Another Round remake in the works with Leonardo DiCaprio
April 26, 2021 by:
Looks like Hollywood is ready for
ANOTHER ROUND. literally. Not comfortable to nurse their Oscar hangover for very long, Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way production shingle are already preparing a remake of last night s Best International Film winner from director Thomas Vinterberg and star Mads Mikkelsen.
Per Deadline, the film will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio and was won in a bid by his and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way, Endeavor Content, and Brad Weston’s Makeready. The film will be fully funded by Endeavor Content and Makeready.
Get ready for another round of “Another Round.”
Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in an English-language remake of writer-director Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-winning film “Another Round,” the Los Angeles Times confirmed Tuesday.
According to Endeavor Content which is developing the project alongside Makeready and DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions Vinterberg will serve as an executive producer on the adaptation of his Danish film, which recently landed the Oscar for international feature.
DiCaprio will play the lead, originated by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, in the jubilant and sobering drama about a history teacher and his friends who escape into alcohol by testing Norwegian psychiatrist Finn Skårderud’s theory that humans should drink steadily throughout the day to counteract a 0.05% blood-alcohol deficiency.
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Per
Deadline, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davidsson’s production company Appian Way, Endeavor Content and Makeready won an auction for the remake rights. Sources told
Deadline that some celebrity-run production companies bid on the rights for the film, including “Studiocanal with The Picture Company and Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker’s Nine Stories, and Elizabeth Banks in a bid with Universal Pictures.”
Given how DiCaprio’s production company is involved, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that he’s a top contender for the role of Martin. It’s fitting; DiCaprio, after all, is still a big party guy who has his own “Pussy Posse.” But it’s still tough to think about a version that doesn’t include Mikkelsen and it feels like a total missed opportunity. After all, it’s been done before. Penelope Cruz starred in both
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