandidas), Kon-tiki is based on the amazing true adventure of Thor Heyderdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen), a Norwegian explorer in 1947 who embarks on the voyage of a lifetime to prove a point.
In 1947, the world is gripped with excitement as the young Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl (Pål Hagen) embarks on an astonishing expedition – a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean on the Kon-Tiki raft. From his days living in the Marquesas with his wife Liv (Agnes Kittlesen), Thor...
- 8/28/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Did you see Kon-tiki when it was in theaters earlier this year? It is an amazing adventure and the kind of film we avid movie goers haven’t seen in a long time.
Based on the amazing true adventure of Thor Heyderdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen), Kon-tiki is the tale of a Norwegian explorer in 1947 who embarks on the voyage of a lifetime to prove a point. When the scientific community rejects his theory that South Americans were the first to settle in the Polynesian Islands, Heyerdahl resolves to prove its validity—and save his reputation—by embarking on the voyage himself. Recruiting a group of five men who are just bold enough to tackle the seemingly impossible trip, he builds a simple raft to original pre-Columbian specifications and sets off on the epic 101 day-long journey across the treacherous ocean to meet his fate, while the world watches.
In case you...
Based on the amazing true adventure of Thor Heyderdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen), Kon-tiki is the tale of a Norwegian explorer in 1947 who embarks on the voyage of a lifetime to prove a point. When the scientific community rejects his theory that South Americans were the first to settle in the Polynesian Islands, Heyerdahl resolves to prove its validity—and save his reputation—by embarking on the voyage himself. Recruiting a group of five men who are just bold enough to tackle the seemingly impossible trip, he builds a simple raft to original pre-Columbian specifications and sets off on the epic 101 day-long journey across the treacherous ocean to meet his fate, while the world watches.
In case you...
- 8/26/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A seemingly ordinary young woman discovers a hidden world and an extraordinary destiny in The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, the eagerly anticipated big-screen adaptation of the first book of Cassandra Clare’s blockbuster fantasy adventure series, The Mortal Instruments.
Clarissa “Clary” Fray (Lily Collins) has been living quietly in Brooklyn for as long as she can remember, when she suddenly begins to see startling and seemingly impossible things. Just as suddenly, her single mom (Lena Headey) disappears after a violent struggle. As she and her best friend Simon (Robert Sheehan) search for her mother, Clary begins to uncover the dark secrets and darker threats in the hidden world of the Shadowhunters, angel-human warriors who have protected humanity from evil forces for centuries.
Surrounded by demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other supernatural denizens of the Shadow World, Clary joins forces with young Shadowhunters Jace (Jamie Campbell Bower), Isabelle (Jemima West...
Clarissa “Clary” Fray (Lily Collins) has been living quietly in Brooklyn for as long as she can remember, when she suddenly begins to see startling and seemingly impossible things. Just as suddenly, her single mom (Lena Headey) disappears after a violent struggle. As she and her best friend Simon (Robert Sheehan) search for her mother, Clary begins to uncover the dark secrets and darker threats in the hidden world of the Shadowhunters, angel-human warriors who have protected humanity from evil forces for centuries.
Surrounded by demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other supernatural denizens of the Shadow World, Clary joins forces with young Shadowhunters Jace (Jamie Campbell Bower), Isabelle (Jemima West...
- 8/14/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its 276-member-strong class of 2013.
The list, published by The Hollywood Reporter, includes actors, cinematographers, designers, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, "members-at-large," musicians, producers, PR folks, short filmmakers and animators, sound technicians, visual effects artists, and writers.
Jason Bateman, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Mortimer, Sandra Oh, Jason Schwartzman, and Michael Peña are among the roster of actors, while "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig made the directors' cut.
"We did not change our criteria at all," says Academy president Hawk Koch of this year's larger-than-usual class. "Yes, this year there is a tremendous amount of women, a tremendous amount of people of color, people from all walks of life. This year, we asked the branches to look at everybody who wasn't in the Academy but who deserved to be.
The list, published by The Hollywood Reporter, includes actors, cinematographers, designers, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, "members-at-large," musicians, producers, PR folks, short filmmakers and animators, sound technicians, visual effects artists, and writers.
Jason Bateman, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Mortimer, Sandra Oh, Jason Schwartzman, and Michael Peña are among the roster of actors, while "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig made the directors' cut.
"We did not change our criteria at all," says Academy president Hawk Koch of this year's larger-than-usual class. "Yes, this year there is a tremendous amount of women, a tremendous amount of people of color, people from all walks of life. This year, we asked the branches to look at everybody who wasn't in the Academy but who deserved to be.
- 7/4/2013
- by Laura Larson
- Moviefone
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 276 members of the entertainment industry invited to join organization. The list includes actors, directors, documentarians, executives, film editors, producers and more. Of those listed below, those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2013. "These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today," said Academy President Hawk Koch in a press release. "Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy." Koch also told Variety, "In the past eight or nine years, each branch could only bring in X amount of members. There were people each branch would have liked to get in but couldn't. We asked them to be more inclusive of the best of the best, and each branch was excited, because they got...
- 6/28/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Academy just added 276 Oscar voters.
That’s 100 more than last year, and part of an easing of a longstanding cap on the number of new members allowed to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences each year.
AMPAS usually adds between 130 and 180 new members, replacing those who have quit or passed away. The membership now stands around 6,000.
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmanuelle Riva, and Chris Tucker are among the actors who have been invited to join, the organization announced today.
Other interesting additions: the musician Prince, Girls and Tiny Furniture writer/director/actress Lena Dunham,...
That’s 100 more than last year, and part of an easing of a longstanding cap on the number of new members allowed to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences each year.
AMPAS usually adds between 130 and 180 new members, replacing those who have quit or passed away. The membership now stands around 6,000.
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emmanuelle Riva, and Chris Tucker are among the actors who have been invited to join, the organization announced today.
Other interesting additions: the musician Prince, Girls and Tiny Furniture writer/director/actress Lena Dunham,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 276 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2013.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Hawk Koch. “Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy.”
