Pink Parrot Media, the Montreal and Madrid-based international sales house, has revealed a flurry of deals for the German-Canadian CG animated fantasy feature “Elli and Her Monster Team!,” which is making its market premiere at the EFM.
Underlining the appetite for toon family features by European distributors, the film has been sold to Just Entertainment in Benelux, Bim Distribuzione in Italy, Nos Lusomundo in Portugal, Flins&Piniculas in Spain and Gpi for Baltics.
“Elli” has also been acquired by Pro Films in Bulgaria, Rocket Releasing for Cis, Forum (Czech Republic/Slovak), McF Megacom Film (Former Yugoslavia), Cinetel (Hungary), Forum for Poland, Romania and Israel, and Front Row in the Middle East.
In addition, Wild Bunch in Germany and Level Film and Maison 4:3 in Canada plan a “Elli and her Monster Team!” release by June.
Recently completed, the feature was directed by Jesper Møller (“Asterix and the Vikings”) and Piet de Rycker...
Underlining the appetite for toon family features by European distributors, the film has been sold to Just Entertainment in Benelux, Bim Distribuzione in Italy, Nos Lusomundo in Portugal, Flins&Piniculas in Spain and Gpi for Baltics.
“Elli” has also been acquired by Pro Films in Bulgaria, Rocket Releasing for Cis, Forum (Czech Republic/Slovak), McF Megacom Film (Former Yugoslavia), Cinetel (Hungary), Forum for Poland, Romania and Israel, and Front Row in the Middle East.
In addition, Wild Bunch in Germany and Level Film and Maison 4:3 in Canada plan a “Elli and her Monster Team!” release by June.
Recently completed, the feature was directed by Jesper Møller (“Asterix and the Vikings”) and Piet de Rycker...
- 2/16/2024
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Further deals include Spain and India.
German sales outfit The Playmaker Munich (formerly Arri Media International) has closed a North American deal with Corinth Films for Oliver Rihs’ Swiss drama Caged Birds.
Spain (Piramide Films) and India (Big Tree Ent.) also acquired the film during the Pre-Cannes Screenings.
Caged Birds stars Joel Basman and Maria Leuenberger and is based on the true story of Walter Stürm, who gained fame in the 1980s as the so-called Jailbreak King. The film follows a radical lawyer fighting Switzerland’s antiquated prison system, who joins forces with Stürm.
The film played in competition at...
German sales outfit The Playmaker Munich (formerly Arri Media International) has closed a North American deal with Corinth Films for Oliver Rihs’ Swiss drama Caged Birds.
Spain (Piramide Films) and India (Big Tree Ent.) also acquired the film during the Pre-Cannes Screenings.
Caged Birds stars Joel Basman and Maria Leuenberger and is based on the true story of Walter Stürm, who gained fame in the 1980s as the so-called Jailbreak King. The film follows a radical lawyer fighting Switzerland’s antiquated prison system, who joins forces with Stürm.
The film played in competition at...
- 7/7/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Photo: ‘The Investigation’/HBO The tragic murder of Kim Wall is one the most chilling true crime stories in recent years. Dubbed “the submarine case”, it was a story that dominated headlines in Denmark and even garnered some media attention in other parts of the world. HBO’s ‘The Investigation’, a six-part limited series from Denmark, tells that story entirely from the point of view of those trying to figure out the truth of what happened: chief inspector Jens Møller (Søren Malling) and his detectives, prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen (Pilou Asbaek), and Kim Wall’s parents Joachim and Ingrid (Rolf Lassgård and Pernilla August). The result is a slow and subdued but absorbing entry in the true-crime subgenre, told with genuine sensitivity and respect for all involved. Related article: 25 Royally Shocking Revelations From Prince Harry & Meghan Markle During Oprah Interview Related article: Why Queen Elizabeth II Is One Of The Greatest...
- 3/11/2021
- by Mario Yuwono
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
The family animation will be released by Leonine in Germany this May.
German sales outfit Arri Media International has been racking up deals on its family animation The Ogglies: Welcome To Smellville.
