Although Netflix is now in the midst of a writers’ strike by the WGA East and WGA West, it still has plenty of content on the streamer, and Kerri Russell‘s “The Diplomat” had little problem topping the English-language TV chart for a second week in a row. Read on for the Netflix Top 10 (Week of April 24) viewing chart analysis.
Season 1 of “The Diplomat” remained the chart-topper with 66.5 million global hours viewed, as Netflix’s hit spy thriller series, “The Night Agent,” dropped to fourth place with 37.7 million hours viewed. “The Diplomat” also bumped up to the #1 slot in the United States and Canada, while remaining in the Top 10 in 84 countries total. “The Night Agent” was the #1 series in Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
The second season of “Sweet Tooth” entered the chart with a hearty 48.3 million hours viewed, followed by “Firefly Lane” Season 2 with 43.5 million viewing hours. “Sweet Tooth...
Season 1 of “The Diplomat” remained the chart-topper with 66.5 million global hours viewed, as Netflix’s hit spy thriller series, “The Night Agent,” dropped to fourth place with 37.7 million hours viewed. “The Diplomat” also bumped up to the #1 slot in the United States and Canada, while remaining in the Top 10 in 84 countries total. “The Night Agent” was the #1 series in Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
The second season of “Sweet Tooth” entered the chart with a hearty 48.3 million hours viewed, followed by “Firefly Lane” Season 2 with 43.5 million viewing hours. “Sweet Tooth...
- 5/2/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
True-crime stories are always the most interesting genre. A documentary, movie, or television show made in this genre is an embodiment of truth being stranger than fiction because not many of us are aware of what is going on in our vicinity. Unless there is a lot of noise made about something wrong happening, many crimes will go unnoticed. The Nurse is one such example of a limited series based on the true crime genre. Directed by Kasper Barfoed, this Danish Netflix original is all about a woman trying to unearth a supposed crime being carried out under the nose of her workplace administration. How will she get to the bottom of it, and will she confront the person who is carrying out the crime?
It is the year 2012. Arne, an elderly gentleman, returns home only to feel dizzy, and he faints. His brother Kenny immediately takes him to the...
It is the year 2012. Arne, an elderly gentleman, returns home only to feel dizzy, and he faints. His brother Kenny immediately takes him to the...
- 4/28/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
True crime stories are always intriguing to watch. It takes the actual event from several years ago and presents it in a manner that would help us understand what exactly happened when the incident occurred. It takes us through details that many did not bother to know about. The Nurse, a Danish Netflix Original limited series, gives us a gripping tale of a woman who gathered the courage to bring a disturbing pattern of incidents that is happening in her place of work to everyone’s attention. Will she bear the brunt of speaking the truth?
The Nurse starts from the year 2012 in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark. An elderly gentleman named Arne faints in his home, and he is admitted to the Nykøbing Falster emergency ward. Arne is slowly recovering, and he is told that he will be discharged the very next day. But on the night before his discharge, someone...
The Nurse starts from the year 2012 in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark. An elderly gentleman named Arne faints in his home, and he is admitted to the Nykøbing Falster emergency ward. Arne is slowly recovering, and he is told that he will be discharged the very next day. But on the night before his discharge, someone...
- 4/28/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
The Nurse is a Danish series directed by Kasper Barfoed starring Fanny Louise Bernth and Josephine Park.
As it begins, it warns us: “based on real events” and it seems that what happened in The Good Nurse (with Jessica Chastain) is not the exclusive patrimony of Americans, and now we get this Danish version of a very similar story, but with very different protagonists and setting.
The Nurse About the Series
Four chapters very well executed, following the (television) rhythm properly and rigorously fulfilling the parameters that a movie “based on real events” requires. Do not expect eccentricity in the narrative or characters that are out of the ordinary, there is no story that surprises us by its originality or comes, ultimately, to tell us anything new.
Very different from The Good Nurse in rhythm and setting. The Nurse, much closer to the TV movie, much more “realistic” than the...
As it begins, it warns us: “based on real events” and it seems that what happened in The Good Nurse (with Jessica Chastain) is not the exclusive patrimony of Americans, and now we get this Danish version of a very similar story, but with very different protagonists and setting.
The Nurse About the Series
Four chapters very well executed, following the (television) rhythm properly and rigorously fulfilling the parameters that a movie “based on real events” requires. Do not expect eccentricity in the narrative or characters that are out of the ordinary, there is no story that surprises us by its originality or comes, ultimately, to tell us anything new.
Very different from The Good Nurse in rhythm and setting. The Nurse, much closer to the TV movie, much more “realistic” than the...
- 4/27/2023
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid - TV
The Göteborg Film Festival’s series-focused, industry sidebar TV Drama Vision returned this week with two days of talks and panels centered on series production in Europe and the Nordic region.
The program featured over 60 on-stage speakers and was dominated by the presence of Netflix, which celebrated its 10th year in the Nordic region late last year.
“We had a great year,” Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, VP of Nordic Content at Netflix, said when asked about the streamer’s 2022 Nordic efforts on stage at the Grand Theater in Göteborg.
Björk went on to list what she described as some of the streamer’s most successful Nordic content, including the Swedish series Snabba Cash. The experienced exec also cited the Spotify origins series The Playlist, and Roar Uthaug’s folklore thriller Troll, which Björk said became the most popular non-English language film on Netflix in less than two weeks of its release.
The program featured over 60 on-stage speakers and was dominated by the presence of Netflix, which celebrated its 10th year in the Nordic region late last year.
“We had a great year,” Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, VP of Nordic Content at Netflix, said when asked about the streamer’s 2022 Nordic efforts on stage at the Grand Theater in Göteborg.
Björk went on to list what she described as some of the streamer’s most successful Nordic content, including the Swedish series Snabba Cash. The experienced exec also cited the Spotify origins series The Playlist, and Roar Uthaug’s folklore thriller Troll, which Björk said became the most popular non-English language film on Netflix in less than two weeks of its release.
- 2/3/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmakers Milad Alami, Kasper Barfoed and up-and-coming creatives Emma Sehested Høed and Jennifer Vedsted Christiansen are some of the Scandi talents plotting projects for the new Danish production banner Uma Film, formerly Good Company Films.
