French Concession
Vietnamese French director and screenwriter Tran Anh Hung has been named as president of the jury for the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival.
The festival, which runs June 14 to 23, said that his works “blend the expressions of Eastern and Western cultures, with sensitivity, delicacy, and a romantic style.” His films include: 1992’s “Scent of the Green Papaya”; 1995’s “Cyclo,” starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai; 2009 English-language thriller “I Come With the Rain,” starring Josh Hartnett; and “The Taste of Things,” which earned him the best director prize at Cannes last year.
The jury president role marks a return and a promotion for the director. He was previously on the Shanghai festival’s jury in 2011, when he also screened his “Norwegian Wood.”
Laser Focus
Sm Cinema, the largest exhibitor in the Philippines, is to open giant screen Imax cinemas in three new venues. It will also upgrade seven other cinemas to Imax with Laser installations.
Vietnamese French director and screenwriter Tran Anh Hung has been named as president of the jury for the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival.
The festival, which runs June 14 to 23, said that his works “blend the expressions of Eastern and Western cultures, with sensitivity, delicacy, and a romantic style.” His films include: 1992’s “Scent of the Green Papaya”; 1995’s “Cyclo,” starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai; 2009 English-language thriller “I Come With the Rain,” starring Josh Hartnett; and “The Taste of Things,” which earned him the best director prize at Cannes last year.
The jury president role marks a return and a promotion for the director. He was previously on the Shanghai festival’s jury in 2011, when he also screened his “Norwegian Wood.”
Laser Focus
Sm Cinema, the largest exhibitor in the Philippines, is to open giant screen Imax cinemas in three new venues. It will also upgrade seven other cinemas to Imax with Laser installations.
- 4/29/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon is diving into The Swarm, snatching up rights for its Prime Video service across sub-Saharan Africa for the ecological thriller from Game of Thrones producer Frank Doelger.
The limited series, adapted from Frank Schätzing’s international best-seller, tells the story of a series of escalating disasters emerging from the world’s oceans. As scientists around the globe rush to discover their cause, it becomes clear that there is something bigger at play: an intelligent life force, dwelling in the deeps that is manipulating all life below the surface.
Barbara Eder (Barbarians, Concordia), Luke Watson (Ripper Street) and Philipp Stölzl (The Physician) directed the series, which features an ensemble cast including Alexander Karim (Dying of the Light), Cécile de France (The New Pope), Leonie Benesch (Babylon Berlin, The Crown), Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt) and Takuya Kimura (2046, I Come With The Rain). Doelger produced through his Intaglio Films, together with Eric Welbers,...
The limited series, adapted from Frank Schätzing’s international best-seller, tells the story of a series of escalating disasters emerging from the world’s oceans. As scientists around the globe rush to discover their cause, it becomes clear that there is something bigger at play: an intelligent life force, dwelling in the deeps that is manipulating all life below the surface.
Barbara Eder (Barbarians, Concordia), Luke Watson (Ripper Street) and Philipp Stölzl (The Physician) directed the series, which features an ensemble cast including Alexander Karim (Dying of the Light), Cécile de France (The New Pope), Leonie Benesch (Babylon Berlin, The Crown), Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt) and Takuya Kimura (2046, I Come With The Rain). Doelger produced through his Intaglio Films, together with Eric Welbers,...
- 9/25/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The CW has landed the U.S. rights to eco-thriller drama The Swarm, which comes from Game of Thrones exec producer Frank Doelger.
The eight-part series launched in Germany earlier this year, where it premiered on Zdf.
Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment, The CW Network revealed the acquisition after the company’s fall schedule presentation and called The Swarm a “big swing”.
The Swarm follows an unknown enemy from the depths of the sea that strikes back due to the reckless treatment of the oceans. It debuted out of competition in Berlin last month before transferring to Zdf’s streaming service.
Related: The CW Fall 2023 Schedule
The series, considered one of Europe’s biggest TV drama swings in some time, stars Alexander Karim (The Lawyer), Cécile de France (The New Pope), Leonie Benesch (The Crown), Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt) and Takuya Kimura (I Come With The Rain).
Doelger, an exec...
The eight-part series launched in Germany earlier this year, where it premiered on Zdf.
Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment, The CW Network revealed the acquisition after the company’s fall schedule presentation and called The Swarm a “big swing”.
The Swarm follows an unknown enemy from the depths of the sea that strikes back due to the reckless treatment of the oceans. It debuted out of competition in Berlin last month before transferring to Zdf’s streaming service.
Related: The CW Fall 2023 Schedule
The series, considered one of Europe’s biggest TV drama swings in some time, stars Alexander Karim (The Lawyer), Cécile de France (The New Pope), Leonie Benesch (The Crown), Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt) and Takuya Kimura (I Come With The Rain).
Doelger, an exec...
- 5/18/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Eco-thriller “The Swarm,” which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, has been acquired in the U.K. by pay-tv operator Sky. Negotiations with a U.S. partner are in the final stages.
The show, produced by multiple Primetime Emmy award winner and “Game of Thrones” executive producer Frank Doelger and Ndf IP’s managing director Eric Welbers, is set to play on the Sky Max channel in the U.K. later this year.
“The Swarm” scored huge ratings in Germany on Zdf and on Austria’s Orf. In Germany, it attracted up to 10 million views per episode (linear and catch-up combined), multiple prime time wins, and big successes within the younger target group (between the ages of 14-49).
