Life of Danish-American comedian Borge set for the big screen treatment.
Danish Producer Kim Magnusson (Men & Chicken) is working with writer-producer duo Mette Lisby and Jesper Baehrenz to produce a feature film and TV series about the life of comedian Victor Borge.
The Borge family have granted rights to his story.
“The vision for the movie and TV-series presented to us by these three filmmakers is compelling. It aligns perfectly with our father’s spirit, amazing life and remarkable career. We are thrilled to give our full support to this project,” said Frederikke, youngest daughter of Borge.
She and her four siblings will all open their private archives and share personal stories of their father.
Magnusson said: “When Mette and Jesper approached me with their creative idea for Borge I felt, here was a beautiful project that could finally tell us all the story of one of the most important Danes around the world. Now that we...
Danish Producer Kim Magnusson (Men & Chicken) is working with writer-producer duo Mette Lisby and Jesper Baehrenz to produce a feature film and TV series about the life of comedian Victor Borge.
The Borge family have granted rights to his story.
“The vision for the movie and TV-series presented to us by these three filmmakers is compelling. It aligns perfectly with our father’s spirit, amazing life and remarkable career. We are thrilled to give our full support to this project,” said Frederikke, youngest daughter of Borge.
She and her four siblings will all open their private archives and share personal stories of their father.
Magnusson said: “When Mette and Jesper approached me with their creative idea for Borge I felt, here was a beautiful project that could finally tell us all the story of one of the most important Danes around the world. Now that we...
- 2/8/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Swedish production company announces first English-language projects.
Sweden’s Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Easy Money (Snabba Cash) trilogy, has announced the launch of two international thrillers - the company’s first in the English-language.
They include a thriller from acclaimed Swedish director Jens Jonsson and an English-language remake of the first Easy Money film, the first part in a planned trilogy.
Both projects will be produced by Tre Vänner and Swedish major Svensk Filmindustri, with Svensk handling Scandinavian distribution. The two companies merged in 2013.
Jonsson’s Ibiza-set thriller The White Island centres around two female characters.
The film-maker, who won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2008 with The King Of Ping Pong and also directed Snabba Cash III - Life Deluxe, the third film in the trilogy, co-wrote the script with Matthew Ian Cirulnick based on extensive research.
“We will take the audience behind the curtain of Europe’s wildest party island,” producer...
Sweden’s Tre Vänner, producer of the hit Easy Money (Snabba Cash) trilogy, has announced the launch of two international thrillers - the company’s first in the English-language.
They include a thriller from acclaimed Swedish director Jens Jonsson and an English-language remake of the first Easy Money film, the first part in a planned trilogy.
Both projects will be produced by Tre Vänner and Swedish major Svensk Filmindustri, with Svensk handling Scandinavian distribution. The two companies merged in 2013.
Jonsson’s Ibiza-set thriller The White Island centres around two female characters.
The film-maker, who won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2008 with The King Of Ping Pong and also directed Snabba Cash III - Life Deluxe, the third film in the trilogy, co-wrote the script with Matthew Ian Cirulnick based on extensive research.
“We will take the audience behind the curtain of Europe’s wildest party island,” producer...
- 5/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
Two children form a bond that could spell trouble.
When it comes to portayals of the trials and tribulations of youngsters trying to find their way in a world where adults don't quite pull their weight - the Scandinavians, and particularly Swedish filmmakers, have it covered. And so in the wake of We Shall Overcome, King Of Ping Pong and Let The Right One In comes Susanne Bier's Oscar winner, which is good but bites off more than it can chew.
The title - Haevnen - directly translates from Swedish as The Revenge and that is much more apt than the rather wooly In A Better World....
When it comes to portayals of the trials and tribulations of youngsters trying to find their way in a world where adults don't quite pull their weight - the Scandinavians, and particularly Swedish filmmakers, have it covered. And so in the wake of We Shall Overcome, King Of Ping Pong and Let The Right One In comes Susanne Bier's Oscar winner, which is good but bites off more than it can chew.
The title - Haevnen - directly translates from Swedish as The Revenge and that is much more apt than the rather wooly In A Better World....
- 8/18/2011
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
London -- The European Film Academy unveiled the 44 movies on this year's long list for the upcoming European Film Awards, scheduled for Dec. 6 in Copenhagen.
The 44 titles come from 27 countries across the continent including four from the U.K.
Joe Wright's "Atonement," Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha," Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" and Steve McQueen's "Hunger" will all hope to make the nominations' list with titles such as Kornel Mundruczo's "Delta" from Hungary and Andrzej Wajda's "Katyn" from Poland vying for a place.
In the 20 countries with the most Efa Members, members have voted one national film directly into the selection list.
To complete the list, a selection committee consisting of Efa board members and invited experts have included 24 other titles.
Over the next few weeks, the 1,800 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories.
The nominations will then be announced Nov.
The 44 titles come from 27 countries across the continent including four from the U.K.
Joe Wright's "Atonement," Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha," Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" and Steve McQueen's "Hunger" will all hope to make the nominations' list with titles such as Kornel Mundruczo's "Delta" from Hungary and Andrzej Wajda's "Katyn" from Poland vying for a place.
