Big
Game is directed by Jalmari Helander and also stars Felicity Huffman, Victor
Garber, Ted Levine, Jim Broadbent and Ray Stevenson.
Press
Release:
London,
24 October 2013 … The first image from the set of Jalmari Helander’s BIG GAME
features Samuel L. Jackson as “The President” and Onni Tommila as his 13-year
old sidekick “Oskari” as captured on location in Bavaria.
Joining
the cast in the final weeks of the shoot are Felicity Huffman (Transamerica,
Desperate Housewives) playing “The CIA Director”, Victor Garber (Titanic, Argo)
playing “U.S. Vice President” and Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs,
American Gangster) as “General Underwood.” Samuel L. Jackson and Onni Tommila
(Rare Exports) take the leading roles and other previously announced co-stars include
British talent Jim Broadbent (Iris, The Iron Lady) and Ray Stevenson (Thor, GI
Joe: Retaliation) and, from Germany, Mehmet Kurtulus (Short Sharp Shock).
An
adrenaline-fuelled action adventure, BIG GAME is written and directed by
Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale) and is nearing the end of its
eight-week shoot on locations across Bavaria and at Bavaria Film Studios.
When
Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United
States stranded in the wilderness, there is only one person around who can save
him – a 13-year old boy called Oskari.
In
the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Oskari
had been planning to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful
man on the planet in an escape pod.
With
the terrorists closing in to capture their own “Big Game” prize, the unlikely
duo must team up to escape their hunters. As anxious Pentagon officials observe
the action via satellite feed, it is up to the President and his new side-kick
to prove themselves and survive the most extraordinary 24 hours of their lives.
Based
on a story by Jalmari Helander and Petri Jokiranta, BIG GAME combines the
universal rite-of passage theme of iconic 80′s films, such as E.T. and The
Karate Kidwith the visceral thrill of high-concept action classics such as Die
Hard and Taken. The Director of Photography is Mika Orasmaa (Rare Exports, Iron
Sky) with Scanline VFX (Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Iron Man) on board for all
special effects.
As
director and co-writer, Jalmari Helander comments: “BIG GAME is an action
adventure story on an epic scale. I’m delighted to be taking this genre on as
it has always been very close to my heart, as action-packed adventure stories
contain the elements that I believe make movies that are worth watching.”
A
Finnish-German-UK co-production, Petri Jokiranta produces under the Subzero
banner, alongside Will Clarke and Andy Mayson for Altitude Film Entertainment,
with Jens Meurer of Egoli Tossell Film as the German producer. Alex Garland (28
Days Later, Dredd) is executive producer. Financiers include: Finnish Film
Foundation; YLE; Nordisk Film & TV Fond; Visionplus Fund; Bavarian Film
Partners; Bavarian Film and Television Fund (FFFBayern); German Federal Film
Fund (DFFF), along with Comerica Bank Entertainment Group and KfW
Bankengruppe.Development and bridge-financing has been provided by Headgear,
Film House Germany and Merg Films. BIG GAME is the first international project
to have received backing from FFF Bayern’s special programme for international
co-productions.
Altitude
Film Sales is handling worldwide sales, with Altitude and WME jointly
representing the North American rights. Entertainment One has taken all rights
to the film for the UK, Ascot Elite for all German-speaking territories and
Nordisk for Scandinavia.
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