The series will continue its international roll-out throughout the year. It was acquired by pay-tv platform Movistar+ Plus for Spain, and will be available on Hulu in Japan; on Viaplay Group in Finland,...
The show, produced by multiple Primetime Emmy award winner and “Game of Thrones” executive producer Frank Doelger and Ndf IP’s managing director Eric Welbers, is set to play on the Sky Max channel in the U.K. later this year.
“The Swarm” scored huge ratings in Germany on Zdf and on Austria’s Orf. In Germany, it attracted up to 10 million views per episode (linear and catch-up combined), multiple prime time wins, and big successes within the younger target group (between the ages of 14-49).
The series will continue its international roll-out throughout the year. It was acquired by pay-tv platform Movistar+ Plus for Spain, and will be available on Hulu in Japan; on Viaplay Group in Finland,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Frank Doelger’s eco-thriller drama The Swarm has made a splash on German TV.
The eight-part series launched last night and took 6.8 million on the Zdf network after achieving more than 10 million views during its first 12 days on Zdf’s digital service, per census data from Agf in cooperation with Nielsen.
The overnights equal a 24.4% share and 11.7% of 14-49s, according to Agf in cooperation with GfK / Videoscope 1.4.
In Austria, the show debuted on Orf with a 23% share.
The Swarm follows an unknown enemy from the depths of the sea that strikes back due to the reckless treatment of the oceans. It debuted out of competition in Berlin last month before transferring to Zdf’s streaming service.
The series, considered one of Europe’s biggest TV drama swings in some time, stars Alexander Karim (The Lawyer), Cécile de France (The New Pope), Leonie Benesch, Barbara Sukowa...
The eight-part series launched last night and took 6.8 million on the Zdf network after achieving more than 10 million views during its first 12 days on Zdf’s digital service, per census data from Agf in cooperation with Nielsen.
The overnights equal a 24.4% share and 11.7% of 14-49s, according to Agf in cooperation with GfK / Videoscope 1.4.
In Austria, the show debuted on Orf with a 23% share.
The Swarm follows an unknown enemy from the depths of the sea that strikes back due to the reckless treatment of the oceans. It debuted out of competition in Berlin last month before transferring to Zdf’s streaming service.
The series, considered one of Europe’s biggest TV drama swings in some time, stars Alexander Karim (The Lawyer), Cécile de France (The New Pope), Leonie Benesch, Barbara Sukowa...
- 3/7/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been too long since we’ve seen a project from Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung. Though he can be hit and miss (his 2009 Josh Hartnett-starring “I Come With The Rain” does not come with the Playlist seal of approval), his films including the Camera D’Or and Oscar nominated “The Scent Of Green Papaya” and the […]
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- 6/21/2016
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
One film we expected might show up at the Cannes Film Festival line-up was the latest feature from Norwegian Wood and I Come with the Rain director Tran Anh Hung. However, Éternité (aka Eternity) will bow this fall instead, set for an early September release in France. Although we’re still waiting on U.S. distribution, the first trailer has now arrived.
An adaptation of Alice Ferney‘s novella L’Elegance des veuves, the cast includes Mélanie Laurent, Bérénice Béjo, Jérémie Renier, Audrey Tautou, and Pierre Deladonchamps. The period drama follows three generations of women during wartime. The first trailer, while subtitle-free, looks to be as gorgeous as the director’s previous work. Check it out below, along with the first poster.
Éternité opens on September 7th, 2016 in France and is awaiting U.S. distribution.
An adaptation of Alice Ferney‘s novella L’Elegance des veuves, the cast includes Mélanie Laurent, Bérénice Béjo, Jérémie Renier, Audrey Tautou, and Pierre Deladonchamps. The period drama follows three generations of women during wartime. The first trailer, while subtitle-free, looks to be as gorgeous as the director’s previous work. Check it out below, along with the first poster.
Éternité opens on September 7th, 2016 in France and is awaiting U.S. distribution.
- 6/14/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It is just ten days until what is perhaps the most exciting cinematic event of every year comes to bear: an announcement of the Cannes Film Festival lineup. We’ve featured glimpses of some of titles that might make their way to southern France next month, and today we’ve collected first looks at three more, all of which are greatly anticipated. How anticipated? So anticipated, in fact, that just an image warrants a post.
The first, from Wild Bunch, showcases Bertrand Bonello‘s Paris Is Happening — now being referred to as Nocturama in the native tongue — a picture about youths who take it upon themselves to sabotage the city of love with a series of explosions. Yes, even the writer-director is uncomfortable with that level of relevance — especially the writer-director, actually — as he told me back in December. Combine this tension and the fact that his last film was...
The first, from Wild Bunch, showcases Bertrand Bonello‘s Paris Is Happening — now being referred to as Nocturama in the native tongue — a picture about youths who take it upon themselves to sabotage the city of love with a series of explosions. Yes, even the writer-director is uncomfortable with that level of relevance — especially the writer-director, actually — as he told me back in December. Combine this tension and the fact that his last film was...
- 4/4/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Eternité
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera d’Or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternité (Eternity), set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end...
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera d’Or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternité (Eternity), set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end...
- 1/10/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Éternité
Director: Tran Anh Hung // Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera D’or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternity, set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end of...
