Valkyrie

[Sebastos]

So the film is back on? That's great to hear.

 

[Cinemaman]

Great news

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605

News

Germany Says Valkyrie Not Banned
Source: Variety
June 29, 2007


Variety says that despite calls by some German officials to ban Bryan Singer's World War II drama Valkyrie from shooting at government locations -- due to Tom Cruise's ties to Scientology -- the project is getting plenty of support from the local film industry and looks likely to get the greenlight from authorities to film at historical sites in the country.

In the film, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Cruise is set to play German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, a national hero who was executed in 1944 for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler in a plot code-named Valkyrie.

The courtyard in which Stauffenberg and his fellow conspirators were shot is now a memorial, but the building in which it's located, the Bendlerblock, also houses part of the German Ministry of Defense.

That, and not Cruise's affiliation to Scientology, poses the main hurdle to a film permit for Singer and his crew, according to Dirk Kuehnau, head of the Bundesanstalt fuer Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA), the company in charge of government buildings.

"In this country, we have constitutionally guaranteed rights," Kuehnau said. "Articles four and five of the constitution protect freedom of faith and creed and freedom of expression. I don't think those rights would be denied a film actor."

If anything, it would be the lights and cables and camera teams that could disrupt work at the Defense Ministry, Kuehnau said, adding that if an arrangement is found where filming does not interfere with government business, a filming permit should be no problem.

Contrary to earlier reports, the defense minister has not banned the project from shooting at the site. In fact, the Defense Ministry, which would lease the building, does not have the right to grant or reject filming permits -- that is up to BIMA.

 

[Sava]

great

 

[Retroman]

Germany Defense Ministry spokesman Harald Kammerbauer says the country is refusing to let the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie film at German military sites because of Tom Cruise's belief in Scientology. In the film, based on true events, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of WWII.

"[Filmmakers] will not be allowed to film at German military sites if Count Stauffenberg is played by Tom Cruise, who has publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult," Kammerbauer said. "In general, the Bundeswehr (German military) has a special interest in the serious and authentic portrayal of the events of July 20, 1944 and Stauffenberg's person."

Contrary to earlier reports, the defense minister has not banned the project from shooting at the site. In fact, the Defense Ministry, which would lease the building, does not have the right to grant or reject filming permits -- that is up to BIMA.

Owned.

Oh and btw Cruise was here yesterday promoting Lions For Lambs. He got asked about Valkyrie and he said that got sweaty just reading the script. He also praised his co-star Carice Van Houten.

 

[Sebastos]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605

News

Germany Says Valkyrie Not Banned
Source: Variety
June 29, 2007


Variety says that despite calls by some German officials to ban Bryan Singer's World War II drama Valkyrie from shooting at government locations -- due to Tom Cruise's ties to Scientology -- the project is getting plenty of support from the local film industry and looks likely to get the greenlight from authorities to film at historical sites in the country.

In the film, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Cruise is set to play German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, a national hero who was executed in 1944 for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler in a plot code-named Valkyrie.

The courtyard in which Stauffenberg and his fellow conspirators were shot is now a memorial, but the building in which it's located, the Bendlerblock, also houses part of the German Ministry of Defense.

That, and not Cruise's affiliation to Scientology, poses the main hurdle to a film permit for Singer and his crew, according to Dirk Kuehnau, head of the Bundesanstalt fuer Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA), the company in charge of government buildings.

"In this country, we have constitutionally guaranteed rights," Kuehnau said. "Articles four and five of the constitution protect freedom of faith and creed and freedom of expression. I don't think those rights would be denied a film actor."

If anything, it would be the lights and cables and camera teams that could disrupt work at the Defense Ministry, Kuehnau said, adding that if an arrangement is found where filming does not interfere with government business, a filming permit should be no problem.

Contrary to earlier reports, the defense minister has not banned the project from shooting at the site. In fact, the Defense Ministry, which would lease the building, does not have the right to grant or reject filming permits -- that is up to BIMA.

Fantastic news.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Glad hearing the shooting date hasn't been delayed.

 

[Sebastos]

Has there been any news on recent cast additions?

 

[TheProfessor]

Does anyone else have a feeling that Tom Wilkinson is gonna play Hitler? I dont know if it was already talked about on their thread, but whenever i see his name on the cast list, all I see him as is Hitler, just the mustache on him and i think hed b good.

 

[Stevens25]

Has it been mentioned yet who will be playing Adolf Hitler? I'd LOVE to see Bruno Ganz. He's a great German actor who played the Fuhrer in the 2005 film "Der Untergang." He was brilliant.

 

[Cinemaman]

I have feeling they aren't going to show us Hitler, what is not so important in such movies as this one (just think about how great was Schindler's List without him).

 

[scifiwolf]

I think they'll show Hitler, but I think it'd be cool if they didn't. Not showing him on screen would really emphasize his inaccessibility. But it would all depend on the structure of the script, whose stories are specifically being told. All the other stuff aside, I'm really excited for this movie. If it's done right, this may finally nab Tom his elusive Oscar.

 

[Sava]

I think they'll show Hitler, but I think it'd be cool if they didn't. Not showing him on screen would really emphasize his inaccessibility. But it would all depend on the structure of the script, whose stories are specifically being told. All the other stuff aside, I'm really excited for this movie. If it's done right, this may finally nab Tom his elusive Oscar.