The 2013 invitees are:
Actors
Jason Bateman – “Up in the Air,” “Juno”
Miriam Colon – “City of Hope,” “Scarface”
Rosario Dawson – “Rent,” “Frank Miller’s Sin City”
Kimberly Elise – “For Colored Girls,” “Beloved”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “Lincoln,” “The Dark Knight Rises”
Charles Grodin – “Midnight Run,” “The Heartbreak Kid”
Rebecca Hall – “Iron Man 3,” “The Town”
Lance Henriksen – “Aliens,” “The Terminator”
Jack Huston – “Not Fade Away,” “Factory Girl”
Milla Jovovich – “Resident Evil,...
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Hawk Koch. “Their talent and creativity have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each of them to the Academy.”
The 2013 invitees are:
Actors
Jason Bateman – “Up in the Air,” “Juno”
Miriam Colon – “City of Hope,” “Scarface”
Rosario Dawson – “Rent,” “Frank Miller’s Sin City”
Kimberly Elise – “For Colored Girls,” “Beloved”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “Lincoln,” “The Dark Knight Rises”
Charles Grodin – “Midnight Run,” “The Heartbreak Kid”
Rebecca Hall – “Iron Man 3,” “The Town”
Lance Henriksen – “Aliens,” “The Terminator”
Jack Huston – “Not Fade Away,” “Factory Girl”
Milla Jovovich – “Resident Evil,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Los Angeles -- The Norwegian directing team of Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, whose biopic of World War II resistance fighter Max Manus was a huge hit on home turf, have turned to another native hero for "Kon-Tiki." One of the most-vaunted escapades of the 20th century, Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 Peru-to-Polynesia expedition by raft gets glossy big-screen treatment in this efficiently told action-adventure. Delivering visual drama and understated character study, sometimes in disappointingly formulaic fashion, the feature has its incisive moments but falls short as both epic and intimate portrait.
With effective immediacy, the directors dramatize some incidents from Heyerdahl's 1950 Oscar-winning documentary about the trip, and cinematographer Geir Hartly Andreassen pays tribute in re-created B&W footage of the building of the raft. Too much of the action, though, devolves into close encounters with sharks, scenes that leave the on-deck characters adrift rather than helping to define them.
The film,...
With effective immediacy, the directors dramatize some incidents from Heyerdahl's 1950 Oscar-winning documentary about the trip, and cinematographer Geir Hartly Andreassen pays tribute in re-created B&W footage of the building of the raft. Too much of the action, though, devolves into close encounters with sharks, scenes that leave the on-deck characters adrift rather than helping to define them.
The film,...
- 4/26/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Hollywood has been reusing ideas from the dawn of Western Civilization for
years and now they will be going back to basics by making their own Hercules film.
Other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, there is no other mention of casting until now.
This popcorn entertainment flick of recycled ideas will be led by director Brett
Ratner. Coming on board to lend their talent is Norwegian actor Aksal Hennie. He has
starred in such movies as the thriller “Headhunters” and “Max Manus.” Hennie is slowly
breaking into Hollywood with “The Last Knights” which stars Clive Owen and Morgan
Freeman.
Marketing for the film will definitely be no Herculean task because regardless
of the story, it has the ingredients to make bank. The name of Hercules already brings
familiarity as well as the star power of action hero, “The Rock.” It will be a tentpole
release which opens up the 3D/IMAX possibilities.
years and now they will be going back to basics by making their own Hercules film.
Other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, there is no other mention of casting until now.
This popcorn entertainment flick of recycled ideas will be led by director Brett
Ratner. Coming on board to lend their talent is Norwegian actor Aksal Hennie. He has
starred in such movies as the thriller “Headhunters” and “Max Manus.” Hennie is slowly
breaking into Hollywood with “The Last Knights” which stars Clive Owen and Morgan
Freeman.
Marketing for the film will definitely be no Herculean task because regardless
of the story, it has the ingredients to make bank. The name of Hercules already brings
familiarity as well as the star power of action hero, “The Rock.” It will be a tentpole
release which opens up the 3D/IMAX possibilities.
- 2/22/2013
- by Ruben Gonzalez
- LRMonline.com
Aksel Hennie is going Hollywood.We've been vocal fans of the Norwegian star here at Twitch since first coming across him in a pair of 2004 films - Uno and Hawaii, Oslo - and have tracked his career with great interest ever since. And with massive Norwegian hits such as Max Manus and Headhunters now under his belt - both of which also secured major international attention - it comes as no surprise that Hennie is casting his eye farther afield. Hennie has just joined the cast of Brett Ratner's Hercules, in which he will star opposite Dwayne Johnson as Tydeus - an axe wielding warrior so crazed he needs to be chained at night while he sleeps. Is a Ratner action film the way I'd...
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- 2/21/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Hercules has cast Headhunters star Aksel Hennie.
The actor will play a mad warrior named Tydeus in Brett Ratner's action adventure, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film stars Dwayne Johnson in the title role. The weary warrior has become a mercenary in order to occupy himself after completing his legendary tasks.
He and his six companions begin to suspect the motives of their vicious employer Cotys, the King of Thrace.
The take on the mythical hero ejects the magical and divine elements of the legend, leaving Hercules as a mighty warrior but not the son of Zeus.
The MGM and Paramount Pictures movie is based on Radical Publishing's two Hercules series The Thracian Wars and The Knives of Kush.
Hennie also starred in Max Manus and will make his English-language debut in the recently wrapped The Last Knights, which he will appear in alongside Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen.
The actor will play a mad warrior named Tydeus in Brett Ratner's action adventure, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film stars Dwayne Johnson in the title role. The weary warrior has become a mercenary in order to occupy himself after completing his legendary tasks.
He and his six companions begin to suspect the motives of their vicious employer Cotys, the King of Thrace.
The take on the mythical hero ejects the magical and divine elements of the legend, leaving Hercules as a mighty warrior but not the son of Zeus.
The MGM and Paramount Pictures movie is based on Radical Publishing's two Hercules series The Thracian Wars and The Knives of Kush.