Director: Tran Anh Hung // Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera D’or at Cannes for his 1993 debut Scent of the Green Papaya and nabbing the Golden Lion in Venice for his 1995 sophomore film, Cyclo. A five year break brought The Vertical Ray of the Sun in 2000, and then nine years later Hung premiered his ill received English language debut, I Come With the Rain, which starred Josh Hartnett. An adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s celebrated novel Norwegian Wood was better received, though received a delayed and limited theatrical run in the Us. He’s back with an exciting new project, his French language debut Eternity, set to star three French beauties, Melanie Laurent, Beatrice Bejo, and Audrey Tautou, based on Alice Ferney’s celebrated novel which concerns a story from the late 19th century to the end of...
- 1/7/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
This spring Josh Hartnett returns to our collective consciousness in Showtime's "Penny Dreadful," and it has been a long time since we've seen him anything. The past four of five years has seen the actor drift with indies nobody saw ("Stuck Between Stations," "August," "Girl Walks Into A Bar"), genre fare that no one saw ("Bunraku," "I Come With The Rain") and troubled international blockbusters ("Singularity"). But perhaps his career might've been different, if he had made some different choices. In an interview with Details, the actor is up front about turning down some major roles, including Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns," early in his career. "Spider-Man was something we talked about. Batman was another one. But I somehow knew those roles had potential to define me, and I didn't want that. I didn't want to be labeled as Superman for the rest of my career. I was maybe 22, but I saw the danger,...
- 4/29/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Feature revolving around womanhood set to shoot in France late summer.
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
- 2/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
Feature revolving around womanhood set to shoot in France late summer.
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is set to work with Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Tautou and Bérénice Bejo on his first French-language feature, which is due to start shoot this summer.
Entitled Eternité (Eternity), the feature is an adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’élégance des Veuves, revolving around the theme of motherhood and three women who face up to tragedy and unhappiness with dignity.
Tran has adapted the novel for the big screen. The director adapted Japanese writer Haruki Marakumi’s Norwegian Wood for his last film.
The €10m ($14m) production, due to start shooting at the end of this summer, is produced by Christophe Rossignon of Paris-based Nord-Ouest with the support of Canal+ and co-producers Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Artemis in Belgium.
Pathé will distribute in France and Pathé International will handle sales.
Tran won the Camera d’Or with his debut film The Scent of Green Papaya...
- 2/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
We're now at four years since Michael Mann's last film, the cops 'n gangsters tale "Public Enemies," but the director seems to be getting close to making his next movie. Back in February it was revealed he was teaming with Chris Hemsworth for an untitled thriller "set in the world of cyber threats and attacks." Not many other details were shared other than Mann was co-writing the script as well, with Morgan Davis Foehl, who is currently penning the videogame adaptation "Mass Effect." But a few more bits and pieces have been revealed. Reports out of Asian media have revealed that Mann is currently scouting locations in Hong Kong, and has been meeting with notable talent for roles including Tang Wei ("Lust, Caution"), Nick Cheung Ka-fai ("Election") and Shawn Yue Man-lok ("Infernal Affairs," "I Come With The Rain"). And while specifics are still being kept under wraps, we have...
- 4/9/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
In Anh Hung Tran’s adaptation of the beloved Haruki Murakami novel Norwegian Wood, the French-Vietnamese director attempts a bold feat: to transform the lyrical language of one of Japan’s most acclaimed contemporary authors into a big screen love song. While some will be quick to dismiss the notion of adapting a book this layered into a film as impossible or irrelevant, there is a certain fascination in seeing Murakmai’s world of nostalgia come to life. The collaboration may seem like an odd fit, especially for anyone whose seen Tran’s previous work, I Come With the Rain a neo-noir film starring Josh Hartnett, as well as his other films (The Scent of Green Papaya, Cyclo, The Vertical Ray of the Sun), which mainly have focused on life in Vietnam. Yet the filmmaker is still able to conjure a quiet mood that is appropriate to the tone of...
- 1/7/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Longing plays a key role in Tran Anh Hung’s new film “Norwegian Wood,” and it’s an emotion with which fans of the Vietnamese-born director have some familiarity. The filmmaker behind such beautifully crafted and emotionally powerful films as “The Scent of Green Papaya,” “Vertical Ray of the Sun” and “Cyclô” has made only five films since 1993, leaving his many admirers constantly wanting for more. (Especially those of us in the United States, where his fourth film, “I Come with the Rain” didn’t even get a release.) The fact that there’s a...
- 1/6/2012
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Everett Tran Anh Hung on the set of ‘Norwegian Wood.’
When film director Tran Anh Hung first read the novel, “Norwegian Wood,” by Haruki Murakami, he was 28 years old. “I really had that feeling that the book somehow revealed something about myself,” he said.
Today, Tran’s own film adaptation of “Norwegian Wood” opens in the U.S. But it was a long journey for the French-Vietnamese director, who also helmed the films “The Scent of Green Papaya,” “The Vertical...
When film director Tran Anh Hung first read the novel, “Norwegian Wood,” by Haruki Murakami, he was 28 years old. “I really had that feeling that the book somehow revealed something about myself,” he said.
Today, Tran’s own film adaptation of “Norwegian Wood” opens in the U.S. But it was a long journey for the French-Vietnamese director, who also helmed the films “The Scent of Green Papaya,” “The Vertical...
- 1/6/2012
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
While he's no Terrence Malick, Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung isn't exactly rushing movies out. Since his critically acclaimed debut "The Scent Of Green Papaya" in 1993, only five films have arrived from the helmer, one of which, neo-noir "I Come With The Rain" starring Josh Hartnett, has never really seen the light of day. During that time in the limelight, though, Tran had one particular project fall apart at the seams: his adaptation of Kent Anderson's post-war drama "Night Dogs," which he recently discussed with Twitch. "It was a great book called 'Night Dogs' by Ken Anderson, about a Vietnam vet, set in 1975, Portland, Oregon. After I read the book, one of those eureka moments happened. I got up one morning and my head was filled with Jimi Hendrix songs. (Claps his hands) Bang! I really wanted to use about 11 Jimi Hendrix songs for that adaptation. It would've been great.
