EXCLUSIVE: Swedish director Amir Chamdin, whose drama Partisan won Best Series at the 2020 Canneseries market, has signed on to direct Corleone, an action-thriller set in the United States and Sicily.
Written by Sandro Lorino, Rich Ronat and Nate Adams, the film is based on a story by Sandro Lorino and and Antonio Lorino, and tells the story of a family man with a mysterious past, whose peaceful life is upended when he becomes entangled in a deathly cat-and-mouse game with the first female boss of the Cosa Nostra.
Production is being lined up for March, with casting currently underway. The film is being produced by Richard Salvatore (Stolen Girl), Nate Adams (Vanquish), and Sandro Lorino and Norbert Krott for Lorino Pictures. Executive producers include Fabio Costabile (Skincare) and Dirk Schweitzer (Operation Napoleon).
Chamdin most recently directed ballet Gustavia, which premiered at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm this past October. His screen credits include Börje and Partisan.
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“When Sandro presented us with this screenplay based on an unbelievable true story, it was an immediate yes,” said producer Richard Salvatore, the veteran U.S. producer whose credits include The Big Wedding and The Comeback Trail. “Corleone, Sicily, is world-famous thanks to The Godfather. The difference here is that Sandro and his father are actually from Corleone, lending the story a deeply personal and authentic foundation.”
Chamdin said: “This film is not just a thrilling story but also a deeply personal one for its creators. Molded into a tense thriller in the vein of classic Lumet or Frankenheimer films, I knew right away that I had to make this movie. With this powerful non-stop page-turner of a script, it was an opportunity impossible to pass on“.
Salvatore’s upcoming projects include Stolen Girl, starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Eastwood, and Off the Grid, starring Josh Duhamel and Greg Kinnear. Adams most recently finished showrunning the TV Series Mr. Birchum and has produced films including The 24 Hour War and Morgan Freeman’s Vanquish.
Lorino is the former head buyer for broadcast giant RTL and head of production & marketing at Splendid Film. Costabile has been an assistant producer on movies Kill ‘Em All 2 and the upcoming Stolen Girl. German vet Schweitzer, most recently a producer on action-thriller Operation Napoleon, was CEO of Splendid Medien, Managing Director of the Tele München Group, CEO of Universum, and head of acquisitions & sales at European broadcaster RTL Group.
Chamdin is represented by Martina Österling at Scandinavian firm Albatros Agency.
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