L.A. shingle to produce pic by Spanish talent
Building a bridge between Spain and Hollywood, Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra has founded L.A.-based Ombra Films to produce low-budget, English-language horror, thriller and fantasy films. U.S. actors will star in the pics, which will be made by Spanish directorial and technical talent. "I want to do something from Spain without having to go through remakes" said Collet-Serra. Pics will lense in Spain but screenplays could be of any origin, Collet-Serra told Daily Variety at the Sitges Festival.
Ombra's prexy is Juan Sola, Collet-Serra's longtime friend. Ombra will make one to two films per year, mixing financing from the U.S. and Europe, including Spanish national and regional state aid. A first project could be announced in early 2011, he added. Impetus to form Ombra is Collet-Serra's belief in the deep well of genre talent in Spain and the reduction in budgetary levels for genre fare thanks to new technologies. "There's a new generation coming up, and it shouldn't be as hard for them to make movies that are seen worldwide," Collet-Serra said. Ombra's films will be "more economical, digitally shot and more personal genre films," he added.
Among Spain's most successful directors in Hollywood, Collet-Serra is now in post-production on "Unknown White Male," starring Liam Neeson. Collecting an honorific Gran Premi award and tubthumping "Our Day Will Come," which he produced and toplines, France's Vincent Cassel told the Spanish press he is co-writing a romantic comedy. Kim Chapiron ("Dog Pound") will direct; Cassel and Monica Bellucci co-star.
Actor-director and makeup and SFX pioneer Tom Savini and "Masters of Horror" series creator Mick Garris both picked up Time Machine awards.
The fest runs Oct. 7-17.
Building a bridge between Spain and Hollywood, Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra has founded L.A.-based Ombra Films to produce low-budget, English-language horror, thriller and fantasy films. U.S. actors will star in the pics, which will be made by Spanish directorial and technical talent. "I want to do something from Spain without having to go through remakes" said Collet-Serra. Pics will lense in Spain but screenplays could be of any origin, Collet-Serra told Daily Variety at the Sitges Festival.
Ombra's prexy is Juan Sola, Collet-Serra's longtime friend. Ombra will make one to two films per year, mixing financing from the U.S. and Europe, including Spanish national and regional state aid. A first project could be announced in early 2011, he added. Impetus to form Ombra is Collet-Serra's belief in the deep well of genre talent in Spain and the reduction in budgetary levels for genre fare thanks to new technologies. "There's a new generation coming up, and it shouldn't be as hard for them to make movies that are seen worldwide," Collet-Serra said. Ombra's films will be "more economical, digitally shot and more personal genre films," he added.
Among Spain's most successful directors in Hollywood, Collet-Serra is now in post-production on "Unknown White Male," starring Liam Neeson. Collecting an honorific Gran Premi award and tubthumping "Our Day Will Come," which he produced and toplines, France's Vincent Cassel told the Spanish press he is co-writing a romantic comedy. Kim Chapiron ("Dog Pound") will direct; Cassel and Monica Bellucci co-star.
Actor-director and makeup and SFX pioneer Tom Savini and "Masters of Horror" series creator Mick Garris both picked up Time Machine awards.
The fest runs Oct. 7-17.
Fearnet.com Interview
April 28, 2009
She Did What?!? Director Jaume Collet-Serra on 'Orphan'
by Lawrence P. RaffelApril 28, 2009
He's a nice guy, so mild-mannered and unassuming! These are the words we’ve heard used to describe House of Wax and Orphan director Jaume Collet-Serra. So we wanted to find out what it's like encouraging children to do the unspeakable and how 'heavy' Orphan actually gets. We have our priorities. And according to Jaume, 'We're talking very heavy', which to be honest, is just the way we like it. Hit the jump for our full interview!
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ShockTillYouDrop.com Exclusive Interview
April 20, 2009
Orphan's Jaume Collet-Serra
Source: Ryan Rotten, Managing EditorApril 20, 2009
The latest is a film called Orphan from Warner Bros. and Dark Castle. Director Jaume Collet-Serra directs this story of parents (Very Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) who lose an unborn child and adopt Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), a little girl who is not at all what she seems. Read more...
Dark Castle and producer Joel Silver have set Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax) to direct their thriller Unknown White Male, which will be based on the Didier Van Cauwelaert novel "Out of My Head." Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell wrote the script. Joel Silver is producing with Leonard Goldberg.
Plot Concept: The story follows a doctor and his wife who go to Berlin for a medical conference. After a car accident, he awakes from a coma to discover that another man has assumed his identity.
Plot Concept: The story follows a doctor and his wife who go to Berlin for a medical conference. After a car accident, he awakes from a coma to discover that another man has assumed his identity.