The Copenhagen-based shingle is run by three pedigreed female producers with a solid track record in Danish drama series and features. Stinna Lassen has produced for the Danish pubcaster Dr their biggest hit in the last six-to-seven years,“Carmen Curlers”, under the spotlight at this week’s Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision as contender for the Nordic Film & TV Fond Prize for best screenplay of a Nordic series. Her earlier productions take in Alami’s acclaimed feature debut “The Charmer” and series “When the Dust Settled.”
Lassen’s colleagues Claudia Saginario and Marie-Louise Gyldenkrone were respectively producer and line producer on another Dr’s smash local and international hit,“Cry Wolf.”
Uma Film’s fourth partner,...
The Copenhagen-based shingle is run by three pedigreed female producers with a solid track record in Danish drama series and features. Stinna Lassen has produced for the Danish pubcaster Dr their biggest hit in the last six-to-seven years,“Carmen Curlers”, under the spotlight at this week’s Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision as contender for the Nordic Film & TV Fond Prize for best screenplay of a Nordic series. Her earlier productions take in Alami’s acclaimed feature debut “The Charmer” and series “When the Dust Settled.”
Lassen’s colleagues Claudia Saginario and Marie-Louise Gyldenkrone were respectively producer and line producer on another Dr’s smash local and international hit,“Cry Wolf.”
Uma Film’s fourth partner,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
High in the north Atlantic, nestled between Iceland and Norway, lie the moss-covered basalt cliffs of the Faroe Islands: a Danish fishing archipelago and the perfect setting for Viaplay’s new original series “Trom.” Based on Danish writer Jógvan Isaksen’s bestselling crime novels, and adapted for screen by creator and head writer Torfinnur Jákupsson and Donna Sharpe, “Trom” is a six-episode Nordic Noir produced and distributed by Denmark’s REinvent Studios in co-production with Faroe Islands-based Kyk Pictures, Iceland’s Truenorth and Germany’s Zdf/Arte.
In what has signalled a breakthrough for many Scandinavian series, the BBC acquired “Trom” in a deal announced just before the series’ premiere at February’s Berlinale Series Market Selects.
Co-directed by Kasper Barfoed (“The Chestnut Man”), Davið Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”), and Peter Ahlén, “Trom”
follows rogue journalist Hannis Martinsson, played by Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”). When Hannis receives an ominous...
In what has signalled a breakthrough for many Scandinavian series, the BBC acquired “Trom” in a deal announced just before the series’ premiere at February’s Berlinale Series Market Selects.
Co-directed by Kasper Barfoed (“The Chestnut Man”), Davið Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”), and Peter Ahlén, “Trom”
follows rogue journalist Hannis Martinsson, played by Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”). When Hannis receives an ominous...
- 4/28/2022
- by JD Linville
- Variety Film + TV
BBC has acquired “Trom,” a crime drama set in the Faroe Islands, which will have its international premiere at the Berlinale Series Market Selects.
A Viaplay Original, “Trom” is produced by REinvent Studios with Kyk Pictures and Truenorth. REinvent International Sales represents worldwide rights. “Trom” will premiere on Viaplay on Feb. 13
Based on Jagvan Isaksen’s crime novels, “Trom” was created by Torfinnur Jákupsson and directed by Kasper Barfoed (“Dicte: Crime Reporter”) and Davíd Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”). The cinematic show is headlined by Nordic stars including Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”), Maria Rich (“Follow The Money”) and Olaf Johannessen (“The Exception”).
“We are thrilled and proud that the BBC has come on board ‘Trom,'” said Helene Aurø, sales and marketing director at REinvent International Sales. “BBC has broadcast some of the best Nordic series ever produced in the past and we hope ‘Trom’ will be a success as well.
A Viaplay Original, “Trom” is produced by REinvent Studios with Kyk Pictures and Truenorth. REinvent International Sales represents worldwide rights. “Trom” will premiere on Viaplay on Feb. 13
Based on Jagvan Isaksen’s crime novels, “Trom” was created by Torfinnur Jákupsson and directed by Kasper Barfoed (“Dicte: Crime Reporter”) and Davíd Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”). The cinematic show is headlined by Nordic stars including Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”), Maria Rich (“Follow The Money”) and Olaf Johannessen (“The Exception”).
“We are thrilled and proud that the BBC has come on board ‘Trom,'” said Helene Aurø, sales and marketing director at REinvent International Sales. “BBC has broadcast some of the best Nordic series ever produced in the past and we hope ‘Trom’ will be a success as well.
- 1/28/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Nordic noir crime series is penned by Torfinnur Jákupsson and Donna Sharpe, and is based on the best-selling novels by Faroese novelist Jógvan Isaksen. Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has announced the launch of its first-ever Faroese original drama production, a Nordic noir crime series entitled Trom and directed by Kasper Barfoed. In recent years, the Copenhagen-born helmer has worked on the features Summer of ’92 (2015) and The Numbers Station (2013) as well as on the TV series Dicte: Crime Reporter (2013-2014) and Gidseltagningen (2017). In detail, his new endeavour follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (played by Denmark’s Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis’s daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to the Faroes to investigate, Hannis discovers Sonja’s body in the bloody waters of a whale hunt. His search for answers soon.
REinvent Studios’ anticipated crime series “Trom” is getting ready to shoot in the lush landscapes of the Faroe Islands with a cast packed with Nordic stars, including Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”), Maria Rich (“Follow The Money”) and Olaf Johannessen (“The Exception”).
Based on Jagvan Isaksen’s crime novels, the series is created by Torfinnur Jákupsson and co-written with Donna Sharpe (“West of Liberty”). REinvent is producing the series with Kyk Pictures and Truenorth.
It will mark the first crime drama to be created in the Faroe Islands. Shooting will kick off on location in March. Kasper Barfoed (“Dicte: Crime Reporter”) and Davíd Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”) are on board to direct the series.
The six-part show follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, his estranged daughter, claiming that her life is in danger. Hannis reluctantly returns home to the Faroes to investigate,...
Based on Jagvan Isaksen’s crime novels, the series is created by Torfinnur Jákupsson and co-written with Donna Sharpe (“West of Liberty”). REinvent is producing the series with Kyk Pictures and Truenorth.
It will mark the first crime drama to be created in the Faroe Islands. Shooting will kick off on location in March. Kasper Barfoed (“Dicte: Crime Reporter”) and Davíd Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”) are on board to direct the series.
The six-part show follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, his estranged daughter, claiming that her life is in danger. Hannis reluctantly returns home to the Faroes to investigate,...
