Filmmakers and executives, creatives of music, theater and art remembered Tom Luddy as friend and mentor, tastemaker and cultural force who deployed an astonishingly vast network to nurture talent and bring people and projects together over decades.
The co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival passed away in February.
“I am thinking of getting a tattoo of you on my arm,” said Irish director Mark Cousins at tribute event at the Paris Theatre over the weekend. “Here is Hitchcock on my arm, and here is and Kira Muratova. Maybe you would fit between the two?” He added, “For the rest of my life, I will see partly through your eyes. I miss you and I love you.”
“Tom Luddy was a constant presence. The sun around which so many of us have revolved,” said Ken Burns. The two met when Burns screened Huey Long at Telluride in 1985. “For the next 35-plus years,...
The co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival passed away in February.
“I am thinking of getting a tattoo of you on my arm,” said Irish director Mark Cousins at tribute event at the Paris Theatre over the weekend. “Here is Hitchcock on my arm, and here is and Kira Muratova. Maybe you would fit between the two?” He added, “For the rest of my life, I will see partly through your eyes. I miss you and I love you.”
“Tom Luddy was a constant presence. The sun around which so many of us have revolved,” said Ken Burns. The two met when Burns screened Huey Long at Telluride in 1985. “For the next 35-plus years,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The USC Libraries Scripter Awards honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
- 1/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries Scripter Awards honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
- 1/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Moments ago, the Film Independent Spirit Awards announced their nominations for 2018. Essentially the Oscars of indie film, this is a time when certain movies can see their only true moment in the sun. As you’ll see below, the nominees this year represent both some major Academy Award players as well as some tiny titles that will go no further. That’s actually part of the real appeal of the Spirits, in that they place these flicks side by side. This seems like one of those years where the Spirit Award winners won’t cross over too much with Oscar, but that remains to be seen. First up, we can just go over the nominees. The Spirit Awards, nomination wise, were led this year by, in a surprise…We the Animals. Scoring five nominations, that led the field, with Eighth Grade, First Reformed, and You Were Never Really Here next in line with four.
- 11/16/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Exclusive: Leave No Trace was acquired by Bleecker Street at Sundance this year, and now we are getting a first-look trailer for the film that stars Ben Foster and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone) the film was adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the Peter Rock novel My Abandonment. It opens June 29.
Granik’s 2010 film Winter’s Bone, which was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, launched Jennifer Lawrence’s career. This time the attention is on Harcourt McKenzie. This film has gotten rave reviews, and critics are doing the comparisons already, saying this is the breakout role for the young actress. Granik certainly can find and nurture talent.
The film follows a guy named Will (played by Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Harcourt McKenzie), who have lived off the grid for years in the forests around Portland, Or. When their idyllic life is shattered,...
Granik’s 2010 film Winter’s Bone, which was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, launched Jennifer Lawrence’s career. This time the attention is on Harcourt McKenzie. This film has gotten rave reviews, and critics are doing the comparisons already, saying this is the breakout role for the young actress. Granik certainly can find and nurture talent.
The film follows a guy named Will (played by Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Harcourt McKenzie), who have lived off the grid for years in the forests around Portland, Or. When their idyllic life is shattered,...
- 4/26/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Bleecker Street has acquired North American distribution rights to Debra Granik's Leave No Trace, which had its world premiere last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. Bron Studios and Topic Studios were behind the film, which Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman and Anne Rosellini produced. Based on Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment, the pic revolves around Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), who have lived off the grid for years in…...
- 1/26/2018
- Deadline
Buyer lands second selection after Colette.
Bleecker Street has closed its second acquisition of Sundance, acquiring North American rights to Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone follow-up Leave No Trace.
Granik and Anne Rosellini adapted the Premieres selection from Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment. The drama stars Ben Foster and newcomer Harcourt McKenzie as a father and daughter living off the grid in the forests of Portland, Oregon, who embark on a journey back to their wilderness homeland when both are placed into social services.
Bron and Topic Studios backed the film, which Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman and Anne Rosellini produced.
Bleecker Street’s Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy brokered the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Earlier in the festival Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions took all international rights to Leave No Trace excluding France.
Bleecker Street and 30West paid mid-seven figures for Wash Westmoreland’s Colette starring Keira Knightley.
