German-Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer Fatih Akin has signed a first-look deal with WarnerMedia, the first such agreement the filmmaker has made in his career.
The multi-year deal will cover German and Turkish language movies and series for theatrical release, TV and for HBO Max.
Akin and WarnerMedia…
After taking the Best Actress prize for Diane Kruger in Cannes last May, Fatih Akin's In The Fade scooped the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film tonight. This is the German director's first win and beat out other Cannes favorites The Square and Loveless as well as Angelina Jolie's First They Killed My Father…
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Magnolia Pictures has already set a December 27 theatrical release for Fatih Akin’s thriller In the Fade, which earned star Diane Kruger the Best Actress trophy at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It is Germany’s entry into the Oscar Foreign Language race.
The Germany-born Kruger, in her first German-language role…
The Grey Goose Cocktails & Conversation Moderated by Deadline panel series at the Toronto Film Festival wraps up today at 11:15 AM ET with In The Fade, the new movie from German director Fatih Akin. The gritty drama centers on Katja (Diane Kruger), a grief-stricken woman struggling with the emotional aftermath of a…
Fatih Akin’s In The Fade, the German drama for which Diane Kruger won the Best Actress award in Cannes last May, has been selected as the country’s submission to the Foreign Language Oscar race this year. The film, set in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing, was chosen by an independent jury out of 11 candidates.
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Diane Kruger has been set to star in Fatih Akin's In the Fade (Aus Dem Nichts), the helmer’s next film after Why We Took The Car. It will mark the first German-language project for Kruger (Inglourious Basterds, FX’s The Bridge), who was born in Germany. It begins shooting in the fall in Akin’s hometown of Hamburg…