Focus Features last month acquired global rights to Profile, the well-regarded thriller directed and written by Timur Bekmambetov that sets its action entirely on a computer screen. The format is called Screenlife, which Bekmambetov pioneered and first put to use with 2014’s Unfriended, which grossed about $65 million…
Focus Features has taken global rights to Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov’s thriller Profile, which made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in 2018 and won the Audience Award there. A theatrical release date of May 14 has been set. Universal Pictures will distribute internationally, excluding…
As the Berlin Film Festival draws to a close, prizes are rolling out across the vast array of sections and titles. The main Golden and Silver Bears will come this evening, but in the meantime the Panorama section and the independent juries have set their winners (see running lists below). Notable among Competition and…
EXCLUSIVE: Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian-Kazakh director best known for directing James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie action flick Wanted, is back in Berlin to show his latest drama, Profile. Watch an exclusive clip above.
The film is making its world premiere as part of the festival's Panorama section, tomorrow…