Bleecker Street has closed its second acquisition of Sundance, acquiring North American rights to Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone follow-up Leave No Trace.
Granik and Anne Rosellini adapted the Premieres selection from Peter Rock’s novel My Abandonment. The drama stars Ben Foster and newcomer Harcourt McKenzie as a father and daughter living off the grid in the forests of Portland, Oregon, who embark on a journey back to their wilderness homeland when both are placed into social services.
Bron and Topic Studios backed the film, which Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman and Anne Rosellini produced.
Bleecker Street’s Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy brokered the deal with Endeavor Content on behalf of the filmmakers.
Earlier in the festival Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions took all international rights to Leave No Trace excluding France.
Bleecker Street and 30West paid mid-seven figures for Wash Westmoreland’s Colette starring Keira Knightley.
- 1/26/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Studio deal excludes France on Debra Granik follow-up to Winter’s Bone.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) has pounced on all international rights excluding France to Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace.
Granik’s follow-up to Winter’s Bone premiered on Saturday night in Premieres and centres on a father and daughter living off the grid. Ben Foster and newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenzieas star. Bron Creative and Topic Studios produced.
Winter’s Bone won the grand jury prize back in Sundance 2010 and went on to earn four Oscar nods including one for best picture and another for the film’s then-unknown star, Jennifer Lawrence.
The deal excludes North America. Endeavor Content and Bron’s Adam Davids and Anjay Nagpal brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with Spwa’s Michael Helfand and Jon Freedberg.
Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, and Anne Rosellini served as producers, and executive producers are Michael Bloom, Adam Pincus, Aaron L. Gilbert, [link...
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) has pounced on all international rights excluding France to Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace.
Granik’s follow-up to Winter’s Bone premiered on Saturday night in Premieres and centres on a father and daughter living off the grid. Ben Foster and newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenzieas star. Bron Creative and Topic Studios produced.
Winter’s Bone won the grand jury prize back in Sundance 2010 and went on to earn four Oscar nods including one for best picture and another for the film’s then-unknown star, Jennifer Lawrence.
The deal excludes North America. Endeavor Content and Bron’s Adam Davids and Anjay Nagpal brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with Spwa’s Michael Helfand and Jon Freedberg.
Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, and Anne Rosellini served as producers, and executive producers are Michael Bloom, Adam Pincus, Aaron L. Gilbert, [link...
- 1/21/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Production on father-daughter drama set for April start in Portland, Oregon.
The star of Oscar-nominated Hell Or High Water will play the lead for Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik.
Bron Creative and First Look Media will co-finance and serve as executive producers on the drama, which is scheduled to begin shooting in Portland, Oregon, in April.
Granik and Anne Rosellini adapted the screenplay from Peter Rock’s novel of the same name about a 13-year-old and her father who are plucked from the peaceful idyll in a temperate rainforest adjoining Portland and must find a new home.
Newcomer Thomasin McKenzie from The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies will star alongside Foster.
Bron group of companies president and CEO Aaron L Gilbert made the announcement on Wednesday with First Look Media president Michael Bloom.
Anne Harrison is producing through her Harrison Productions with Linda Reisman of Reisman Productions and Anne Rosellini for Still Rolling Productions.
Gilbert...
The star of Oscar-nominated Hell Or High Water will play the lead for Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik.
Bron Creative and First Look Media will co-finance and serve as executive producers on the drama, which is scheduled to begin shooting in Portland, Oregon, in April.
Granik and Anne Rosellini adapted the screenplay from Peter Rock’s novel of the same name about a 13-year-old and her father who are plucked from the peaceful idyll in a temperate rainforest adjoining Portland and must find a new home.
Newcomer Thomasin McKenzie from The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies will star alongside Foster.
Bron group of companies president and CEO Aaron L Gilbert made the announcement on Wednesday with First Look Media president Michael Bloom.
Anne Harrison is producing through her Harrison Productions with Linda Reisman of Reisman Productions and Anne Rosellini for Still Rolling Productions.
Gilbert...
- 2/22/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Casey Affleck is set to topline Debra Granik’s film adaptation of the 2009 novel by Peter Rock “My Abandonment,” according to The Tracking Board.
