At the start of Matt Groening's and David X. Cohen's 31st-century sci-fi sitcom "Futurama," the alcoholic robot Bender (John Dimaggio) sounded a little bit more like a drunken vagrant. He slurred his speech more and seemed less able to concentrate. As the show progressed, Bender became more self-assured, like the guy at the bar who — after his fourth shot of Jim Beam — is 100% confident he could thrash the bouncer. Bender became egotistical in addition to being a drunken criminal. On DVD commentary tracks, the makers of "Futurama" have said that Bender, in being a robot, allowed them more explicit depictions of violence and vice; a human character cannot drink a gallon of rotgut whiskey and smoke four cigars simultaneously, but a robot can. The Fox censors are weird.
Prior to "Futurama," Dimaggio only had a few credits to his name. His first gig was playing ancillary voices in...
Prior to "Futurama," Dimaggio only had a few credits to his name. His first gig was playing ancillary voices in...
- 2/9/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Tobias Menzies, who won last year’s primetime Emmy Award for his turn as Prince Philip in ‘The Crown,’ has joined the cast of “Made in Oslo,” a character-driven thriller series set at a fertility clinic in Norway.
Menzies stars in the cinematic show opposite Pia Tjelta, one of Norway’s most successful actors whose credits include successful shows such as “Norsemen” and “Lykkeland.”
Created and penned by Kathrine Valen Zeiner, the eight-part show is a Nent/Viaplay Original and is produced by Tordenfilm. It will premiere on Viaplay on April 24.
“Made in Oslo” is directed by Marit Moum Aune, whose credits includes “Angels in America – National Theatre” and “Oslo.”
In “Made in Oslo,” Tjelta plays Elin, a passionate doctor who runs a fertility clinic and becomes obsessed with her mission to help couples have children, leading her to break rules, cross boundaries and put her relationship with loved ones in jeopardy.
Menzies stars in the cinematic show opposite Pia Tjelta, one of Norway’s most successful actors whose credits include successful shows such as “Norsemen” and “Lykkeland.”
Created and penned by Kathrine Valen Zeiner, the eight-part show is a Nent/Viaplay Original and is produced by Tordenfilm. It will premiere on Viaplay on April 24.
“Made in Oslo” is directed by Marit Moum Aune, whose credits includes “Angels in America – National Theatre” and “Oslo.”
In “Made in Oslo,” Tjelta plays Elin, a passionate doctor who runs a fertility clinic and becomes obsessed with her mission to help couples have children, leading her to break rules, cross boundaries and put her relationship with loved ones in jeopardy.
- 3/29/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Could this be Norway’s year at the Oscars? An unprecedented number of Norwegian productions and co-productions are on this year’s shortlists, exciting the domestic media, industry and audiences.
“Recognition from the Oscars is a great inspiration for all of us who have an ambition to reach outside our own borders,” says Yngve Saether of Motlys, who served as executive producer of Norway’s shortlisted international feature submission “Hope.” “And it builds confidence. Even though it’s a long way to four nominations, the shortlistings are welcome reminders that our films have something to do out there.”
Likewise, Anita Larsen, producer of the documentary “Gunda,” about the life cycle of a majestic Norwegian sow, through her company Sant og Usant, says: “I believe this will create a broader interest both for Norwegian stories, filmmakers and new co-productions opportunities.”
“Hope,” an intense and well-liked personal drama from helmer Maria Sødahl,...
“Recognition from the Oscars is a great inspiration for all of us who have an ambition to reach outside our own borders,” says Yngve Saether of Motlys, who served as executive producer of Norway’s shortlisted international feature submission “Hope.” “And it builds confidence. Even though it’s a long way to four nominations, the shortlistings are welcome reminders that our films have something to do out there.”
Likewise, Anita Larsen, producer of the documentary “Gunda,” about the life cycle of a majestic Norwegian sow, through her company Sant og Usant, says: “I believe this will create a broader interest both for Norwegian stories, filmmakers and new co-productions opportunities.”
“Hope,” an intense and well-liked personal drama from helmer Maria Sødahl,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
The Nordic body has earmarked over 3.2 million Norwegian crowns in production and distribution bursaries. This week, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond announced the recipients of its latest round of funding. On this occasion, the agency has earmarked over 3.2 million Norwegian crowns in production and distribution bursaries. The grant of the biggest magnitude went to Thomas Seeberg Torjussen’s ten-part TV series Dome 16, produced by Eric Vogel and Ingunn Sundelin for Oslo-based outfit Tordenfilm. The project, penned by the director himself and commissioned by Nrk Super, is an adventure-driven love story set 120 years from now. It follows a 14-year-old boy called Anton, who lives in a dome, free from pollution and radiation, large enough to house an entire city. Life inside the dome is for the privileged, with life expectancy at 160, versus just 60 outside the protected zone....
