Exclusive: Nadia Forde has joined the cast of Conflict, the Finnish political thriller series from Rebellion director Aku Louhimies and XYZ Films.
Forde, who starred in Once Upon a Time in London, will play Claire Belfort, a daughter of a high-profile American family who gets caught up in the conflict.
Louhimies, the Finnish multi-hyphenate, announced Conflict two years ago and the six-part series is now shooting in Helsinki. It will premiere next year in Finnish, Swedish and English.
The story follows an unknown military unit as it invades a peaceful seaside town in Finland. All residents are taken hostage, including Annika Berg, a Finnish army soldier.
In seconds, her military exercise turns into a real crisis, with true casualties. No one knows if this is an isolated incident or the first step towards a global conflict.
Other cast includes Peter Franzén (Vikings), Sara Soulié (The Man Who Died), and Pirkka-Pekka Petelius...
Forde, who starred in Once Upon a Time in London, will play Claire Belfort, a daughter of a high-profile American family who gets caught up in the conflict.
Louhimies, the Finnish multi-hyphenate, announced Conflict two years ago and the six-part series is now shooting in Helsinki. It will premiere next year in Finnish, Swedish and English.
The story follows an unknown military unit as it invades a peaceful seaside town in Finland. All residents are taken hostage, including Annika Berg, a Finnish army soldier.
In seconds, her military exercise turns into a real crisis, with true casualties. No one knows if this is an isolated incident or the first step towards a global conflict.
Other cast includes Peter Franzén (Vikings), Sara Soulié (The Man Who Died), and Pirkka-Pekka Petelius...
- 9/4/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: WME has signed for representation Christian Tafdrup, the Danish filmmaker whose Sundance Film Festival feature Speak No Evil will be released by the genre streaming site Shudder. The film pic bowed last night.
Per Sundance, here is the film’s logline: While on holiday in Tuscany, a Danish family becomes fast friends with a fellow traveling family from the Netherlands. Months later, when an invitation arrives encouraging the Danish family to visit the Dutch in their countryside home, they don’t hesitate to plan a quick getaway. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
The filmmaker wrote the script with brother Mads Tafdrup.
Tafdrup previously directed the 2017 Danish satire A Horrible Woman in Denmark, and before that he was an actor. He continues to be repped as an actor in Europe by Richard Cook...
Per Sundance, here is the film’s logline: While on holiday in Tuscany, a Danish family becomes fast friends with a fellow traveling family from the Netherlands. Months later, when an invitation arrives encouraging the Danish family to visit the Dutch in their countryside home, they don’t hesitate to plan a quick getaway. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
The filmmaker wrote the script with brother Mads Tafdrup.
Tafdrup previously directed the 2017 Danish satire A Horrible Woman in Denmark, and before that he was an actor. He continues to be repped as an actor in Europe by Richard Cook...
- 1/22/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Seasoned Finnish writer-director-producer Aku Louhimies is plotting multi-season TV drama “Conflict,” a near-future political action thriller that turns on a Finland threatened by an unknown military force.
Comparing the project to high-profile Norwegian TV show “Occupied,” the director said he had the idea for “Conflict” after his war epic “Unknown Soldier,” Finland’s record-breaking movie with over 1 million ticket sales. “I started thinking what if Finland was suddenly threatened by foreign forces. How would we react and how would that affect geopolitics in the Nordic region?” reflected Louhimies, who contemplates building the project as a major international TV drama.
The project is co-penned by actor Andrei Alén, novelist and officer in reserve Helena Immonen, and long-time writing partner Jari Olavi Rantala.
Set on Midsummer’s Eve, the story follows an unknown military unit, as it invades a peaceful sea-side town in Finland. All residents are taken hostage, and civilians, used...
Comparing the project to high-profile Norwegian TV show “Occupied,” the director said he had the idea for “Conflict” after his war epic “Unknown Soldier,” Finland’s record-breaking movie with over 1 million ticket sales. “I started thinking what if Finland was suddenly threatened by foreign forces. How would we react and how would that affect geopolitics in the Nordic region?” reflected Louhimies, who contemplates building the project as a major international TV drama.
The project is co-penned by actor Andrei Alén, novelist and officer in reserve Helena Immonen, and long-time writing partner Jari Olavi Rantala.
Set on Midsummer’s Eve, the story follows an unknown military unit, as it invades a peaceful sea-side town in Finland. All residents are taken hostage, and civilians, used...
- 8/23/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Poldark and The Hobbit trilogy star Aidan Turner has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.
