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Insomnia - News: Interview with ERIK SKJOLDBJÆRG about PROZAC NATION and INSOMNIA-remake The following is a part of an interview with Norwegian filmdirector Erik Skjoldbjærg. publishid in the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, 3rd of January. The translation is by "Koola The Norwegian" from Ain't It Cool Erik Skjoldbjærg's big year! 2002 isn't like every regular year for Erik Skjoldbjærg. On the 10th of May the Norwegian director's first American film, PROZAC NATION, opens wide in USA. The best- selling novel has been transferred to film with Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs, Jessica Lange, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Anne Heche as the cast. With him, Skjoldbjærg has Erling Thurmann- Andersen as the cinematographer. Two weeks later the remake of ES's INSOMNIA (from 1997) opens directed by Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO) and with Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank in front of the camera. This directing-job was quite simply turned down by Skjoldbjærg. - "I didn't want to make the same film twice", he says. By that he sort of accepted the result of the remake. "In the moment I turned it down, I realized that they were gonna make something different out of it. I have a completely relaxed opinion to that now. But it might get weird to see it again", he admits. [...] What Skjoldbjærg himself wants to prove is that he can make films with individuality. That's why he put on a filter, and dared to say no to something like the INSOMNIA-remake. - "Luckily, I'm quite stubborn. It helps, I guess. Americans are really open for new ideas and thoughts, and most likely they would've been concerned if I had none. But the machinery there is enormous." So presumably it takes a certain amount of wickedness and naivity there too. Hillary Swank / production date Hilary Swank will star opposite Al Pacino in INSOMNIA, a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film, for Alcon Entertainment and director Christopher Nolan. The project is scheduled to begin shooting April 12 in Vancouver. Hillary Seitz (EARLY BIRD SPECIAL) adapted the screenplay. Swank will play a female officer who tries to discover the truth after a police officer is blackmailed by the subject of a murder investigation. Source: Ain't It Cool News Al Pacino and Chistopher Nolan on INSOMNIA The Norwegian newspaper 'Dagbladet' reported that George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh will be the producers behind the US version of 'Insomnia' through their company Section Eight. Christopher Nolan is going to direct with Al Pacino acting as the investigator. INSOMNIA starring Harrison Ford directed by Jonathan Demme? "On page 43, in the Reelworld column, "Furthermore we hear that Harrison Ford and Jonathan Demme are interested in Warner Bros' Insomnia, a remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller." Here is the information as provided by 4filmmakers.com (note: they have no actors attached to this movie) Logline A detective risks his career when he accidentally shoots his partner while pursuing a killer. He is blackmailed by the killer who pins the partners murder on an innocent bystander. A local female cop tries to uncover the scam. Notes Based on a Norwegian film written and directed by Erik Skoldbjaerg. Source: HarrisonFordWeb.Com |
              
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