On the eve of EFM, contracts have been signed with the US and Canada (Viva Pictures), Middle East (Salim Ramia & Co), Hungary (Ads), Denmark and Norway (Another World Entertainment), and Spain (Vercine). The company is also in final negotiations with Latin America.
Directed by Jens Møller, and Toby Genkel, the animated yarn is set for a German theatrical release in May through Leonine. It was adapted for the screen by WunderWerk,...
German sales outfit Arri Media International has been racking up deals on its family animation The Ogglies: Welcome To Smellville.
On the eve of EFM, contracts have been signed with the US and Canada (Viva Pictures), Middle East (Salim Ramia & Co), Hungary (Ads), Denmark and Norway (Another World Entertainment), and Spain (Vercine). The company is also in final negotiations with Latin America.
Directed by Jens Møller, and Toby Genkel, the animated yarn is set for a German theatrical release in May through Leonine. It was adapted for the screen by WunderWerk,...
- 3/1/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
HBO’s “The Investigation” is a tough watch, especially for those of us who knew Swedish journalist Kim Wall, but writer/director Tobias Lindholm made an engrossing miniseries out of the fairly mundane detective work that went into proving out one of the most heinous murders — and biggest tabloid stories — of our time.
The six-episode Scandinavian dramatization starts in a courtroom as viewers — and head homicide investigator Jens Møller and prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen (Pilou Asbæk) — hear an unfavorable verdict in a murder case. This legally unprovable murder, which we are made to believe was definitely committed by the defendant, has no real relation to the Wall murder case.
It was a tough sell for Lindholm to convince others this was the right opening scene
“I had a hard time explaining it in the beginning to everybody else. But, for me, it was very important to make the audience understand the...
The six-episode Scandinavian dramatization starts in a courtroom as viewers — and head homicide investigator Jens Møller and prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen (Pilou Asbæk) — hear an unfavorable verdict in a murder case. This legally unprovable murder, which we are made to believe was definitely committed by the defendant, has no real relation to the Wall murder case.
It was a tough sell for Lindholm to convince others this was the right opening scene
“I had a hard time explaining it in the beginning to everybody else. But, for me, it was very important to make the audience understand the...
- 2/1/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Towards the end of the new limited series “The Investigation,” the show’s central police inquiry seems stalled. Nothing is moving in the right direction, and all players seem understandably frustrated. One cop (Laura Christensen) sets things right with an unlikely note of encouragement. “This isn’t a perfect crime,” she tells her boss (Søren Malling). “It’s a clumsy, disgusting crime. So we must have overlooked something.”
This is an unexpected note for the TV procedural — which thrives on the sleuth as genius, seeing through a case that comes as a shock to the viewer. But “The Investigation,” written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and airing stateside on HBO after having debuted overseas, is no ordinary show. For one thing, the outcome will be known already to readers of the news: These Danish-speaking cops, in Copenhagen, are looking into the real-life 2017 killing of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, reported missing...
This is an unexpected note for the TV procedural — which thrives on the sleuth as genius, seeing through a case that comes as a shock to the viewer. But “The Investigation,” written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and airing stateside on HBO after having debuted overseas, is no ordinary show. For one thing, the outcome will be known already to readers of the news: These Danish-speaking cops, in Copenhagen, are looking into the real-life 2017 killing of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, reported missing...
- 1/29/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has acquired the rights to “The Investigation,” Tobias Lindholm’s limited series regarding the 2017 murder of journalist Kim Wall. The premium cabler unveiled the trailer for the six-episode show on Monday.
“The Investigation” will explore the complex real-life investigation surrounding the murder of Wall, who boarded a submarine built by former entrepreneur Peter Madsen for an interview in 2017. The submarine was found sunken the following morning and Wall’s dismembered body parts were found throughout the area; Madsen was convicted of the murder in 2018 and sentenced to life imprisonment in a highly-publicized court case.
The Danish-language series will premiere on HBO on February 1.