Turner is best known for starring as the title character in BBC’s hit series Poldark, a role which has earned him multiple awards, including the Radio Times Audience Award at the 2016 BAFTA TV Awards.
The Irish actor will next be seen in Amazon’s UK series Leonardo playing the titular Leonardo da Vinci as well as Terrence Malick’s upcoming film The Way Of The Wind. Other credits include Jim Sheridans’s Secret Scripture and Love Is Blind, opposite Chloe Sevigny.
His stage credits include Martin McDonagh’s Lieutenant Of Inishmore, Romeo And Juliet, Vincent Woods’ A Cry From Heaven and Sean O’Casey’s The Plough And The Stars.
Turner continues to be represented by Richard Cook at Lisa Richards, Inc. and managed by Larry Taube at Principal Entertainment.
Turner is best known for starring as the title character in BBC’s hit series Poldark, a role which has earned him multiple awards, including the Radio Times Audience Award at the 2016 BAFTA TV Awards.
The Irish actor will next be seen in Amazon’s UK series Leonardo playing the titular Leonardo da Vinci as well as Terrence Malick’s upcoming film The Way Of The Wind. Other credits include Jim Sheridans’s Secret Scripture and Love Is Blind, opposite Chloe Sevigny.
His stage credits include Martin McDonagh’s Lieutenant Of Inishmore, Romeo And Juliet, Vincent Woods’ A Cry From Heaven and Sean O’Casey’s The Plough And The Stars.
Turner continues to be represented by Richard Cook at Lisa Richards, Inc. and managed by Larry Taube at Principal Entertainment.
- 4/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
If America’s modern space age began in the 1960s, it hit a wall in 1986 with the Challenger disaster, when the U.S. space shuttle by that name exploded during takeoff, killing all seven crew members aboard. The element that took this from sorrowful and tragic error to generation-defining news event was the presence onboard of Christa McAuliffe, a civilian schoolteacher specifically chosen for the mission in order to catalyze student interest in America’s quest for the stars. Those students drawn to watching the launch by the promise of a relatable figure to take them along were confronted with live-television tragedy when O-ring seals failed in unusually cold weather; space exploration may have continued, but some innocence or optimism was lost.
The case made by “Challenger: The Final Flight,” a new four-episode documentary series on Netflix produced by J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper, is that this didn’t need to happen.
The case made by “Challenger: The Final Flight,” a new four-episode documentary series on Netflix produced by J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper, is that this didn’t need to happen.
- 9/15/2020
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
MTV International has ordered a self-filmed online series with Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall as part of ViacomCBS’ plans to celebrate Global Pride.
Served! With Jade Thirlwall will feature the singer competing with celebrity drag queens, such as RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star The Vivienne, to cook a themed dinner from a package of mystery ingredients.
The 100 Productions series of six, 11-minute episodes, will debut on MTV International’s digital platforms, including YouTube and Facebook, before being adapted for linear television.
Served! was commissioned by Craig Orr and will be executive produced by Orr and Iestyn Barker for MTV International. Richard Cook and Adam Goodall also serve as executive producers for 100 Productions.
As part of the plans for Global Pride — a worldwide digital event on June 27 that is replacing Pride events derailed by coronavirus — Comedy Central International has commissioned a second season of its podcast spin-off Dragony Aunts.
The...
Served! With Jade Thirlwall will feature the singer competing with celebrity drag queens, such as RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star The Vivienne, to cook a themed dinner from a package of mystery ingredients.
The 100 Productions series of six, 11-minute episodes, will debut on MTV International’s digital platforms, including YouTube and Facebook, before being adapted for linear television.
Served! was commissioned by Craig Orr and will be executive produced by Orr and Iestyn Barker for MTV International. Richard Cook and Adam Goodall also serve as executive producers for 100 Productions.
As part of the plans for Global Pride — a worldwide digital event on June 27 that is replacing Pride events derailed by coronavirus — Comedy Central International has commissioned a second season of its podcast spin-off Dragony Aunts.
The...
- 5/18/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
He was talking at the first Casting Directors Awards held in London on Tuesday,
Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant has called on Bafta and the Oscars to introduce best casting categories, saying casting work has been “astonishingly un-celebrated” by the film industry.
“I’ve wondered whether it’s because it’s female-dominated that it hasn’t been as to the forefront of other awards,” Grant told Screen at the inaugural Casting Directors Guild (Cdg) awards in London last night (February 12).
“There should be a category for them [at the Baftas and Oscars]. Casting director comes up in the list of credits so...
Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant has called on Bafta and the Oscars to introduce best casting categories, saying casting work has been “astonishingly un-celebrated” by the film industry.
