Danish director Ole Bornedal - much loved in these parts for films such as Deliver Us From Evil and The Substitute - is sure to make a major splash across Europe with his current project, though he's moving from big screens to small to do so as the director of 1864, a period set television series revolving around the Battle of Dybbøl which stands to be Denmark's most expensive television production ever."1864" was a fateful year for Denmark. The nation lost the Battle of Dybbøl to the Prussians and, in turn, two thirds of its land and population, 5,000 troops and a good measure of self-respect. The ignominious defeat became a national trauma that can still make Danes feel small.With a cast that includes Sidse...
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- 7/7/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Sam Raimi and Ole Bornedal’s The Possession comes out tomorrow, and as such, we have a myriad of clips, interviews and featurettes to show you, gathered from the internetz.
First up, we have a video interview with the cast of The Possession, thanks to Dread Central, below.
We also have a clip from the film, also from DC, below:
And, now we have a bevy of soundbites from the cast, from pretty much everyone of note in the cast, and from director Ole Bornedal, all from Dread Central again:
Finally, we have a sit down interview with director Ole Bornedal, courtesy of Styd, in all its glory below:
Shock Till You Drop: Sam said you were his first choice for director on this project. Talk a bit about your history together…
Ole Bornedal: I had done two Danish movies they bought to remake. The Substitute and Just Another Love Story.
First up, we have a video interview with the cast of The Possession, thanks to Dread Central, below.
We also have a clip from the film, also from DC, below:
And, now we have a bevy of soundbites from the cast, from pretty much everyone of note in the cast, and from director Ole Bornedal, all from Dread Central again:
Finally, we have a sit down interview with director Ole Bornedal, courtesy of Styd, in all its glory below:
Shock Till You Drop: Sam said you were his first choice for director on this project. Talk a bit about your history together…
Ole Bornedal: I had done two Danish movies they bought to remake. The Substitute and Just Another Love Story.
- 8/31/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Title: The Possession Director: Ole Bornedal (‘The Substitute’) Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (‘Watchmen,’ TV’s ‘Supernatural’), Kyra Sedgwick (TV’s ‘The Closer’), Natasha Calis (TV’s ‘The Firm’) and Madison Davenport (TV’s ‘Shameless’) One of the most relentlessly persistent fears among people is the religious belief that their bodies can be possessed by an evil spirit determined to take over their lives to carry out its own evil plan. When a seemingly ordinary box has the power to unleash the powerful entity, innocent people’s lives are automatically put in danger. Such a threat was discovered in 2004 by Los Angeles Times journalist Leslie Gornstein, when she found what was described as an authentic [ Read More ]...
- 8/31/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
In 1997, Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal made his U.S. feature filmmaking debut with Nightwatch . Starring Ewan McGregor, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette, the thriller was a remake of Bornedal's 1994 film Nattevagten from Denmark. Nightwatch was a Dimension Films production and it faced a small delay reaching the screen. Following its lackluster reception, Bornedal returned home to continue his directing career overseas. His name wasn't connected to Hollywood again until 2007 when Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's Ghost House Pictures acquired the American remake rights to Bornedal's sci-fi/horror film The Substitute . While progress on that remake moved slowly, Raimi asked Bornedal to take a crack at another American film, The Possession , opening in theaters this...
- 8/30/2012
- Comingsoon.net
In 1997, Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal made his U.S. feature filmmaking debut with Nightwatch.
Starring Ewan McGregor, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette, the thriller was a remake of Bornedal's 1994 film Nattevagten from Denmark. Nightwatch was a Dimension Films production and it faced a small delay reaching the screen (as is/was the case with some Dimension projects). Following its lackluster reception, Bornedal returned home to continue his directing career overseas.
His name wasn't connected to Hollywood again until 2007 when Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's Ghost House Pictures acquired the American remake rights to Bornedal's sci-fi/horror film The Substitute. While progress on that remake moved slowly, Raimi asked Bornedal to take a crack at another American film, The Possession, opening in theaters this Friday.
The film is a loose re-telling of Los Angeles Times writer Leslie Gornstein's article "Jinx in a Box" and centers around a cursed...
Starring Ewan McGregor, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette, the thriller was a remake of Bornedal's 1994 film Nattevagten from Denmark. Nightwatch was a Dimension Films production and it faced a small delay reaching the screen (as is/was the case with some Dimension projects). Following its lackluster reception, Bornedal returned home to continue his directing career overseas.
