Moodysson's next film: Mammoth
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:31 pmLukas Moodysson's next film, titled Mammoth, will be a major international co-production in English language. Shooting starts in October, so it's likely to appear in cinemas around the world autumn 2008, and on DVD spring 2009.
With a budget of 70 million SEK (approx. 10 million USD) it's his biggest so far, and even though this is not much compared to Hollywood standard it's almost four times the size of a regular Swedish film (and seven times to cost of his first feature film Fucking Åmål).
As usual the film will be produced by Lars Jönsson’s Memfis Film, in co-production with Zentropa’s Danish and new German production entities. Other co-financiers include Film i Väst, SVT, TV2 Denmark, the Swedish and Danish film institutes. Nordisk Film & TV Fund is also attached to the film.
Mammoth revolves around the successful New York couple Tom and Ellen, their eight-year old daughter and their Filipino nanny Gloria. On a business trip to Thailand, Tom realises that he wants to change his life...
In a press release from Memfis Film quoted in numerous articles it's stated that this will not be another art project like his previous two films "Ett hål i mitt hjärta" and "Container", but a much more accessible film. Lukas Moodysson states that compared to his earlier works it will be closest "Tillsammans" and "Lilja 4-ever".
Main source: nordicfilmnews.net (Nordic Film & TV Fund)
With a budget of 70 million SEK (approx. 10 million USD) it's his biggest so far, and even though this is not much compared to Hollywood standard it's almost four times the size of a regular Swedish film (and seven times to cost of his first feature film Fucking Åmål).
As usual the film will be produced by Lars Jönsson’s Memfis Film, in co-production with Zentropa’s Danish and new German production entities. Other co-financiers include Film i Väst, SVT, TV2 Denmark, the Swedish and Danish film institutes. Nordisk Film & TV Fund is also attached to the film.
Mammoth revolves around the successful New York couple Tom and Ellen, their eight-year old daughter and their Filipino nanny Gloria. On a business trip to Thailand, Tom realises that he wants to change his life...
In a press release from Memfis Film quoted in numerous articles it's stated that this will not be another art project like his previous two films "Ett hål i mitt hjärta" and "Container", but a much more accessible film. Lukas Moodysson states that compared to his earlier works it will be closest "Tillsammans" and "Lilja 4-ever".
Main source: nordicfilmnews.net (Nordic Film & TV Fund)
), but I enjoyed "Tillsammans" and "Lilja 4-ever"; both (mainly Lilja...) are great films.
This one was just a lucky coincidence really!