Søren Malling (“A Hijacking”) leads the cast as Jens Møller, the Head of Homicide for the Copenhagen Police, alongside Pilou Asbæk (“Game of Thrones”) as the prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen. Pernilla August (“Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace”) and Rolf Lassgård (“The Hunters”) star as Kim Wall’s parents,...
“The Investigation” will explore the complex real-life investigation surrounding the murder of Wall, who boarded a submarine built by former entrepreneur Peter Madsen for an interview in 2017. The submarine was found sunken the following morning and Wall’s dismembered body parts were found throughout the area; Madsen was convicted of the murder in 2018 and sentenced to life imprisonment in a highly-publicized court case.
The Danish-language series will premiere on HBO on February 1.
Søren Malling (“A Hijacking”) leads the cast as Jens Møller, the Head of Homicide for the Copenhagen Police, alongside Pilou Asbæk (“Game of Thrones”) as the prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen. Pernilla August (“Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace”) and Rolf Lassgård (“The Hunters”) star as Kim Wall’s parents,...
- 1/5/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
HBO has acquired the Scandinavian limited series “The Investigation,” about the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
The series will explore the complex real-life investigation surrounding Wall’s 2017 murder, which made international headlines around the world as one of the most notorious criminal cases in Danish media history.
In 2017, Wall went missing after she boarded a submarine to interview Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen in what became known as “The Submarine Case.” The Submarine was found sunken the morning after the August 10 interview and Madsen was charged, and later convicted, of Wall’s murder.
You can watch a trailer for the series above.
Søren Malling (“A Hijacking”) leads the cast as Jens Møller, the Head of Homicide for the Copenhagen Police, alongside Pilou Asbæk (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) as the prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen. Pernilla August (“Star Wars”) and Rolf Lassgård (“The Hunters”) star as Kim Wall’s parents, Ingrid and Joachim Wall.
The series will explore the complex real-life investigation surrounding Wall’s 2017 murder, which made international headlines around the world as one of the most notorious criminal cases in Danish media history.
In 2017, Wall went missing after she boarded a submarine to interview Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen in what became known as “The Submarine Case.” The Submarine was found sunken the morning after the August 10 interview and Madsen was charged, and later convicted, of Wall’s murder.
You can watch a trailer for the series above.
Søren Malling (“A Hijacking”) leads the cast as Jens Møller, the Head of Homicide for the Copenhagen Police, alongside Pilou Asbæk (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) as the prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen. Pernilla August (“Star Wars”) and Rolf Lassgård (“The Hunters”) star as Kim Wall’s parents, Ingrid and Joachim Wall.
- 1/4/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Hit Scandinavian crime drama The Investigation, from A War and Mindhunter director Tobias Lindholm, is getting a U.S. airing after HBO acquired the limited series.
The premium cable network has bought the linear and streaming rights to the six-part series, which comes from Miso Film, the Danish production company owned by Fremantle.
The Investigation explores the case of the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who was killed after boarding a homemade submarine. The case was one of the most notorious in Denmark’s history and made international headlines after Wall’s body parts were found in different locations and the owner of the submarine Peter Madsen was charged and convicted of her murder.
The series follows Jens Møller, played by A Hijacking’s Søren Malling, the Head of Homicide, and his team in the pursuit of the truth. With the hope of being able to provide the prosecutor,...
The premium cable network has bought the linear and streaming rights to the six-part series, which comes from Miso Film, the Danish production company owned by Fremantle.
The Investigation explores the case of the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who was killed after boarding a homemade submarine. The case was one of the most notorious in Denmark’s history and made international headlines after Wall’s body parts were found in different locations and the owner of the submarine Peter Madsen was charged and convicted of her murder.
The series follows Jens Møller, played by A Hijacking’s Søren Malling, the Head of Homicide, and his team in the pursuit of the truth. With the hope of being able to provide the prosecutor,...
- 1/4/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has acquired North American TV and streaming rights to a Scandinavian limited series about an infamous murder case.
The Investigation, set to premiere Feb. 1 on HBO and HBO Max, tracks the events surrounding the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. The reporter boarded a mini-submarine to interview its owner, Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen, in August 2017. Madsen was rescued from the foundering sub the following day, but Wall didn’t surface. Part of her corpse was later discovered on shore 10 days later.