His name wasn't connected to Hollywood again until 2007 when Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's Ghost House Pictures acquired the American remake rights to Bornedal's sci-fi/horror film The Substitute. While progress on that remake moved slowly, Raimi asked Bornedal to take a crack at another American film, The Possession, opening in theaters this Friday.
The film is a loose re-telling of Los Angeles Times writer Leslie Gornstein's article "Jinx in a Box" and centers around a cursed...
- 8/29/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Shock Till You Drop got a chance to talk with Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spider-man) about two upcoming movies he’s producing, The Possession and the controversial remake of his own film Evil Dead. I won’t waste your time talking about it, let’s get right to the good stuff:
Question: The Possession didn’t quite have the spook-a-blast stuff of Drag Me to Hell, but it had the same energy to it. Is this a sort of branding for Ghost House you collaborated with Ole on or did he bring this in on his own?
Sam Raimi: The style is all Ole Bornedal. He’s a great director and he’s made a lot of films. He has his own unique style. The type of film it is is reprentative of the kind of films that Ghost House Pictures likes to make. I really like supernatural horror films,...
Question: The Possession didn’t quite have the spook-a-blast stuff of Drag Me to Hell, but it had the same energy to it. Is this a sort of branding for Ghost House you collaborated with Ole on or did he bring this in on his own?
Sam Raimi: The style is all Ole Bornedal. He’s a great director and he’s made a lot of films. He has his own unique style. The type of film it is is reprentative of the kind of films that Ghost House Pictures likes to make. I really like supernatural horror films,...
- 8/22/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
In support of the release of the upcoming supernatural thriller The Possession, Dread Central and several other outlets recently participated in a conference call roundtable with producer Sam Raimi.
The iconic filmmaker who's behind such beloved cult classics as Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness and Darkman, the mega-blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy as well as a few often overlooked gems like A Simple Plan, The Gift and The Quick and the Dead spoke with us about his choice to direct The Possession - Ole Bornedal - as well as his thoughts on modern horror, the new horror project he's collaborating on with his brother, Ted Raimi, and his thoughts on what he felt was lacking from his grossly underappreciated 2009 flick Drag Me to Hell.
Check out the highlights from our roundtable interview with Raimi below, and look for more on The Possession next week!
Question: I noticed that even though The Possession...
The iconic filmmaker who's behind such beloved cult classics as Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness and Darkman, the mega-blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy as well as a few often overlooked gems like A Simple Plan, The Gift and The Quick and the Dead spoke with us about his choice to direct The Possession - Ole Bornedal - as well as his thoughts on modern horror, the new horror project he's collaborating on with his brother, Ted Raimi, and his thoughts on what he felt was lacking from his grossly underappreciated 2009 flick Drag Me to Hell.
Check out the highlights from our roundtable interview with Raimi below, and look for more on The Possession next week!
Question: I noticed that even though The Possession...
- 8/22/2012
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
#30 Vikaren (The Substitute) (2007)
Directed by Ole Bornedal
The Substitute sends a love-starved alien to terrorize a classroom of youngsters. Paprika Steen highlights the pic with a wickedly over-the-top performance in the title role. Danish director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) delivers a fun and nicely paced thriller fit for the whole family. As a throwback to classic 80s family films like Monster Squad and The Goonies, The Substitute is a whole lot of fun, and a hidden gem just waiting to be discovered. Few critics gave the film the positive reviews it deserves, but hopefully in time it will find a cult audience. Special mention to the children, who are all brilliant, especially Jonas Wandschneider as Carl.
#29 The Hidden
Directed by Jack Sholder
Made by New Line at a time when the studio was known primarily for its early John Waters comedies and the Nightmare On Elm Street series, 1987′s The Hidden is a body switching,...
Directed by Ole Bornedal
The Substitute sends a love-starved alien to terrorize a classroom of youngsters. Paprika Steen highlights the pic with a wickedly over-the-top performance in the title role. Danish director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) delivers a fun and nicely paced thriller fit for the whole family. As a throwback to classic 80s family films like Monster Squad and The Goonies, The Substitute is a whole lot of fun, and a hidden gem just waiting to be discovered. Few critics gave the film the positive reviews it deserves, but hopefully in time it will find a cult audience. Special mention to the children, who are all brilliant, especially Jonas Wandschneider as Carl.
