EXCLUSIVE: German production and sales outfit Augenschein, best known so far for thrillers Stowaway and 7500, is at the Cannes market talking to buyers about new thriller Islands (working title), which is due to star Control and Maleficent actor Sam Riley.
Cologne-based Augenschein is making the movie in co-production with German studio Leonine which has also taken German distribution rights.
Funding comes from Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the FFA, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the DFFF. Islands tells the story of Tom, a one-time tennis pro who, years ago, washed up on a holiday island.
Now he’s the coach at a hotel resort, hitting countless balls over the net to tourists who come to escape their everyday lives.
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