- 1/3/2012
- The Playlist
When I heard that Tran Anh Hung, the Vietnamese-born auteur of Scent of Green Papaya, Cyclo and I Come with the Rain, was going to be adapting Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood back in 2008, I couldn't be happier. I honestly couldn't think of a better match and have been eagerly anticipating its release. With the film's North American release finally slated for January 6th, I had a chance to sit down with Tran for an interview. As we all know, Haruki Murakami is a literary superstar. How did you get involved with this high-profile project?I read Norwegian Wood in 1994 and since then, every time I visited Japan I wanted to talk to someone about adapting it. But there was no one to talk to....
- 1/2/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Yes, Mark Bomback is writing the adaptation of Garth Stein’s novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper, 2008) that became a New York Times bestseller and #1 BookSense Pick. The novel follows the story of Denny Swift, a race car driver and his dog Enzo, who believes he will be reincarnated as a [...]
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- 12/15/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
While Hollywood continues to import notable filmmakers from Asia—top on my list is “I Saw the Devil” director Kim Ji-woon and his upcoming “Last Stand” with Arnold Schwarzenegger, but other notables like Fruit Chan (“Dumplings”) and Prahya Pinkaew (“Ong Bak”), to name a few, have recently made their English-language film debuts—a growing trend is American actors moving East. Kevin Spacey in “Inseperable”, Christian Bale in “The Flowers of War”, and Josh Hartnett in “I Come With the Rain”, are a few prime examples. And that doesn’t even take into account “Only God Forgives”, the Thailand-set re-teaming of “Drive” co-conspirators Ryan Gosling and Nicholas Winding Refn. I’m pumped for that one. Now it is being reported that Mickey Rourke and Kellen Lutz (“Twilight”)—who are about to appear onscreen together in Tarsem Singh’s “Immortals”—have singed to star in “Java Heat”, an upcoming action thriller from Indonesian company Margate House Films.
- 10/10/2011
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
There are so few films that get made these days in which a director, writer, and cast genuinely stretch themselves to try and make something different. Bunraku is one of those films. And it is awesome almost beyond words.
Writer-director Guy Moshe clearly had a vision for his film, and together with a fantastic cast led by Josh Hartnett and international newcomer Gackt (though he’s already a famous Japanese musician/actor) and supported by Woody Harrelson, Kevin McKidd, Ron Perlman, and Demi Moore, he saw the realization of that vision into an utterly creative film that just doesn’t stop giving. From start to finish, it’s an explosive film that will blow your mind.
Much like Sin City has been praised for the creativity of its production and has gained cult status, Bunraku is just as worthy of such praise and status, and not only because Hartnett is...
Writer-director Guy Moshe clearly had a vision for his film, and together with a fantastic cast led by Josh Hartnett and international newcomer Gackt (though he’s already a famous Japanese musician/actor) and supported by Woody Harrelson, Kevin McKidd, Ron Perlman, and Demi Moore, he saw the realization of that vision into an utterly creative film that just doesn’t stop giving. From start to finish, it’s an explosive film that will blow your mind.
Much like Sin City has been praised for the creativity of its production and has gained cult status, Bunraku is just as worthy of such praise and status, and not only because Hartnett is...
- 10/10/2011
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Josh Hartnett has only had two serious girlfriends in his life.
The Hollywood heartthrob has been linked with a string of different ladies over the years giving him a reputation as a womanizer but he insists that couldn't be further from the truth as he prefers being in committed relationships to dating.
Josh - who was with Scarlett Johansson for two years and has been romantically linked to Kirsten Dunst, Mischa Barton and most recently Abbie Cornish - said, "I don't really talk about that stuff because it's just asking for more scrutiny. But 95 per cent of the rumors are false and I just laugh. It's funny how they connect you to everyone in the room."
"I've been called a Hollywood cad. I think it's fantastic, having been in two real relationships in my life."
Josh also says he tries to stay out the limelight as much as possible because...
The Hollywood heartthrob has been linked with a string of different ladies over the years giving him a reputation as a womanizer but he insists that couldn't be further from the truth as he prefers being in committed relationships to dating.
Josh - who was with Scarlett Johansson for two years and has been romantically linked to Kirsten Dunst, Mischa Barton and most recently Abbie Cornish - said, "I don't really talk about that stuff because it's just asking for more scrutiny. But 95 per cent of the rumors are false and I just laugh. It's funny how they connect you to everyone in the room."
"I've been called a Hollywood cad. I think it's fantastic, having been in two real relationships in my life."
Josh also says he tries to stay out the limelight as much as possible because...
- 5/16/2011
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
It’s another jam-packed week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, May 2nd 2011.
The Green Hornet (DVD/Blu-ray)
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is a slacker by day, party animal by night… until he finds a serious career that’s seriously cool: crime-fighting action hero. As the Green Hornet, he teams up with gadget wiz and martial arts master Kato (Jay Chou) to take down La’s underworld. Even Britt’s assistant Lenore (Cameron Diaz), doesn’t suspect this mismatched pair is the masked duo busting the city’s toughest thugs led by Chudnofsky (Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, 2010, Supporting Actor, Inglourious Basterds). With style, swagger and an arsenal of awesome gear, the Green Hornet and Kato are doing justice their way, making every mission a mix of over-the-top action and outrageous comedy. Review.