- 2/8/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
To mark the release of Below the Surface Season 1 on 2nd April, we’ve veen given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Below the Surface is directed by Kasper Barfoed. On a rainy October morning, fifteen Danes have their lives turned upside down when the metro train they are travelling on is hijacked by unknown perpetrators, who will threaten to kill each of them, one by one, if their demands aren’t met.
This is the beginning of a historic hostage situation that, over the course of one single week, changes Denmark forever. The politicians argue whether or not to negotiate with terrorists. In the press, there are discussions on where the line is drawn in portraying the captives and seeking out their families. Ordinary Danes are left thinking that it could have been them.
Among the hostages, the thoughts vary between rebellion, negotiation and apathy, but one thought is...
Below the Surface is directed by Kasper Barfoed. On a rainy October morning, fifteen Danes have their lives turned upside down when the metro train they are travelling on is hijacked by unknown perpetrators, who will threaten to kill each of them, one by one, if their demands aren’t met.
This is the beginning of a historic hostage situation that, over the course of one single week, changes Denmark forever. The politicians argue whether or not to negotiate with terrorists. In the press, there are discussions on where the line is drawn in portraying the captives and seeking out their families. Ordinary Danes are left thinking that it could have been them.
Among the hostages, the thoughts vary between rebellion, negotiation and apathy, but one thought is...
- 3/28/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stanley Tucci, Catherine Deneuve dramas join competition; TV dramas and Oleg Sentsov doc set to get world premiere.
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the festival in Out Of Competition berths are Stanley Tucci-directed Final Portrait and Catherine Deneuve drama Sage Femme.
James Gray’s The Lost City Of Z will have its interntional premiere while documentary The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov will have its world premiere.
Among TV world premieres are Amazon’s Patriot and BBC One’s SS-gb.
In total, 18 of the 24 films selected for Competitionwill be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year...
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the festival in Out Of Competition berths are Stanley Tucci-directed Final Portrait and Catherine Deneuve drama Sage Femme.
James Gray’s The Lost City Of Z will have its interntional premiere while documentary The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov will have its world premiere.
Among TV world premieres are Amazon’s Patriot and BBC One’s SS-gb.
In total, 18 of the 24 films selected for Competitionwill be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year...
- 1/20/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Stanley Tucci, Catherine Deneuve dramas join competition; TV dramas and Oleg Sentsov doc set to get world premiere.
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the competition are
18 of the 24 films selected for Competition will be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
The Berlinale Special will present recent works by contemporary filmmakers, documentaries, and extraordinary formats, as well as brand new series from around the world.
Berlinale Special Galas will be held at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and Zoo Palast. Other Special premieres will take place at the Kino International. Moderated discussions will follow the screenings at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year. Audiences...
The Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its competition and Berlinale Special strands.
Joining the competition are
18 of the 24 films selected for Competition will be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bears. 22 of the films will have their world premieres at the festival.
The Berlinale Special will present recent works by contemporary filmmakers, documentaries, and extraordinary formats, as well as brand new series from around the world.
Berlinale Special Galas will be held at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and Zoo Palast. Other Special premieres will take place at the Kino International. Moderated discussions will follow the screenings at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
For the third time, Berlinale Special Series will present a selection of TV series in the official programme. Six German and international productions will have their world premieres at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year. Audiences...
- 1/20/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Film about Danish journalist and her Syrian fixer will start shooting in February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco.
Danish writer/director Kasper Barfoed and producer Michel Schonnemann are launching production company The Lot by developing a feature film based on Danish journalist Puk Damsgaard’s bestseller Under A Crying Sun.
The journalistic autobiography is about the relationship between Danish journalist Damsgaard and her local fixer Nour during the start of the Syrian war.
The shoot for the $3m feature is planned for February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco. Casting has started in Denmark and Los Angeles, and the Danish Film Institute is supporting development.
The project marks Barfoed’s sixth feature; he had a huge hit in Denmark in 2015 with football story Summer of ’92 and past credits include The Numbers Station starring John Cusack.
Barfoed said: “Under A Crying Sun is a suspenseful, personal and deeply heartbreaking story about dreams, ideals and the desire for freedom. It’s a book...
Danish writer/director Kasper Barfoed and producer Michel Schonnemann are launching production company The Lot by developing a feature film based on Danish journalist Puk Damsgaard’s bestseller Under A Crying Sun.
The journalistic autobiography is about the relationship between Danish journalist Damsgaard and her local fixer Nour during the start of the Syrian war.
The shoot for the $3m feature is planned for February 2017 in Turkey and Morocco. Casting has started in Denmark and Los Angeles, and the Danish Film Institute is supporting development.
The project marks Barfoed’s sixth feature; he had a huge hit in Denmark in 2015 with football story Summer of ’92 and past credits include The Numbers Station starring John Cusack.
Barfoed said: “Under A Crying Sun is a suspenseful, personal and deeply heartbreaking story about dreams, ideals and the desire for freedom. It’s a book...
- 5/12/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The historical drama triumphed with six awards, while Oscar-nominated A War had to settle for one.Scroll down for full list of winners
Martin Zandvliet’s Land Of Mine triumphed at the 2016 Danish Film Awards, scooping six prizes including Best Film.
The historical war drama, which premiered in the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform section, also took home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and the Blockbuster Audience Award.
The night’s other major awards were split between several titles.
Tobias Lindholm’s Oscar-nominated modern war-drama A War took the Best Actress prize for star Tuva Novotny, while Ulrich Thomsen won Best Actor, his third, for his performance in Kasper Barfoed’s football comedy Summer Of ’92.
The supporting awards went to Trine Dyrholm for Long Story Short and Nicolas Bro for Men & Chicken.
Kenneth Kainz’s children’s adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter was another big winner on the night, taking five prizes:...
Martin Zandvliet’s Land Of Mine triumphed at the 2016 Danish Film Awards, scooping six prizes including Best Film.
The historical war drama, which premiered in the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform section, also took home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and the Blockbuster Audience Award.
The night’s other major awards were split between several titles.
Tobias Lindholm’s Oscar-nominated modern war-drama A War took the Best Actress prize for star Tuva Novotny, while Ulrich Thomsen won Best Actor, his third, for his performance in Kasper Barfoed’s football comedy Summer Of ’92.
The supporting awards went to Trine Dyrholm for Long Story Short and Nicolas Bro for Men & Chicken.
Kenneth Kainz’s children’s adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter was another big winner on the night, taking five prizes:...
