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EXCLUSIVE: German production and sales outfit Augenschein, best known so far for thrillers Stowaway and 7500, is at the Cannes market talking to buyers about new thriller Islands (working title), which is due to star Control and Maleficent actor Sam Riley.
Cologne-based Augenschein is making the movie in co-production with German studio Leonine which has also taken German distribution rights. Funding comes from Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the FFA, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the DFFF.
Islands tells the story of Tom, a one-time tennis pro who, years ago, washed up on a holiday island. Now he’s the coach at a hotel resort, hitting countless balls over the net to tourists who come to escape their everyday lives. Living an endless summer, Tom fills the emptiness inside with booze and brief affairs. He’s still kidding himself that he’s in paradise, but it is beginning to dawn on him that he’s wound up in hell. When he crosses paths with a particular tourist family, it seems he’s found an escape of his own.
Director will be Jan-Ole Gerster (A Coffee in Berlin) from a script he wrote with Lawrie Doran (Speaking in Tongues) and Blaž Kutin (Lara).
“We see Jan-Ole as the next German director whose singular, signature style will earn a devoted worldwide audience, so we’re honored to champion his latest project,” said Augenschein’s Maximilian Leo.
Leo’s business partner Jonas Katzenstein added: “This stylish, charged and character-driven thriller is an excitingly fresh take on the classic genre, that only a visionary like Jan-Ole could bring to life.”
This is the latest project for the growing and ambitious Augenschein, which will start shoot in coming weeks on Michaela Coel and Anne Hathaway pop melodrama Mother
Hallmark Channel just released all the details about the brand new movies coming to Christmas in July this year!
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