“I’ve wondered whether it’s because it’s female-dominated that it hasn’t been as to the forefront of other awards,” Grant told Screen at the inaugural Casting Directors Guild (Cdg) awards in London last night (February 12).
“There should be a category for them [at the Baftas and Oscars]. Casting director comes up in the list of credits so...
- 2/13/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Known among with-it insiders as the Ampav, the American Pavilion has become a vital part of the Cannes Film Festival over the last 30-odd years. This year’s lineup was announced today, with such special guests as Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, John Cameron Mitchell, Christine Vachon and IndieWire’s own Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson.
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Such anticipated films as “Brigsby Bear,” “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” “Rodney King,” “Wonderstruck” and “Patticake$” will be discussed; Kohn and Thompson are set to record a live edition of the Screen Talk podcast. Avail yourself of the full lineup below and let the Ampav Fomo wash over you in waves.
Read More: IndieWire’s Movie Podcast: Screen Talk (Episode 148) – Here’s What We Know (And What We Don’t Know...
Read More: Cannes: ‘Dogtooth’ Made Yorgos Lanthimos One of the Most Exciting Filmmakers in the World, and He’s Just Getting Started
Such anticipated films as “Brigsby Bear,” “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” “Rodney King,” “Wonderstruck” and “Patticake$” will be discussed; Kohn and Thompson are set to record a live edition of the Screen Talk podcast. Avail yourself of the full lineup below and let the Ampav Fomo wash over you in waves.
Read More: IndieWire’s Movie Podcast: Screen Talk (Episode 148) – Here’s What We Know (And What We Don’t Know...
- 5/15/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Peeter Braathen of Phoenix Consulting will chair the three-day event.
TalentX, Creative England’s platform for development executives across Europe, has revealed the line-up for its second edition, which will again be held in Amsterdam, March 16-18 in 2016.
The event’s keynote speakers will include: agent Richard Cook, co-founder of The Lisa Richards agency, whose clients include Pierce Brosnan and Cillian Murphy; Danish filmmaker Michael Noer (R, Northwest); and Dutch producer Bero Beyer, who is the artistic director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Peeter Braathen, managing partner at Norway-based consultancy firm Phoenix Consulting will chair the three-day programme.
Further contributors are set to be announced in the coming weeks.
As previously reported, the 2016 TalentX programme will focus on gathering representatives from European film funds and talents labs to help shape new approahces to developing talent for feature filmmaking.
TalentX, Creative England’s platform for development executives across Europe, has revealed the line-up for its second edition, which will again be held in Amsterdam, March 16-18 in 2016.
The event’s keynote speakers will include: agent Richard Cook, co-founder of The Lisa Richards agency, whose clients include Pierce Brosnan and Cillian Murphy; Danish filmmaker Michael Noer (R, Northwest); and Dutch producer Bero Beyer, who is the artistic director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Peeter Braathen, managing partner at Norway-based consultancy firm Phoenix Consulting will chair the three-day programme.
Further contributors are set to be announced in the coming weeks.
As previously reported, the 2016 TalentX programme will focus on gathering representatives from European film funds and talents labs to help shape new approahces to developing talent for feature filmmaking.
- 12/21/2015
- ScreenDaily
Leading European talent agent Richard Cook has called for a radical re-thinking of both the European film festival system and of public funding bodies like Eurimages and Media.
Cook also called for festivals and funders alike to pay far more attention to talent development, during the Binger-Screen International interview at the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht.
“Within the European funding bodies, there is a misplaced emphasis on distribution; that somehow most of European film’s problems relate to a deficit in this area,” said Cook, co-founder of Dublin and London-based The Lisa Richards Agency, whose clients include Pierce Brosnan and Cillian Murphy.
“The problem isn’t one of distribution, it is one of too many bad films made that the public has no interest in seeing. Europe should focus on funding less films and better ones. This implies a more detailed approach at an early point in the process, specifically at script stage.”
Unwieldy beast
The...
Cook also called for festivals and funders alike to pay far more attention to talent development, during the Binger-Screen International interview at the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht.
“Within the European funding bodies, there is a misplaced emphasis on distribution; that somehow most of European film’s problems relate to a deficit in this area,” said Cook, co-founder of Dublin and London-based The Lisa Richards Agency, whose clients include Pierce Brosnan and Cillian Murphy.
“The problem isn’t one of distribution, it is one of too many bad films made that the public has no interest in seeing. Europe should focus on funding less films and better ones. This implies a more detailed approach at an early point in the process, specifically at script stage.”
Unwieldy beast
The...
- 10/6/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
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