Tekken (DVD)
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The Green Hornet (DVD/Blu-ray)
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is a slacker by day, party animal by night… until he finds a serious career that’s seriously cool: crime-fighting action hero. As the Green Hornet, he teams up with gadget wiz and martial arts master Kato (Jay Chou) to take down La’s underworld. Even Britt’s assistant Lenore (Cameron Diaz), doesn’t suspect this mismatched pair is the masked duo busting the city’s toughest thugs led by Chudnofsky (Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, 2010, Supporting Actor, Inglourious Basterds). With style, swagger and an arsenal of awesome gear, the Green Hornet and Kato are doing justice their way, making every mission a mix of over-the-top action and outrageous comedy. Review.
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- 5/2/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Civilisation
Blu-ray, 2 Entertain
Out on 9 May
Historian Kenneth Clark introduces this landmark documentary series with a quote from John Ruskin about how the key to understanding a great nation is to look at their deeds, words and art, the last being "the only trustworthy one".
So begins an epic voyage around the historical culture of western civilisation, taking in the greats such as Da Vinci, Mozart, Dante, Shakespeare, etc, working backwards from their art to discover how it was formed by their lives. Overseen by David Attenborough (when he was head of BBC2) and still as bright and informative as it was when first transmitted in 1969, Civilisation has yet to be bettered. Shot on film (the remastered Blu-ray looks stunning) and in colour (when most TV sets were still black and white), it's a precursor to many of the great shows from the golden era of factual TV such as Life On Earth,...
Blu-ray, 2 Entertain
Out on 9 May
Historian Kenneth Clark introduces this landmark documentary series with a quote from John Ruskin about how the key to understanding a great nation is to look at their deeds, words and art, the last being "the only trustworthy one".
So begins an epic voyage around the historical culture of western civilisation, taking in the greats such as Da Vinci, Mozart, Dante, Shakespeare, etc, working backwards from their art to discover how it was formed by their lives. Overseen by David Attenborough (when he was head of BBC2) and still as bright and informative as it was when first transmitted in 1969, Civilisation has yet to be bettered. Shot on film (the remastered Blu-ray looks stunning) and in colour (when most TV sets were still black and white), it's a precursor to many of the great shows from the golden era of factual TV such as Life On Earth,...
- 4/29/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
To celebrate the May 2nd DVD & Blu-ray release of I Come With The Rain, Obsessed With Film have 3 copies of the film on Blu-ray to give away.
I Come With The Rain is a brutal and compelling story of Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Josh Hartnett), who travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao (Takuya Kimura), the missing son of a Chinese billionaire. Enlisting Meng Zi (Shawn Yue), a friend and former colleague now working for the Hong Kong police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to a local gangster and his beautiful, drug-addicted girlfriend. But Kline is distracted from his search, haunted by memories of the serial killer (Elias Koteas) whose ‘body of work’ was the reason Kline quit the police force.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is correctly answer the...
I Come With The Rain is a brutal and compelling story of Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Josh Hartnett), who travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao (Takuya Kimura), the missing son of a Chinese billionaire. Enlisting Meng Zi (Shawn Yue), a friend and former colleague now working for the Hong Kong police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to a local gangster and his beautiful, drug-addicted girlfriend. But Kline is distracted from his search, haunted by memories of the serial killer (Elias Koteas) whose ‘body of work’ was the reason Kline quit the police force.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is correctly answer the...
- 4/28/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
To celebrate the release of I Come with the Rain on DVD & Blu-ray on 2nd May, Trinity have been kind enough to give us an exclusive clip frmo the movie which is directed by Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung and stars Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin, 30 Days of Night), Elias Koteas (Shutter Island, The Curios Case of Benjamin Button), Lee Byung-hun (The Good, The Bad, The Weird and Hero), Shawn Yue (Infernal Affairs 1 & 2), and Takuya Kimura (Hero).
I Come With The Rain is a brutal and compelling story of Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Hartnett), who travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao (Kimura), the missing son of a Chinese billionaire. Enlisting Meng Zi (Yue), a friend and former colleague now working for the Hong Kong police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to local gangster Su Dongpo (Byung-hun) and his beautiful,...
I Come With The Rain is a brutal and compelling story of Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Hartnett), who travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao (Kimura), the missing son of a Chinese billionaire. Enlisting Meng Zi (Yue), a friend and former colleague now working for the Hong Kong police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to local gangster Su Dongpo (Byung-hun) and his beautiful,...
- 4/28/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I Come With The Rain is the brutal and compelling story of Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Josh Hartnett), who travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao (Takuya Kimura), the missing son of a Chinese billionaire. Enlisting Meng Zi (Shawn Yue), a friend and former colleague now working for the Hong Kong police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to local gangster Su Dongpo (Lee Byung-hun) and his beautiful, drug-addicted girlfriend Lili (Tran Nu Yen Khe). But Kline is distracted from his search, haunted by memories of the serial killer Hasford (Elias Koteas), whose ‘body of work’ was the reason Kline quit the police force.
With I Come With The Rain currently on limited release in UK cinemas and set to hit DVD and Blu-ray on May 2nd, star Josh Harnett recently sat down to talk about the film, his life and career…...
With I Come With The Rain currently on limited release in UK cinemas and set to hit DVD and Blu-ray on May 2nd, star Josh Harnett recently sat down to talk about the film, his life and career…...
