NRW's successful line-up
It looks like the German production company Filmstiftung Nordrhein Westfalen - NRW is heading for a successful season. Firstly there’s the co-production with UGC Images in Paris for the cinema adaptation of the comic character Lucky Luke. The hero, drawn by the Belgium Morris, will be played by Til Schweiger, who has already been the star of one of the biggest German hits, The Turbulent Man directed in 1994 by Sönke Wortmann.
While waiting to see if Dogville [+see also:
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On the domestic front, NRW is joining together with X Filme Creative Pool to make Ein Freund von mir (“A Friend of Mine”), written and directed by the actor Sebastian Schipper. And in the field of distribution, NRW is also expected to support Blueprint by Rolf Schübel, starring Franka Potente.
(Translated from Italian)
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