Hennie also starred in Max Manus and will make his English-language debut in the recently wrapped The Last Knights, which he will appear in alongside Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen.
- 2/21/2013
- Digital Spy
In January when the nominations were announced for the 85th Academy Awards, Norway’s Kon-tiki was recognized with a nod in the Best Foreign Language Film category and found itself in the company of Amour from Austria, War Witch from Canada, A Royal Affair from Denmark and No from Chile.
Go behind the scenes in this brand new featurette from The Weinstein Company. From directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, Kon-tiki screened in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and is scheduled for an April 19th release.
In 1947, the world is gripped with excitement as the young Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl embarks on an astonishing expedition – a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean on the Kon-Tiki raft. From his days living in the Marquesas with his wife Liv, Thor suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by ancient South Americans from thousands of miles to the east.
Go behind the scenes in this brand new featurette from The Weinstein Company. From directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, Kon-tiki screened in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and is scheduled for an April 19th release.
In 1947, the world is gripped with excitement as the young Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl embarks on an astonishing expedition – a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean on the Kon-Tiki raft. From his days living in the Marquesas with his wife Liv, Thor suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by ancient South Americans from thousands of miles to the east.
- 2/18/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When I was a boy in New York City I remember being enthralled by a book published then by a young Norwegian 'Explorer' called Thor Heyerdahl about his travels into the vast Pacific. The book told of an impossible dream of Heyerdahl to drift by raft from off Peru, not really navigating but being carried by natural currents into the depths of the Pacific vastness to 'discover', as did thousands of years before by the ancient Tiki people of Peru, islands in the Pacific where they settled and populated. Heyerdahl was derided and discouraged in his plans to 're-enact' the ancient voyages and prove his crazy theory. Of course he was right and he did completely prove his outlandish theories to be correct. But what a trip!! And that is the tale this wonderful new film tells.... Of a group of 'mad' (or eccentric) young Norwegian men who want to sail into fate and make their mark on the world. And they are led by the biggest madman of all - Heyerdahl - who is proven to be a visionary hero. It was interesting to me to see this hero of my childhood seen in another - and darker - light. He was a genius and more than a little insane. What a revelation to me after all these years!!! I spoke to the Directors of 'Kon Tiki' Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg in La recently where we met after being initially introduced at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. They are Oslo residents and lifelong friends who started making films when they were 10 years old. They began in the '80's to make music videos. From the beginning they were influenced by Us films which they always liked. In the early 90's when out of film school they made TV commercials. They now own Motion Blur which is the biggest Norwegian production house for commercials. In 2008 they made their first Directed feature, 'Max Manus' which was a WW2 feature. It had a Us$10 million budget and sold 5 million theater tickets and 1.2 million bought non theatrical access for a gross of Us$20 million. Big success. Kon Tiki has had the 2nd biggest Norwegian theatrical run at $14.2 million box office receipts. Internationally The Weinstein Company has bought North America and the UK all rights. Hanway the excellent UK International Sales Company is handling 50 territories for sales. Today the Directors are stretching their legs a bit and touring the states with their families. They are considering work in the Us and consider themselves 'entrepreneurs'. They are currently taking meetings and reviewing new projects. I wish them well, they are very talented and told this tough story with great flair and honesty. The following text I have edited down from Wikipedia but nerds like me who want more can look him Heyerdahl up there. This below is Not about the film but reflects the background story a bit, history and fuss that Heyerdahl evoked, a really remarkable man. from Wikipedia - Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a self-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands in 1947. The expedition was designed to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between apparently separate cultures. This was linked to a diffusionist model of cultural development. Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, the son of master brewer Thor Heyerdahl and his wife Alison Lyng. As a young child, Heyerdahl showed a strong interest in zoology. He created a small museum in his childhood home, with a Vipera berus as the main attraction. He studied zoology and geography at the University of Oslo. At the same time, he privately studied Polynesian culture and history, consulting what was then the world's largest private collection of books and papers on Polynesia, owned by Bjarne Kropelien, a wealthy wine merchant in Oslo. This collection was later purchased by the University of Oslo Library from Kropelien's heirs and was attached to the Kon-Tiki Museum research department. After seven terms and consultations with experts in Berlin, a project was developed and sponsored by Heyerdahl's zoology professors, Kristine Bonnevie and Hjalmar Broch. He was to visit some isolated Pacific island groups and study how the local animals had found their way there. In the Kon-Tiki expedition, Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers went to Peru, they constructed a pae-pae raft from balsa wood and other native materials, a raft that they called the Kon-Tiki. The Kon-Tiki expedition was inspired by old reports and drawings made by the Spanish Conquistadors of Inca rafts, and by native legends and archaeological evidence suggesting contact between South America and Polynesia. After a 101-day, 4,300 nautical mile (4,948 miles or 7,964 km)[6] journey across the Pacific Ocean, Kon-Tiki smashed into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947. Heyerdahl, who had nearly drowned at least twice in childhood, did not take easily to water, and said later that there were times in each of his raft voyages when he feared for his life. Kon-Tiki demonstrated that it was possible for a primitive raft to sail the Pacific with relative ease and safety, especially to the west (with the wind). The raft proved to be highly maneuverable, and fish congregated between the nine balsa logs in such numbers that ancient sailors could have possibly relied on fish for hydration in the absence of other sources of fresh water. Inspired by Kon-Tiki, other rafts have repeated the voyage. Heyerdahl's book about the expedition, The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas, has been translated into over 67 languages. The documentary film of the