The series will center on Jens Møller (Søren Malling), the head of homicide for the Copenhagen ...
The Investigation, set to premiere Feb. 1 on HBO and HBO Max, tracks the events surrounding the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. The reporter boarded a mini-submarine to interview its owner, Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen, in August 2017. Madsen was rescued from the foundering sub the following day, but Wall didn’t surface. Part of her corpse was later discovered on shore 10 days later.
The series will center on Jens Møller (Søren Malling), the head of homicide for the Copenhagen ...
HBO has acquired North American TV and streaming rights to a Scandinavian limited series about an infamous murder case.
The Investigation, set to premiere Feb. 1 on HBO and HBO Max, tracks the events surrounding the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. The reporter boarded a mini-submarine to interview its owner, Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen, in August 2017. Madsen was rescued from the foundering sub the following day, but Wall didn’t surface. Part of her corpse was later discovered on shore 10 days later.
The series will center on Jens Møller (Søren Malling), the head of homicide for the Copenhagen ...
The Investigation, set to premiere Feb. 1 on HBO and HBO Max, tracks the events surrounding the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. The reporter boarded a mini-submarine to interview its owner, Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen, in August 2017. Madsen was rescued from the foundering sub the following day, but Wall didn’t surface. Part of her corpse was later discovered on shore 10 days later.
The series will center on Jens Møller (Søren Malling), the head of homicide for the Copenhagen ...
In today’s Global bulletin, Cineflix Rights sells three series to Topic in North America, Paco Cabezas is picked to direct “The Gypsy Bride” in Spain, “The Investigation” premieres to year’s-best ratings in Denmark and Planet Nemo by Ankama sells two series to Discovery Kids in Mena.
Series
Cineflix Rights, the U.K.’s largest independent TV content distributor, has signed a deal with First Look Media’s platform Topic, sending three series to the North American streamer: “The Minister,” “Happily Married” and the first two seasons of “An Ordinary Woman.”
“The Minister,” a Prix Europa and Venice TV Awards nominee for best TV series, is produced by Sagafilm for Ruv Iceland, Dr Denmark, Nrk Norway, Svt Sweden and Yle Finland. It turns on a populist Pm whose declining mental health poses a threat to the stability of the government.
Produced by Productions Casablanca for Radio-Canada and Tou.tv-Extra,...
Series
Cineflix Rights, the U.K.’s largest independent TV content distributor, has signed a deal with First Look Media’s platform Topic, sending three series to the North American streamer: “The Minister,” “Happily Married” and the first two seasons of “An Ordinary Woman.”
“The Minister,” a Prix Europa and Venice TV Awards nominee for best TV series, is produced by Sagafilm for Ruv Iceland, Dr Denmark, Nrk Norway, Svt Sweden and Yle Finland. It turns on a populist Pm whose declining mental health poses a threat to the stability of the government.
Produced by Productions Casablanca for Radio-Canada and Tou.tv-Extra,...
- 9/30/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: UK genre sales firm Devilworks has added two titles to its slate for the upcoming American Film Market. Matteo Rolleri’s outfit has boarded world sales rights to U.S. supernatural horror The Special by B. Harrison Smith (Death House) about a young man who is offered a night of pleasure beyond his wildest imagination. Davy Raphaely (Camp Dread), Dave Sheridan (Sky Sharks) and Sarah French (Ouija House) star. Alexander Bafer and Doug Henderson produce for Everything’s Fire Productions, Jonathan Ilchert is executive producer for Brick Top Productions. Also on the slate is Canadian horror Welcome To The Circle, written and directed by David Fowler (Born In China) and starring Heather Doerksen (Pacific Rim), Matthew MacCaull (Tomorrowland) and Taylor Dianne Robinson (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn). Pic tells the story of a young girl and her father who fall prey to a secluded, madman-worshiping cult situated deep in a wood.
- 10/9/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC and Rtl have bought “The Investigation,” the upcoming drama about the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. It comes from Tobias Lindholm, the writer-director behind Oscar-nominated picture “A War.”
