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Viggo Mortensen did not plan to be in The Dead Don't Hurt but had to dust off his cowboy boots and appear in the movie when another, unnamed, actor dropped out. That meant Mortensen added starring in, to writing, producing, directing and creating the music for the Western. "I had not planned to act…

A co-production session at the Munich International Film Festival yielded insight into Prime Video's strategy in Europe and saw a hopeful update from the German Film Fund on a hugely anticipated 30% tax incentive for film and TV. Dennis Maly, Head of Business Affairs at Amazon Studios in Germany…

EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Continent has landed ahead of the world premiere of the horror-drama at the Munich International Film Festival on Thursday. A Brazil, France, and Argentina coproduction, the movie is written and directed by Davi Pretto. A car weaves through Brazilian countryside and one of…

Influential German producer Max Wiedemann has said the likes of OpenAI and Google need to let content owners share in the upside created by new artificial intelligence tools. "You have to let the rights holders participate in your productivity gains," he said, before suggesting a body similar to…

German producer Nico Hofmann has unveiled a slate of projects he is working up as part of a partnership with Beta Film. Veteran producer Hofmann left UFA Film to strike out on his own, partnering with longtime collaborator Jan Mojto, CEO of Beta Film, and Beta Film/Intaglio Films producer Jan Wünschmann…

Kate Winslet was feted before the European premiere of her film Lee at the Munich International Film Festival and told the packed crowd about starring in, and producing, the movie about war photographer Lee Miller. Taking the stage to accept the Festival's CineMerit award, Winslet said that the…

Jeremy Irons will play Neville Chamberlain in Netflix's Munich, an adaptation of Robert Harris's acclaimed novel. Also in the cast are George MacKay, Jannis Niehwöhner, Sandra Hüller, Liv Lisa Fries, August Diehl, and Erin Doherty, with Martin Wuttke as Adolf Hitler. Christian Schwochow (The Crown) is directing from a…

EXCLUSIVE: David Kosse took on the newly-created role of VP of International Film at Netflix in April. The former Universal, Film4 and STX executive's mandate is to oversee all of international film production and acquisitions with a focus on making and acquiring non-English language movies for the streaming site…

From features to TV projects, World War II is a big focus for creatives this season, and particularly as we head into Mipcom. To wit: FremantleMedia’s Euston Films and UFA Fiction are set to co-produce the adaptation of Robert Harris’ latest novel, Munich. The spy thriller will be filmed in the UK and Germany. It’s a…

UPDATED, 5:40 PM: Munich police say a man who killed at least nine people in a shooting spree has killed himself. Authorities originally thought there were at least three gunman on the loose, so they put Germany’s third-largest city on lockdown. Now they believe he acted alone and are probing his motive. The manhunt…