Wow. We all knew that a film about the rescue of the trapped Chilean miners was totally inevitable, but who would have guessed it would take even less time than the rescue itself? Antonio Recio's The 33 of San Jose started shooting five days after the Miners' rescue and is currently being sold at the American Film Market. According to Recio, he and writers J J Barrios and Jacobo Bergareche began penning the script just days after news of the miners' plight broke.
- 11/8/2010
- Movieline
MADRID -- Spanish distributor and production house Notro Films on Monday mapped out its production slate for the year, and it marks a shift from the banner's former strategy of joining as co-producers on previously established projects.
"This is the next logical step for us," Notro CEO and founder Adolfo Blanco said.
"Sleuth"-like feature film "Fermat's Room" will be the first 100% Notro production and starts shooting in April. The €2.2 million ($2.9 million) suspense film is written and directed by both Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopena and stars Santi Millan, Elena Ballesteros and Federico Luppi.
Next up is "Lavapies", a €2.2 million comedy based on a script by Jacobo Bergareche. Director and cast have yet to be decided.
Additionally, the company has taken a minority stake in Michael Hoffman's upcoming "The Last Station", starring Meryl Streep and Anthony Hopkins.
Until now, Notro has limited itself in film to a distributor or co-production credit -- as in the case of the Cannes 2006 entry "Honor de Cavalleria". In television, however, it has moved full-throttle into production with "Los Simuladores", "Nada por Aqui", "Brainiac" and "Territorio Champion".
The move to ramp up its film production follows Spanish media group Avanzit's acquisition of Notro last month.
"This is the next logical step for us," Notro CEO and founder Adolfo Blanco said.
"Sleuth"-like feature film "Fermat's Room" will be the first 100% Notro production and starts shooting in April. The €2.2 million ($2.9 million) suspense film is written and directed by both Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopena and stars Santi Millan, Elena Ballesteros and Federico Luppi.
Next up is "Lavapies", a €2.2 million comedy based on a script by Jacobo Bergareche. Director and cast have yet to be decided.
Additionally, the company has taken a minority stake in Michael Hoffman's upcoming "The Last Station", starring Meryl Streep and Anthony Hopkins.
Until now, Notro has limited itself in film to a distributor or co-production credit -- as in the case of the Cannes 2006 entry "Honor de Cavalleria". In television, however, it has moved full-throttle into production with "Los Simuladores", "Nada por Aqui", "Brainiac" and "Territorio Champion".
The move to ramp up its film production follows Spanish media group Avanzit's acquisition of Notro last month.
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