#29 The Hidden
Directed by Jack Sholder
Made by New Line at a time when the studio was known primarily for its early John Waters comedies and the Nightmare On Elm Street series, 1987′s The Hidden is a body switching,...
- 3/12/2011
- by Jason Elsbury
- SoundOnSight
Kyra Sedgwick will star opposite Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Lionsgate's horror thriller "Dibbuk Box." According to Variety, Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are producing through their Ghost House Pictures. Stephen Susco and Ghost House's J.R. Young, Nicole Brown and Kelli Konop will co-produce.Lionsgate will release the film on October 28. Danish director Ole Bornedal ("Just Another Love Story," "The Substitute") will direct from a script by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.In the film, inspired by true events, Morgan and Sedgwick will star as recently divorced parents whose youngest daughter becomes mysteriously connected to an antique wooden box she bought at a yard sale. The father discovers that his daughter's erratic behavior is due to the fact that the box contains...
- 1/19/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Following reports that Sam and Dean Winchester's daddy Jeffrey Dean Morgan ('Supernatural', 'The Losers', 'The Resident') has signed up to Lionsgates' 'Dibbuk Box' horror project it appears that actress Kyra Sedgwick ('The Closer') has also now hopped on board. Mrs Kevin Bacon will play the mother of her child whom 'becomes strangely attached to an antique wooden box purchased at a yard sale'. Morgan will play her husband. This is the long-time coming project from Ghost House Pictures which will be produced by 'The Evil Dead's Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. Ole Bornedal ('Vikaren' Aka 'The Substitute') will be helming....
- 1/19/2011
- Horror Asylum
Kyra Sedgwick is set to star opposite Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the upcoming horror thriller Dibbuk Box from Lionsgate. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are producing the film under their Ghost House Pictures banner.
The film is from Danish director Ole Bornedal (Just Another Love Story, The Substitute) and is based on a script inspired by true events and written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.
Synopsis:
Morgan and Sedgwick will star as recently divorced parents whose youngest daughter becomes strangely connected to an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. As the daughter's behavior becomes more erratic, the father senses a dark presence building until he discovers that the box was built to contain a dibbuk -- a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.
Lionsgate plans to release Dibbuk Box domestically on Oct. 28. This is the same time that Saw normally has come...
The film is from Danish director Ole Bornedal (Just Another Love Story, The Substitute) and is based on a script inspired by true events and written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.
Synopsis:
Morgan and Sedgwick will star as recently divorced parents whose youngest daughter becomes strangely connected to an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. As the daughter's behavior becomes more erratic, the father senses a dark presence building until he discovers that the box was built to contain a dibbuk -- a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.
Lionsgate plans to release Dibbuk Box domestically on Oct. 28. This is the same time that Saw normally has come...
- 1/19/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
We were pretty excited already with the news that Jeffrey Dean Morgan was the first star to sign on to Lionsgate's horror thriller Dibbuk Box, and now that they've landed "The Closer" herself, Kyra Sedgwick, we're beyond thrilled.
According to Deadline NY Sedgwick will play a mom whose youngest child becomes strangely attached to an antique wooden box purchased at a yard sale. The girl's behavior becomes erratic, and her divorced parents (Sedgwick and Morgan) get the carvings on the box deciphered and find the box contains a spirit bent on devouring its human host.
Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are producing via their Ghost House Pictures shingle. Danish director Ole Bornedal (Just Another Love Story, The Substitute) is directing from a script -- inspired by true events -- by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.
Dibbuk Box is set for an October 28th theatrical release.
- Debi Moore
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
According to Deadline NY Sedgwick will play a mom whose youngest child becomes strangely attached to an antique wooden box purchased at a yard sale. The girl's behavior becomes erratic, and her divorced parents (Sedgwick and Morgan) get the carvings on the box deciphered and find the box contains a spirit bent on devouring its human host.
Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are producing via their Ghost House Pictures shingle. Danish director Ole Bornedal (Just Another Love Story, The Substitute) is directing from a script -- inspired by true events -- by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.
Dibbuk Box is set for an October 28th theatrical release.