- 2/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Notable world premieres include Mads Matthiesen’s Teddy Bear follow-up The Model and Avalon director Axel Petersén’s Under the Pyramid.
Måns Månsson’s The Yard will open the 2016 Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8), which will screen some 450 films from 84 countries.
The film, which will have its world premiere at the Swedish festival’s Jan 29 opening, is adapted from Kristian Lundberg’s autobiographical novel about moving from cultural work to becoming a day laborer in Malmo harbour. Anders Mossling stars.
The festival’s closing film will be Henrik Ruben Genz’s Satisfaction 1720, Erlend Loe has written the manuscript for the film, about the post-war exploits of the “rock star of his day”, Vice-Admiral Tordenskjold.
Goteborg, the largest film festival in the Nordics and running for 11 days, is devoting special programmes to Italian cinema, Nigeria’s Nollywood and a new section on TV drama.
The eight films competing for the Dragon Award for Best Nordic film (which...
Måns Månsson’s The Yard will open the 2016 Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8), which will screen some 450 films from 84 countries.
The film, which will have its world premiere at the Swedish festival’s Jan 29 opening, is adapted from Kristian Lundberg’s autobiographical novel about moving from cultural work to becoming a day laborer in Malmo harbour. Anders Mossling stars.
The festival’s closing film will be Henrik Ruben Genz’s Satisfaction 1720, Erlend Loe has written the manuscript for the film, about the post-war exploits of the “rock star of his day”, Vice-Admiral Tordenskjold.
Goteborg, the largest film festival in the Nordics and running for 11 days, is devoting special programmes to Italian cinema, Nigeria’s Nollywood and a new section on TV drama.
The eight films competing for the Dragon Award for Best Nordic film (which...
- 1/12/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Other nominees include A War, The Idealist, Summer of ‘92, Men & Chicken and The Shamer’s Daughter; Summer of ‘92 leads critics’ Bodil nominees.
Toronto hit Land of Mine by Martin Zandvliet leads the nominations for the Danish Film Academy’s Robert Awards, which will be bestowed on Feb 7.
Land of Mine, about German teenagers forced to clear mines from Danish beaches after the Second World War, garnered 14 nominations.
Other nominees include Tobias Lindholm’s Oscar-shortlisted A War, Christina Rosendahl’s The Idealist, Kasper Barfoed’s Summer of ’92, Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men & Chicken as well as Kenneth Kainz’ The Shamer’s Daughter.
The nominees for best feature film are The Idealist, Land of Mine, Men & Chicken, Summer of ’92 and A War.
The best director race includes Rosendahl, Zandvliet, Lindholm, Michael Noer for Key House Mirror and newcomer May el-Toukhy for Long Story Short.
Best Original Screenplay nominees are Summer of ‘92 (Anders August & Kasper Barfoed); Men & Chicken (Anders Thomas Jensen); Land...
Toronto hit Land of Mine by Martin Zandvliet leads the nominations for the Danish Film Academy’s Robert Awards, which will be bestowed on Feb 7.
Land of Mine, about German teenagers forced to clear mines from Danish beaches after the Second World War, garnered 14 nominations.
Other nominees include Tobias Lindholm’s Oscar-shortlisted A War, Christina Rosendahl’s The Idealist, Kasper Barfoed’s Summer of ’92, Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men & Chicken as well as Kenneth Kainz’ The Shamer’s Daughter.
The nominees for best feature film are The Idealist, Land of Mine, Men & Chicken, Summer of ’92 and A War.
The best director race includes Rosendahl, Zandvliet, Lindholm, Michael Noer for Key House Mirror and newcomer May el-Toukhy for Long Story Short.
Best Original Screenplay nominees are Summer of ‘92 (Anders August & Kasper Barfoed); Men & Chicken (Anders Thomas Jensen); Land...
- 1/12/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Danish director Kasper Barfoed’s Sommeren 92, about the Danish national football squad’s against-the-odds victory in the 1992 European Championships, has scored with Danish audiences. The UK-Danish co-pro is about to cross 300,000 admissions, repping 5% of the entire population and double the returns of the likes of big budget studio fare Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation and Kingsman: The Secret Service. Barfoed, who was there to witness the national team’s unlikely…...
- 10/14/2015
- Deadline
Former Scott Free London exec Liza Marshall and Kick-Ass and One Chance producer Kris Thykier are partnering in new UK-based production company, Archery Pictures. The pair will work across film and television with Thykier shuttering his PeaPie Films and moving both the staff and development slate over to Archery. He’s currently in post on Woman In Gold with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, is producing Kasper Barfoed’s Summer of ‘92, and exec producing John Wells’ Bradley Cooper-starrer Adam Jones for The Weinstein Company. Upcoming releases, Stephen Daldry’s Trash, and Asif Kapadia’s Ali & Nino will go out under the PeaPie banner.
Marshall is a respected exec who recently stepped down from her role as head of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free London which she established in 2009. Her producing and exec producing credits include Before I Go To Sleep with Nicole Kidman, Welcome To The Punch starring James McAvoy...
Marshall is a respected exec who recently stepped down from her role as head of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free London which she established in 2009. Her producing and exec producing credits include Before I Go To Sleep with Nicole Kidman, Welcome To The Punch starring James McAvoy...
- 9/29/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Thykier’s Peapie to merge into new company Archery Pictures.
Former Scott Free London head Liza Marshall has joined forces with Kris Thykier in new film and TV production company, Archery Pictures.
Marshall who recently stepped down from her role as head of Scott Free London will become joint managing director of the new company with Thykier, who will shutter his company PeaPie Films, and move his staff and slate across to the new outfit.
Key executives at Archery Pictures will include Pip Williams, senior development and production executive, Mairi Bett, head of physical production, and development executive Kitty Kaletsky.
Marshall established Scott Free London four and half years ago and went on to produce films including Before I Go To Sleep starring Nicole Kidman, Welcome to the Punch starring James McAvoy and the upcoming Get Santa starring Jim Broadbent.
Marshall’s television projects include BBC2’s Britain in a Day, Labyrinth and the...
Former Scott Free London head Liza Marshall has joined forces with Kris Thykier in new film and TV production company, Archery Pictures.
Marshall who recently stepped down from her role as head of Scott Free London will become joint managing director of the new company with Thykier, who will shutter his company PeaPie Films, and move his staff and slate across to the new outfit.