expedition, itself entitled Kon-Tiki, won an Academy Award in 1951. Anthropologists continue to believe, based on linguistic, physical, and genetic evidence, that Polynesia was settled from west to east, migration having begun from the Asian mainland. There are controversial indications, though, of some sort of South American/Polynesian contact, most notably in the fact that the South American sweet potato is served as a dietary staple throughout much of Polynesia. Blood samples taken in 1971 and 2008 from Easter Islanders without any European or other external descent were analysed in a 2011 study, which concluded that the evidence supported some aspects of Heyerdahl's hypothesis. Heyerdahl attempted to counter the linguistic argument with the analogy that, guessing the origin of African-Americans, he would prefer to believe that they came from Africa, judging from their skin colour, and not from England, judging from their speech. Heyerdahl claimed that in Incan legend there was a sun-god named Con-Tici Viracocha who was the supreme head of the mythical fair-skinned people in Peru. The original name for Viracocha was Kon-Tiki or Illa-Tiki, which means Sun-Tiki or Fire-Tiki. Kon-Tiki was high priest and sun-king of these legendary "white men" who left enormous ruins on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The legend continues with the mysterious bearded white men being attacked by a chief named Cari who came from the Coquimbo Valley. They had a battle on an island in Lake Titicaca, and the fair race was massacred. However, Kon-Tiki and his closest companions managed to escape and later arrived on the Pacific coast. The legend ends with Kon-Tiki and his companions disappearing westward out to sea. When the Spaniards came to Peru, Heyerdahl asserted, the Incas told them that the colossal monuments that stood deserted about the landscape were erected by a race of white gods who had lived there before the Incas themselves became rulers. The Incas described these "white gods" as wise, peaceful instructors who had originally come from the north in the "morning of time" and taught the Incas' primitive forefathers architecture as well as manners and customs. They were unlike other Native Americans in that they had "white skins and long beards" and were taller than the Incas. The Incas said that the "white gods" had then left as suddenly as they had come and fled westward across the Pacific. After they had left, the Incas themselves took over power in the country. Heyerdahl said that when the Europeans first came to the Pacific islands, they were astonished that they found some of the natives to have relatively light skins and beards. There were whole families that had pale skin, hair varying in color from reddish to blonde. In contrast, most of the Polynesians had golden-brown skin, raven-black hair, and rather flat noses. Heyerdahl claimed that when Jakob Roggeveen first discovered Easter Island in 1722, he supposedly noticed that many of the natives were white-skinned. Heyerdahl claimed that these people could count their ancestors who were "white-skinned" right back to the time of Tiki and Hotu Matua, when they first came sailing across the sea "from a mountainous land in the east which was scorched by the sun." The ethnographic evidence for these claims is outlined in Heyerdahl's book Aku Aku: The Secret of Easter Island. Heyerdahl proposed that Tiki's neolithic people colonized the then-uninhabited Polynesian islands as far north as Hawaii, as far south as New Zealand, as far east as Easter Island, and as far west as Samoa and Tonga around 500 Ad. They supposedly sailed from Peru to the Polynesian islands on pae-paes—large rafts built from balsa logs, complete with sails and each with a small cottage. They built enormous stone statues carved in the image of human beings on Pitcairn, the Marquesas, and Easter Island that resembled those in Peru. They also built huge pyramids on Tahiti and Samoa with steps like those in Peru. But all over Polynesia, Heyerdahl found indications that Tiki's peaceable race had not been able to hold the islands alone for long. He found evidence that suggested that seagoing war canoes as large as Viking ships and lashed together two and two had brought Stone Age Northwest American Indians to Polynesia around 1100 Ad, and they mingled with Tiki's people. The oral history of the people of Easter Island, at least as it was documented by Heyerdahl, is completely consistent with this theory, as is the archaeological record he examined (Heyerdahl 1958). In particular, Heyerdahl obtained a radiocarbon date of 400 Ad for a charcoal fire located in the pit that was held by the people of Easter Island to have been used as an "oven" by the "Long Ears," which Heyerdahl's Rapa Nui sources, reciting oral tradition, identified as a white race which had ruled the island in the past (Heyerdahl 1958). Heyerdahl further argued in his book American Indians in the Pacific that the current inhabitants of Polynesia migrated from an Asian source, but via an alternate route. He proposes that Polynesians traveled with the wind along the North Pacific current. These migrants then arrived in British Columbia. Heyerdahl called contemporary tribes of British Columbia, such as the Tlingit and Haida, descendants of these migrants. Heyerdahl claimed that cultural and physical similarities existed between these British Columbian tribes, Polynesians, and the Old World source. Heyerdahl's claims aside, however, there is no evidence that the Tlingit, Haida or other British Columbian tribes have an affinity with Polynesians. Heyerdahl's theory of Polynesian origins never gained acceptance among anthropologists. Physical and cultural evidence had long suggested that Polynesia was settled from west to east, migration having begun from the Asian mainland, not South America. In the late 1990s, genetic testing found that the mitochondrial DNA of the Polynesians is more similar to people from southeast Asia than to people from South America, showing that their ancestors most likely came from Asia.[12] Easter Islanders are of Polynesian descent. Anthropologist Robert Carl Suggs included a chapter titled "The Kon-Tiki Myth" in his book on Polynesia, concluding that "The Kon-Tiki theory is about as plausible as the tales of Atlantis, Mu, and 'Children of the Sun.' Like most such theories it makes exciting light reading, but as an example of scientific method it fares quite poorly." Anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis also criticised Heyerdahl's theory in his book The Wayfinders, which explores the history of Polynesia. Davis says that Heyerdahl "ignored the overwhelming body of linguistic, ethnographic, and ethnobotanical evidence, augmented today by genetic and archaeological data, indicating that he was patently wrong."...
- 1/16/2013
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Here’s a clip from Kon-Tiki, which plays the Toronto Film Festival at 5:30 Pm today at the Wintergarden Theater after winning the Audience Award when it made its world premiere at the Norwegian International Film Festival a few weeks ago. The film, helmed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, was produced by Jeremy Thomas. Roenning and Sandberg’s last film, Max Manus, is the highest-grossing film in Scandinavian history and the 2009 Norwegian Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film. Kon-Tiki opened in Norway last Friday and broke the Max Manus record for biggest opener of a Norwegian movie.
