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Norwegian Disaster Film ‘The Wave’ Picked Up By Magnolia

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Magnolia has announced that it has picked up the US rights for the Norwegian disaster film The Wave, which is Norway’s official selection for the Best Foreign Language Academy Award. The film recently screened at TIFF, where producers Are Heidenstrom and Martin Sundland state they are, “…thrilled about all the positive feedback our movie has received here in Toronto.

The synopsis for The Wave reads:

There are more than 300 unstable mountainsides in Norway–one of the largest is Åkerneset, a system of expanding cracks 800 meter long. It is accepted fact that one day it will fall, and when it does, the resulting rockslide of rock will create an 80-meter high tsunami that will hit the local community of Geiranger after just 10 minutes. This is the premise of THE WAVE, a pulse pounding adventure about a family racing to survive the oncoming catastrophe.

The film is said to boast some truly exceptional CGI FX

Heidenstrom and Sundland add:

After a tremendous success with “The Wave” back in Norway, we are ready to send it off into the world. We have previously worked with Magnolia on other movies, and are very happy that they came up with the best and most comprehensive offer on “The Wave”. We are confident that they will do their very best for the movie, and look forward to seeing the result. Magnolia is a solid company, and “The Wave” is in the best of hands for the launch in the United States.

Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles exclaims:

The Wave is an incredibly accomplished action spectacular with phenomenal special effects. But it’s also beautiful filmmaking with multi-dimensional characters and terrific acting. We’re excited that Norway has chosen the film to represent their country at the Oscars this year.

Magnolia is eyeing a release in early 2016. A Norwegian trailer can be seen below.

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Kristen Stewart Doesn’t Want to Make Any Marvel Movies But Does Want to Make a Scary Horror Movie

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If you haven’t yet seen A24 and Saint Maud director Rose Glass’ new movie Love Lies Bleeding, you should definitely get out there and support it in theaters while you can. The critically acclaimed romantic thriller is one of this year’s best movies so far, driven by incredible lead performances from Katy O’Brian and the always compelling Kristen Stewart.

Katy O’Brian just landed a huge role in Mission Impossible 8, but what’s next for Kristen Stewart? Well, for starters, don’t expect to see her in any Marvel movies anytime soon.

Stewart tells the “Not Skinny but Not Fat” podcast, “I will likely never do a Marvel movie … it sounds like a fucking nightmare, actually.” She further explains, “You would have to put so much money and so much trust into one person … and it doesn’t happen.”

And so therefore what ends up happening is this algorithmic, weird experience where you can’t feel personal at all about it. So likely not,” Kristen Stewart continues in her chat with the podcast. “But maybe the world changes, that’s what I’m saying.” She notes, however, “if Greta Gerwig asked me to do a Marvel movie, then I would do it.”

So what DOES Kristen Stewart want to do next? Chatting with Variety on the red carpet just a couple months back, she indicated that she’s far more interested in horror than Marvel!

I’d like to make a good scary movie,” Stewart answered when asked what she’d like to do next. “Like something a little more psychological. Yeah, a really good horror movie.”

Kristen Stewart is of course no stranger to the horror/thriller genres, getting her start as a child actor in David Fincher’s Panic Room. From there, she starred in 2007 horror movie The Messengers, as well as the Twilight movies, ghost story Personal Shopper, and 2018’s Lizzie. And don’t forget 2020’s Underwater or David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future.

The ball is in your court, filmmakers. Let’s make it happen.

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