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Claes Bang and Nick Hamm on Making ‘William Tell’ a Bloody European Epic
British director Nick Hamm (Driven, White Lines) went epic for his latest feature, William Tell, a retelling of the story of the 14-century Swiss crossbowman who, legend has it, united the canons of Switzerland to drive out the tyrannical Austrian army and liberate his nation. These days, Tell is mainly remembered for a single scene: […]
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Nick Hamm’s Epic ‘William Tell,’ Starring Claes Bang as Resistance Fighter, Sells Wide
Beta Cinema has arrived in Cannes with a slew of sales on its resistance epic William Tell. Currently in post-production, screenwriter Nick Hamm’s adaptation for the big screen of Friedrich Schiller’s play stars Danish actor Claes Bang (The Square), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of […]
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AFM Hot List: Keira Knightley, Henry Cavill, Halle Berry, Dev Patel and David Harbour Films Hit the Market
Restarted negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that could mean an end to the actors strike have raised hopes for this year’s American Film Market, which runs Oct. 31-Nov, 5 in Santa Monica. What everyone is hoping for is, in the words of one leading indie producer, that “we […]
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Claes Bang to Play ‘William Tell’ in Nick Hamm Period Action Film
Claes Bang has signed on to star in Nick Hamm’s period action film William Tell, playing the legendary Swiss marksman. The Danish actor, star of Ruben Östlund’s 2017 Cannes Palme d’Or winner The Square, Sharon Horgan’s Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters and the baddie in Robert Eggers’ The Northman, will be joined by an […]
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‘Bad Sisters’ Review: Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ Series Is Fun but Empty
Horgan and Anne-Marie Duff lead the thriller series about five sisters who fall under suspicion when one of their husbands (Claes Bang) unexpectedly winds up dead.
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John Malkovich Boards Apple’s WWII Fashion Drama ‘The New Look’
Apple TV+ is adding to the star-studded cast of its drama The New Look. John Malkovich, Emily Mortimer and Claes Bang have signed on to the series, which chronicles the Paris fashion world at the end of World War II and the rise of designer Christian Dior. Ben Mendelsohn is playing Dior; the cast also […]
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How Underselling ‘The Northman’s’ Fantasy Proved to Be Its Biggest Box Office Battle
Blood, fire and fate. These three elements swirl about the films of Robert Eggers, as he borrows from the old in order to create something that feels novel, surprising in its authenticity and driven by a perspective that could only stem from modern times, but a voice that feels distinctly outside of it. Eggers’ latest […]
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Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman in Robert Eggers’ ‘The Northman’: Film Review
Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy and Ethan Hawke also star in this big, bloody medieval Viking saga of fate, family and revenge.
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