Inspired by a true story, the film will center around Caroline, a thirteen-year-old girl and her father who live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. Living in the an elaborate cave shelter, they bathe in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water’s edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go buy groceries and blend in with the civilized world. Their whole world turns upside down when a jogger discovers where they live and Caroline is torn between her loyalty to her father and the possibility of a new and normal life.
Granik will direct and co-write the script with Anne Rosellini. Rossellini is producing with Linda Reisman and Anne Harrison of ReVision Films.
Inspired by a true story, the film will center around Caroline, a thirteen-year-old girl and her father who live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. Living in the an elaborate cave shelter, they bathe in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water’s edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go buy groceries and blend in with the civilized world. Their whole world turns upside down when a jogger discovers where they live and Caroline is torn between her loyalty to her father and the possibility of a new and normal life.
Granik will direct and co-write the script with Anne Rosellini. Rossellini is producing with Linda Reisman and Anne Harrison of ReVision Films.
- 7/31/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Focus Features has secured a prime awards season slot for the Working Title drama starring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.
The Danish Girl will open in the Us on November 27. Universal Pictures International handles territories outside the Us.
The film reunites Redmayne and director Tom Hooper from Working Title’s Les Misérables. Redmayne just won the lead actor Academy Award for his turn as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything, which has grossed more than $110m worldwide via Focus and Universal Pictures International.
The Danish Girl is a love story inspired by the lives of artists Einar and Gerda Wegener. Redmayne portrays the former (pictured), who become one of the world’s first transgender women, Lili Elbe.
Rounding out the cast are Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw and Amber Heard.
Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff.
Gail Mutrux produces through her Pretty Pictures alongside Anne Harrison via Harrison Productions...
The Danish Girl will open in the Us on November 27. Universal Pictures International handles territories outside the Us.
The film reunites Redmayne and director Tom Hooper from Working Title’s Les Misérables. Redmayne just won the lead actor Academy Award for his turn as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything, which has grossed more than $110m worldwide via Focus and Universal Pictures International.
The Danish Girl is a love story inspired by the lives of artists Einar and Gerda Wegener. Redmayne portrays the former (pictured), who become one of the world’s first transgender women, Lili Elbe.
Rounding out the cast are Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw and Amber Heard.
Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff.
Gail Mutrux produces through her Pretty Pictures alongside Anne Harrison via Harrison Productions...
- 3/4/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Working Title Films’ The Danish Girl, directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables) and starring Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, Les Misérables) and Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair, Anna Karenina), will be released domestically by Focus Features in exclusive engagements in New York and Los Angeles beginning Friday, November 27th, 2015, and by Universal Pictures International overseas. Focus CEO Peter Schlessel made the announcement today.
The Danish Girl is the remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Einar and Gerda Wegener (being portrayed, respectively, by Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander), whose marriage and work are cast into the unknown when Einar begins a groundbreaking journey to become one of the world’s first transgender women, Lili Elbe.
The Danish Girl has been adapted into a screenplay by BAFTA Award nominee Lucinda Coxon, based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff.
The Danish Girl is the remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Einar and Gerda Wegener (being portrayed, respectively, by Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander), whose marriage and work are cast into the unknown when Einar begins a groundbreaking journey to become one of the world’s first transgender women, Lili Elbe.
The Danish Girl has been adapted into a screenplay by BAFTA Award nominee Lucinda Coxon, based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff.
- 3/4/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Amber Heard is in talks to join Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl for the strong supporting role of Oola opposite Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) and Alicia Vikander (Testament Of Youth). The film sees director and producer Hooper re-teaming with Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The trio previously worked together with much success on Les Miserables.
Inspired by the novel written by David Ebershoff, Danish Girl is a love story about Danish painters Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda. In 1930, Wegener was one of the first men ever to undergo operations to become a woman. Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay. Gail Mutrux developed the film and will produce through her Pretty Pictures banner alongside Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman.
Heard, who is coming off a starring role in the forthcoming Channing Tatum sequel Magic Mike Xxl, is repped by Wme and Karl Austen at Jackoway Tyerman.
Inspired by the novel written by David Ebershoff, Danish Girl is a love story about Danish painters Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda. In 1930, Wegener was one of the first men ever to undergo operations to become a woman. Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay. Gail Mutrux developed the film and will produce through her Pretty Pictures banner alongside Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman.
Heard, who is coming off a starring role in the forthcoming Channing Tatum sequel Magic Mike Xxl, is repped by Wme and Karl Austen at Jackoway Tyerman.
