Vendôme Pictures Taps Morten Tyldum to Direct "Ibelin"
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- Published on Monday, 14 November 2022 10:28
- Written by A&E Contributing Editor
Academy Award-winning studio, Vendôme Pictures (CODA) today announced the real-life story of Mats Steen, who went by 'Ibelin' in the gaming world is under development. Academy Award nominee Morten Tyldum will direct and Kyle Killen will pen the script.
Vendôme Pictures' Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi are producing alongside Tyldum and Guri Neby (The Monkey and the Mouth, "Delete Me") for Neby-Tyldum AS. Principal photography will take place in the U.S. with production dates yet to be set.
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When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, his parents Robert and Trude mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life for their disabled son. But something unexpected happened on the day of his funeral: people from all over Europe showed up, giving heartfelt speeches about how Mats had touched, enriched, and changed their lives, and helped create a community that transcended age, geography, and time.
Tyldum said: "Ever since hearing about Mats and meeting his family, this is a story I felt needed to be shared with the world. Making this story into a film with such an extraordinarily talented writer as Kyle Killen, and producing together with the exceptional Philippe Rousselet at Vendôme and my long time producing partner, Guri Neby, feels like a dream."
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Philippe Rousselet said: "Ibelin, like CODA was, is a very special, rare, simple and yet very moving story. I fell in love with it from the moment Morten and Guri told me all about Mats' life story. Now, I just can't wait to share it with the world and between Kyle and Morten, could not be more excited about our creative team."
Tyldum is an award-winning director and producer best known for his work on The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, which earned him a 2015 Academy Award nomination for Best Director. His other feature credits include: Headhunters with Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and the limited series "Defending Jacob" for Apple TV+.
The deals were brokered by Jackie Eckhouse and Emmanuelle Berdugo of Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo. for Vendôme; Michael Schenkman of Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher for Neby-Tyldum AS and Morten Tyldum; and Danny Greenberg (WME) for Kyle Killen. Tyldum is repped by CAA, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, Black Bear Management and Anonymous Content and Michael Schenkman. Killen is repped by WME, Syndicate Entertainment and Black Bear Management.
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Vendôme is a leading global independent production company with a strong track record and production activities across both Europe and the U.S. The company produced the 2022 Academy Award Best Picture winner, CODA, which was directed by Siân Heder and starred Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant and Eugenio Derbez. CODA also claimed multiple wins at the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards, Movie of the Year at the AFI Awards and the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards. In March, Vendôme Pictures and Pathé partnered with Tony Award®-winning Deaf West Theatre to develop the stage musical adaptation of the film.
About Vendôme Group:
Vendôme Group is a leading global independent production company with a strong track record and production activities across both Europe and the U.S. Philippe Rousselet is the founder, chairman and co-CEO of the holding company that owns Vendôme Films, Vendôme Pictures and holds a 50% stake in Jerico Films and Prelude. Fabrice Gianfermi is co-CEO of the Vendôme Group entities.
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A cross-Atlantic approach has enabled Vendôme to develop universally appealing projects that can be produced in a financially efficient way, maximizing foreign pre-sales opportunities with European distributors and TV channels. The company works with Pathé Films to fully finance and develop English-language films for theatrical release in France and distribution worldwide.
Vendôme Films has produced more than 25 French-language films to date including: Room of Wonders; Schoolmates!; Adieu Monsieur Haffman; Hear Me Out; La Scala; Women on the Sixth Floor; Paris-Manhattan; Haute Cuisine; Dad in Training; How I Met My Father; Two is a Family; and In and Out. Alongside French production company Jerico Films, they co-produced a slate that includes: Radin!, Promise at Dawn, Remi sans famille, Small Country and La Famille Bélier, which won three Césars and was nominated for a further nine. In conjunction with French production company Prelude, they also co-produced The Lost Prince.
Vendôme Pictures develops, finances and produces commercially viable English language motion pictures with strong international appeal. In addition to CODA, the company's diverse slate of acclaimed films includes: What Happened to Monday for Netflix; Tom Hanks' Larry Crowne; Duncan Jones' Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal which earned $150 million at the box office; Andrew Niccol's Lord of War with Nicolas Cage; and the Idris Elba starrer The Take.
Vendôme continues to build an impressive television slate, with French and English speaking projects including "Code Name Hélène" in partnership with Anonymous Content and starring Elizabeth Debicki. The company also recently launched a new documentary division focused on pop culture subjects in both English and French.
