Even before the official premiere of THE WAVE at this year´s Toronto International Film festival, U.S. distributor Magnolia Pictures has picked up the rights from Trustnordisk.
The deal was negotiated between Dori Begley, SVP of Acquisitions at Magnolia Pictures and Head of Sales Susan Wendt from Trustnordisk.
“Combining strong drama and breathtaking special effects in a genre film is a very rare sight - and being selected as the official Norwegian Oscar candidate just underlines the quality of THE WAVE. We can't imagine a better home for the film than with our friends from Magnolia and we are excited to be presenting this film to the American audiences.” says CEO Rikke Ennis.
President of Magnolia Pictures Eamonn Bowles also expresses excitement about their most recent purchase
"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."
THE WAVE has already passed half a million admissions since its release in Norway on August 28th, later tonight the international release will take place at Toronto International Film festival as a part of the Special Presentations program.
Previous sales include Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Square One Entertainment), France (AB Group), Japan (Inter Film), Spain (Key2Media Audiovisual), Latin America (California Filmes), Italy (Minerva Pictures Group), Canada (Mongrel Media Inc.), China (New View TV and Media Group), Turkey (Medyavizyon), Middle East (Gulf Film), Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures Limited) Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Estonie (Estin Film), Israel (Shoval Film Production), Korea (Enter Mode), Lithuania (Prior Entertainment), Taiwan (Moviecloud Ltd.), Thailand (IPA Asia Pacific), Indonesia (Moxienotion), India (Picture Works) and Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Directed by Roar Uthaug (COLD PREY, 2006 and ESCAPE, 2012), THE WAVE is based on true events.
80 years ago, a number of villages in Norway were hit by a huge tsunami when a mountainside collapsed and caused damage and casualties in the fjords. Geologists say that it is just a matter of time, when it will happen again.
Starring Kristoffer Joner (KING OF DEVIL´S ISLAND, 2010 and ALL THAT MATTERS IS PAST, 2012) and Ane Dahl Torp (PIONEER, 2012 and 1001 GRAMS, 2014) among others, THE WAVE takes its starting point just prior to the incident in our time and focuses on an experienced geologist whose worst nightmare is about to come true when the alarm goes off and the disaster is inevitable. With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to save as many as possible.
THE WAVE is produced by Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon in co-production with Fuzz, Filmkraft Invest, Storyline Studios, Film i Väst, Piggy Bænk, Copenhagen Film Fund, Ghost and Tre Vänner and Gimpville with support from The Norwegian Film Institute and Nordic Film & TV Fond and The Swedish Film Institute.
TrustNordisk handles international sales.
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