Key executives at Archery Pictures will include Pip Williams, senior development and production executive, Mairi Bett, head of physical production, and development executive Kitty Kaletsky.
Marshall established Scott Free London four and half years ago and went on to produce films including Before I Go To Sleep starring Nicole Kidman, Welcome to the Punch starring James McAvoy and the upcoming Get Santa starring Jim Broadbent.
Marshall’s television projects include BBC2’s Britain in a Day, Labyrinth and the...
- 9/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kaspar Barfoed will direct the story of the underdog Danish football team that became Euro 1992 champions.
Ulrich Thomsen is set to star as Danish national football team coach Richard Moller Nielsen in Summer of ’92.
Kris Thykier’s London-based PeaPie Films and Meta Louise Foldager’s Copenhagen-based Meta Film are producing.
HanWay handles international sales excluding Scandinavia.
Kasper Barfoed will direct the story based on a script he wrote alongside Anders Frithiof August. The film tells the story of the underdog Danish national football team thatbecame the surprise Euro 1992 champions.
“I am extremely pleased that we have Ulrich Thomsen in the role of Richard Møller Nielsen,” said Barfoed. “Ulrich is one of the best actors we’ve ever had in Denmark and this role will show sides of him we have not seen before.
“Richard Moller contained warmth, humour, ambition and single-mindedness, and it takes a brave actor to embrace this role. I am also...
Ulrich Thomsen is set to star as Danish national football team coach Richard Moller Nielsen in Summer of ’92.
Kris Thykier’s London-based PeaPie Films and Meta Louise Foldager’s Copenhagen-based Meta Film are producing.
HanWay handles international sales excluding Scandinavia.
Kasper Barfoed will direct the story based on a script he wrote alongside Anders Frithiof August. The film tells the story of the underdog Danish national football team thatbecame the surprise Euro 1992 champions.
“I am extremely pleased that we have Ulrich Thomsen in the role of Richard Møller Nielsen,” said Barfoed. “Ulrich is one of the best actors we’ve ever had in Denmark and this role will show sides of him we have not seen before.
“Richard Moller contained warmth, humour, ambition and single-mindedness, and it takes a brave actor to embrace this role. I am also...
- 5/15/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The Numbers Station (2013) Film Review, a movie directed by Kasper Barfoed and starring John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Hannah Murray, Liam Cunningham, Lucy Griffiths, Bryan Dick, Richard Brake, and Joey Ansah. The title of a movie is important. It puts a foot in the door, draws attention, and is one of the [...]
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- 7/17/2013
- by William Kryjak
- Film-Book
*full disclosure: a Blu-ray screener of this film was provided by Image Entertainment. Director: Kasper Barfoed. Writer: F. Scott Frazier. Cast: John Cusack, Malin Akerman and Liam Cunningham. The Numbers Stationis the latest film to receive a limited theatrical before moving to home video formats. This title was released in June of 2013 (DVD, Blu-Ray). And, the film stars John Cusack and Malin Akerman. Essentially, The Numbers Station is an indie thriller, from first time screenwriter F. Scott Frazier. The film is light on characters and the use of diverse sets. This title also offers character development in sparing portions. Yet, The Numbers Station still manages to be a solid thriller, despite a few drawbacks. The story for the film stays with Emerson (Cusack) and Katherine (Akerman). Both characters are CIA agents and they are assigned to a remote outpost in Suffolk, England. Here, they cloak orders for other CIA agents with ciphers.
- 7/1/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
No one gives world-weary like John Cusack. He wears his ennui with as much panache as his Ramones tees and those fabulous coats. Projects in search of an artist of a certain age – who can shoulder a burden of despair with a wry grin – need look no further than the tip of his quiff for their man.
Emerson Kent is the quintessential Cusack role – conflicted, tormented and ever so slightly beautiful. The field agent has been semi-retired by the agency after developing a conscience during an operation clean up. Too cool for Ptsd he instead lets the incident eat him up inside and wearily accepts an assignment in the English countryside babysitting a codebreaker as she sends encrypted shortwave transmissions out into the world. The new assignment is a conspicuous bone tossed at Emerson by his bemused boss (Liam Cunningham), intended to keep him on the payroll but limiting any...
Emerson Kent is the quintessential Cusack role – conflicted, tormented and ever so slightly beautiful. The field agent has been semi-retired by the agency after developing a conscience during an operation clean up. Too cool for Ptsd he instead lets the incident eat him up inside and wearily accepts an assignment in the English countryside babysitting a codebreaker as she sends encrypted shortwave transmissions out into the world. The new assignment is a conspicuous bone tossed at Emerson by his bemused boss (Liam Cunningham), intended to keep him on the payroll but limiting any...
- 6/10/2013
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
When a thriller primarily revolves around two characters in a confined space fighting for their lives, special care needs to be taken to give the audience background on who they are if the stakes on whether they survive are to have any impact at all. Kasper Barfoed's The Numbers Station only manages to make us care about one half of its two-protagonist plot, and consequently what could have been a riveting and involving character study of trauma bringing two otherwise distant people together just ends up being a predictable distraction that's never too involving. John Cusack gives one of his better understated performances in years, but Malin Akerman is largely underserved with an almost complete lack of character development by a script that instead makes her more of a plot device than an actual human being.
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- 6/9/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Kasper Barfoed’s The Numbers Station is John Cusack’s latest failed attempt at becoming an action star. The film’s main plot is a complicated mess, while the underlying character work proves to be semi-interesting thanks to Cusack and co-star Malin Akerman. Still, The Numbers Station rarely stretches past straight-to-dvd material due to its obvious budgetary restraints and inability to deliver a character arc that we haven’t seen done a million times before. Cusack tries and tries, but ultimately nothing adds up as the film slips into mediocrity.
Emerson (John Cusack) is a former black ops soldier turned glorified security guard for a top secret numbers base. His coworker Katherine (Malin Akerman) is in charge of sending a secret batch of coded numbers to various agents in the field and it’s Emerson’s job to make sure that the codes get sent and that the base is protected at all times.
Emerson (John Cusack) is a former black ops soldier turned glorified security guard for a top secret numbers base. His coworker Katherine (Malin Akerman) is in charge of sending a secret batch of coded numbers to various agents in the field and it’s Emerson’s job to make sure that the codes get sent and that the base is protected at all times.
