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Press Release: Dutch Film Legend Rutger Hauer to Executive Produce Kalliope Films’ “Van Gogh” Biopic.

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Dutch Film Legend Rutger Hauer to Executive Produce Kalliope Films’ “Van Gogh” Biopic.

Vincent Van Gogh biopic headed to the big screen in honor of the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh’s passing.

NEW YORK, NY — Golden Globe Award-winning Dutch screen legend, ‘Sir’ Rutger Hauer (“Blade Runner”, “Sin City”, HBO’s “True Blood”), is teaming up with Kalliope Films to executive produce the biopic “Van Gogh”. Rutger was recently knighted by the commissioner of the Dutch King in honor of his prolific film career which has spanned over five decades. “I feel there is so much more to tell about ‘the man who cut off his ear’. It will be a great adventure to search for him in a contemporary film,” says Rutger. [Read more…]

Screen Daily: Rutger Hauer to exec Van Gogh biopic

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Blade Runner star to executive produce Kalliope Films’ biopic of the Dutch artist.

Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, recently seen in HBO series True Blood, is teaming with Netherlands production company Kalliope Films to executive produce biopic Van Gogh.

To read the article in its entirety please visit this link:

http://www.screendaily.com/news/rutger-hauer-to-exec-van-gogh-biopic/5060522.article

Written by Michael Rosser

Source: Screen Daily

The Hollywood Reporter: Rutger Hauer Boards Van Gogh Biopic

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The Dutch screen legend will executive produce the big-screen recounting of the artist’s life and loves, which is set for a 2014 start and a 2015 release.

LONDON – Plans to mount an English-language biopic of legendary Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh have gotten the nod of approval from another famous Dutchman, Rutger Hauer.

To read the article in its entirety please visit this link:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rutger-hauer-boards-van-gogh-629863

Written by Stuart Kemp

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter: Javor Gardev to Direct Greek Mythology Epic ‘Theseus’

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“Avatar” character designer Joseph C. Pepe will design the mythic monsters for the picture, which Kalliope Films will produce.

COLOGNE, Germany – Bulgarian director Javor Gardev (Zift) will helm Theseus, a special effects-heavy take on the Greek myth of the minotaur monster and the hero who defeated it, for Kalliope Films.

To read the article in its entirety please visit this link:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/javor-gadrev-direct-greek-mythology-theseus-341370

Written by Scott Roxborough

Source: Hollywood Reporter

TMZ: WWE Star Ted DiBiase Jr. Hard Body, Soft Heart

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Ted DiBiase Jr. doesn’t just portray a good guy wrestler for the WWE, he is an actual good person who gave the family of a sick kid a big boost when he stopped by for a visit and even led them in prayer.

DiBiase Jr. was at the Batson Children’s Hospital in Mississippi filming a documentary about his faith and his charity for sick and underprivileged children.

To read the article in its entirety, please visit this link:

www.tmz.com/2012/04/22/ted-diabiase-jr-wwe-hospital-documentary-video

Written by TMZ Staff

Source: TMZ.com

Screen Daily: Hansel and Gretel in 3D sells widely

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Live action film to shoot this summer.

The Institute’s Hansel and Gretel in 3D has sold to Russia/CIS (Paradise MGN), Eastern Europe (SPI), China (HGC), India (PVR), Middle East (Tanweer), South Africa (Nu Metro), Turkey (Media Max) and South Korea (Bloomage).

To read the article in its entirety please visit this link:

http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/hansel-and-gretel-in-3d-sells-widely/5037991.article

Written by Wendy Mitchell

Source: Screen Daily

Hollywood Reporter: Berlin 2012: Buyers Hot for ‘Hansel and Gretel in 3D’

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UPDATED: The live action take on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale has pre-sold to Russia, China and Eastern Europe.

BERLIN – Hansel and Gretel in 3D, a live-action take on the famous Grimm Brothers fairytale which The Institute is producing, has pre-sold to multiple territories at the European Film Market in Berlin.

 

To read the article in its entirety, please visit this link:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-2012-buyers-hot-michael-bay-hansel-and-gretel-3d-289944

Written by Scott Roxborough

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

 

Screen Daily: Hansel and Gretel 3D picked up by Bloomage for Korea

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Michael Bay, Scott Gardenhour’s The Institute pre-sells live-action 3D fairytale.

New Korean outfit Bloomage has taken local rights to The Institute’s live-action 3D reimagining of the classic Hansel and Gretel fairytale, due to go into production in early 2012.

To read the article in its entirety, please visit this link:

http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/hansel-and-gretel-3d-picked-up-by-bloomage-for-korea/5034132.article

Written by Andreas Wiseman

Source: Screen Daily

Hollywood Reporter: AFM 2011: Bloomage Takes ‘Hansel and Gretel in 3D’ for Korea

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UPDATED: The new take on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale, from The Institute, is set to begin production next year.

Los Angeles – Bloomage Co. has taken all Korean rights to Hansel and Gretel in 3D, a new live-action take on the classic Grimm Brothers fairy tale being produced by production outfit The Institute.

To read the article in its entirety, please visit this link:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-2011-bloomage-takes-hansel-257184

Written by Scott Roxborough

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

 

Indiewire: Kalliope’s Van Gogh Biopic Seeks Director

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The rich, dramatic story of Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh–who has his own museum in Amsterdam– hasn’t been brought to life (in English, anyway) in a feature film since Robert Altman’s underappreciated Vincent and Theo (1990), starring Tim Roth. Vincente Minnelli’s 1956 Lust for Life memorably starred Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh; Anthony Quinn won the supporting actor Oscar as Paul Gauguin. Australian Paul Cox also directed a 1987 documentary on the painter, featuring John Hurt reading his letters (clip below).

Now Kalliope Films wants to do the full soup-to-nuts biopic treatment: Van Gogh. [Read more…]