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It’s going to be a very Swedish Hollywood this Christmas

 

I’m trying something new. I’m downsizing my texts. The last couple of posts I’ve been a few passages short of a novel. I know this because a publisher called and asked when my book will be released. So if shorter texts don’t work I’ll just stick to consonants.
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Something I love during wintertime is coming in from the cold, sit down in a nice and warm movie theater with a (hopefully) good film on screen. This winter Hollywood is really giving us a Blockerbuster Christmas.

The three biggest films are of course The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by David Fincher, Sherlock Holmes 2 by Guy Ritchie and Mission Impossible 4 by Brad Bird.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will probably be Sweden’s best grossing film this season due to:
1. The film is directed by David Fincher and it looks amazing.
2. The film is based on one of Sweden’s most popular bookseries ever, The Millennium series by Stieg Larsson.
3. Swedish film legend Stellan Skarsgård is in it.
4. What Swede doesn’t want to see James Bond walk on the streets of Stockholm and (try to) say a bunch of Swedish names?

Then we have Sherlock Holmes 2 where Swedish actress Noomi Rapace (that got famous thanks to the original The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) not only landed a big role, she also got her own poster. This could be a contender for the highest grossing film this season due to it’s “popcorn factor” and of course Robert Downey Jr.

"I would like to order a plate of meatballs, the small kind, the Swedish kind" © Paramount

Personally The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the film I’m looking forward to the most but after that one it’s the new Mission Impossible film. The biggest reason is because I’m a fan of the series (I forgive them for the second one) but also because Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, a man that has built his career here in Sweden on drama, drama and drama is now the ultimate bad guy in a Hollywood film. How can one NOT look forward to this?  Very brave Mr. Nyqvist.

Of course I’m seeing all of these the moment they get released so get ready for some reviews. And as we can see my text didn’t get much shorter so the reviews w ll b  h rd  t  r  d.

 

Chris Gardner - Film

December 5, 2011

Sweden the conqueror

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The author Carl Sandburg once said “Nothing happens unless first we dream”. The reason why I’m sharing this is not because of the fact that his parents were Swedish immigrants. And It’s not me trying to turn the film blog into a poetry corner either. My focus is on the word dream and when most people in the film business dream, what do they dream of? Hollywood of course! Sadly that’s basically the furthest away from poetry you can come. However, that hasn’t stopped a lot of Swedish actors and actresses one bit. Looking now at Sweden from a film point of view it’s hotter than ever (the weather however is not).

It’s now little over two weeks until Uppsala Short Film Festival (If you haven’t voted yet for your favourite short, do it now or forever hold your peace). I’m getting very excited and feel lucky that I get the opportunity to cover the festival once again. At the same time I’m mentally and physically preparing myself for those 8-10 hours a day I’ll be sitting down watching films and writing about them. Then, in the middle of my “training”, with Eye Of The Tiger playing in the background, I read that Daniel Craig is in Uppsala now. I told him to wait for me. I guess he didn’t care. We are so not best friends any longer. My ex best friend was here shooting the Hollywood version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (couldn’t find an English link).

Meanwhile our girl with the dragon tattoo, Noomi Rapace, is busy in Hollywood. Not only has she landed a role in the upcoming Sherlock Holmes 2 with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, she is also on a short list of possible women for a Ridley Scott film.  And it’s not any Ridley Scott film. We are talking about a possible role in a new Alien movie. Apparently Ridley Scott wants to make a prequel to the other ones and she could be perfect for the role.

Staying on Noomi Rapace, her co-star from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Michael Nyqvist has landed a role most boys only dream of. He will be the bad guy in the new Mission Impossible movie. His mission, if he chooses to accept, will be to try to kill Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise. Lucky bastard.

Do I even have to bring up Alexander Skarsgård? He’s probably more known in the USA than Swedish meatballs. His roles in Generation Kill and True Blood has skyrocketed him to movie stardom. He is now shooting a film called Battleship. The project is directed by Peter Berg (Hancock, The Kingdom) and some of Skarsgård’s co-stars will be Liam Neeson and Rihanna(?).

If one young Skarsgård wasn’t enough in Hollywood, why not have two? His yonger brother, Gustaf Skarsgård, will be in the soon to be released The Way Back with Ed Harris and Colin Farrell. It’s directed by none other than Peter Weir (Truman Show).

I think I’m done name dropping for one night. I really think it’s great that so many Swedes are starting to conquer Hollywood. I just hope they brought a flag.

Chris Gardner - Film

October 8, 2010