Entertainment One in the UK has acquired the rights to BLACK´S GAME - a thrilling and fast tale of the Icelandic underworld.
During the 90´s a series of events shook Iceland profoundly. What had been a relatively innocent playground for petty criminals and "hobby pushers" progressed into an organized and violent industry - BLACK´S GAME takes you to the vein of crime.
Executive producer Nicolas Winding Refn (DRIVE, 2011) about the project: "As a fan of the gangster genre I saw in BLACK´S GAME a true freshness that kindled my interest in the gangster genre in the first place".
A recent graduate from Tisch School of the Arts in New York, Óscar Thór Axelsson´s is both director and script writer on BLACK´S GAME, which is his feature film debut.
“We are very pleased to be working with TrustNordisk, Oscar and Nicolas on this exciting title”, says Acquisitions Manager Jo Sweby.
TrustNordisk starts presales in Toronto.
BLACK'S GAME
The last few years of the millennium marked a transformational period for the Icelandic underworld. What had been a relatively innocent playground for petty criminals and "hobby pushers" progressed into the organized and violent industry that prevails today.
BLACK'S GAME takes place during turbulent times, using as framework a handful of real events from the period; the Ecstasy revolution, two armed bank heists, a large scale insurance scam and the biggest drug-bust in the country's history. All these events shook Icelandic society profoundly, not least because of the high level of professionalism.
BLACK´S GAME is produced by Thor S. Sigurjonsson, Skuli Fr. Malmquist and Arnar Knutsson. Executive producers are Nicolas Winding Refn (DRIVE, 2011) and Chris Briggs (Eli Roth´s HOSTEL, 2005).