Ice Cube will team with MTV Studios on a revival of Celebrity Deathmatch, MTV’s beloved Claymation series that transformed music beefs and tabloid feuds into a violent, satirical battle to the death. The rapper will both star and, through his Cube Vision production company, executive produce the revival, with the series’ original creator Eric Vogel also on board as executive producer.
“Happy to once again be working with Viacom and MTV on a fan favorite like Celebrity Deathmatch and to continue our success together,” Ice Cube said in a statement.
“Happy to once again be working with Viacom and MTV on a fan favorite like Celebrity Deathmatch and to continue our success together,” Ice Cube said in a statement.
- 12/5/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Joachim Trier’s drama Louder Than Bombs won four prizes including Best Director, while The Wave scooped Best Film.Scroll down for full list
Joachim Trier’s Louder than Bombs [pictured] starring Jesse Eisenberg and Gabriel Byrne won four Amanda awards at the 44th Norwegian Film Festival (Aug 20-16), including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
In 2015, the film was the first Norwegian feature to play in competition at Cannes for 36 years.
Marking the first English language film made by Trier, Louder Than Bombs follows a father and his two sons who are made to come to terms with the death of their mother, a notable war photographer.
Roar Uthaug’s The Wave took the night’s top prize, Best Norwegian Film in Theatrical Release. Submitted by Norway to last year’s Academy Awards for the best foreign-language category, it depicts the 1934 Tafjord Tsunami which resulted in the death of 40 people.
Rune Denstad Langlo’s [link...
Joachim Trier’s Louder than Bombs [pictured] starring Jesse Eisenberg and Gabriel Byrne won four Amanda awards at the 44th Norwegian Film Festival (Aug 20-16), including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
In 2015, the film was the first Norwegian feature to play in competition at Cannes for 36 years.
Marking the first English language film made by Trier, Louder Than Bombs follows a father and his two sons who are made to come to terms with the death of their mother, a notable war photographer.
Roar Uthaug’s The Wave took the night’s top prize, Best Norwegian Film in Theatrical Release. Submitted by Norway to last year’s Academy Awards for the best foreign-language category, it depicts the 1934 Tafjord Tsunami which resulted in the death of 40 people.
Rune Denstad Langlo’s [link...
- 8/30/2016
- ScreenDaily
Asia Pacific prizes also awarded to Hany Abu-Assad for The Idol, Alexey German Jr for Under Electric Clouds and cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-bing for The Assassin.Scroll down for full list of winners
Cemetery of Splendour, by Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, has won best feature film at the 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) in Australia.
The Thai-language drama, which debuted at Cannes, centres on a middle-aged woman who experiences strange visions while tending a soldier with sleeping sickness.
The awards, announced at a ceremony at Brisbane’s City Hall, saw films honoured from Thailand, Russia, Turkey, China, Japan, Palestine, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
The Apsa Unesco Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded to Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad for The Idol, which debuted at Toronto.
Speaking from the set of his latest production, the director said of the award: “Thank you dear jury for this great...
Cemetery of Splendour, by Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, has won best feature film at the 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) in Australia.
The Thai-language drama, which debuted at Cannes, centres on a middle-aged woman who experiences strange visions while tending a soldier with sleeping sickness.
The awards, announced at a ceremony at Brisbane’s City Hall, saw films honoured from Thailand, Russia, Turkey, China, Japan, Palestine, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
The Apsa Unesco Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded to Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad for The Idol, which debuted at Toronto.
Speaking from the set of his latest production, the director said of the award: “Thank you dear jury for this great...
- 11/26/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Back in 2011 Norway's Thomas Seeberg Torjussen and Eric Vogel rolled into Fantastic Fest with their animated short Dickface. It is, as you may have surmised, a short animation about a man with a penis for a nose, a situation which makes for a remarkably concise summary of the male condition.Portrait of the artist as a young man.If he had a dick for a nose and no hands.Scarcely seen since that Texas premiere Twitch now presents Dickface for the world to see in its entirety below. Take a look....
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- 2/18/2015
- Screen Anarchy
It was back in January of 2013 that we first brought word of The Absence Of Eddy Table, an animated short film based on the work of cult favorite comic artist Dave Cooper (Suckle, Weasel, Ripple) and directed by Trollhunter CGI artist Rune Spaans with Norwegian Ninja producer Eric Vogel and his company Tordenfilm producing. Well, animation takes a long time but the film is now deep into production and we've got the first trio of images to share and they are stunning. Very weird, very distinctive, and carrying such a natural sense of weight and detail to them that it's very hard to believe that this is a CGI production and not stop motion. I absolutely cannot wait to see these in motion. The...