- Debi Moore
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 1/19/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Bloody Disgusting got word that Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport (Parasomnia) and Natasha Calis (Held Hostage) have been cast alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Losers, Watchmen, Jonah Hex, The Resident) in Lionsgate's horror thriller Dibbuk Box, with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert producing via their Ghost House Pictures shingle. Danish director Ole Bornedal (Just Another Love Story, The Substitute) is directing from a script -- inspired by true events -- by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White (Boogeyman, Knowing, Poltergeist). In theaters October 28, Morgan will star as a recently divorced father whose youngest daughter becomes strangely connected to an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. As his daughter's behavior becomes more erratic, the father senses a dark presence building until he discovers that the box was built to contain a dibbuk -- a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.
- 1/18/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Lionsgate and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures, who once competed for Halloween box office with the Saw and Grudge movies, are now joining forces to own that period with The Dibbuk Box, opening October 28 of this year; and the film now has a leading man.
Variety reports that Watchmen’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan (pictured) will star in the film as a recently divorced father who buys an antique wooden box at a yard sale, then has to struggle against the dibbuk—a malevolent spirit—that inhabits it and begins to possess his youngest daughter. Nightwatch and The Substitute’s Ole Bornedal will direct from a script by Boogeyman’s Juliet Snowden and Stiles White (supposedly based on true events), with Raimi and Rob Tapert producing. Morgan will next be seen in the Hammer production The Resident, coming on DVD and Blu-ray March 29 from Image Entertainment.
I also found this...
Variety reports that Watchmen’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan (pictured) will star in the film as a recently divorced father who buys an antique wooden box at a yard sale, then has to struggle against the dibbuk—a malevolent spirit—that inhabits it and begins to possess his youngest daughter. Nightwatch and The Substitute’s Ole Bornedal will direct from a script by Boogeyman’s Juliet Snowden and Stiles White (supposedly based on true events), with Raimi and Rob Tapert producing. Morgan will next be seen in the Hammer production The Resident, coming on DVD and Blu-ray March 29 from Image Entertainment.
I also found this...
- 1/13/2011
- by Dave
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert's Ghost House Pictures seems to have a bit of a gap in it's upcoming slate but it appears that the previously talked about 2012 release of 'Dibbuk Box' has officially got itself a new director in the form of Danish writer/helmer Ole Bornedal ('Vikaren' Aka 'The Substitute'). The 'based on 'apparent' true events' tale of a haunted wine cabinet was picked up by Ghost House about 6 years ago now so it's nice to see some progress at last. Juliet Snowden and Stiles White penned the script which was acquired in March. The new project is based on an article from the Los Angeles Times by Leslie Gornstein called 'Jinx in a Box,' about an antique wooden box sold on eBay (in February 2004) that contained an evil spirit and was brought to America by a Holocaust survivor after WWII.
- 10/22/2010
- Horror Asylum
Lionsgate and producer Sam Raimi have hired Award-winning Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal to take on a new horror thriller called Dibbuk Box. The project was announced back in March of this year.
The film is in the vein of The Exorcist and The Shining, and it's based on a true story that came from an article in the La Times about a family that found themselves in possession of a haunted box, and the story deals with their struggle to get rid of it and its evil curse.
Here's the beginning of the story straight from the article.
A small wooden cabinet went up for auction on EBay. Inside were two locks of hair, one granite slab, one dried rosebud, one goblet, two wheat pennies, one candlestick and, allegedly, one "dibbuk," a kind of spirit popular in Yiddish folklore.
The seller, a Missouri college student named Iosif Nietzke, described the...
The film is in the vein of The Exorcist and The Shining, and it's based on a true story that came from an article in the La Times about a family that found themselves in possession of a haunted box, and the story deals with their struggle to get rid of it and its evil curse.
Here's the beginning of the story straight from the article.
A small wooden cabinet went up for auction on EBay. Inside were two locks of hair, one granite slab, one dried rosebud, one goblet, two wheat pennies, one candlestick and, allegedly, one "dibbuk," a kind of spirit popular in Yiddish folklore.
The seller, a Missouri college student named Iosif Nietzke, described the...
- 10/22/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
From Ole Bornedal, the director of The Substitue (Vikaren), a film AgentOrange loved, comes a thriller about a good brother, and a very bad one.
