Cannes: Til Schweiger’s “Nick - Off Duty” sells to JapanMay 14, 2016 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sales agent Global Screen has sold all rights for Japan to action thriller “Nick — Off Duty”, starring German star Til Schweiger (“Inglourious Basterds”), to Interfilm, Variety reports. Schweiger stars as tough cop Nick Tschiller, whose wife was killed by the Turkish Mafia. When his teen daughter Lenny runs away to Istanbul to avenge her mother, Nick and his partner Yalcin go after her and find her in the hands of ruthless Russian gangsters. Lenny is abducted to Moscow and winds up in an organ harvesting clinic. Nick has to race against time to save his daughter’s life. Previously announced sales include France (SND/M6), Spain (Avalon), South Korea (Cinema Republic), Middle East (Selim Ramio), Poland (Kino Swiat), German-speaking Belgium (Kino Scala), German-speaking Luxembourg (Utopia), South Africa (Silverbird) and Malaysia (Suraya Filem). Pic is produced by Syrreal Entertainment and Barefoot Films, and is co-produced by Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany. Global Screen will present a 120-minute version of the film in Cannes market. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |