Drama stars Stephen Lang in the true story of Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller.
Avenue Of The Giants, a drama from writer-director Finn Taylor, has wrapped production in California and the Czech Republic.
The film stars Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Robin Weigert and Luke Blumm in the true story of Herbert Heller, who keeps his experience as a teenage boy in Auschwitz hidden from his family until he meets a teenager whose own brush with death inspires him to open up.
Jeanine Thomas and George Rush are producing, with Debi Memmolo, Greg Taxin and Noah Lang serving as executive producers. David Minkowski...
Avenue Of The Giants, a drama from writer-director Finn Taylor, has wrapped production in California and the Czech Republic.
The film stars Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Robin Weigert and Luke Blumm in the true story of Herbert Heller, who keeps his experience as a teenage boy in Auschwitz hidden from his family until he meets a teenager whose own brush with death inspires him to open up.
Jeanine Thomas and George Rush are producing, with Debi Memmolo, Greg Taxin and Noah Lang serving as executive producers. David Minkowski...
- 5/20/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Stephen Lang (Avatar), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Robin Weigert (Deadwood) and Luke Blumm (Where The Crawdads Sing) have teamed for writer/director Finn Taylor’s feature Avenue of the Giants, which recently wrapped filming. A first-look photo has also been unveiled.
Avenue of the Giants tells the true story of Herbert Heller (Blumm), who kept his experience as a teenage boy surviving for years in Auschwitz hidden from his family. That is until he meets Abbey (Fisher), a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
The film was produced by Jeanine Thomas and George Rush. Debi Memmolo, Greg Taxin, and Noah Lang executive produced. David Minkowski and Matthew Stillman for Stillking Films (The Gray Man) co-produced alongside Jennifer Goshay, Michael Manasseri, Jeffrey Brown, and Mirka Taylor.
Avenue of the Giants tells the true story of Herbert Heller (Blumm), who kept his experience as a teenage boy surviving for years in Auschwitz hidden from his family. That is until he meets Abbey (Fisher), a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
The film was produced by Jeanine Thomas and George Rush. Debi Memmolo, Greg Taxin, and Noah Lang executive produced. David Minkowski and Matthew Stillman for Stillking Films (The Gray Man) co-produced alongside Jennifer Goshay, Michael Manasseri, Jeffrey Brown, and Mirka Taylor.
- 5/19/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emma Stone transforms into a “Frankenstein”-esque lead for Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film “Poor Things.”
Stone and Lanthimos continue their partnership following “The Favourite” and short film “Bleat.” Stone is also confirmed to be cast in Lanthimos’ “And” feature.
For “Poor Things,” Stone leads a Frankenstein-inspired tale of second chances. Per the official synopsis, the film centers on the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
“Poor Things” is based on Scottish author Alasdair Gray...
Stone and Lanthimos continue their partnership following “The Favourite” and short film “Bleat.” Stone is also confirmed to be cast in Lanthimos’ “And” feature.
For “Poor Things,” Stone leads a Frankenstein-inspired tale of second chances. Per the official synopsis, the film centers on the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
“Poor Things” is based on Scottish author Alasdair Gray...
- 5/11/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
STX Films has released the trailer for its upcoming action thriller “The Contractor,” starring Chris Pine. The film will be released in theaters and digitally on April 1.
After special forces sergeant James Harper (Pine) is involuntarily discharged from the army, he contracts with an underground military operation and finds himself entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that leaves him fighting for his life. The trailer shows Pine jumping off a bridge, dodging bullets and escaping explosions, with no shortage of fist fights in the mix.
“It’s easy to kill,” one man says in the trailer, “but it’s much harder to survive.”
The film also stars Kiefer Sutherland (“Melancholia”), Ben Foster (“The Messenger”), Gillian Jacobs (“Community”), Eddie Marsan (“Happy-Go-Lucky”) Jd Pardo (“Mayans M.C.”) and Florian Munteanu (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”). “The Contractor” marks the English language film debut for Swedish director Tarik Saleh (“Westworld”), and...
After special forces sergeant James Harper (Pine) is involuntarily discharged from the army, he contracts with an underground military operation and finds himself entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that leaves him fighting for his life. The trailer shows Pine jumping off a bridge, dodging bullets and escaping explosions, with no shortage of fist fights in the mix.
“It’s easy to kill,” one man says in the trailer, “but it’s much harder to survive.”
The film also stars Kiefer Sutherland (“Melancholia”), Ben Foster (“The Messenger”), Gillian Jacobs (“Community”), Eddie Marsan (“Happy-Go-Lucky”) Jd Pardo (“Mayans M.C.”) and Florian Munteanu (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”). “The Contractor” marks the English language film debut for Swedish director Tarik Saleh (“Westworld”), and...
- 2/16/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
From the din of vehicle crashes and the crack of automatic weapons fire heard around Prague’s Old Town of late, you’d hardly think — once you realize these are blanks and epic film stunts — the city has seen a Covid slowdown in location filming at all.
True, case numbers are impressively low in the Czech Republic this summer, but well before Netflix’s “The Gray Man” rolled in for a 91-day shoot using street locations all over the city, business was brisk.