- 6/3/2013
- by Jeremy Lebens
- We Got This Covered
Title: The Numbers Station Directed by: Kasper Barfoed Starring: John Cusack, Malin Akerman Running time: 89 minutes, Rated R, Available on DVD Special Features: The Making of The Numbers Station When CIA agent Emerson (Cusack) is given a kill order which he refuses, he is given a unfavorable psych eval and demoted to the task of protecting Katherine (Akerman), a woman who works as a broadcaster at the high security Numbers Station where she broadcasts a series of seemingly random numbers which spell out an ever changing code to field agents and assassins. When the security is breached, he is given the order to “retire the broadcaster,” which again he [ Read More ]
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- 5/30/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 28, 2013
Price: DVD $27.97, Blu-ray $29.97
Studio: Image Entertainment
Malin Akerman (Rock of Ages) and John Cusack (The Raven) headline the thriller movie The Numbers Station.
Cusack plays veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent whose last mission went horrible wrong. He gets one last chance to prove he can still do his job when he’s assigned to guard Katherine (Akerman), a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA “Numbers Station” where encrypted messages are sent and received.
But, after an elite team of heavily armed assailants attack the station, Emerson and Katherine end up in a life-or-death struggle to stop the deadly plot.
The first screenplay by F. Scott Frazier, R-rated The Numbers Station was directed by Danish filmmaker Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate). Games of Thrones‘ Liam Cunningham and Hannah Murray and True Blood‘s Lucy Griffiths also star in the independent film.
The movie wasn...
Price: DVD $27.97, Blu-ray $29.97
Studio: Image Entertainment
Malin Akerman (Rock of Ages) and John Cusack (The Raven) headline the thriller movie The Numbers Station.
Cusack plays veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent whose last mission went horrible wrong. He gets one last chance to prove he can still do his job when he’s assigned to guard Katherine (Akerman), a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA “Numbers Station” where encrypted messages are sent and received.
But, after an elite team of heavily armed assailants attack the station, Emerson and Katherine end up in a life-or-death struggle to stop the deadly plot.
The first screenplay by F. Scott Frazier, R-rated The Numbers Station was directed by Danish filmmaker Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate). Games of Thrones‘ Liam Cunningham and Hannah Murray and True Blood‘s Lucy Griffiths also star in the independent film.
The movie wasn...
- 5/15/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Chicago – John Cusack’s new spy thriller is so routine, predictable, and dull that they could have called it “By-the-Numbers Station”. Too easy? How about “Paint-by-Numbers Station”? Ok, I’ll stop now before @FakeShalit comes after me. “The Numbers Station,” now available On Demand and opening in Chicago this Friday, isn’t an awful film (it’s better than Cusack’s last dud, “The Factory”) but it’s a remarkably boring one. Co-star Malin Akerman does her best to try and add some character but director Kasper Barfoed can’t figure out the tone of this non-action spy movie and Cusack looks visibly bored. If someone had a camera on you while you were watching it, you would look the same way.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Casting against type, Cusack plays a CIA Black Ops agent named Emerson Kent. After an innocent bystander witnesses Kent performing a “job” and asks him why he’s doing it,...
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Casting against type, Cusack plays a CIA Black Ops agent named Emerson Kent. After an innocent bystander witnesses Kent performing a “job” and asks him why he’s doing it,...
- 4/24/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Those crazy CIA guys and their murderous CIA ways. If you watch enough Hollywood movies, you’d swear that 90% of all deaths around the world can be attributed to the CIA and their legion of black ops killers, such as John Cusack’s Emerson in director Kasper Barfoed’s “The Numbers Station”. Natural disasters? Meteorites from outer space? Psst. Not even close. Emerson is no Jason Bourne, of course, but he’s pretty badass in his own right, though he makes the mistake of developing a conscience early in the film. In case you were wondering, that’s not a good thing for a guy who takes such pride in his ability to murder people for mom, country, and apple pie that he demands his partners “start the count” every time he goes off to do some murderin’. After he flubs a job because of that whole conscience thing, Emerson...
- 4/20/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
John Cusack’s spy actioner “The Numbers Station” opens April 26, 2013, though Image Entertainment already has the movie scheduled to hit DVD and Blu-ray a month later on May 28, 2013. A one-month window from theatrical release to DVD/Blu-ray? That makes me think the film isn’t going to get all that wide of a release come April 26th, but hey, I could be wrong. In any case, if you’re looking forward to watching John Cusack back in the ass kicking saddle, then Kasper Barfoed’s “The Numbers Station” is probably what you’re looking for. Sure, it’s a tad generic, what with the whole evil CIA conspiracy angle and everything. Kinda old hat after four “Bourne” movies, don’t you think? But in case you haven’t gotten enough of this plot yet, check out two clips and a featurette for “The Numbers Station”. After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong,...
- 4/13/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Thanks to decades of being conditioned by TV shows and movies like those in the Mission: Impossible and James Bond franchises, we often assume that real spy organizations like Britain's MI6, Russia's Gru or our own CIA use only the most advanced technology in their efforts to clandestinely collect, alalyze and disseminate intelligence.
Organizations like these do, in fact, utilize cutting edge computer programs, robots, drones, lasers and satellites, as well as more esoteric devices like microwave-emitting "death rays" and acoustic weapons that fire "sound bullets," but it appears that they're also still using a form of technology that had its heydey back when the first passenger jets were just taking flight and Doo-wop was all the rage. Broadcasting into the airwaves from places unknown are long, sometimes continual, strings of numbers, letters, words and tones that anyone with a shortwave radio can intercept, but which only the spies who...
Organizations like these do, in fact, utilize cutting edge computer programs, robots, drones, lasers and satellites, as well as more esoteric devices like microwave-emitting "death rays" and acoustic weapons that fire "sound bullets," but it appears that they're also still using a form of technology that had its heydey back when the first passenger jets were just taking flight and Doo-wop was all the rage. Broadcasting into the airwaves from places unknown are long, sometimes continual, strings of numbers, letters, words and tones that anyone with a shortwave radio can intercept, but which only the spies who...
- 3/22/2013
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
The Numbers Station marks Danish director Kasper Barfoed’s English language debut, and he’s assembled a brilliant leading cast with which to do it in the form of John Cusack (High Fidelity) and Malin Åkerman (Watchmen).
The thriller will be arriving in Us theatres this spring, and now Yahoo Movies have debuted the first trailer and poster, giving us our first look at the film.