Lindholm’s TV credits include Nordic hit “Borgen” and Netflix drama “Mindhunter.” Fremantle’s Miso Film is on production duty. Fremantle is distributing and closed the U.K. and German deals, meaning it has pre-sold the series to major free-tv broadcasters in Europe’s two largest markets. It will be targeting more deals on the show at Mipcom in Cannes, next week.
Six-part series “The Investigation” follows the complex investigation carried out by Jens Møller, the head of homicide for the Copenhagen Police, surrounding the murder of Wall. She was a freelance Swedish journalist who boarded a submarine to interview its owner, Peter Madsen. She was subsequently killed and entrepreneur Madsen faced a highly publicized trial and was convicted of her murder.
Lindholm’s TV credits include Nordic hit “Borgen” and Netflix drama “Mindhunter.” Fremantle’s Miso Film is on production duty. Fremantle is distributing and closed the U.K. and German deals, meaning it has pre-sold the series to major free-tv broadcasters in Europe’s two largest markets. It will be targeting more deals on the show at Mipcom in Cannes, next week.
Six-part series “The Investigation” follows the complex investigation carried out by Jens Møller, the head of homicide for the Copenhagen Police, surrounding the murder of Wall. She was a freelance Swedish journalist who boarded a submarine to interview its owner, Peter Madsen. She was subsequently killed and entrepreneur Madsen faced a highly publicized trial and was convicted of her murder.
- 10/9/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Arri Media International has boarded WunderWerk’s animated family film “The Ogglies,” based on the hit German children’s book series about a group of creatures with unusual eating habits looking for a new home.
Helmed by Jens Møller, whose credits include the “Lego Star Wars” TV series, and Toby Genkel, director of animated hit “Ooops! Noah is Gone,” “The Ogglies” follows a family of green, smelly, garbage-eating yet good-natured little beings who find a new home in a city dump, only to face eviction when an unscrupulous contractor decides to build a wellness temple on the site.
Arri Media will present a teaser of the 3D CGI-animated pic for the first time at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Erhard Dietl’s book series, which includes 34 titles, has been translated into more than 13 different languages and sold more than 5 million copies in Germany alone.
“The Ogglies” film is produced by...
Helmed by Jens Møller, whose credits include the “Lego Star Wars” TV series, and Toby Genkel, director of animated hit “Ooops! Noah is Gone,” “The Ogglies” follows a family of green, smelly, garbage-eating yet good-natured little beings who find a new home in a city dump, only to face eviction when an unscrupulous contractor decides to build a wellness temple on the site.
Arri Media will present a teaser of the 3D CGI-animated pic for the first time at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Erhard Dietl’s book series, which includes 34 titles, has been translated into more than 13 different languages and sold more than 5 million copies in Germany alone.
“The Ogglies” film is produced by...
- 5/8/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Tobias Lindholm, director of 2016 Oscar nominee A War, is set to write and helm crime series The Investigation. Based on the probe into the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, the drama is being developed by Miso Film, Denmark’s TV2 and TV4 and Sweden’s C More.
The six-part series centers on the Copenhagen Police and its Head of Homicide, Jens Møller’s investigation and follows the methodical, unusual and technical work that enabled them to solve Wall’s murder. The case has been in the headlines this year after entrepreneur Peter Madsen was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in April, following a widely publicized trial.
Wall was a Swedish freelance journalist who went missing in 2017 after boarding Madsen’s submarine to interview him. The sub put out a distress call and sunk on the morning of August 11. Madsen was rescued and initially claimed to have let Wall...
The six-part series centers on the Copenhagen Police and its Head of Homicide, Jens Møller’s investigation and follows the methodical, unusual and technical work that enabled them to solve Wall’s murder. The case has been in the headlines this year after entrepreneur Peter Madsen was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in April, following a widely publicized trial.
Wall was a Swedish freelance journalist who went missing in 2017 after boarding Madsen’s submarine to interview him. The sub put out a distress call and sunk on the morning of August 11. Madsen was rescued and initially claimed to have let Wall...
- 10/11/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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