Prague/L.A.-based production house Stillking alone has what’s on track to match or surpass 2019, its biggest year ever. Recent credits include Marvel Studios/Disney Plus actioner “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” HBO political intrigue “Oslo,” Lionsgate Holocaust drama “The White Bird,” Season 2 of Legendary Television/Amazon fantasy detective series “Carnival Row” and TBS historical comedy show “Miracle Workers.”
Other Prague-based companies such as...
True, case numbers are impressively low in the Czech Republic this summer, but well before Netflix’s “The Gray Man” rolled in for a 91-day shoot using street locations all over the city, business was brisk.
Prague/L.A.-based production house Stillking alone has what’s on track to match or surpass 2019, its biggest year ever. Recent credits include Marvel Studios/Disney Plus actioner “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” HBO political intrigue “Oslo,” Lionsgate Holocaust drama “The White Bird,” Season 2 of Legendary Television/Amazon fantasy detective series “Carnival Row” and TBS historical comedy show “Miracle Workers.”
Other Prague-based companies such as...
- 8/12/2021
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
The production shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic last spring would have been reason enough to sound the alarm in Romania. But bigger trouble is brewing over the country’s rebate scheme, which has been imperiled by a bureaucratic logjam currently dragging into its second year.
After a bureaucratic reshuffle following a change in government in 2019, the cashback program has ground to a halt. According to the Romanian Alliance of Film Producers, the government owes €35 million ($42.4 million) to international productions that have lensed in the country since the rebate launched in 2018.
Of the two dozen foreign projects to shoot during that period, the only one to cash in on the rebate was Sony Pictures Television’s series “Alex Rider,” according to Iuliana Tarnovetchi, of Alien Film, which serviced the shoot.
“The fact that we don’t have a [functioning] cash rebate is not putting us in any [competitive] situation,” she says. “There...
After a bureaucratic reshuffle following a change in government in 2019, the cashback program has ground to a halt. According to the Romanian Alliance of Film Producers, the government owes €35 million ($42.4 million) to international productions that have lensed in the country since the rebate launched in 2018.
Of the two dozen foreign projects to shoot during that period, the only one to cash in on the rebate was Sony Pictures Television’s series “Alex Rider,” according to Iuliana Tarnovetchi, of Alien Film, which serviced the shoot.
“The fact that we don’t have a [functioning] cash rebate is not putting us in any [competitive] situation,” she says. “There...
- 7/1/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon’s second season for the fantasy web series 'Carnival Row' featuring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne has wrapped its remaining shoot amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the Czech Republic.
Shooting for the much-awaited second chapter of 'Carnival Row' which began in Nov 2019, came to a halt when the country was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 12, with only two weeks of filming left.
Also read: Robert Pattinson embraces darkness in 'The Batman' trailer
Producer David Minkowski from Stillking Films, the series' Prague-based production company, revealed that the series is the country’s most financially beneficial
foreign production since the introduction of production incentives.
He also said that 'Carnival Row', which is produced by Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, is one of the first global shows to gets back on its feet and complete shooting.
"The Czech film...
Shooting for the much-awaited second chapter of 'Carnival Row' which began in Nov 2019, came to a halt when the country was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 12, with only two weeks of filming left.
Also read: Robert Pattinson embraces darkness in 'The Batman' trailer
Producer David Minkowski from Stillking Films, the series' Prague-based production company, revealed that the series is the country’s most financially beneficial
foreign production since the introduction of production incentives.
He also said that 'Carnival Row', which is produced by Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, is one of the first global shows to gets back on its feet and complete shooting.
"The Czech film...
- 8/24/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
‘Carnival Row,’ Starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, Wraps Post-covid Shoot in Czech Republic
The Victorian fantasy series “Carnival Row,” starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, has wrapped its post-covid shoot in the Czech Republic. The series, produced by Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, is the biggest spending production ever to shoot in the country.
The show’s second season began filming on Nov. 11, 2019, but was halted by the country’s pandemic shutdown on March 12, with only two weeks of shooting left. International shoots in the Czech Republic were allowed to resume on May 7, but U.S. productions held back until agreements were in place between Hollywood studios and unions.
Among other big-budget series shooting in the country are “Wheel of Time” (Amazon Studios), “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” (Marvel Studios), “Haunted” (Netflix), and “Das Boot” (Bavaria Fiction), as well as the movie “Transatlantic 473” (Netflix).
The Czech Film Commission, together with its parent body, the Czech Film Fund, the Audiovisual Producers Assn. and...
The show’s second season began filming on Nov. 11, 2019, but was halted by the country’s pandemic shutdown on March 12, with only two weeks of shooting left. International shoots in the Czech Republic were allowed to resume on May 7, but U.S. productions held back until agreements were in place between Hollywood studios and unions.
Among other big-budget series shooting in the country are “Wheel of Time” (Amazon Studios), “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” (Marvel Studios), “Haunted” (Netflix), and “Das Boot” (Bavaria Fiction), as well as the movie “Transatlantic 473” (Netflix).
The Czech Film Commission, together with its parent body, the Czech Film Fund, the Audiovisual Producers Assn. and...
