Scorching Gross sales for ‘Operation Napoleon’ with ‘GOT’ Star Iain Glen – The Hollywood Reporter

Operation Napoleon, an Iceland-set conspiracy thriller from director Óskar Þór Axelsson (Black’s Recreation) has racked up worldwide gross sales forward of its market bow on the European Movie Market (EFM) in Berlin later this month.

Gross sales outfit Beta Cinema unveiled on Thursday that the movie has been picked up by Mediawan for France, Twelve Oaks in Spain, Hagi Movie in Poland and by Tohokushinsha for Japan. Smaller gross sales embrace the territories of the previous Yugoslavia (MegaCom) and Taiwan (AV-Jet).

Based mostly on the best-selling novel of the identical identify by Icelandic crime creator Arnaldur Indriðason, Operation Napoleon is a high-concept conspiracy thriller centered on an previous German World Conflict II aircraft containing harmful secrets and techniques, is found because it emerges from a melting glacier in Iceland, the place it crossed again in 1945.

Icelandic newcomer Vivian Ólafsdóttir (It Hatched) stars within the English-language adaptation alongside a world solid together with Recreation of Thrones’ Iain Glen, Riviera and Cheaters actor Jack Fox and German star Wotan Wilke Möhring (Valkyrie, Pandorum).

The $7 million manufacturing was produced and financed out of Europe by Iceland’s Sagafilm and Splendid Movie in Germany. Sam Movies pre-bought the film for Iceland, the place it bows on Feb. 3. Splendid and distributor 24 Bilder will do a German launch on March 9. German public broadcaster ZDF has native free-TV rights.

Beta, which is dealing with worldwide gross sales, will display the movie for worldwide patrons at Berlin’s EFM. Beta holds a 25 p.c stake in Sagafilm by way of its Scandinavian division Beta Nordic Studios.

Operation Napoleon is produced by Tinna Proppé and Hilmar Sigurðsson of Sagafilm, alongside Dirk Schweitzer and Anita Elsani for Splendid. Kjartan Thor Thordarsson, Ralph Christians and Adalsteinn Jóhannsson function govt producers.