- 9/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The official poster for Norweigian director Reinert Kiil's "Hora" ("The Whore") sequel "Inside The Whore" has finally been revealed. The film is scheduled for release in the fall 2012 by Scandinavian distributor Another World Entertainment who also released the original "Hora" in 2010. It is a very different film starring the director Reinert Kiil in the lead role surrounding himself with various Scandinavian actors such as Jørgen Langhelle ("The Thing", "Arn: The Knight Templar"), Vegar Hoel ("Dead Snow", "Tomme Tonner"), Viktoria Winge ("Max Manus", "Cold Prey", "Cold Prey 2"), Kim Sønderholm ("Blood Fare", "Toro Loco"), Dagrun Anholt, Big Brother-star Anette Young and adult stars Caroline Andersen and Isabel Vibe who also played the lead character in the original"Hora" film. During...
- 6/26/2012
- www.ohmygore.com/
Film: Headhunters (2011) Cast includes: Aksel Hennie (Max Manus: Man of War), Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Black Hawk Down) Director: Morten Tyldum (Fallen Angels) Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller (98 minutes) Norwegian with subtitles "Rules #1 through 4, leave nothing to chance. Rule #5... One of two things will happen. You'll either find a great masterpiece that makes it possible to retire, or you'll get caught." Roger Brown is an art thief. He introduces himself to us in a voiceover: He's 5'6", he has a house he can't afford, a car he can't afford and a tall beautiful wife, Diana, who likes those things. She regularly attracts the attention of other men... all of them taller. Diana has a stylish art gallery that Roger seems to support. Diana wears gorgeous clothes and jewelry... gifts from her devoted husband. He can't afford any of it. He has a good job as a headhunter, but that's not how he pays for everything.
- 4/26/2012
- by Leslie Sisman
- Moviefone
Jo Nesbø's novel has been expertly transformed into a cool, brutal, deeply Scandinavian thriller
The cinema, as Karl Marx might have said, repeats itself, first as a Scandinavian thriller, then as a Hollywood remake. An American company acquired the rights to remake Morten Tyldum's Headhunters while it was still in production. They'll have trouble in making a movie half as good or half as authentic.
Although inevitably indebted to American models, Headhunters is firmly rooted in the Scandinavian experience, and it moves with the speed of a demented lemming heading for the cliff-edge of a fjord. The film is adapted from a novel by Jo Nesbø, the Norwegian crime writer who is now up there beside the Swedes Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, and the screenplay is the work of Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg, old hands at this kind of thing, the latter having adapted novels by both Mankell and Larsson.
The cinema, as Karl Marx might have said, repeats itself, first as a Scandinavian thriller, then as a Hollywood remake. An American company acquired the rights to remake Morten Tyldum's Headhunters while it was still in production. They'll have trouble in making a movie half as good or half as authentic.
Although inevitably indebted to American models, Headhunters is firmly rooted in the Scandinavian experience, and it moves with the speed of a demented lemming heading for the cliff-edge of a fjord. The film is adapted from a novel by Jo Nesbø, the Norwegian crime writer who is now up there beside the Swedes Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, and the screenplay is the work of Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg, old hands at this kind of thing, the latter having adapted novels by both Mankell and Larsson.
- 4/7/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Headhunters is released in UK cinemas this Friday 6th April and to celebrate, Momentum have given us this great prize bundle to give away. Three lucky readers have the chance to win a copy of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Troll Hunter and Let the Right One in on DVD, a Headhunter T-shirt and the first person picked out of the digital hat will also win a signed Headhunters poster.
Headhunters stars Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and is directed by Morten Tyldum. If you missed the trailer for the movie, click here to watch.
Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the...
Headhunters stars Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and is directed by Morten Tyldum. If you missed the trailer for the movie, click here to watch.
Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the...
- 4/2/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
March 6th, 2012, 5:20Pm– It’s not only Rupert Grint doing all the work in Oslo these days – our ICM girls Karo and Kathy have been very busy in Norway – gathering goodies for you all to enjoy. We are now ready to show you the first batch of videos and pictures from the red carpet at the World Premiere of Into the White at Folketeateret in Oslo. Also, we have a few teasers from the press day yesterday! In the first video you see some of our favourite guys, the Norwegian director Petter Næss and Norwegian actor Stig Henrik Hoff arriving on the red carpet – you can see it here! The second clip from the red carpet shows the two German actors David Kross and Florian Lukas with the Næss and Hoff – click here to see it! Click here for the third clip mostly shows the British actor Lachlan Nieboer...
- 3/6/2012
- by Majbritt
- Rupert-Grint.us/
We have the U.S. Trailer for Joe Nesbo's Headhunters, thanks to our friends at /Film. The film was directed by Norwegian director Morten Tyldum (Fallen Angels, Buddy). It stars Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg penned the screenplay.
Here is the synopsis:
Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man.
Headhunters arrives in theaters on April 27. Watch the trailer in HD at IMDb and below.
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Here is the synopsis:
Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man.
Headhunters arrives in theaters on April 27. Watch the trailer in HD at IMDb and below.
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- 3/6/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
It doesn’t have Mark Wahlberg, but it’ll do. Following a shorter international trailer, we’ve got a full-length Us one for Morten Tyldum‘s Norwegian heist film Headhunters. Based on a Jo Nesbo‘s 2008 novel, the film was picked up by Magnolia Pictures, and it’ll arrive later this spring. If you want to know as little as possible, I suggest just watching the first trailer, as this one lays out much more of the story as well as what looks to be some key action scenes. Nonetheless, this one looks tense, well-crafted and smarter than what a likely Hollywood version would be bring. Check it out below via IMDb.
Synopsis:
Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle.
Synopsis:
Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle.
- 3/6/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Before Mark Wahlberg and Summit can squeeze out a remake, you’ll get a chance to see Norwegian crime thriller “Headhunters”. The film opens in limited release on American screens on April 27, and there is a new Us trailer, embedded below, to whet you appetite. Based on a the best-selling novel by Jo Nesbø, “Headhunters” follows a art thief who picks the wrong target and finds himself in way over his head and has to flee for his life. “Headhunters” stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and...
- 3/5/2012
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
Based on Jo Nesbø’s original 2008 bestselling novel, Headhunters definitely has the potential to be an engrossing action-crime-thriller next month. The last trailer we saw was excellent, and now we’ve got a new one to share with you that’s just as effective.
