Adam McKay business, as well.
Deadline is out with a new report that Apple has secured “a multi-year, first-look deal for scripted feature films” with McKay’s Hyperobject Industries. According to this report, “the plan is for McKay and team to generate projects that range from scripted comedies to dramas, horror, documentaries, documentary series and podcasts.”
What the Apple Deal Means for McKay and Hyperobject
This doesn’t necessarily mean that McKay will only be making movies for Apple TV+. Again, it’s a first-look deal, so that just means that Apple gets first dibs on whatever movies McKay wants to make through Hyperobject Industries. As noted by Deadline, Apple already has deals like this with Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way, Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures, Ridley Scott’s Scott Free, Imagine Entertainment, and Skydance Animation.
Another Round is in the works after Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way, Endeavor Content, and Brad Weston’s Makeready all acquired the rights to the film.
Now, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the star of the Danish coming-of-middle-age dramatic comedy, Mads Mikkelsen, offered his thoughts on the upcoming remake – which is set to be produced and star DiCaprio.
“It’s always tricky to make a remake but on the other hand, I understand why. Because even though a lot of people might watch [the original], it’s not that big. Having said that I have a hunch that a lot of Americans [have] watched this one. So it’s going to be interesting, the remake. There are some cultural differences with alcohol from nation to nation, especially between Denmark and America. Everyone’s always like, won’t they approach it really differently in America? Maybe. Maybe not. I mean the film is about embracing life and re-finding your life. I think if they get that r
Another Round English-Language Remake Is Happening with Leonardo DiCaprio
Another Round English-Language Remake Is Happening with Leonardo DiCaprio
The Oscar-winning Another Round will receive the remake treatment courtesy of Leonardo DiCaprio. But how does director Thomas Vinterberg feel about it?
Oscar-winner and Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has been tapped to star in an English-language remake of director Thomas Vinterberg s
Another Round. The rights to the project were recently acquired at auction by DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson s Appian Way, Endeavor Content and Brad Weston s Makeready.
Another Round was just awarded Best International Feature Film at the recent Academy Awards, and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, and Lars Ranthe as four high school teachers who decide to consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. The Danish comedy-drama was directed by Thomas Vinterberg, from a screenplay by
Oscar winner ‘Another Round’ getting English remake, Leonardo DiCaprio attached
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At the Academy Awards, director Thomas Vinterberg dedicated the film to his 19-year-old daughter Ida, who died in a car accident just days into the filming
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‘Another Round’ (2020) starring Mads Mikkelsen
At the Academy Awards, director Thomas Vinterberg dedicated the film to his 19-year-old daughter Ida, who died in a car accident just days into the filming
“Another Round”, which won best international feature Oscar on Sunday, is all set for an English-language remake with actor Leonardo DiCaprio likely to play Mads Mikkelsen’s role.
Is the Danish Oscar 2021 winner ‘Another Round’ set for an English remake led by Leonardo DiCaprio?
News in the grapevines suggests that the Best International Feature Oscar 2021 winner Another Round might get remade in English with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead part. Written By
Shubham Dwivedi 2954 reads Mumbai Published: April 27, 2021 04:52 am Is the Danish Oscar 2021 winner ‘Another Round’ set for an English remake led by Leonardo DiCaprio?
Oscar 2021 was all about the first-time winners and it would be one of the first in Leonardo DiCaprio’s career if he ends up playing the lead part in the remake of a Danish film titled Another Round that just won the Best International Feature in Oscar 2021. Another Round has been one of the best-reviewed films of the last year starring Mads Mikkelsen in the lead part. He plays the role of a teacher who is feeling the mundane of life and decides to experiment with alcohol for s