- 12/2/2014
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
"Les Miserables" director Tom Hooper and actor Eddie Redmayne are reuniting for the upcoming adaptation of David Ebershoff's novel "The Danish Girl".
The story follows Greta Wegener, a portrait painter in 1920s Copenhagen who asked her husband Einar (Redmayne) to stand in for an absent female model. Slipping on a dress, stockings and woman’s shoes began a metamorphosis into Lili. When the photos became wildly popular, Greta encouraged her husband to do more.
The harmless game evolved into something deeper - the landmark 1931 first sex-change operation that shocked the world and threatened their marriage. Greta finally let go when she realized the man she married no lnger exists.
The likes of Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow were previously set to star in the film which has been stuck in development for years. Hooper will helm from a script by Lucinda Coxon, and will also produce alongside Tim Bevan,...
The story follows Greta Wegener, a portrait painter in 1920s Copenhagen who asked her husband Einar (Redmayne) to stand in for an absent female model. Slipping on a dress, stockings and woman’s shoes began a metamorphosis into Lili. When the photos became wildly popular, Greta encouraged her husband to do more.
The harmless game evolved into something deeper - the landmark 1931 first sex-change operation that shocked the world and threatened their marriage. Greta finally let go when she realized the man she married no lnger exists.
The likes of Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow were previously set to star in the film which has been stuck in development for years. Hooper will helm from a script by Lucinda Coxon, and will also produce alongside Tim Bevan,...
- 4/29/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: After teaming with Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner on Les Miserables, director Tom Hooper and actor Eddie Redmayne are reuniting with them on The Danish Girl, a film inspired by the novel written by David Ebershoff. The film is a love story about Danish painters Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda. In 1930, Wegener was one of the first men ever to undergo operations to become a woman. Hooper, who won the Best Picture Oscar for The King’s Speech, hasn’t declared a follow to Les Miserables. He’s attached to direct this, and Redmayne will play the artist in what will be a most challenging role. Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay. Gail Mutrux developed the film and will produce through her Pretty Pictures banner alongside Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman. Working Title’s Fellner and Bevan will produce with Hooper. Hooper’s repped by ICM Partners...
- 4/29/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Gwyneth Paltrow will join Nicole Kidman in "The Danish Girl." The film is an adaptation of the David Ebershoff novel that tells the true-life story of the relationship between the first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his wife, Greta.Kidman will play Einar and Paltrow will play Greta. According to Variety, Thomas Alfredson is directing from a script by Lucinda Coxon. Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman are producing, along with Kidman and Per Saari.
- 11/9/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Gwyneth Paltrow is set to Nicole Kidman in "The Danish Girl." Lucinda Coxon adapts the screenplay based on the David Ebershoff novel that focuses on the relationship between the first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his wife, Greta. Thomas Alfredson ("Let the Right One In") is directing. Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman will produce with with Kidman and Per Saari. Story tells of a man's transformation after his wife, a portrait painter, asks him to stand in for an absent female model. Einar begins a metamorphosis into Lili after he slips on a dress, stockings and woman's shoes. Kidman will have the role as Einar and Paltrow will play Greta, who stood by her partner through the sex-change operation and finally let go, when she realized the man she married no longer existed.
- 11/9/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has just wrapped filming on director Jon Favreau's second installment of Iron Man, in which she plays Tony Stark's top assistant and love interest Pepper Potts. Now she's preparing to star opposite Nicole Kidman in Tomas Alfredson's follow-up to Let the Right One In, The Danish Girl.
An adaptation of the David Ebershoff book of the same name, The Danish Girl is based on the true story of the relationship between the world's first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his artist wife, Greta. When Greta asked her husband to stand in for one of her models one day, the experience led the two of them down the road to transformation that changed both of their lives forever.
The script is by Lucinda Coxon and producers include Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Per Saari and Kidman, who replaced Charlize Theron in the title role.
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An adaptation of the David Ebershoff book of the same name, The Danish Girl is based on the true story of the relationship between the world's first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his artist wife, Greta. When Greta asked her husband to stand in for one of her models one day, the experience led the two of them down the road to transformation that changed both of their lives forever.
The script is by Lucinda Coxon and producers include Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Per Saari and Kidman, who replaced Charlize Theron in the title role.
