GeneChing
05-12-2016, 01:04 PM
These news items coming out of Cannes right now are just the tip of the iceberg looming to sink the Hollywood Titanic...
Cannes: Travis Fimmel to Star in Peter Segal’s Chinese Sci-Fi Epic 'Inversion' (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/travis-fimmel-star-inversion-893077)
1:23 AM PDT 5/12/2016 by Patrick Brzeski
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Travis Fimmel
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Co-written by Oscar winner Paul Haggis, the film is the first project from Hong Kong/Beijing-based production venture Facing East.
Travis Fimmel is set to star in Peter Segal’s forthcoming sci-fi epic Inversion.
The project is the first feature from Facing East, the new Hong Kong/Beijing-based production venture launched by producers Markus Barmettler and Philip Lee.
Fimmel previously starred in History channel's historical drama Vikings, and can next be seen starring in Legendary Entertainment's Warcraft, which rolls out worldwide in June.
Said Segal: "I love Travis' portrayal as Ragnar, king of the Vikings. I needed my modern-day Peter O'Toole and I found him. A man who could play a character that can command a room and make you write a huge check, before you realized he was gone and you knew you were f—ed.”
Written by Paul Haggis (Casino Royale, Crash), David Arata (Children of Men, Spy Game) and Bragi Schut (Season of the Witch), Inversion follows a street-wise American con man, and a young Chinese physicist as they race against the clock to save the earth from a terrifying loss of gravity.
The film is being co-financed by Hong Kong based Pegasus Motion Pictures and Sun Entertainment. Huaxia Film Distribution will co-produce and will distribute in mainland China.
Principal photography is set to commence in Dublin on Sept. 12 before moving to locations in Shanghai and Chicago.
Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited is handling international sales for the project at the Cannes market.
Cannes: Travis Fimmel to Star in Peter Segal’s Chinese Sci-Fi Epic 'Inversion' (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/travis-fimmel-star-inversion-893077)
1:23 AM PDT 5/12/2016 by Patrick Brzeski
http://cdn2.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/landscape_928x523/2016/02/travis_fimmel.jpg
Travis Fimmel
Getty Images
Co-written by Oscar winner Paul Haggis, the film is the first project from Hong Kong/Beijing-based production venture Facing East.
Travis Fimmel is set to star in Peter Segal’s forthcoming sci-fi epic Inversion.
The project is the first feature from Facing East, the new Hong Kong/Beijing-based production venture launched by producers Markus Barmettler and Philip Lee.
Fimmel previously starred in History channel's historical drama Vikings, and can next be seen starring in Legendary Entertainment's Warcraft, which rolls out worldwide in June.
Said Segal: "I love Travis' portrayal as Ragnar, king of the Vikings. I needed my modern-day Peter O'Toole and I found him. A man who could play a character that can command a room and make you write a huge check, before you realized he was gone and you knew you were f—ed.”
Written by Paul Haggis (Casino Royale, Crash), David Arata (Children of Men, Spy Game) and Bragi Schut (Season of the Witch), Inversion follows a street-wise American con man, and a young Chinese physicist as they race against the clock to save the earth from a terrifying loss of gravity.
The film is being co-financed by Hong Kong based Pegasus Motion Pictures and Sun Entertainment. Huaxia Film Distribution will co-produce and will distribute in mainland China.
Principal photography is set to commence in Dublin on Sept. 12 before moving to locations in Shanghai and Chicago.
Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited is handling international sales for the project at the Cannes market.