If you may recall from the first teaser trailer for Reinhard Klooss & Holger Tappe's upcoming CG animated adaptation of Konferenz der Tiere (translated as "The Animal's Conference"), it paints a serious tone until the very end when a meerkat pops-up and says something in German with a comedic theme playing in the background. The second teaser continues to go in that route with a gag scene where we get to see some characters interaction for the first time. Here's a rough translation of the official synopsis:
Surprised the animals in the African savannah is: Where is the water? Long it should have come through a gorge from the distant mountains. The thirst is getting bigger, the concern also is small considering that the last water hole of fierce buffalo and rhino defended. The brave little meerkat Billy and the peace-loving lion Socrates pull off to check the water. They...
Surprised the animals in the African savannah is: Where is the water? Long it should have come through a gorge from the distant mountains. The thirst is getting bigger, the concern also is small considering that the last water hole of fierce buffalo and rhino defended. The brave little meerkat Billy and the peace-loving lion Socrates pull off to check the water. They...
- 4/25/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Mutrux, MMC team for 'Number 13'
COLOGNE, Germany -- Indie producer Gail Mutrux will be taking her next film to Germany, joining up with Cologne-based studio MMC to finance the murder mystery Number 13 starring Dan Fogler, Ewan McGregor and Ben Kingsley.
Mutrux and MMC managing director Ralf Schmitz signed a letter of intent for the co-production in Los Angeles on Thursday. Number 13, to be directed by newcomer Chase Palmer from his own script, is set to begin shooting in Cologne this year.
The drama focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's first film, the 1922 thriller Number 13, which was never finished and has been the source of much speculation by Hitchcock fans and film historians.
In Palmer's script, Hitchcock (Fogler) gets caught up in a very Hitchcockian situation while making the film. His lead actor is killed and his editor suspects him of being the murderer. The portly English director is forced to try and solve the mystery himself.
Number 13 will be the first international co-production for MMC.
Mutrux and MMC managing director Ralf Schmitz signed a letter of intent for the co-production in Los Angeles on Thursday. Number 13, to be directed by newcomer Chase Palmer from his own script, is set to begin shooting in Cologne this year.
The drama focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's first film, the 1922 thriller Number 13, which was never finished and has been the source of much speculation by Hitchcock fans and film historians.
In Palmer's script, Hitchcock (Fogler) gets caught up in a very Hitchcockian situation while making the film. His lead actor is killed and his editor suspects him of being the murderer. The portly English director is forced to try and solve the mystery himself.
Number 13 will be the first international co-production for MMC.
- 2/2/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leader visits seeking watch on the Rhine
COLOGNE, Germany -- One of Germany's most powerful politicians, Jurgen Ruttgers, is in Los Angeles for meetings with the studios and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to promote his state as a production location.
Ruttgers is premier of North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany's most populous state and home to some of the country's biggest media firms, including European giant Bertelsmann and the continent's No. 1 broadcaster, RTL Television.
NRW also boasts the most generous of Germany's regional film subsidy funds, the Filmstiftung NRW, which doles out about $50 million annually in production financing.
But recently, the state has been losing out to Berlin and nearby Studio Babelsberg on big-budget shoots. Such high-profile productions as "Valkyrie", "Speed Racer" and "The International" all chose Studio Babelsberg, pouring cash into the regional economy there.
Ruttgers has brought along some of his state's media heavyweights, including Filmstiftung NRW head Michael Schmidt-Ospach and Ralf Schmitz, CEO of MMC Studios, Germany's largest production facilities.
Together, they hope to convince U.S.
Ruttgers is premier of North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany's most populous state and home to some of the country's biggest media firms, including European giant Bertelsmann and the continent's No. 1 broadcaster, RTL Television.
NRW also boasts the most generous of Germany's regional film subsidy funds, the Filmstiftung NRW, which doles out about $50 million annually in production financing.
But recently, the state has been losing out to Berlin and nearby Studio Babelsberg on big-budget shoots. Such high-profile productions as "Valkyrie", "Speed Racer" and "The International" all chose Studio Babelsberg, pouring cash into the regional economy there.
Ruttgers has brought along some of his state's media heavyweights, including Filmstiftung NRW head Michael Schmidt-Ospach and Ralf Schmitz, CEO of MMC Studios, Germany's largest production facilities.
Together, they hope to convince U.S.
- 1/31/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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