A trailer has arrived online for director Jeremy Sims’ upcoming remake of the 2015 Icelandic comedy drama Rams which stars Sam Neill and Michael Caton as estranged sheep farming brothers who find their long-standing feud come to a head when disaster strikes their flocks; watch it here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek4lJ7ZtdOsIn remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam […]
Icelandic dramedy Rams is getting an English-language remake
According to Variety, the UK’s WestEndFilms is teaming up with Australia’s WBMC for an English language remake of the Icelandic dramedy Rams. The project is being penned by screenwriter Jules Duncan, and is slated to shoot in Western Australia.Directed by Grimur Hakonarson, the original film takes place in a remote Icelandic farming valley and follows two […]
Interview: Grímur Hákonarson talks Rams
Matthew Lee chats with Rams writer-director Grímur Hákonarson…The winner of last years Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival, Rams continues its success with an abundance of critical praise from across the globe. It tells the story of brothers Gummi and Kiddi, who haven’t spoken to each other in 40 years, slowly reconcile to prevent the culling of […]
Movie Review – Rams (2015)
Rams, 2015.Directed by Grímur Hákonarson. Starring Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving, Jon Benonysson, Gunnar Jónsson, Þorleifur Einarsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson and Rundur Ragnarsson. SYNOPSIS:In a remote Icelandic farming valley, brothers Gummi and Kiddi, who haven’t spoken to each other in over 40 years, come together to protect their sheep from an outbreak of scrapie.The farming […]
