As sharply engineered as a reel of razor wire, Shariff Korver’s “Do Not Hesitate” is not the first film to expose the sheer lunacy of sending callow, heavily armed young men, versed in a machismo that sees sensitivity as weakness, into hostile territory and expecting everything to work out fine. But Korver sets his film, which is the Dutch international Oscar selection, apart from the “Jarheads” and the “Full Metal Jackets” of the world with the precision of its craft and the narrowness of its focus. This time, the story is told as though through the sights of a sniper rifle.
Directly in the crosshairs, there’s Erik (major breakout Joes Brauers), a personable, level-headed young soldier and avid amateur drummer, who has been deployed to the Middle East on a peacekeeping mission. When their tricked-out transport vehicle stalls on a remote mountain path, Erik and a small squad...
Directly in the crosshairs, there’s Erik (major breakout Joes Brauers), a personable, level-headed young soldier and avid amateur drummer, who has been deployed to the Middle East on a peacekeeping mission. When their tricked-out transport vehicle stalls on a remote mountain path, Erik and a small squad...
- 12/21/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Do Not Hesitate Review — Do Not Hesitate (2021) Film Review from the 20th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie directed by Shariff Korver, starring Joes Brauers, Spencer Bogaert, Tobias Kersloot, and Omar Alwan. We all know “war is hell”. We’ve all seen that phrase plastered somewhere before. Clichéd as it [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: Do Not Hesitate: A Valiant Anti-War Effort, But Nothing New to Add [Tribeca 2021]...
- 6/22/2021
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
The Venezuelan helmer’s second feature will star actors Joes Brauers, Spencer Bogaert and Tobias Kersloot in the lead roles. Shariff Korver’s new project, a suspense-drama entitled Do Not Hesitate, is now in post-production. The director’s feature debut, the thriller The Intruder, world-premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014 and starred Nasrdin Dchar in the lead role. That flick revolved around the vicissitudes of a Dutch police officer called Sam, the son of a Moroccan family who is tasked with infiltrating a drug cartel. Korver’s new endeavour, penned in its entirety by Jolein Laarman, stars Joes Brauers, Spencer Bogaert and Tobias Kersloot in the lead roles. In detail, the plot follows three young soldiers who are left to guard a military vehicle by themselves after the sudden disappearance of their superior. As their situation...
The suspense drama from director Shariff Korver is in production.
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Do Not Hesitate, directed by Venezuela-born director Shariff Korver.
The story follows a Dutch military convoy working on a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. When three young soldiers guarding their vehicle on a desolate mountain road accidentally shoot and kill a goat, they don’t know if they can trust a 14-year-old goatherd following an ambush.
Described a suspenseful drama, the film is currently in production. Screen International can reveal the first image here.
TrustNordisk sales and project manager Silje Nikoline Glimsdal said:...
TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Do Not Hesitate, directed by Venezuela-born director Shariff Korver.
The story follows a Dutch military convoy working on a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East. When three young soldiers guarding their vehicle on a desolate mountain road accidentally shoot and kill a goat, they don’t know if they can trust a 14-year-old goatherd following an ambush.
Described a suspenseful drama, the film is currently in production. Screen International can reveal the first image here.
TrustNordisk sales and project manager Silje Nikoline Glimsdal said:...
- 11/6/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Morgan Freeman, Natassia Malthe, Leonor Varela, Mercedes de la Zerda, Jens Hultén, Priya Rajaratnam, Spencer Bogaert, Marcin Kowalczyk | Written by Albert Hughes, Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt | Directed by Albert Hughes
An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man’s best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.
It’s somewhat difficult to articulate a considerably insightful review of Alpha, not because its a poor film as such, but in the vein...
An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man’s best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.
It’s somewhat difficult to articulate a considerably insightful review of Alpha, not because its a poor film as such, but in the vein...
- 1/7/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Morgan Freeman, Natassia Malthe, Leonor Varela, Mercedes de la Zerda, Jens Hultén, Priya Rajaratnam, Spencer Bogaert, Marcin Kowalczyk | Written by Albert Hughes, Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt | Directed by Albert Hughes
An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man’s best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.
It’s somewhat difficult to articulate a considerably insightful review of Alpha, not because its a poor film as such, but in the vein...
An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man’s best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.
It’s somewhat difficult to articulate a considerably insightful review of Alpha, not because its a poor film as such, but in the vein...
- 9/13/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 100 pairs of advance-screening IMAX movie passes up for grabs to the new film “Alpha” starring Kodi Smit-McPhee!
“Alpha,” which opens on Aug. 17, 2018 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Natassia Malthe, Leonor Varela, Spencer Bogaert, Priya Rajaratnam and Jens Hultén from writer and director Albert Hughes and writer Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt.
To win your free passes to “Alpha” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
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“Alpha,” which opens on Aug. 17, 2018 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Natassia Malthe, Leonor Varela, Spencer Bogaert, Priya Rajaratnam and Jens Hultén from writer and director Albert Hughes and writer Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt.
To win your free passes to “Alpha” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
Deadline: Entries can continue being submitted through Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 at 10 a.m. Cst. These Hookup winners will be awarded via e-mail on that date.