In the 20 countries with the most Efa Members, members have voted one national film directly into the selection list.
To complete the list, a selection committee consisting of Efa board members and invited experts have included 24 other titles.
Over the next few weeks, the 1,800 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the different award categories.
The nominations will then be announced Nov.
- 9/4/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY -- A low-key coming of age comedy, co-writer-director Jens Jonsson's feature debut The King of Ping Pong recently won both the World Cinema Dramatic Jury and Cinematography awards at the Sundance Film Festival. King premiered in January in Sweden and could see modest business in Scandinavian while traveling comfortably on the international fest circuit.
Nerdy Rille (Jerry Johansson), stocky and 16, is little noticed by his peers, aside from the frequent bullying he suffers from several older boys roaming their snow-bound Swedish town. His one distinction is a talent for Ping Pong, which he tyrannically coaches for a group of younger boys including his more popular brother Erik (Hampus Johansson) at the local youth center. Their ineffectual single mother (Ann-Sofie Nurmi) is trying to launch a home hairdressing business, a problem-plagued project she attempts to drag the boys into as their spring break begins.
The arrival of their father (Georgi Staykov), an affable, emotionally erratic oil rig worker, provides Rille and Erik with a welcome distraction from the boredom of vacation stuck at home. Their dad's impulsive, misguided adventures -- driving the boys across a frozen lake in his jeep and carving donuts in the snowy surface, sneaking the kids into a stranger's home and telling them it's his new house -- highlight his distinct lack of parenting skills and penchant for the bottle.
This imprudent behavior prompts the more staid Rille to wonder if his dad is really his natural father or if there might have been another man in his mother's life. When the truth about the boys' parentage eventually emerges, it provokes a rift between the brothers that Rille proves ill-equipped to rectify.
Jonsson and co-writer Hans Gunnarsson keep the film's slightly off-kilter comedy -- reinforced by occasional visual puns -- and suitably understated, a cue that both the young newcomers and vets Staykov and Nurmi ably follow, until a third-act shift toward melodrama noticeably stifles the humor.
Cinematographer Askild Vik Edvardsen bathes the proceedings with wintry-filtered light that's well suited to the sedate camerawork, enhanced by production designer Josefin Asberg's selection of color schemes dominated by dark colors and subdued pastels.
THE KING OF PING PONG
Bob Film Sweden
Credits:
Director: Jens Jonsson
Writers: Hans Gunnarsson, Jens Jonsson
Producer: Jan Blomgren
Director of photography: Askild Vik Edvardsen
Production designer: Josefin Asberg
Music: Martin Willert
Editor: Kristofer Nordin
Cast:
Rille: Jerry Johansson
Erik: Hampus Johansson
Dad: Georgi Staykov
Mom: Ann-Sofie Nurmi
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
PARK CITY -- A low-key coming of age comedy, co-writer-director Jens Jonsson's feature debut The King of Ping Pong recently won both the World Cinema Dramatic Jury and Cinematography awards at the Sundance Film Festival. King premiered in January in Sweden and could see modest business in Scandinavian while traveling comfortably on the international fest circuit.
Nerdy Rille (Jerry Johansson), stocky and 16, is little noticed by his peers, aside from the frequent bullying he suffers from several older boys roaming their snow-bound Swedish town. His one distinction is a talent for Ping Pong, which he tyrannically coaches for a group of younger boys including his more popular brother Erik (Hampus Johansson) at the local youth center. Their ineffectual single mother (Ann-Sofie Nurmi) is trying to launch a home hairdressing business, a problem-plagued project she attempts to drag the boys into as their spring break begins.
The arrival of their father (Georgi Staykov), an affable, emotionally erratic oil rig worker, provides Rille and Erik with a welcome distraction from the boredom of vacation stuck at home. Their dad's impulsive, misguided adventures -- driving the boys across a frozen lake in his jeep and carving donuts in the snowy surface, sneaking the kids into a stranger's home and telling them it's his new house -- highlight his distinct lack of parenting skills and penchant for the bottle.
This imprudent behavior prompts the more staid Rille to wonder if his dad is really his natural father or if there might have been another man in his mother's life. When the truth about the boys' parentage eventually emerges, it provokes a rift between the brothers that Rille proves ill-equipped to rectify.
Jonsson and co-writer Hans Gunnarsson keep the film's slightly off-kilter comedy -- reinforced by occasional visual puns -- and suitably understated, a cue that both the young newcomers and vets Staykov and Nurmi ably follow, until a third-act shift toward melodrama noticeably stifles the humor.
Cinematographer Askild Vik Edvardsen bathes the proceedings with wintry-filtered light that's well suited to the sedate camerawork, enhanced by production designer Josefin Asberg's selection of color schemes dominated by dark colors and subdued pastels.
THE KING OF PING PONG
Bob Film Sweden
Credits:
Director: Jens Jonsson
Writers: Hans Gunnarsson, Jens Jonsson
Producer: Jan Blomgren
Director of photography: Askild Vik Edvardsen
Production designer: Josefin Asberg
Music: Martin Willert
Editor: Kristofer Nordin
Cast:
Rille: Jerry Johansson
Erik: Hampus Johansson
Dad: Georgi Staykov
Mom: Ann-Sofie Nurmi
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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