Coming from IMDb, this new look at the film has everything you want and expect from a film like this, with the heist, the upper class style, car crashes, bullets flying, a menacing dog, a beautiful wife, and a general all-round high-octane feel.
“Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it...
Coming from IMDb, this new look at the film has everything you want and expect from a film like this, with the heist, the upper class style, car crashes, bullets flying, a menacing dog, a beautiful wife, and a general all-round high-octane feel.
“Headhunters stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it...
- 3/2/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If you were to tell me before that its possible to sail 5000 miles across the ocean with just a wooden raft, I would have scoff at the idea and say thats suicide. Truth be told, it has happened actually in 1947 and a UK/Norway/Denmark production is basing this true story of Kon-Tiki in a historical adventure film. For those unaware, a Norwegian explorer/writer Thor Heyerdahl courageously embarked on epic journey across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa raft, using the currents as the guide to test his theory that the people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. Its directed by Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandber of Max Manus: Man of War fame with Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen playing the lead...
- 2/14/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Headhunters (Hodejegerne)
Directed by Morten Tyldum
Written by Lars Gudmestad, Jo Nesbø, and Ulf Ryberg
Norway, 2011
Adapted from a novel by the acclaimed Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, Headhunters is an original thriller filled with surprises. Initially disguised as a heist film, the story quickly transforms into a brutal test of wills that pushes the lead beyond his breaking point. Director Morten Tyldum (Fallen Angels) introduces a fairly despicable lead character but makes him identifiable because his actions are understandable. Once the chaos begins, his will to live is stronger than anyone expects and makes even the most talented killer underestimate his resolve.
Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) stars as Roger Brown, a diminutive headhunter for large corporations who has built a reputable business. He’s earned decent money but can’t keep up with the financial expectations of his gorgeous wife Diana (SynnøveMacody Lund). To supplement his income, he learns about...
Directed by Morten Tyldum
Written by Lars Gudmestad, Jo Nesbø, and Ulf Ryberg
Norway, 2011
Adapted from a novel by the acclaimed Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, Headhunters is an original thriller filled with surprises. Initially disguised as a heist film, the story quickly transforms into a brutal test of wills that pushes the lead beyond his breaking point. Director Morten Tyldum (Fallen Angels) introduces a fairly despicable lead character but makes him identifiable because his actions are understandable. Once the chaos begins, his will to live is stronger than anyone expects and makes even the most talented killer underestimate his resolve.
Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) stars as Roger Brown, a diminutive headhunter for large corporations who has built a reputable business. He’s earned decent money but can’t keep up with the financial expectations of his gorgeous wife Diana (SynnøveMacody Lund). To supplement his income, he learns about...
- 11/18/2011
- by Dan Heaton
- SoundOnSight
The current wave of popular Scandinavian cinema continues with “Headhunters” from director Morten Tyldum, previously responsible for “Buddy” and “Fallen Angels”. The film was adapted from a novel by award winning and hugely successful Norwegian crime author Jo Nesbø, who currently has several of his books making their way to the screen, and following a very profitable domestic box office run has already been snatched up for a wide international release and a Hollywood remake. Aksel Hennie (“Max Manus: Man of War”) plays Roger, a highly successful corporate headhunter who makes up for his slight height deficiency by living beyond his means, with a lavish lifestyle, huge house and stunningly beautiful wife. Unable to afford all this on his wage, he keeps the wheels turning by stealing works of art on the side, targeting the people he interviews. With his wife pressuring him for a baby and his debits piling up,...
- 10/27/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
The first photo of Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn, also new shots of Josh Duhamel in Fire with Fire, Judi Dench in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and 'class photos' featuring the cast of American Reunion.
Set photos of Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki and D.J. Cotrona shooting G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, and some of Iron Man's spare gear on the set of The Avengers.
Posters for Drive, The Ides of March, Real Steel, The Double, Margaret.
"Studio Ghibli's new film has been retitled "The Secret World of Arrietty" for the U.S. domestic release in 2012…" (full details)
"Tom Six’s "The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)" has been set for a U.S. domestic release on October 7th…" (full details)
"Some more DVD/Blu-ray dates - "The Tree of Life," "Kung Fu Panda 2," "Zookeeper" and "Horrible Bosses" on October 11th, "Water for Elephants...
Set photos of Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki and D.J. Cotrona shooting G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, and some of Iron Man's spare gear on the set of The Avengers.
Posters for Drive, The Ides of March, Real Steel, The Double, Margaret.
"Studio Ghibli's new film has been retitled "The Secret World of Arrietty" for the U.S. domestic release in 2012…" (full details)
"Tom Six’s "The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)" has been set for a U.S. domestic release on October 7th…" (full details)
"Some more DVD/Blu-ray dates - "The Tree of Life," "Kung Fu Panda 2," "Zookeeper" and "Horrible Bosses" on October 11th, "Water for Elephants...
- 9/1/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
If you loved Steig Larsson’s Millenimum Trilogy and you need your fix of a dark Scandanavian thriller, you could maybe use Morten Tyldum’s The Headhunters (Hodejegerne), which is an adaptation of the Jo Nesbo’s book. Regardless if Variety call is a “by-the-numbers Norwegian thriller”, Headhunters boasts a pretty exciting trailer. Headhunters stars Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as an elite headhunter who finances his lavish lifestyle by stealing art from his own clients.
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- 8/19/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Reviewer: Craig Phillips
Rating (out of five): * * *
Max Manus: Man of War is a WWII epic based on a true story of Norwegian resistance fighter Max Manus. With a DVD release title and cover art that makes it sound like a comic book straight to video, the film from Bandidas directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roennin looks good and is exciting enough to hold attention, especially for war history buffs, but the script doesn't break any especially new ground.
Max Manus opens with an obligatory and probably unnecessary "how we got here" WWII background montage before starting in a 1940 Finland snow-covered battlefield then flashing back a few months earlier to when Germany has taken over Finland. Manus, our hero (played by Aksel Hennie), says "I was embarrassed to be from Finland." And thus we get the story of how Manus bravely became part of an unheralded resistance movement in his native country.