- 8/24/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The head of the film commission in the Czech Republic, which recently hosted shows like “Carnival Row” for Amazon and “The Falcon & Winter Soldier” for Marvel/Disney Plus, has written to Hollywood studios to reassure them that the European Union ban on U.S. citizens will not apply to those working in the film and TV production sectors.
On Tuesday, the EU named 14 countries from outside the bloc whose citizens can enter from July 1, but the U.S. is excluded, along with Brazil and China. However, some EU countries are giving exemptions for “essential workers.”
In a letter to Hollywood production executives sent Monday and exclusively shared with Variety, Pavlína Žipková, head of the Czech Film Commission, wrote: “In relation to the EU declaring a travel ban on the U.S., please let me assure you this is not valid for economic workers but tourism travellers only. Filmmakers of all...
On Tuesday, the EU named 14 countries from outside the bloc whose citizens can enter from July 1, but the U.S. is excluded, along with Brazil and China. However, some EU countries are giving exemptions for “essential workers.”
In a letter to Hollywood production executives sent Monday and exclusively shared with Variety, Pavlína Žipková, head of the Czech Film Commission, wrote: “In relation to the EU declaring a travel ban on the U.S., please let me assure you this is not valid for economic workers but tourism travellers only. Filmmakers of all...
- 6/30/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
As much of Europe begins to ease restrictions imposed on business and travel to curb the spread of coronavirus, Hollywood studios are looking ahead to summer and early fall when production is expected to resume in Hungary and the Czech Republic, Central Europe’s biggest production hubs.
Executives at Mid Atlantic Films and Stillking Films, who have co-produced or serviced studio titles including Warner Bros. and Sony’s “Blade Runner 2049,” 20th Century Fox’s “The Martian,” Netflix’s “The King,” and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” are hopeful that international productions will soon return to the region as lockdown restrictions are lifted and economic activity gradually resumes.
“The shows that left are all starting to formulate calendars on the basis of expectations…that would allow them to move forward,” said Adam Goodman of Mid Atlantic in Budapest, who expects to begin prepping for his international clients in June...
Executives at Mid Atlantic Films and Stillking Films, who have co-produced or serviced studio titles including Warner Bros. and Sony’s “Blade Runner 2049,” 20th Century Fox’s “The Martian,” Netflix’s “The King,” and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” are hopeful that international productions will soon return to the region as lockdown restrictions are lifted and economic activity gradually resumes.
“The shows that left are all starting to formulate calendars on the basis of expectations…that would allow them to move forward,” said Adam Goodman of Mid Atlantic in Budapest, who expects to begin prepping for his international clients in June...
- 5/6/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Saban Films has acquired Us rights to Jonathan Mostow’s action-thriller starring Sam Worthington and newcomer Odeya Rush.
John Brancato and Michael Ferris adapted the screenplay to The Hunter’s Prayer from Kevin Wignall’s novel For The Dogs, about a hitman who forms a bond with a target and sets out to find her family’s killers.
Wme Global and CAA co-represented Us rights and Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
Navid McIlhargey produced with Anthony Rhulen, Chris Milburn, John Schwarz, Michael Schwarz, Sam Worthington, Tove Christensen, Michael Wexler, Juan Garcia Peredo, Jimmy Costas, Paul Rock and Paul Leyden.
Executive Producers include Gavin Poolman, Duncan Reid, Hugo Heppell, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, IIdiko Kemeny, David Minkowski and Jack L. Murray.
Earlier in the week Saban announced it had picked up North American rights to Sean Penn’s The Last Face.
John Brancato and Michael Ferris adapted the screenplay to The Hunter’s Prayer from Kevin Wignall’s novel For The Dogs, about a hitman who forms a bond with a target and sets out to find her family’s killers.
Wme Global and CAA co-represented Us rights and Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
Navid McIlhargey produced with Anthony Rhulen, Chris Milburn, John Schwarz, Michael Schwarz, Sam Worthington, Tove Christensen, Michael Wexler, Juan Garcia Peredo, Jimmy Costas, Paul Rock and Paul Leyden.
Executive Producers include Gavin Poolman, Duncan Reid, Hugo Heppell, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, IIdiko Kemeny, David Minkowski and Jack L. Murray.
Earlier in the week Saban announced it had picked up North American rights to Sean Penn’s The Last Face.
- 9/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
MOSCOW -- Prague's Stillking Films brought months of speculation to an end Tuesday when it said that the next James Bond movie, Casino Royale, would shoot in the Czech capital with Stillking acting as local co-producers. Matthew Stillman, British-born managing director of the Barrandov Studios-based firm, confirmed persistent rumors that Prague would host 007 -- to be played by British actor Daniel Craig -- when he said Stillking had closed a co-production deal with Eon Prods. on the secret agent's 21st screen adventure. Stillman and the company's head of film production, David Minkowski, will act as local co-producers for the MGM/Columbia Pictures production that is due to begin six months of location shooting in the Czech Republic in January. "We are excited to be working with producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of Eon Prods. on the new Bond picture and bringing the production to the Czech Republic. This is an important step for us as well as the local film community," Stillman said in a statement.
- 10/20/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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