In Deliver Us From Evil, the happily married couple Johannes and Pernille and their two children return to Johannes’ home town in a province in Jutland. Johannes is a lawyer, Pernille a school teacher, and they return to the rural bliss to devote themselves entirely to the family and the calm and quiet life close to nature, outside the big city. Helping them renovate the newly bought house is Alain, a torture victim from the Balkans. He’s just now regaining his faith in life and is working to re-establish a proper existence.
Johannes’ brother, Lars, is the complete opposite. He’s lived in the village all his life and now works as a truck driver – at least when he isn’t hanging out at the local pub,...
In Deliver Us From Evil, the happily married couple Johannes and Pernille and their two children return to Johannes’ home town in a province in Jutland. Johannes is a lawyer, Pernille a school teacher, and they return to the rural bliss to devote themselves entirely to the family and the calm and quiet life close to nature, outside the big city. Helping them renovate the newly bought house is Alain, a torture victim from the Balkans. He’s just now regaining his faith in life and is working to re-establish a proper existence.
Johannes’ brother, Lars, is the complete opposite. He’s lived in the village all his life and now works as a truck driver – at least when he isn’t hanging out at the local pub,...
- 2/15/2009
- QuietEarth.us
I am at an utter loss when it comes to how to categorize Ole Bornedal’s Deliver Us From Evil (Fri Os Fra Det Onde). Is it a human drama that turns dark and nasty? An unusually nuanced thriller? A cerebral action film? Bornedal had a fantastic one-two punch a couple years back with Vikaren and Just Another Love Story and now it looks like he’s back with something even more potent.
In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife Pernille leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes’ childhood town in the country. When Johannes’ drunken brother Lars accidently runs over Anna, a local, and plants false evidence pointing at the emigrant Alain, Johannes stands up to defend Alain. But it comes with a price. The town soon reveals its ugly face, as revenge, hatred and xenophobia become the order of the day,...
In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife Pernille leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes’ childhood town in the country. When Johannes’ drunken brother Lars accidently runs over Anna, a local, and plants false evidence pointing at the emigrant Alain, Johannes stands up to defend Alain. But it comes with a price. The town soon reveals its ugly face, as revenge, hatred and xenophobia become the order of the day,...
- 2/14/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Year: 2008
DVD Release date: October 14, 2008
Director: Ole Bornedal
Writers: Ole Bornedal / Henrik Prip
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Amazon: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
America take note: Denmark is bringing back the lost art of the PG-13 kids flick and they're making you look bad in the process. It's time to step up.
With The Substitute, director Ole Bornedal has managed to bring together two kinds of cinema and construct a film that I can only describe as being Dogme 95 meets The Monster Squad. It took me about 30 minutes to realize it, but when the realization finally hit, it was like a ton of bricks; "Holy crap... I'm watching a kids movie!" From there the movie was a joy to take in and had me grinning from ear to ear, remembering my own childhood and all the lost days of watching edgy kids flicks from the 80s like The Gate,...
DVD Release date: October 14, 2008
Director: Ole Bornedal
Writers: Ole Bornedal / Henrik Prip
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Amazon: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
America take note: Denmark is bringing back the lost art of the PG-13 kids flick and they're making you look bad in the process. It's time to step up.
With The Substitute, director Ole Bornedal has managed to bring together two kinds of cinema and construct a film that I can only describe as being Dogme 95 meets The Monster Squad. It took me about 30 minutes to realize it, but when the realization finally hit, it was like a ton of bricks; "Holy crap... I'm watching a kids movie!" From there the movie was a joy to take in and had me grinning from ear to ear, remembering my own childhood and all the lost days of watching edgy kids flicks from the 80s like The Gate,...
- 10/9/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Before you go into fits of apoplexy thinking that this is a review of the Tom Berenger film from 1996, rest assured that this The Substitute is a Danish film by director Ole Bornedal that just happens to have the same name (it's Vikaren in Denmark). Fantastic Fest does choose their films with a bit more taste, although they are both about hard-assed subtitute teachers. One of them just happens to be an alien, and sadly we don't mean Tom Berenger. Although that might have improved that movie. In this Danish film, Paprika Steen plays a chicken farmer's wife who gets inhabited by a spark of light from a planet far away. Her ali ...
- 9/20/2008
- by Kevin Kelly
- Spout
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