Rating (out of five): * * *
Max Manus: Man of War is a WWII epic based on a true story of Norwegian resistance fighter Max Manus. With a DVD release title and cover art that makes it sound like a comic book straight to video, the film from Bandidas directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roennin looks good and is exciting enough to hold attention, especially for war history buffs, but the script doesn't break any especially new ground.
Max Manus opens with an obligatory and probably unnecessary "how we got here" WWII background montage before starting in a 1940 Finland snow-covered battlefield then flashing back a few months earlier to when Germany has taken over Finland. Manus, our hero (played by Aksel Hennie), says "I was embarrassed to be from Finland." And thus we get the story of how Manus bravely became part of an unheralded resistance movement in his native country.
- 7/18/2011
- by weezy
- GreenCine
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Black Moon: The Criterion Collection (1975)
Directed by: Louis Malle
Starring: Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse
Criterion.com Synopsis: Louis Malle meets Lewis Carroll in this bizarre and bewitching trip down the rabbit hole. After skirting the horrors of a mysterious war being waged in the countryside, beautiful young Lily (Cathryn Harrison) takes refuge in a remote farmhouse, where she becomes embroiled in the surreal domestic life of an extremely unconventional family. Evocatively shot by cinematographer Sven Nykvist, Black Moon is a Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a post-apocalyptic world of shifting identities and talking animals. It is one of Malle’s most experimental films and a cinematic daydream like no other.
Camille 2000: Extended Version (1969)
Directed by: Radley Metzger
Starring: Daniel Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo
IMDb.com Synopsis: Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand,...
Black Moon: The Criterion Collection (1975)
Directed by: Louis Malle
Starring: Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse
Criterion.com Synopsis: Louis Malle meets Lewis Carroll in this bizarre and bewitching trip down the rabbit hole. After skirting the horrors of a mysterious war being waged in the countryside, beautiful young Lily (Cathryn Harrison) takes refuge in a remote farmhouse, where she becomes embroiled in the surreal domestic life of an extremely unconventional family. Evocatively shot by cinematographer Sven Nykvist, Black Moon is a Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a post-apocalyptic world of shifting identities and talking animals. It is one of Malle’s most experimental films and a cinematic daydream like no other.
Camille 2000: Extended Version (1969)
Directed by: Radley Metzger
Starring: Daniel Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo
IMDb.com Synopsis: Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand,...
- 6/27/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Disc Dish is giving away three Blu-ray copies of Max Manus: Man of War, the most expensive film ever produced in Norway and the winner of six Norwegian Academy Awards.
Being released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 28 by Music Box Films, Max Manus: Man of War tells the story of the celebrated World War II resistance fighter, who was responsible for sinking and damaging German ships. The foreign film is presented in Norwegian with English subtitles.
The Blu-ray, which includes a documentary with archival material of Manus and his daughter, is priced at $38.94, but you can enter to win a copy for free right here:
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Being released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 28 by Music Box Films, Max Manus: Man of War tells the story of the celebrated World War II resistance fighter, who was responsible for sinking and damaging German ships. The foreign film is presented in Norwegian with English subtitles.
The Blu-ray, which includes a documentary with archival material of Manus and his daughter, is priced at $38.94, but you can enter to win a copy for free right here:
1. If you don’t already, Like Disc Dish on Facebook, Follow Disc Dish on Twitter or subscribe to Disc Dish by email (see the box on the right), then leave a comment on this page saying whether you’re a Facebook or Twitter fan or email subscriber.
- 6/21/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Music Box Films Home Entertainment will release the acclaimed World War II action movie Max Manus: Man of War on Blu-ray and DVD on June 28.
Aksell Hennie is World War II hero Max Manus: Man of War.
The most expensive film ever produced in Norway, the movie recounts the story of one of Europe’s most celebrated WWII-era resistance fighters, Norwegian soldier Max Manus. A pioneer of Norway’s resistance movement and one of the most brilliant saboteurs of World War II, Manus’ aggressive sinking and damaging of German ships of war have become legend since he conducted them some 70 years ago.
The winner of six Norwegian Academy Awards, Max Manus: Man of War stars popular Norwegian leading man Aksel Hennie (Age of Heroes) and is directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg.
Max Manus played in theaters and film festivals around the world and received a limited theatrical release in the U.
Aksell Hennie is World War II hero Max Manus: Man of War.
The most expensive film ever produced in Norway, the movie recounts the story of one of Europe’s most celebrated WWII-era resistance fighters, Norwegian soldier Max Manus. A pioneer of Norway’s resistance movement and one of the most brilliant saboteurs of World War II, Manus’ aggressive sinking and damaging of German ships of war have become legend since he conducted them some 70 years ago.
The winner of six Norwegian Academy Awards, Max Manus: Man of War stars popular Norwegian leading man Aksel Hennie (Age of Heroes) and is directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg.
Max Manus played in theaters and film festivals around the world and received a limited theatrical release in the U.
- 5/3/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
One of the hottest Norwegian young talents Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen is set to topline Jeremy Thomas’ production Kon-Tiki, one of the Scandinavia’s most ambitious films.
Hagen (Troubled Water, Max Manus), who plays Thor Heyerdahl, will be joined by a slew of Scandinavian perspective actors forming his team, including Odd-Magnus Williamson (Reprise), Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Vegas), Jakob Oftebro (Max Manus) and Gustaf Skarsgard (The Way Back).
The real-life adventure tale Kon-Tiki is the story of Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl, intrigued by Polynesian folklore and led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki, suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. Therefore, Heyerdahl together with his team went on 4,300 mile expedition on a fragile wooden raft from Peru to Polynesia to prove the islands...
Hagen (Troubled Water, Max Manus), who plays Thor Heyerdahl, will be joined by a slew of Scandinavian perspective actors forming his team, including Odd-Magnus Williamson (Reprise), Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Vegas), Jakob Oftebro (Max Manus) and Gustaf Skarsgard (The Way Back).
The real-life adventure tale Kon-Tiki is the story of Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl, intrigued by Polynesian folklore and led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki, suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. Therefore, Heyerdahl together with his team went on 4,300 mile expedition on a fragile wooden raft from Peru to Polynesia to prove the islands...