- 4/27/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Source: FilmShaft - Josh Hartnett Discusses Neo-Noir Thriller, ‘I Come with the Rain’
Josh Hartnett is amused to be called a “Hollywood cad”, having been linked with Scarlett Johansson and Rihanna in the past. But the truth is, the 30 year old star largely keeps out of the limelight, and that includes keeping away from the kinds of places Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan hang out.
Apparently he prefers to go back to Minnesota, where he was raised, rather than spend too much time in Tinseltown. Now living in New York, his next movie is ‘I Come With the Rain’. He also stars in ‘Rain Man’ on the London stage.
Can You Talk About ‘I Come With The Rain’?
It’s kind of difficult to explain what ‘I Come with the Rain’ is about. It’s a movie I shot in Hong Kong with Tran Anh Hung (‘The Scent of Green Papaya’). He's amazing,...
Josh Hartnett is amused to be called a “Hollywood cad”, having been linked with Scarlett Johansson and Rihanna in the past. But the truth is, the 30 year old star largely keeps out of the limelight, and that includes keeping away from the kinds of places Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan hang out.
Apparently he prefers to go back to Minnesota, where he was raised, rather than spend too much time in Tinseltown. Now living in New York, his next movie is ‘I Come With the Rain’. He also stars in ‘Rain Man’ on the London stage.
Can You Talk About ‘I Come With The Rain’?
It’s kind of difficult to explain what ‘I Come with the Rain’ is about. It’s a movie I shot in Hong Kong with Tran Anh Hung (‘The Scent of Green Papaya’). He's amazing,...
- 4/27/2011
- by FilmShaft Staff
- FilmShaft.com
Vietnamese helmer Tran Anh Hung's neo-noir atmospheric thriller 'I Come With The Rain', which was set for a late March UK theatrical release, has unfortunately been pushed back to late April. It includes an amazing soundtrack by Brit band Radiohead and stars Josh Hartnett ('Black Hawk Down', 'Lucky Number Slevin', '30 Days of Night'), Elias Koteas ('Shutter Island'), Lee Byung-hun ('The Good, The Bad, The Weird' and 'Hero'), Shawn Yue and Takuya Kimura. We've scored a couple of exclusive stills from the movie which you can check out below plus you can also view the UK DVD artwork and the trailer....
- 3/31/2011
- Horror Asylum
It’s always interesting when a director tells you not to see his film. But Tran Anh Hung told me this last month. I Come With The Rain is a moody neo-noir detective story which segues into stranger territory. It stars Josh Harnett and Elias Korteas.
There were post-production issues which saw Tran and his financiers in court. Not the most pleasant way to end what is a dream project for its director.
Originally set for release on 25th March, the film’s UK release date has shifted to the end of April and will make its debut on DVD and Blu-ray from 2nd May. You can read our review of the film here. Below we have cover art for Blu-ray and DVD, synopsis and trailer.
Synopsis:
“I Come With The Rain is a brutal and compelling story of ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Hartnett), who travels to...
There were post-production issues which saw Tran and his financiers in court. Not the most pleasant way to end what is a dream project for its director.
Originally set for release on 25th March, the film’s UK release date has shifted to the end of April and will make its debut on DVD and Blu-ray from 2nd May. You can read our review of the film here. Below we have cover art for Blu-ray and DVD, synopsis and trailer.
Synopsis:
“I Come With The Rain is a brutal and compelling story of ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Hartnett), who travels to...
- 3/29/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
How to review a film its director has told me is not finished and for people not to see it. A tough one. I Come With The Rain was Tran Anh Hung’s dream project which turned into a post-production nightmare. It’s arrived right after Norwegian Wood, which suggests the distribution company wants to ride on that film’s coat-tails by association.
Josh Harnett plays a cop deeply traumatised after a run in with a serial killer (Elias Korteas) who makes art pieces from his victims bodies. Think Francis Bacon paintings made into 3D objet d’arts. However Hung’s film is no mere serial killer thriller. It’s got some weighty thematic concerns and a second act plot explanation will either leave you aghast or enjoying its utter strangeness. What unfolds is something quite intriguing.
Months after said run in with mad loony killer, Kline (Harnett) is now...
Josh Harnett plays a cop deeply traumatised after a run in with a serial killer (Elias Korteas) who makes art pieces from his victims bodies. Think Francis Bacon paintings made into 3D objet d’arts. However Hung’s film is no mere serial killer thriller. It’s got some weighty thematic concerns and a second act plot explanation will either leave you aghast or enjoying its utter strangeness. What unfolds is something quite intriguing.
Months after said run in with mad loony killer, Kline (Harnett) is now...
- 3/22/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
A reclusive author, millions of critical fans – and Tran Anh Hung doesn't even speak Japanese. The director explains how his adaptation of Norwegian Wood ever got made
Tran Anh Hung says he wants to be less interested in films. He wants to be less steeped in the knowledge of music, art and literature; free of the cultural baggage most people spend a lifetime accumulating. Despite a career quietly racking up prizes at Cannes, Venice and the Césars, as well as an Oscar nomination, he'd rather not think about the fuss and ceremony of awards, either. Truth be told, the softly spoken 48-year-old Vietnamese-born film-maker wants to be shot of any external pressure that might interfere with him making his meticulously composed films.
It's a tough challenge: Tran's latest work is an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood. To describe the novel as a coming-of-age cult classic is something of...
