As The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest arrives on DVD, we caught up with producer Søren Stærmose to talk about the adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novels…
Søren Stærmose is the award-winning producer from Yellow Bird films, the production and distribution company behind both the original Swedish and Kenneth Branagh versions of Wallander. However, it was with its film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy that it really hit the big time, with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo becoming not only the biggest Swedish film ever, but a huge international smash as well.
In the UK to promote the DVD release of the third and final film, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest (released April 11th), Søren took the time to sit down with us and have a chat about the books’ adaptation, and the forthcoming English-language version from director David Fincher.
Søren proved to be...
Søren Stærmose is the award-winning producer from Yellow Bird films, the production and distribution company behind both the original Swedish and Kenneth Branagh versions of Wallander. However, it was with its film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy that it really hit the big time, with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo becoming not only the biggest Swedish film ever, but a huge international smash as well.
In the UK to promote the DVD release of the third and final film, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest (released April 11th), Søren took the time to sit down with us and have a chat about the books’ adaptation, and the forthcoming English-language version from director David Fincher.
Søren proved to be...
- 4/11/2011
- Den of Geek
Actor-director Marty Sader's Most High took home the prize for best narrative film at the 12th annual Hamptons International Film Festival. The award -- dubbed the Golden Starfish Award for best narrative and worth $180,000 in goods and services -- was presented at closing ceremonies Sunday. Awards were presented by the fest's executive director Denise Kasell, board chairman Stuart Match Suna, programmer Rajendra Roy and emcee Bob Balaban, among others. The Golden Starfish short film award, plus $5,000 in cash, was presented to Gary Lundgren for Wow and Flutter. The Spike TV best documentary award, with a prize of $5,000 in cash and postproduction services, was awarded to Leslie Sullivan's A Touch of Greatness. Honorable mention was given to Ralph Arlyck's Following Sean. The Golden Starfish Award for international film, with a prize of cash and airline tickets worth $10,000, was presented to Reza Bagher's Capricciosa, a Swedish entry.
- 10/26/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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