- 8/13/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Solutrean, which will be the first film to come out of the Sony-owned Studio 8, has finished up casting. Kodi-Smit McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) will star in the film, with Jóhannes Haukur Johannesson (A.D. The Bible Continues), Jens Hultén (Skyfall), Natasha Wilson (Darc), Marcin Kowalczyk (The Lure) and Spencer Bogaert (Vincent) also joining the cast.
Directed by Albert Hughes, the movie will detail the story of a hunting expedition gone horribly wrong, with its lead characters on an epic mission of survival to make it back home amidst a harsh and brutal landscape. Specifically, the title “Solutrean” is a nod to a hypothesis written by scholars who believe that Europeans settled America somewhere around 20,000 years ago.
The genesis of the project? Hughes came up with the idea and went to Studio 8’s Jeff Robinov who, in a previous incarnation, represented the filmmaker when the...
Directed by Albert Hughes, the movie will detail the story of a hunting expedition gone horribly wrong, with its lead characters on an epic mission of survival to make it back home amidst a harsh and brutal landscape. Specifically, the title “Solutrean” is a nod to a hypothesis written by scholars who believe that Europeans settled America somewhere around 20,000 years ago.
The genesis of the project? Hughes came up with the idea and went to Studio 8’s Jeff Robinov who, in a previous incarnation, represented the filmmaker when the...
- 2/19/2016
- by Mitchel Broussard
- We Got This Covered
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jahannes Haukur Johannesson, Jens Hulten, Natasha Wilson, Marcin Kowalczyk and Spencer Bogaert have joined the cast of "The Book of Eli" filmmaker Albert Hughes' Ice Age epic "The Solutrean" at Studio 8.
The story follows a hunting expedition gone bad and the tale of survival through dangerous conditions to get home. The title refers to a hypothesis that Europeans settled America some 20,000 years ago.
The project will be shot in IMAX-3D and is scheduled to go before the cameras this Monday in Canada and Iceland. Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt penned the script while Hughes is producing with Andrew Rona.
Source: Deadline...
The story follows a hunting expedition gone bad and the tale of survival through dangerous conditions to get home. The title refers to a hypothesis that Europeans settled America some 20,000 years ago.
The project will be shot in IMAX-3D and is scheduled to go before the cameras this Monday in Canada and Iceland. Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt penned the script while Hughes is producing with Andrew Rona.
Source: Deadline...
- 2/19/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It is the latest feature from director Christophe van Rompaey, whose 2008 film Moscow, Belgium won three awards in Cannes Critics Week that year.
Beta Cinema will begin pre sales on Vincent And The End Of The World at Cannes.
Directed by Christophe van Rompaey and written by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem - the director/writer team behind Cannes award winning Moscow, Belgium, - the dramatic comedy about a 17 year old ecologist (played by Spencer Bogaert) who drives his family crazy with his bid to reduce their carbon footprint, is currently shooting.
The cast of the French-Belgium co-production also includes Alexandra Lamy, Barbara Sarafian (who starred in Moscow, Belgium) and Geert van Rampelberg.
Beta Cinema’s 2015 Cannes slate includes the international market premiere of Sergio Castellitto’s You Can’t Save Yourself Alone, Colonia starring Emma Watson and Daniel Bruehl and the market premieres of Ghosthunters On Icy Trails and The Pasta Detectives.
“I am so happy...
Beta Cinema will begin pre sales on Vincent And The End Of The World at Cannes.
Directed by Christophe van Rompaey and written by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem - the director/writer team behind Cannes award winning Moscow, Belgium, - the dramatic comedy about a 17 year old ecologist (played by Spencer Bogaert) who drives his family crazy with his bid to reduce their carbon footprint, is currently shooting.
The cast of the French-Belgium co-production also includes Alexandra Lamy, Barbara Sarafian (who starred in Moscow, Belgium) and Geert van Rampelberg.
Beta Cinema’s 2015 Cannes slate includes the international market premiere of Sergio Castellitto’s You Can’t Save Yourself Alone, Colonia starring Emma Watson and Daniel Bruehl and the market premieres of Ghosthunters On Icy Trails and The Pasta Detectives.
“I am so happy...
- 5/12/2015
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
The lineups for the Mavericks, Discovery, and Tiff Kids parts of the Toronto Film Festival were announced, wrapping up a series of lineup announcements for the Toronto International Film Festival.
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
- 8/19/2014
- by Jacob Shamsian
- EW - Inside Movies
Bill Murray is coming to Toronto folks. Actually, the film he stars in (Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent) is having its official World Premiere launch at the jaw-dropping 285 feature film 2014 Tiff line-up. In the final batch of items we finally get the confirmation that 2014′s Palme d’Or Winner Winter Sleep (which gets added along with a trio of others to the Masters Programme) will show, and Tomm Moore’s highly anticipated Song of the Sea (among the four item line-up for Tiff Kids) also lands. Worth mentioning are the sprinkling of add-ons to the various other sections (Marjane Satrapi’s Sundance preemed The Voices, Matt Shakman’s Cut Bank and the world preem of Danis Tanovic’s Tigers) with a Studio Ghibli docu item being fitted into the Tiff Docs, but it is the Discovery Programme that finally takes shape.
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
- 8/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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