Tom will never win an Oscar, they hate Scientology too much to give it to him.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Germany backs Cruise's anti-Hitler film


BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) said Thursday it endorsed a subsidy worth 6.5 million dollars to subsidize a controversial new film in which Tom Cruise plays a German hero -- Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg -- executed for trying to kill Hitler, according to media reports.

"Yes, it's been approved," said Christine Berg, DFFF project head at the Federal Film Board (FFA). "The application was submitted, the criteria for the grant were fulfilled and the project was approved."

But the film's efforts to use a memorial site where the Nazis shot Stauffenberg was thwarted.

The subsidies are available to any film as long as a German-based producer is involved and certain percentages of the costs fall in Germany.

One of the officials said the grant should reduce fears that Germany is fundamentally opposed to Cruise playing Stauffenberg because of the actor's membership of Scientology.

The government regards Scientology as a cult masquerading as a religion to make money, which is a view rejected by its leaders.

 

[Sebastos]

^ Cool news.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22094

Valkyrie Targets 8-8-08
Source: ComingSoon.net
July 17, 2007


United Artists is targeting an August 8, 2008 release for the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten and Eddie Izzard.

In the thriller, based on actual events and written by Nathan Alexander and Christopher McQuarrie, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of World War II.

Valkyrie started filming on Monday, July 16 in Germany.

Also scheduled for the same release date are: New Line's Journey 3-D, starring Brendan Fraser; Sony comedy Pineapple Express, with Seth Rogen and James Franco; Walt Disney Pictures' South of the Border, directed by Raja Gosnell and featuring Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis; and Warner Bros. ' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

 

[Cinemaman]

Though I can't wait for this movie, I must admit it's not the best release date for such amazing thriller

 

[Mr. Socko]

The movie has a great cast so far. Singer reuniting with the writers of US instead of those stupid hacks Doughtery and the other one, so this should turn out really good.

 

[Cinemaman]

^^^

Actually, Dougherty is a really good screenwriter. His new film (which was directed by him) looks awesome.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

The movie has a great cast so far. Singer reuniting with the writers of US instead of those stupid hacks Doughtery and the other one, so this should turn out really good.

Tell me about it. Had Superman had actual writing quality, the film would be one of the best comic book movies of all time, because the direction is top notch for the most part.

 

[Sebastos]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22094

Valkyrie Targets 8-8-08
Source: ComingSoon.net
July 17, 2007


United Artists is targeting an August 8, 2008 release for the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten and Eddie Izzard.

In the thriller, based on actual events and written by Nathan Alexander and Christopher McQuarrie, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of World War II.

Valkyrie started filming on Monday, July 16 in Germany.

Also scheduled for the same release date are: New Line's Journey 3-D, starring Brendan Fraser; Sony comedy Pineapple Express, with Seth Rogen and James Franco; Walt Disney Pictures' South of the Border, directed by Raja Gosnell and featuring Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis; and Warner Bros. ' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

Very interesting release date.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228

Valkyrie Begins Principal Photography in Berlin
Source: United Artists
July 19, 2007


United Artists Entertainment LLC announced the start of principal photography today in Berlin on the international production of Valkyrie, a suspense thriller based on the true story of the daring German officers' plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

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Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, X-Men, X2: X-Men: United) and written by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, The Way of the Gun) and Nathan Alexander, Valkyrie reunites Singer and McQuarrie for the first time since their ground-breaking 1995 thriller The Usual Suspects.

Superstar Tom Cruise heads an international cast as Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, the aristocratic German officer who led the heroic attempt to bring down the Nazi regime and end the war by planting a bomb in Hitler's bunker. Also starring are Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom), Carice van Houten (Black Book), Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Thirteen), Christian Berkel (Black Book), Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong), and Terrence Stamp (Billy Budd, Superman, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace).

The film is being produced by Singer, McQuarrie, and Gilbert Adler (Superman Returns, Constantine), with Chris Lee (Superman Returns) executive producing. Joining Singer behind the camera is a talented production team that includes director of photography Newton Thomas Sigel (Superman Returns, X2), costume designer Joanna Johnston (Munich, War of the Worlds), and editor John Ottman (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Superman Returns).

The "July 20 Plot" on Hitler's life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War Two. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler's once he is dead. But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation's government... He must kill Hitler himself.

"'Valkyrie' tells a story that is not only exciting but also important," said Singer. "It's something that Chris McQuarrie and I have wanted to do for some time. I can't imagine shooting it anywhere else but on location in Germany, and I'm thrilled that we were able to get Tom Cruise to play Col. Stauffenberg."

"'Valkyrie' is a gripping thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats -- and also go a long way towards reminding the world that even within the ranks of the German military there was real resistance to the Nazi regime," said United Artists Chief Executive Officer Paula Wagner. "As soon as we read the screenplay, we knew this was a movie we had to make."

Valkyrie is the second production to be green-lit by United Artists since the fabled Hollywood studio was revived last November under the leadership of Cruise and Wagner, who co-own the studio. It is a co-production of United Artists and Studio Babelsberg AG, the venerable German film studio whose stages have hosted productions ranging from Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Paul Greengrass's The Bourne Ultimatum.

The film will be shot on location in Germany and elsewhere. It is scheduled to be ready for release by MGM in the summer of 2008.

 

[Dark Donnie]

on the comparison shot!! Can't wait to get soem set pics from this

 

[Cinemaman]

Great pic, here is another one...

 

[Maze]