EXCLUSIVE: Famend Danish producer Kim Magnusson has boarded I’m Not a Robotic, the Oscar-shortlisted live-action brief from rising Dutch filmmaker Victoria Warmerdam, as an government producer, with plans to assist Magnusson adapt the movie for the large display.
As we have been first to report, Eric Martin, head author and government producer for Loki Season 2, may even produce alongside Tobias Weymar, via their Rearview Footage, together with the producer of the brief, Trent of the Netherlands-based OAK Movement Footage.
Within the brief — certainly one of 15 named final month to the Oscars’ shortlist for Dwell-Motion Quick — music producer Lara faces an existential disaster after repeatedly failing a routine CAPTCHA take a look at, main her to query whether or not she may truly be a robotic. As her day spirals uncontrolled, she desperately searches for solutions in a darkly comedic exploration of identification and self-perception.
We’re informed the function will delve deeper into themes of identification, know-how, and self-perception whereas retaining the darkly comedic and absurd tone that outlined the brief. Warmerdam will once more direct from her personal script. The challenge is supported by the Netherlands Movie Fund, the TorinoFilmLab, ACE Producers, and FilmForward.
The winner of Greatest Quick on the 2023 Sitges Movie Competition, amongst quite a few different accolades, the brief been chosen for over 100 festivals worldwide. Backed by The New Yorker, it was made potential via the assist of the Netherlands Movie Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, the Belgian Tax Shelter, and Henry Gillett of The Y-Home Movies.
“Collaborating with Kim is an amazing honor for us,” stated OAK Movement Footage’ Trent. “His experience and keenness for darkish humor, genre-bending narratives, and authentic storytelling align completely with the imaginative and prescient for the function adaptation. Having Kim as a part of this journey elevates the challenge in each means.”
Added Magnusson, the winner of Academy Awards for the movies Election Evening and Helium, who over the course of his profession has scored seven nominations in whole, “I’m Not a Robotic is such a hanging and authentic story, mixing humor and social commentary in a means that feels each recent and impactful. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with Victoria and the gifted workforce at OAK Movement Footage, and I’m thrilled to be a part of bringing this story to life as a function movie.”
