Rotterdam Film Festival To Open With Mads Mikkelsen Movie ‘Riders Of Justice’

Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg is back in the Oscar hunt this year with Denmark’s International Feature Oscar entry Another Round (Druk), starring Mads Mikkelsen. The drama has an intriguing premise: four weary high school teachers test the theory that a constant level of modest inebriation opens our minds to the world. The friends experience a journey of self-discovery with both tragic and uplifting consequences.

just taken. No more elite crowds wearing scarves that cost as much as a used Toyota Corolla.But even if we can’t drink craft beers with Richard Linklater in a remodeled shoe store, at least we still have the movies.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe fourth edition of the Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) is now set to be held later this month as an online-only event.The festival was originally scheduled to take place as an in-person event in December and got as far as announcing its selection.

Film lovers roll up. Here’s our annual list of movies that could have festivals drooling in 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science (AMPAS) will kick off the New Year celebrating emerging Israeli filmmakers and talent with a virtual film fest.

Mads Mikkelsen is taking on one of the darkest wizards in the Harry Potter universe. The acclaimed Danish actor and Hannibal alum, 55, was announced in November as Johnny Depp‘s replacement for the role of Gellert Grindelwald for the upcoming third film in the Fantastic Beasts series. “They’re fantastic, nice people,” Mads shared with AP in a December 16 interview.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentAnders Thomas Jensen’s action comedy “Riders of Justice,” starring Mads Mikkelsen, will open the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam. The festival will be staged in two parts this year: the first, in a hybrid format, running Feb.

Mads Mikkelsen is the chosen one by Warner Bros., as the actor replaces Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts 3. The latter was requested to resign from the role of Gellert Grindelwald after the 57-year-old actor lost his libel suit against a British tabloid, who called him a "wife beater", in regards to his troublesome marriage with Amber Heard.

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen was recently confirmed as the replacement for Johnny Depp‘s character Grindelwald in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts 3 and now he’s opening up about playing the role.

The Locarno Film Festival has named Markus Duffner as the new head of its industry program Locarno Pro. He will be joined by Sophie Bourdon as deputy head.

The Berlin Film Festival on Thursday unveiled major changes to its 71st edition, which will see it split into two stages, with the first stage shifting online because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "Berlinale 2021 Will Be a Festival in Two Stages: Industry Online Offer in March/Public Event in June," organizers said in the headline of a statement.

What was reported earlier this week has come true—the 2021 Berlin Film Festival is going virtual in March with a (planned) in-person “celebration” in June. This hybrid strategy is something that differentiates it from the upcoming Sundance Film Festival and this year’s TIFF and Venice festivals.

coronavirus pandemic and split into two parts later in 2021, organizers said Friday.The “Berlinale” had been scheduled for February in the German capital but cannot go ahead due to the likelihood that coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings will continue, organizers said.To give the film industry a venue to market their products in the first quarter, however, a virtual Berlinale will be held online in March.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterPresident Barack Obama, like the rest of us, appears to have spent a good portion of his year binge-watching TV shows and movies to pass time during the coronavirus pandemic.In keeping with his annual tradition, on Friday he shared his favorite films and series of 2020.

The Berlin Film Festival is rethinking its offering in 2021 due to the pandemic.

Mads Mikkelsen wishes he had Johnny Depp on speed dial, because it would make his research about Fantastic Beasts supervillain Gellert Grindelwald much easier. The Danish actor has taken over from Depp in the film franchise after the Pirates of the Caribbean star was asked to step down following his loss of a libel trial against The Sun's publishers for publishing a story which labelled him as a "wife beater".

Fantastic Beasts 3 star Mads Mikkelsen has said he hasn’t spoken to Johnny Depp about replacing him.The Hannibal actor was cast as Gellert Grindelwald in the forthcoming third film in the Harry Potter spin-off franchise, taking over from Depp who was asked to resign by Warner Bros after losing his libel case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.When asked whether he had spoken to Depp about the character, Mikkelsen replied: “No, I don’t know him,” when talking to AP Entertainment. “I’ve met him once.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety has announced it will continue its multi-year partnership with Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival with Variety’s 93rd Academy Awards International Feature Shortlist Roundtable in 2021. The virtual panel will feature the director, writer or producer of the Oscars’ shortlisted International Feature Films and be moderated by Variety’s Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis.

down from 118 in 2020 — as it made plans for a nearly all-virtual event from Jan. 28 to Feb.

The fact there are even 72 selections for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival is something of a miracle. The fall festivals had the benefit of movies that mostly shot before the pandemic hit in March.