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It’s the fate of nearly every successful foreign-language film to be remade in English by Hollywood. But the turnaround came remarkably fast for
Another Round, the stellar comedy-drama from director
Thomas Vinterberg that walked away with the Best International Film Oscar on Sunday night. And less than 24 hours later, Hollywood struck with the news that a remake was in the works with Leonardo DiCaprio potentially taking the role played by Mads Mikkelsen. Naturally, the internet didn’t respond well. But Vinterberg is holding out a little more hope for the
Another Round remake than the rest of us.
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Per
Deadline, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davidsson’s production company Appian Way, Endeavor Content and Makeready won an auction for the remake rights. Sources told
Deadline that some celebrity-run production companies bid on the rights for the film, including “Studiocanal with The Picture Company and Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker’s Nine Stories, and Elizabeth Banks in a bid with Universal Pictures.”
Given how DiCaprio’s production company is involved, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that he’s a top contender for the role of Martin. It’s fitting; DiCaprio, after all, is still a big party guy who has his own “Pussy Posse.” But it’s still tough to think about a version that doesn’t include Mikkelsen and it feels like a total missed opportunity. After all, it’s been done before. Penelope Cruz starred in both
The 11th Luxembourg City Film Festival unveils its programme
Becoming Mona by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden
The 11th edition of the Luxembourg City Film Festival will unspool in cinemas between 4 and 14 March, but it will also unfold online on account of a partnership with Festival Scope and Shift72. As such, the works battling it out in the Fiction Films and Documentaries competitions will be available to view by way of virtual screenings one day after their physical presentation. And kicking it all off will be
Chloé Zhao’s
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Viewers will be treated to a competition contested by hopefuls hailing from five continents, with Orange’s Grand Prize up for grabs. In this section, we find the Belgian-Dutch co-production
11/02/2021 - Packing premieres, dual screenings and tributes to Terry Gilliam and William Friedkin, it’s the turn of the Grand Duchy’s greatest festival to adapt in the face of the pandemic