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B r e a k i n g n e w s F e b ruary 1 0, 2 0 1 2 Momentum Grabs U.K. Frankenstein By Stuart Kemp Momentum Pictures, Alliance Films’ U.K. distribution division, has signed up to take writerdirector Richard Raaphorst’s horror film Frankenstein’s Army on a British tour of duty. The movie, currently shooting in Europe, is a co-production of MPI/Dark Sky Films, Los Angeles-based XYZ Films and Pellicola of Amsterdam. The Momentum acquisition of U.K. rights to Raaphorst’s big screen debut was announced at the EFM in Berlin. The pre-sale was negotiated by Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films and Robert Walak of Momentum, the British distribution subsidiary of Montrealbased Alliance Films. MPI and XYZ are handling international sales on the film. continued on page 6 Sundvall boards Paganini By Scott Roxborough MouseTrap Snags U.S. Rights to Aussie Drama Face to Face SWedish director Kjell Sundvall has signed on to direct The Paganini Contract, the second film in the new Scandinavian crime franchise that started with The Hypnotist, which Oscar-nominee Lasse Hallstrom is currently shooting in Stockholm. U.S. buyers are circling The Hypnotist, with a domestic deal expected soon in Berlin. on set with Lasse haLLstrom and the hypnotist – p g 18 Paris Je t’a i m e P ro d u c e r S e t t les With Lo v e B e r l i n naomi Watts has signed to play British icon Princess Diana in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s big screen portrait Caught In Flight. The movie is being touted to buyers in Berlin by producers Ecosse Films. Tim Haslam, the former Hanway Films chief executive, is handling worldwide sales under his upstart company Diane Krüger walks the red carpet at the opening night gala of Farewell, My Queen. Marking his return to the bigscreen, Robert Redford will star in All is Lost for writer-director J.C. Chandor. Glen Basner’s FilmNation announced Thursday it is handling foreign rights to the film as the European Film Market got underway. The high-profile project also has landed a domestic Hirschbiegel directs Watts based on the screenplay by Stephen Jeffreys, with production set to begin in the U.K. later this year. Billed as a com- Watts pelling portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales during the last two years of her life, the script charts her search for personal happiness as she turned into a major 1 berlin №2 watts to topline Princess Diana biopic Oliver Hirschbiegel’s provocative drama generates strong buzz as Berlin’s European Film Market gets underway By Stuart Kemp international campaigner and humanitarian. Watts, who will next be seen starring in The Impossible opposite Ewan McGregor, described her casting as “an honor to be able to play this iconic role — Princess Diana was loved across the world, and I look forward to rising to the challenge of playing her on screen.” Hirschbiegel said Watts has Embankment Films. continued on page 6 Robert Redford Confirmed for J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost By Pamela McClintock S h a h Rukh Khan to Make B e r l i n P re m i e re o f D o n 2 s e e t h r .com/Berlin for full sto r i e s about town All is Lost is the exhilarating journey of one man’s fight to survive. Set entirely at sea, Redford — who was last seen in Lions for Lambs in 2007 — is the only cast member. Redford Redford’s involvement in All is Lost has been rumored for weeks, and he’s now in final talks. Redford met Chandor at the distributor — Lionsgate. continued on page 6 day2_news.inddA.indd 1 2/9/12 8:56 PM krueger photo: pascal le segretain, getty images
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