“After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine, a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA “Numbers Station” where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the station compromised and innocent lives at stake,...
The thriller will be arriving in Us theatres this spring, and now Yahoo Movies have debuted the first trailer and poster, giving us our first look at the film.
“After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine, a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA “Numbers Station” where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the station compromised and innocent lives at stake,...
- 2/13/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The project has been in development since September of 2010 and now the first trailer is available for director Kasper Barfoed’s The Numbers Station. John Cusack took on the roleof an ex-cia black-ops agent when original star/producer Ethan Hawke dropped out from the first American effort from Danish filmmaker Barfoed, which also stars smokey-eyed actress Malin Akerman (who worked with Cage in Stolen) as a code operator. The script penned by video game producer–turned-screenwriter F. Scott Frazier follows a skilled-yet-disgraced black-ops agent Emerson Kent (Cusack) who is put on simple bodyguard duty for a woman named Katherine (Akerman) working at a secret CIA broadcast base...
- 2/13/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Everybody keeps shooting at John Cusack. To get them to stop, he and Malin Ackerman are going to have to crack a long string of numbers because, as we all know, the left side of the brain is the sexiest. In The Numbers Station, Cusack plays a dishonored black ops agent who is biding time protecting Ackerman’s character as she works at a numbers station in the middle of nowhere. She’ll be glad to have him, though, when the station comes under attack and a plan to kill some important world figures gets set in motion. This action thriller has been a long time in the making (Ethan Hawke was first attached to it back in 2010), and it represents a test for some newcomers. The first is screenwriter F. Scott Frazier, who has nailed down some work since, but who will see his first script sale finally emerge on the big screen here. The...
- 2/13/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Bourne influence is still being felt in Hollywood as there is no shortage of modern spy movies being produced as of late. Here's another one that stars John Cusack as a CIA black ops agent who is assigned to protect a "Numbers Station" where top secret messages are encrypted and transmitted. Malin Akerman plays a cryptographer who comes under fire when the station is targeted by an unknown enemy. The Numbers Station is directed by Danish director Kasper Barfoed and written by first-time screenwriter F. Scott Frazier (who apparently used to be a video game Qa guy for Thq). The movie looks like it is bordering on direct-to-video territory (and based on Cusack's recent output, it could go either way), but the idea of these stations being used to pass messages is at least somewhat interesting. The Numbers Station hits select theatres on April 26th; check out the trailer...
- 2/13/2013
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
The Numbers Station Trailer. Kasper Barfoed‘s The Numbers Station (2013) movie trailer stars John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Hannah Murray, Liam Cunningham, and Lucy Griffiths. The Numbers Station‘s plot synopsis: “After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (Cusack) is given one last chance to [...]
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- 2/13/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming "The Numbers Station" action thriller, starring John Cusack and Malin Ackerman. The new movie is directed by Kasper Barfoed and is set to hit theaters on April 26th. Check out the trailer below. Plot: After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (Cusack) is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine (Ackerman), a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA "Numbers Station" where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the station compromised and innocent lives at stake, they must stop the deadly plot before it's too late. Trailer:...
- 2/13/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
The Numbers Station has debuted a new trailer.
The film stars John Cusack as a disaffected CIA agent who is given one last chance to prove himself.
He is given the task of protecting Katherine (Malin Akerman), the operator of a top secret 'Numbers Station' that broadcasts encrypted messages to operatives.
When the station is compromised, the pair must work together to prevent a global disaster.
Kasper Barfoed has directed the film from the script by F Scott Frazier.
The Numbers Station is scheduled for release in the Us on April 26. A UK release date is yet to be confirmed.
The film stars John Cusack as a disaffected CIA agent who is given one last chance to prove himself.
He is given the task of protecting Katherine (Malin Akerman), the operator of a top secret 'Numbers Station' that broadcasts encrypted messages to operatives.
When the station is compromised, the pair must work together to prevent a global disaster.
Kasper Barfoed has directed the film from the script by F Scott Frazier.
The Numbers Station is scheduled for release in the Us on April 26. A UK release date is yet to be confirmed.
- 2/13/2013
- Digital Spy
The first trailer Kasper Barfoed’s action-thriller The Numbers Station has hit the web. In it, John Cusack protects Malin Akerman from bad guys with guns. They also look at a bunch of numbers on a computer (hence the title). Check it out below.
Written by F. Scott Frazier, the film follows veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (Cusack) who is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine (Akerman), a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA “Numbers Station” where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the station compromised and innocent lives at stake, they must stop the deadly plot before it’s too late.
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Written by F. Scott Frazier, the film follows veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (Cusack) who is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine (Akerman), a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA “Numbers Station” where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the station compromised and innocent lives at stake, they must stop the deadly plot before it’s too late.
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- 2/13/2013
- by Laura Frances
- LRMonline.com
Trailer Simon Brew Feb 13, 2013
A new action thriller, The Numbers Station finds John Cusack up against dangerous people. Here's the trailer...
A new action thriller heading to Us cinemas in April, The Numbers Station features John Cusack and Malin Akerman, and some angry people with guns.
Cusack plays a CIA black ops agent in the movie, who is given the final chance to prove himself by being assigned to guard a woman at a secret CIA numbers station. Said woman, played by Akerman, is a code operator and a rather good one, but naturally enough, the fit hits the shan pretty soon, as the station finds itself under attack.
The race is thus on to stay alive, and find out just what's going on, and why. Hurray.
The movie's been directed by Danish director Kasper Barfoed, and we've got the first trailer for it right below. It's not popped up...
A new action thriller, The Numbers Station finds John Cusack up against dangerous people. Here's the trailer...
A new action thriller heading to Us cinemas in April, The Numbers Station features John Cusack and Malin Akerman, and some angry people with guns.
Cusack plays a CIA black ops agent in the movie, who is given the final chance to prove himself by being assigned to guard a woman at a secret CIA numbers station. Said woman, played by Akerman, is a code operator and a rather good one, but naturally enough, the fit hits the shan pretty soon, as the station finds itself under attack.
The race is thus on to stay alive, and find out just what's going on, and why. Hurray.
The movie's been directed by Danish director Kasper Barfoed, and we've got the first trailer for it right below. It's not popped up...
