Riley Keough and Sofie Gråbøl join Matt
Dillon and Bruno Ganz in Lars von Trier´s upcoming feature, THE HOUSE THAT JACK
BUILT. Shootings in Copenhagen will take place in May.
Copenhagen Film Fund and Zentropa announced
today that Golden Globe nominated Riley Keough and Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl
is to star in Lars von Trier´s upcoming feature, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
Keough and Gråbøl will play two of the women who cross paths with serial killer
Jack, played by Matt Dillon.
Besides Matt Dillon, Riley Keough and Sofie
Gråbøl, Bruno Ganz is to join in the role as Verge. Shooting will begin in
Trollhättan, Sweden in March and move on to Copenhagen in May.
Lars von Trier returns home
For the first time since Dancer in the Dark
(2000), Lars von Trier is shooting an international film in Denmark. Copenhagen
Film Fund has contributed with 1.08 million Euros to help make it possible for
Zentropa to shoot in Copenhagen.
CEO of Copenhagen Film Fund, Thomas Gammeltoft
states:
“Copenhagen Film Fund is incredibly proud that
Lars von Trier will be shooting parts of his upcoming feature in Copenhagen,
Denmark after shooting abroad for years. Besides that, it is always exciting to
see that Lars is able to attract high profile actors from all around the world,
who all see it as an opportunity to grow and a privilege to work closely with
him. We will do our best to make sure they have an amazing stay in Copenhagen
and we are most proud to be able to contribute to the making of this major
international
feature”.
Riley Keough
Riley Keough has been in the spotlight in
Hollywood for some time. Her acting career has evolved quickly and most
recently she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Steven
Sotherbergh´s tv-series, The Girlfriend Experience (2016). Furthermore, she
starred in the major box office smash, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which won 6
Oscars in 2016.
Her prior feature films include, American
Honey, starring Shia LaBeouf from 2016; Magic Mike (2012) where she appeared
alongside Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey; The Runaways (2010) with
Kristin Steward and Dakota Fanning
Sofie Gråbøl
Highly acclaimed Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl
made her international breakthrough in the role as detective Sarah Lund in the
tv-series, The Killing (2012), which earned her a BAFTA award for Best Actress
and a nomination for Best Actress at the Emmy Awards. Gråbøl is a major factor
in the international Nordic Noir success. In 2015 she played a leading role in
British tv-series, Fortitude, and her most recent feature, the Zentropa
produced, THE DAY WILL COME (2016) secured her a Robert Award for Best
Supporting Actress last week.
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILTS takes place in 1970s
USA. We follow the highly intelligent Jack through 5 incidents and are
introduced to the murders that define Jack´s development as a serial killer. We
experience the story from Jack´s point of view. He views each murder as an
artwork in itself, even though his dysfunction gives him problems in the
outside world. Despite the fact that the final and inevitable police
intervention is drawing ever near (which both provokes and puts pressure on
Jack) he is - contrary to all logic - set on taking greater and greater
chances.
Along the way we experience Jack´s descriptions
of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring
conversation with the unknown Verge - a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed
with an almost childlike self-pity and in-depth explanations of, for Jack,
dangerous and difficult manoeuvres.
Presales on THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT has already been sold
to several territories, including UK and Ireland (Curzon Artificial Eye),
Germany, Austria (Telemünchen), France (Films Du Losanges), Latin America
(California Filmes), Benelux (September film), Greece (Seven Films), Portugal
(Leopardo filmes), Israel (Shani Film), Middle East (Falcon Films), China (DD
Dream), Hong Kong (Sundream), South Korea (Atnine Film), Russia/CIS (Russian
World Vision), Poland (Gutek), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Taiwan (Moviecloud),
Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania group), Czech Republic (Aero film), Bulgaria (Euro
Films), Romania (Independenta Film 97) and Baltic States (Estin Film).
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT is produced by Louise
Vesth for Zentropa Group in co-production with Film i Väst, Copenhagen Film
Fund, Slot Machine, with support from Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film
Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, CNC, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW,
Eurimages, The Media Programme of the European Union, and in cooperation with
DR, Nordisk Film Distribution, Concorde Filmverleih, Potemkine, Les Films du
Losange, SVT.
Nordic distribution through Nordisk Film.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.
About Copenhagen Film Fund
Copenhagen and its surrounding area have
everything that is needed to become a European film capital; a beautiful and
diverse setting, a film business with world class technicians and
facilities, a strong infrastructure, a high level of service, and right now
some of the best directors, screenwriters and directors of photography in the world. The past four years
the fund has invested in international features and TV-series, such
as, The King´s Choice, The Danish Girl, The Bridge season III and IV,
Wallander, The Team and Norwegian disaster movie The Wave.