- 4/13/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
You never know what country the next horror hit might hail from. France? Germany? The UK? If the power-that-be behind Inside The Whore have their way, it'll be Norway!
From the Press Release:
Norwegian film director Reinert Kiil's follow-up to his successful rape-revenge horror thriller Hora (English title, The Whore) is now on the way. Filmed this summer in June/July in Norway, it is not for the faint of heart as the film's tagline describes it as "A meta-film with meta-violence within a meta-production", and it is easily guaranteed to be a film like nothing you have ever witnessed before. The director promises a film that beats Hora by milestones when it comes to cruelty.
Kiil plays himself in the movie, supported by a strong cast of actors such as Viktoria Winge (Max Manus, Cold Prey 1+2), Kim Sønderholm (Westbrick Murders, Blood Fare), Jørgen Langhelle, Dagrun Anholt, Isabel Vibe...
From the Press Release:
Norwegian film director Reinert Kiil's follow-up to his successful rape-revenge horror thriller Hora (English title, The Whore) is now on the way. Filmed this summer in June/July in Norway, it is not for the faint of heart as the film's tagline describes it as "A meta-film with meta-violence within a meta-production", and it is easily guaranteed to be a film like nothing you have ever witnessed before. The director promises a film that beats Hora by milestones when it comes to cruelty.
Kiil plays himself in the movie, supported by a strong cast of actors such as Viktoria Winge (Max Manus, Cold Prey 1+2), Kim Sønderholm (Westbrick Murders, Blood Fare), Jørgen Langhelle, Dagrun Anholt, Isabel Vibe...
- 11/2/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Norwegian film director Reinert Kiil's follow up to his successfull rape-revenge horror thriller "Hora" (english title "The Whore", now available) is now on the way. Filmed this summer in June/July in Norway, the official website which includes a brandnew trailer and still pictures are now online. It is not for the faint of heart, as the films tagline describes it "A meta-film with meta-violence within a meta-production" and it is easily guarrenteed to be a film like nothing you have ever witness before. The director is at the same time promising a film which beats his last film "Hora" by milestones when it comes to cruelty. The title of the film is "Inside The Whore" and the director plays himself in the movie, supported by a strong cast of actors such as Viktoria Winge ("Max Manus",...
- 11/1/2010
- www.ohmygore.com/
As anybody who is a regular reader of this site can tell you there are a handful of actors around the world whose careers I follow with particular intensity. It's not just because they're talented, though they certainly are. It's because they also have a nose for talent and a remarkable ability to attach themselves to strong scripts and strong directors as well. Ananda Everingham is one of these guys. Tadanobu Asano was for years, though he's slowed now. Nikolaj Lie Kaas is another. And in Norway, there's Aksel Hennie.
Hennie first came to my attention as the writer-director-star of gritty drama Uno, after which I found him in Hawaii, Oslo and was pretty much hooked. Hennie's a picky one, very selective with his projects, and I would imagine that would be even more the case than normal after the massive international success of Max Manus, in which he played the lead.
Hennie first came to my attention as the writer-director-star of gritty drama Uno, after which I found him in Hawaii, Oslo and was pretty much hooked. Hennie's a picky one, very selective with his projects, and I would imagine that would be even more the case than normal after the massive international success of Max Manus, in which he played the lead.
- 10/5/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Max Manus is a superior war movie, a tale of resistance and danger set amid the struggle by occupied people against the Nazis during World War II. In the U.S., we're acquainted with stories of the French resistance, which seems unspeakably romantic because, well, it's French. Or we hear about the Spanish Republicans, fighting Franco in the years before WWII. But Max Manus reminds us that there was a strong, self-sacrificing resistance movement in Scandinavia as well, whether in Denmark (last year's Flame and Citron) or Norway, after Quisling turned his country over to Hitler's forces. Directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, Max Manus celebrates the courage, heroism and humanity of the title character, a Norwegian fighter so slippery the Nazis couldn't catch him, though he pulled off daring acts of sabotage right under their noses. When first seen, Max (Aksel Hennie)...
- 9/2/2010
- by Marshall Fine
- Huffington Post
Another bonus indie trailer to help you start your Monday morning with a smile. This originally comes from Twitch (via io9) and is a rather amusing teaser trailer for an upcoming Norwegian mockumentary. It's called Trollhunter, or Trolljegeren, and is basically about a group of students trying to uncover the government conspiracy of giant trolls living in Norway. As incredibly awesome as that photo is above, that's just a promo shot (high res here), it's not actually in this teaser. As far as I could tell, no actual trolls show up in this, but I love their enthusiasm and the "goofiness" of the whole video is spot on. I can't wait to see more from this! Watch the teaser trailer for André Ovredal's Trollhunter: There aren't many details available for this film yet, but apparently it's from the producers of the Norwegian WWII epic Max Manus and is being directed...
- 8/30/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One can imagine it now. A test is given by the Norwegian school system that would set up this word analogy: "Light is to dark as x is to Quisling." Many Americans have heard of Quisling but few here in the States could fill in the "x". Worries over. The answer is "Max Manus." Vidkun Quisling, as any kid from an American charter school can tell you, was Norway's biggest traitor, collaborating with the forces of Nazi darkness in order to rule Norway himself. Max Manus, on the other hand, is a hero, a resistance fighter who, as Esben Sandberg and Jochim Roenning's film graphically illustrates, helped to liberate his country from German rule.
- 8/17/2010
- Arizona Reporter
Though they're keeping details very much under wraps for now, the producers of Norwegian WWII epic Max Manus have something a little more unusual slated to hit screens in October. Trolljegeren - or Troll Hunter in English - is an upcoming documentary about a group of students who discover what they believe is a government conspiracy to keep the existence of trolls - yes, real, actual trolls - in the north of Norway hidden from the general public.
I'm hoping to have an English teaser for this to share before too long but in the meantime you can find the first Norwegian trailer below.
I'm hoping to have an English teaser for this to share before too long but in the meantime you can find the first Norwegian trailer below.
- 7/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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