TrustNordisk Picks up ‘Hope’ Helmer Maria Sødahl’s ‘The Last Resort’

TrustNordisk Picks up ‘Hope’ Helmer Maria Sødahl’s ‘The Last Resort’

Scandinavia’s heavyweight gross sales outfit TrustNordisk has picked up worldwide rights to the “The Final Resort” (“Ø”) by Maria Sødahl. The Norwegian writer-director’s earlier drama “Hope,” starring Stellan Skarsgård and Andrea Bræin Hovig, earned her an Oscar shortlist berth in 2021. In her first Danish pic, co-penned with Eske Troelstrup (“Shadow of Victory”) and Therese Hasman, high actors Danica Curcic … Read more

Maria Bakalova Didn’t Stay in Character Off ‘Apprentice’ Set

Maria Bakalova Didn’t Stay in Character Off ‘Apprentice’ Set

The Iron Curtain had already collapsed when Maria Bakalova was rising up in Bulgaria, however outdated sensibilities nonetheless lingered: as a lady she was discouraged from enjoying the “aggressive and muscular” electrical guitar (she discovered the flute as a substitute) and life there was nonetheless largely circumscribed by nationwide borders. However Bakalova, who portrays the … Read more

Emilia Perez Maria Palm Springs Film Festival Panels

Emilia Perez Maria Palm Springs Film Festival Panels

Regardless of a flourishing, decades-long profession in Hollywood as a multi-hyphenate, Selena Gomez stated “Emilia Perez” was the sort of position she’d been craving “for years.” “The entire expertise was a dream job for an actor. I had been yearning for years to search out one thing that may make me really feel remotely challenged,” … Read more

‘Maria’ Pablo Larrain Wanted to Create an Angelina Jolie ‘Jewelry Box’

‘Maria’ Pablo Larrain Wanted to Create an Angelina Jolie ‘Jewelry Box’

“She’s the jewel, and I needed to create the jewellery field.” The “jewel” for “Maria” manufacturing designer Man Hendrix Dyas was Angelina Jolie who embodies the famed opera soprano Maria Callas in “Maria,” now streaming on Netflix. That was the directive the movie’s Dyas acquired from director Pablo Larrain when approaching their newest movie collectively. … Read more

Why Were ‘Maria’ and ‘The Room Next Door’ Snubbed in BAFTA Longlists?

Why Were ‘Maria’ and ‘The Room Next Door’ Snubbed in BAFTA Longlists?

Each Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) and Tilda Swinton (“The Room Subsequent Door“) will probably be in attendance on the Beverly Hilton on Sunday night time as they compete for the Golden Globe award for greatest actress (drama). There’s an opportunity they’ll each go away empty-handed, with Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Fernanda Torres (“I’m Nonetheless Right here”), Kate … Read more