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- 3/7/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Cult comics fans and cult film fans alike, rejoice. For upcoming short film The Absence of Eddy Table is about to bring together one mighty compelling collection of talents. Producer Eric Vogel (Norwegian Ninja), director Rune Spaans (a key animator on Troll Hunter) and writer-designer Dave Cooper (the man behind cult comic titles Suckle, Weasel and Ripple) are coming together on new animated short The Absence Of Eddy Table.Tordenfilm As is thrilled to announce "The Absence of Eddy Table", an ambitious 3D animated short to be written and designed by Dave Cooper, directed by Rune Spaans and produced by Eric Vogel.Following a grant by the Norwegian Film Institute of Usd 289.000, the production has been greenlit with a goal of completion in late Fall of...
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- 1/29/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Fantastic Fest Announces List Of Short Films which includes must sees ‘Cop Hard’ and ‘Infernal Nuns’
The complete list of short films screening at Fantastic Fest has been announced. Unfortunatly as with most short films, there isn’t too much known about many of these. I know Infernal Nuns recieved a lot of praise from various blogs after it screened at Fantasia and Cop Hard is based on the popular web series, but apart from that, I’m pretty much in the dark. What I do know is that sometimes the short films are more rewarding than some features. Remember folks, some of these directors may go on to do some very big things in the near future, so try and check them out. Here is the press release.
Austin, TX-Wednesday, August 24th, 2011- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films – they provide a...
Austin, TX-Wednesday, August 24th, 2011- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films – they provide a...
- 8/26/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Anybody can tell a good tale, spin a quality yarn so to speak, if given an hour and a half. But to accomplish that same feat in 15 minutes or so, now that's doing something. And Fantastic Fest has announced the lineup of 50 films doing just that for this year's program.
The Fantastic Fest shorts will be presented during the festival, which runs September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. With running times as long as thirty minutes and a short as two, and coming from over a dozen countries, the films look as diverse as they will be entertaining. Take a gander at the huge list complied below, and for those of you lucky enough to be in the great state of Texas during the fest, we envy you.
Fantastic Fest 2011 Shorts
All Men Are Called Robert (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutes
A naked, terribly bruised man is running through the woods.
The Fantastic Fest shorts will be presented during the festival, which runs September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. With running times as long as thirty minutes and a short as two, and coming from over a dozen countries, the films look as diverse as they will be entertaining. Take a gander at the huge list complied below, and for those of you lucky enough to be in the great state of Texas during the fest, we envy you.
Fantastic Fest 2011 Shorts
All Men Are Called Robert (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutes
A naked, terribly bruised man is running through the woods.
- 8/24/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Though I've been sworn to secrecy as to their specific contents, Norwegian Ninja producer Eric Vogel was good enough to show me a clip reel of his upcoming action comedy and the only response is wow. This is an unusual one, a film that will deliver every ounce of goofy action that you would expect from the title - one sequence in particular played out with a deliberately obvious set of miniatures was just great stuff - while also working in a surprising level of real-world detail. This isn't just an action comedy but a reworking of the life of an actual person - a high ranking official convicted of spying on behalf of Russia in the height of the Cold War - and a lot of care has gone into getting the details right. Well, the real Arne Treholt probably wasn't a ninja and almost certainly never meditated on mountaintops with wolves,...
- 2/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Enough talk. It's time to show you something.
We first brought word of upcoming Norwegian action-comedy Norwegian Ninja (Kommandør Treholt & Ninjatroppen) back in September and we have been anxiously awaiting the first scraps of footage ever since. A revisionist history of Arne Treholt - an actual Norwegian politician and diplomat convicted of high treason and spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq in 1984 - the film asks what if Treholt was not so treasonous after all, but a deep cover double agent leading a band of Norwegian Ninja?
Norwegian Ninja is the true story of how Commander Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War. In 1983 the Ninja Force discovers that the Shadow Government, who take charge in times of war and emergency, are planning a coup-d'état in peacetime. Treholt and the ninjas see only one solution: a solid can of whoop-ass!
Eric Vogel...
We first brought word of upcoming Norwegian action-comedy Norwegian Ninja (Kommandør Treholt & Ninjatroppen) back in September and we have been anxiously awaiting the first scraps of footage ever since. A revisionist history of Arne Treholt - an actual Norwegian politician and diplomat convicted of high treason and spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq in 1984 - the film asks what if Treholt was not so treasonous after all, but a deep cover double agent leading a band of Norwegian Ninja?
Norwegian Ninja is the true story of how Commander Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War. In 1983 the Ninja Force discovers that the Shadow Government, who take charge in times of war and emergency, are planning a coup-d'état in peacetime. Treholt and the ninjas see only one solution: a solid can of whoop-ass!
Eric Vogel...
- 1/11/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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