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04-18-2016, 10:02 AM
David Twohy to Direct ‘Ice Moon Rising’ as U.S.-China Co-Production (http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/david-twohy-to-direct-ice-moon-rising-1201755198/)
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief
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David Twohy to Direct 'Ice MoonROB LATOUR/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
APRIL 17, 2016 | 05:19PM PT
David Twohy, who directed “Rid****” and scripted “The Fugitive,” is to write and direct “Ice Moon Rising,” a major sci-fi movie that is set to be a U.S.-China co-production.
The film which could have a budget in the region of $50 million is being produced by Das Films’ Sriram Das and by experienced Greater China producer Steve Chicorel.
The pair are also in advanced preparations for another China-U.S. venture “Money Plane,” with David Hackl (“Saw V,” “Life on the Line”) to direct.
“Ice Moon Rising” is set in space when a Chinese and American task force venture to Jupiter’s moon Europa to awaken an astronaut from a cryogenic stasis, some 24 years after he was attacked by alien creatures in Europa’s sub-glacial seas. Awake, he then has to be reunited with his wife and a daughter he has never met.
Das, who recently produced “November Man,” and India-set “Heartbeats,” is currently evaluating finance and casting options in China. “We are looking for meaningful co-production partners,” Das said. Production is set for the end of the year, with a significant portion of the shoot most likely heading either for the U.K or Canada. Sales agents will likely also be locked down before Cannes.
“It is very unusual to find a film of this genre which has been certified and approved by China Film Co-Production Corporation, and which has a female Chinese lead character, not a supporting role,” said Chicorel.
A significant number of the space vehicles and equipment has been designed by a team of former NASA scientists. “The science will be very real and not overly futuristic. The sci-fi should not distract from the very human story,” Das said.
Likely to shoot from September on a $25 million budget, “Money Plane,” is an air-to-air heist movie in which Chinese Interpol forces team with FBI agents from the U.S. to catch a high-tech multi-ethnic gang. Script is by Kraig X. Wenman.
The film will likely be structured as a China-Australia-Canada and shoot in Australia and China’s island province of Hainan.
The Chinese partner is the newly formed Beijing Wudi Pictures. International sales are handled by Greenlight International.
In the wake of The Martian?
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief
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David Twohy to Direct 'Ice MoonROB LATOUR/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
APRIL 17, 2016 | 05:19PM PT
David Twohy, who directed “Rid****” and scripted “The Fugitive,” is to write and direct “Ice Moon Rising,” a major sci-fi movie that is set to be a U.S.-China co-production.
The film which could have a budget in the region of $50 million is being produced by Das Films’ Sriram Das and by experienced Greater China producer Steve Chicorel.
The pair are also in advanced preparations for another China-U.S. venture “Money Plane,” with David Hackl (“Saw V,” “Life on the Line”) to direct.
“Ice Moon Rising” is set in space when a Chinese and American task force venture to Jupiter’s moon Europa to awaken an astronaut from a cryogenic stasis, some 24 years after he was attacked by alien creatures in Europa’s sub-glacial seas. Awake, he then has to be reunited with his wife and a daughter he has never met.
Das, who recently produced “November Man,” and India-set “Heartbeats,” is currently evaluating finance and casting options in China. “We are looking for meaningful co-production partners,” Das said. Production is set for the end of the year, with a significant portion of the shoot most likely heading either for the U.K or Canada. Sales agents will likely also be locked down before Cannes.
“It is very unusual to find a film of this genre which has been certified and approved by China Film Co-Production Corporation, and which has a female Chinese lead character, not a supporting role,” said Chicorel.
A significant number of the space vehicles and equipment has been designed by a team of former NASA scientists. “The science will be very real and not overly futuristic. The sci-fi should not distract from the very human story,” Das said.
Likely to shoot from September on a $25 million budget, “Money Plane,” is an air-to-air heist movie in which Chinese Interpol forces team with FBI agents from the U.S. to catch a high-tech multi-ethnic gang. Script is by Kraig X. Wenman.
The film will likely be structured as a China-Australia-Canada and shoot in Australia and China’s island province of Hainan.
The Chinese partner is the newly formed Beijing Wudi Pictures. International sales are handled by Greenlight International.
In the wake of The Martian?