Tran Anh Hung says he wants to be less interested in films. He wants to be less steeped in the knowledge of music, art and literature; free of the cultural baggage most people spend a lifetime accumulating. Despite a career quietly racking up prizes at Cannes, Venice and the Césars, as well as an Oscar nomination, he'd rather not think about the fuss and ceremony of awards, either. Truth be told, the softly spoken 48-year-old Vietnamese-born film-maker wants to be shot of any external pressure that might interfere with him making his meticulously composed films.
It's a tough challenge: Tran's latest work is an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood. To describe the novel as a coming-of-age cult classic is something of...
- 3/4/2011
- by Nosheen Iqbal
- The Guardian - Film News
The very talented director Paul McGuigan and the very squinty eyed Josh Hartnett can’t stop working together. After “Lucky Number Slevin” and “Wicker Park”, he duo are re-teaming yet again for the sci-fi thriller “Tomorrow”. It’s got a pretty nifty premise, too: Hartnett will play a man who travels back and forth through time and space, trying to prevent the murder of his family. The film is described as being “Memento”-esque, and was written by Michael Gould. McGuigan’s last film was the underrated “Push” with Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning. The film didn’t get a whole lot of traction, but I liked it. It was sort of “The X-Men” if the X-Men didn’t wear costumes. As for Hartnett, well, he hasn’t had much luck with his movies lately. His last major starring role, 2008′s “I Come with the Rain” pretty much went straight...
- 8/13/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Previously only seen in glimpses as a teaser trailer, here’s your first full look at the big-budget live-action “Space Battleship Yamato” movie via YouTube. Based on the popular anime, the live-action movie is directed by Takashi Yamazaki (“Returner”), and stars Koyuki (last seen in “Blood: The Last Vampire”), Aya Ueto (star of the “Azumi” movies), and Takuya Kimura (“I Come with the Rain”). It was apparently shown during a Japanese TV show, hence the Pip with the people, uh, watching the trailer along with us. To save the human race once again facing the danger of extinction, the restored Yamato voyages in to outer space. The year is 2220. A black hole with a size 300 times larger than the sun approaches the Solar System and the earth is expected to fall in to massive black hole. A transmigration to the Sairam Star begins and the first convoy led by Kodai Yuki departs the earth.
- 6/29/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Given Radiohead's presence on the soundtrack to Tran Ahn-Hung's I Come With The Rain it should come as no surprise that Tran has turned to Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood to score his upcoming film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood. But the fact that it's not surprising news doesn't make it any less fantastic.
Greenwood, of course, made his debut as a film score composer with P.T. Anderson's There Will Be Blood and he did such a fantastic job there that I'm honestly surprised that he hasn't had offers pouring in since. Anyone who has read any Murakami can tell you that music plays a vitally important role in the man's work so a good score is absolutely essential here and Greenwood seems like an inspired choice.
"I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me."
The melancholy tune and sentiment of this...
Greenwood, of course, made his debut as a film score composer with P.T. Anderson's There Will Be Blood and he did such a fantastic job there that I'm honestly surprised that he hasn't had offers pouring in since. Anyone who has read any Murakami can tell you that music plays a vitally important role in the man's work so a good score is absolutely essential here and Greenwood seems like an inspired choice.
"I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me."
The melancholy tune and sentiment of this...
- 3/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
It's about suffering, appropriately enough, given for many viewers Tran Anh Hung's I Come With The Rain will be up there as two of the most punishing hours of cinema they're ever likely to sit through. Graced with a relatively high-profile pan-asian cast, the noted Vietnamese arthouse director's first English-language project (after earlier successes with Cyclo and The Scent of Green Papaya) was eagerly awaited for quite some time, then suddenly and unceremoniously glossed over after a disappointing spin on the festival circuit.
Why? On paper, at least, the premise starts out by making some kind of logical sense; Josh Hartnett (yes, really) plays Kline, an American Pi dismissed from the force after becoming a little too immersed in the hunt for a notorious serial killer (Elias Koteas). He's contacted out of the blue by a pharmaceutical tycoon whose adopted son Shitao (Kimura Takuya, Love and Honour, 2046) has gone missing...
Why? On paper, at least, the premise starts out by making some kind of logical sense; Josh Hartnett (yes, really) plays Kline, an American Pi dismissed from the force after becoming a little too immersed in the hunt for a notorious serial killer (Elias Koteas). He's contacted out of the blue by a pharmaceutical tycoon whose adopted son Shitao (Kimura Takuya, Love and Honour, 2046) has gone missing...
- 1/15/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Still no sign at all of Tran Ahn Hung's English language thriller I Come With The Rain on local shores but no worries: The impatient among you with a hankering to see the Josh Hartnett / Lee Byung-Hyeon / Shawn Yue / Kimura Takuya thriller will soon have your chance to do just that thanks to an impending Japanese DVD release.
Kline, an ex-cop in Los Angeles traumatized by slaying a serial killer, is hired by a powerful corporate boss to go to the Philippines and find Shitao, his missing son. Kline's leads take him to Hong Kong. Torn between good and evil, caught in the crossfire between a mafia drug ring and the police, he tracks down Shitao, who has become a mysterious vagrant.
Not having seen this myself I can't verify that the film plays 100% in English but every trailer that I have seen so far features all of the stars...
Kline, an ex-cop in Los Angeles traumatized by slaying a serial killer, is hired by a powerful corporate boss to go to the Philippines and find Shitao, his missing son. Kline's leads take him to Hong Kong. Torn between good and evil, caught in the crossfire between a mafia drug ring and the police, he tracks down Shitao, who has become a mysterious vagrant.
