Jessica Chastain To Head Marrakech Film Festival Jury
Jessica Chastain has been set as the head of the competition jury at this year’s Marrakech Film Festival, running November 24 to December 2. The jury awards the Étoile d’Or award to one of the fourteen films by first- or second-time directors in the festival’s international competition. “I am honored to serve as the jury president for the esteemed Marrakech International Film Festival, marking its 20th edition this year, and am excited to return to the Festival having last attended in 2011,” Chastain said. “Being entrusted with this role is a privilege, and I look forward to celebrating incredible global talent within the world of cinema.” Marrakech returns this year with a bumper schedule, including a special appearance by Killers Of The Flower Moon filmmaker.
Kedoo Hires Former New Regency Exec
Kedoo Entertainment has hired former New Regency, Lionsgate, and Entertainment One executive Charlotte Thorp to take on the newly created position of EVP and Head of Distribution, Sales, and Acquisitions. In the new role, Thorp is responsible for sourcing and closing deals with broadcast and digital distribution partners for Kedoo’s slate of shows, broadening the company’s pool of digital distribution partners for its FAST channels worldwide, reviewing programming for its FAST and YouTube channels globally and growing the company’s portfolio of product for distribution. Thorp is based in London and will report to Kedoo Entertainment’s COO, Oli Bernard.
TrustNordisk Boards Action Pic ‘Stockholm Bloodbath’
TrustNordisk has acquired the action film Stockholm Bloodbath. The film is produced by Helena Danielsson for Viaplay Studios and directed by Mikael Håfström, best known for the Oscar-nominated Evil (2003). Set in 1520, the film follows the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II, who is determined to seize the Swedish crown from Sten Sture, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, sisters Freja and Anne make a solemn promise to seek revenge on the men who brutally murdered their family. Everything comes to a head in the heart of Stockholm, where the sisters are drawn into a ruthless political struggle between Sweden and Denmark that culminates in a mass execution, presided over by the mad King “Christian the Tyrant,” known as the Stockholm Bloodbath. The film stars Claes Bang, Sophie Cookson, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, and Ulrich Thomsen.
