Tag: Anders Thomas Jensen
Susanne Bier to Remake French ‘Rapt’
In A Better World, Oscar-winning director, Susanne Bier has some interesting plans for the future. But at this moment, Danish helmer has signed on to direct a remake of Rapt, the French kidnapping thriller inspired by a true story about a corporate chairman who is held for ransom by organized criminals.
The original 2009 movie, directed by Lucas Belvaux, was a successful one. It was nominated for 4 César Awards in 2010, including Best Film, and as you already know we’re talking about the French equivalent of an Oscar.
This time, Bier is in charge for directing a remake, and she has almost finished the script with her In a Better World co-writer Anders Thomas Jensen.
Here’s a description: “On a morning like any other a powerful business man, Stanislas Graff, is kidnapped outside his luxurious apartment building by a gang of thugs. From there begins a terrifying ordeal that will last for several weeks. Despite being tortured and humiliated Graff resists his captors.
Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in “Antichrist”
Willem Dafoe has signed to star with Charlotte Gainsbourg in Lars von Trier‘s “Antichrist.” WIlem gone from Jesus Christ (The Last Temptation Of Christ) to Antichrist in just twenty years !
Variety reports the film was written by von Trier and Anders Thomas Jensen.
The film is described as a psychological thriller that slowly turns into a horror film and follows the story of a couple that move to an isolated cabin in the woods shortly after the death of their only child.