Not having seen this myself I can't verify that the film plays 100% in English but every trailer that I have seen so far features all of the stars...
- 11/23/2009
- Screen Anarchy
Josh Hartnett went for a solo walk around NYC yesterday in his usual comfy off camera uniform. Josh has been busy promoting I Come With The Rain on magazine covers and red carpets all over South Korea, but is back in the States before he gets to work on his next movie. The actor will be back in the spotlight with a few new projects coming up in the near future, which is good news for those of us who could use a little more of Josh in our lives. View 2 Photos › Jordan Osher / MeetTheFamous.com...
- 10/21/2009
- by PopSugar
- Popsugar.com
Josh Hartnett proved once again he's no stranger to high fashion posing for the cover of Korean Vogue's November issue with his I Come With The Rain co-star Lee Byung-hun. The two guys spent time in South Korea earlier this month promoting their film and Lee was also all over the place recently with his other recent movie GI Joe. Josh spent his Summer relaxing in NYC but with a few new roles coming up he'll be back to work soon. View 4 Photos ›...
- 10/21/2009
- by PopSugar
- Popsugar.com
Josh Hartnett took the stage in South Korea today at the opening ceremony of the 14th annual Pusan International Film Festival. It's the biggest film festival in Asia, this year showing a record 355 movies over the next eight days and Josh is there to debut his upcoming movie I Come With The Rain. He's had some time away from the big screen, spending lots of time around New York with his fair share of female companions. Even so, most of you are still interested in Josh's career and he still looks pretty nice when he's all suited up. View 5 Photos ›...
- 10/9/2009
- by Molly
- Popsugar.com
I thought that I should cover something for the ladies for a change after most of my entries are obviously pointed towards the male idea of eye candy. Starring Josh Hartnett, Takuya Kimura and Lee Byung-Hun, Anh Hung Tran’s Thriller I Come with the Rain might be something for you girls (and boy) if you can stand the pretty gruesome scenes featured in the atmospheric Japanese teaser trailer below.
Harnett plays the Los Angeles ex-cop Kline who works as a private eye and travels to the Philippines to find Shitao (Smap’s Takuya Kimura), the missing son of a Chinese billionaire. Together with his former colleague Meng Zi (Shawn Yue) Kline follows a lead to Hong Kong’s local gangster Su Dongpo (Lee Byung-Hun) and his drug addicted girlfriend Lili (Tran Nu Yên-Khê). Caught in the crossfire between the mafia and the police, Kline is haunted by memories of...
Harnett plays the Los Angeles ex-cop Kline who works as a private eye and travels to the Philippines to find Shitao (Smap’s Takuya Kimura), the missing son of a Chinese billionaire. Together with his former colleague Meng Zi (Shawn Yue) Kline follows a lead to Hong Kong’s local gangster Su Dongpo (Lee Byung-Hun) and his drug addicted girlfriend Lili (Tran Nu Yên-Khê). Caught in the crossfire between the mafia and the police, Kline is haunted by memories of...
- 5/10/2009
- by Ulrik
- Affenheimtheater
Something strange is happening with Tran Ahn Hung’s I Come With The Rain. With its sterling international cast, compelling premise and a rumored original score by Radiohead, I Come With The Rain has been one of the most hotly anticipated titles on the international circuit for well over a year now. Common thinking was that the film was targeting Cannes for its big launch but - this being a ludicrously busy year with stacks of high profile films from major directors - it didn’t make the cut for the competition and, bizarrely, isn’t screening in the market, either, despite being complete. Normally this would mean that producers were targeting the one-two punch of Venice / Toronto but with I Come With The Rain scheduled for a June theatrical release in Japan it will no longer qualify for Venice, either, which means there’s no reason to hold back from the market.
- 5/10/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Big, big news here courtesy of Jason Gray. Though he is still guiding his dark thriller I Come With The Rain - check the archive for the stunning promo reel - through the post-production process, French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is already planning his next project, and what a project it will be. The director of Cyclo and A Vertical Ray of the Sun will next be traveling to Japan to direct a Japanese language adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood.
Now, Murakami is pretty much a living legend in the literary world, and deservedly so. His work has a drifting, otherworldly quality to it that often make it read like cinema but Murakami has been very protective of his words up until now, having allowed only one of his works to ever be adapted for the screen - a short story titled Tony Takitani - despite multiple offers.
Now, Murakami is pretty much a living legend in the literary world, and deservedly so. His work has a drifting, otherworldly quality to it that often make it read like cinema but Murakami has been very protective of his words up until now, having allowed only one of his works to ever be adapted for the screen - a short story titled Tony Takitani - despite multiple offers.
- 7/31/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
- Excuse me while I mop up my brains because my head just went kaboom. Jason Gray of Screen Daily broke word today that Franco-Vietnamese auteur Anh Hung Tran will adapt world-renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood for the big screen. First published in 1987, the novel is a nostalgic rumination told through the eyes of college student Toru, a listless drama major who floats through life and relationships in a haze of melancholy. Set in the turbulent ‘60s, when political and social unrest was the order of the day, Murakami takes a hard view on the period as he juxtaposes Toru’s disengaged nature against largely misguided student movement. 8.7 million copies have been sold in Japan alone and it has been translated in 36 languages. Known for his emotionally complex tales of desire and loss, Murakami, who’s style is heavily influenced by the West, is Japan’s most highly regarded author.
- 7/31/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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