- 2/13/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
As the years pass it gets harder and harder to get a beat on John Cusack. While he has certainly played his part in some modern classics, from Say Anything... to The Grifters, Grosse Pointe Blank to High Fidelity, but the last few years of his career have been marked by distinctly not classic - or even good - films like The Raven, 2012, and War Inc. With each new title the gamble seems to get riskier and riskier, but you hold on hope that Cusack's next will turn it all around. Perhaps The Numbers Station could be the film to change the tide. The new thriller, which is the first American effort from Danish filmmaker Kasper Barfoed and co-stars Watchmen's Malin Akerman, has launched its first trailer online in advance of its approaching April release date. Check out the preview below, courtesy of Yahoo! Based on a script by...
- 2/13/2013
- cinemablend.com
The last time I saw John Cusack play a gun-toting badass was in 1997′s “Grosse Pointe Blank”. He seems to be channeling the Martin Blank character for “The Numbers Station”, where he plays a CIA agent who must protect “Watchmen’s” Malin Akerman from a small army of gun-toting assassins. All the while trapped in some wacky underground facility with absolutely no cavalry on the way. That’s gotta suck. “The Numbers Station” is the Hollywood debut of Danish director Kasper Barfoed (“The Candidate”), and looks like a good time for fans of action movies. It’s actually the kind of movie I didn’t expect Cusack to be doing these days. Isn’t gun-blasting flicks more of a young man’s game? At one point Ethan Hawke was supposed to star in this thing. Anyways, check out the trailer below, check it outers. After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong,...
- 2/13/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
"You keep the station safe, you keep the code safe. Whatever it takes."
Here's the first trailer for a cool looking thriller called The Numbers Station, which stars John Cusack and Malin Akerman. The story for the film follows a former black ops agent and the young woman he's assigned to protect and together they fight for survival after a surprise attack. Cusack usually picks really good projects that I enjoy, so I trust this one will be worth checking out. Here's the synopsis!
After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine, a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA "Numbers Station" where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station,...
Here's the first trailer for a cool looking thriller called The Numbers Station, which stars John Cusack and Malin Akerman. The story for the film follows a former black ops agent and the young woman he's assigned to protect and together they fight for survival after a surprise attack. Cusack usually picks really good projects that I enjoy, so I trust this one will be worth checking out. Here's the synopsis!
After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine, a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA "Numbers Station" where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station,...
- 2/13/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"You keep the station safe, you keep the code safe. Whatever it takes." Well, here's an nice generic thriller for the spring. In what looks like it could have been a role for Nicolas Cage, this time John Cusack steps back into contemporary thriller territory in this first trailer for The Numbers Station. Teaming up with Malin Akerman (who worked with Cage in Stolen), Cusack is a CIA black ops agent tasked with guarding a code operator, an integral part of how the CIA does business by way of encrypted messages at the titular locations. But of course, a team of bad guys complicates things and they must defend themselves. Watch? Here's the first trailer for Kasper Barfoed's The Numbers Station originally from Yahoo: After his latest mission goes wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (John Cusack) is given one last chance to prove he still has...
- 2/13/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The trailer for the upcoming action-thriller The Numbers Station is now online and you can check it out in the player below. The film, directed by Kasper Barfoed and written by F. Scott Frazier, stars John Cusack and Malin Ackerman and is set to hit theaters on April 26. After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine, a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA "Numbers Station" where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the...
- 2/12/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Today we have three new photos from The Numbers Station starring John Cusack, and Malin Akerman.
The film centers on a disgraced black ops agent tasked with a dead-end job of protecting a 20-year-old woman in an underground base in the UK. The two eventually have to fight to survive after they come under attack.
Kasper Barfoed is directing from a script by F. Scott Frazier.
No release date is set yet but we’ll keep you up to date with all the latest developments.
John Cusack and Malin Akerman
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The film centers on a disgraced black ops agent tasked with a dead-end job of protecting a 20-year-old woman in an underground base in the UK. The two eventually have to fight to survive after they come under attack.
Kasper Barfoed is directing from a script by F. Scott Frazier.
No release date is set yet but we’ll keep you up to date with all the latest developments.
John Cusack and Malin Akerman
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- 9/19/2012
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
London – Producer Kris Thykier, whose credits include Kick-Ass and Madonna's W.E., has united with Melancholia producer Meta Foldager, to bring the story of the Danish victory at the 1992 UEFA European soccer championships to the big screen. Thykier's Peapie Films is partnering with Denmark's Meta Films to produce the movie written by Anders August (Applause) for director Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate). August's script details the story of the Danish football squad and how an underdog team who had failed to even qualify for the tournament, went on to win against all odds after replacing war torn Yugoslavia in
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- 9/4/2012
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I won’t lie, I have all the time in the world for John Cusack. The man who brought us Being John Malkovich, Con Air, Grosse Pointe Blank, Identity and High Fidelity seems to rarely put a foot wrong and as that list shows, frequently puts it very right. The trailer for The Raven looks absolutely stunning, but time and tide wait for no man and so his head turns to other projects.
Next up for Cusack looks like being The Numbers Station, which will see him play a black-ops agent, who having messed up finds himself in a seemingly dead-end job, watching Malin Akerman (Watchmen, The Heartbreak Kid)’s code operator at a CIA broadcast station. No doubt all will turn out to not be quite as it seems, the isolated station will be set upon and the seemingly lowly code operator will turn out to be caught up in something very serious indeed.
Next up for Cusack looks like being The Numbers Station, which will see him play a black-ops agent, who having messed up finds himself in a seemingly dead-end job, watching Malin Akerman (Watchmen, The Heartbreak Kid)’s code operator at a CIA broadcast station. No doubt all will turn out to not be quite as it seems, the isolated station will be set upon and the seemingly lowly code operator will turn out to be caught up in something very serious indeed.
- 10/27/2011
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
John Cusack, who's been busy with James McTeigue's The Raven (March 2012; the goods from Comic-Con), Lee Daniels' The Paperboy (in post; details) and Scott Walker's Frozen Ground (filming) has boarded The Number Station, along with Malin Akerman. Directed by Dane Kasper Barfoed and written by F. Scott Frazier, the action thriller will begin shooting in November. The synopsis is below: Cusack plays a disgraced black ops agent tasked with a dead-end job of protecting a code operator for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station played by Akerman. His mission is simple: protect the code operator. Keep her safe and secure, whilst knowing that she must never be taken alive… The film is being produced by Sean and Bryan Furst (Frusta Films) and Nigel Thomas (Matador Pictures).
- 10/25/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
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