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- 11/8/2009
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
Taking on a fairly interesting duo of roles, Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman have both signed on to star in The Danish Girl.
The film is based on the real life relationship between Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener, but is adapted from a David Ebershoff novel dealing with the same story.
Although dealing with a relationship, the film is not your typical boy meets girl, girl meets girl, or boy meets boy tale. Einar Wegener was, in fact, the first post-operative transsexual, and the film follows his and his wife Greta on the journey Einar takes from playing around with gender roles, to finally getting a sex-change operation.
In The Danish Girl, Paltrow will play the role of Greta, a portrait painter who asks her husband Einar to step in when a female model fails to show up for a sitting. Kidman will be playing the role of Einar,...
The film is based on the real life relationship between Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener, but is adapted from a David Ebershoff novel dealing with the same story.
Although dealing with a relationship, the film is not your typical boy meets girl, girl meets girl, or boy meets boy tale. Einar Wegener was, in fact, the first post-operative transsexual, and the film follows his and his wife Greta on the journey Einar takes from playing around with gender roles, to finally getting a sex-change operation.
In The Danish Girl, Paltrow will play the role of Greta, a portrait painter who asks her husband Einar to step in when a female model fails to show up for a sitting. Kidman will be playing the role of Einar,...
- 11/7/2009
- by Carly
- Atomic Popcorn
By Variety
Gwyneth Paltrow will join Nicole Kidman in “The Danish Girl,” an adaptation of the David Ebershoff novel that tells the story of a relationship between the first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his wife Greta.
Thomas Alfredson (“Let the Right One In”) is directing a script by Lucinda Coxon. Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman are producing, along with Kidman and Per Saari.
Read more at Variety.
Gwyneth Paltrow will join Nicole Kidman in “The Danish Girl,” an adaptation of the David Ebershoff novel that tells the story of a relationship between the first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his wife Greta.
Thomas Alfredson (“Let the Right One In”) is directing a script by Lucinda Coxon. Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman are producing, along with Kidman and Per Saari.
Read more at Variety.
- 11/7/2009
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Gwyneth Paltrow is joining Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl , reports Variety . Thomas Alfredson ( Let the Right One In ) is directing a script by Lucinda Coxon. Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman are producing, along with Kidman and Per Saari. The film is based on the true story of Danish artists Einar (Kidman) and Greta Wegener (Paltrow). Their marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar stood in for an female model that Greta was set to paint. When their portraits became wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.
- 11/6/2009
- Comingsoon.net
"Let the Right One In" director Tomas Alfredson has signed on to direct Nicole Kidman in the drama "The Danish Girl."The script is written by Lucinda Coxon, based on David Ebershoff's novel about Danish painter Einar Wegener (Kidman), who in 1931 became the first person to go through a sex-change operation to become a woman.Charlize Theron, who had been attached to play Wegener's wife, Gerda, has left the production.According to Variety, the film will be produced by Kidman and Per Saari, head of Kidman's Fox-based Blossom Films production company, along with Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrix and Linda Reisman.
- 9/15/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
- Nicole Kidman is getting ready to play dress up again, but it might take a lot of make-up to pass herself off as a man. After top billing in Australia, the actress is going the Cate Blanchett/Felicity Huffman in Transamerica route, demonstrating that she is not averse to taking on roles that don’t fit the mold (Dogville, Birth, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus). Kidman will be playing hubby and then post-op transsexual to Charlize Theron in a fictionalized biopic portrait on Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener. The period piece bases itself on true events and scribe Lucinda Coxon will base herself on David Ebershoff's novel of the same name. The Danish Girl looks at how the marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar (Kidman) stood in for a female model that Greta (Theron) was set to paint. When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen,
- 11/11/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron have signed on to star in The Danish Girl. Kidman will also produce the film which is based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener. Their marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar (Kidman) stood in for an female model that Greta (Theron) was set to paint. When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a drastic transformation and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love. Anand Tucker, who helmed the Steve Martin indie Shopgirl, is attached to direct the feature. Writer Lucinda Coxon ("Wild Target") adapted the screenplay from David Ebershoff's 2000 bestseller. His debut novel of the same name is a fictionalized account of the Wegeners' true story. Producing along side Kidman are Gail Mutrux (Kinsey...
- 11/8/2008
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
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