Noomi Rapace
‘Django’ World Premiere in Rome Marks Return of an Italian Western Legend
Django is back. The coffin-dragging, quick-draw gunslinger character introduced in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 Spaghetti Western classic, which inspired dozens of sequels, spinoffs and tributes, most famously Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, has finally arrived on the small screen. Sky and Canal+’s 10-episode Django, which has its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Sunday, Oct. […]
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Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks to Lead Cast of Apple Thriller ‘Constellation’
As AMC’s Better Call Saul inches toward its conclusion, star Jonathan Banks has already lined up his next show. The Emmy nominee will star alongside Noomi Rapace in Constellation, a psychological thriller that has been ordered straight to series at Apple. Created by Peter Harness (War of the Worlds, Doctor Who, Wallander), Constellation is described […]
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‘You Won’t Be Alone’: Film Review | Sundance 2022
Goran Stolevski's folkloric debut watches several actors (including Noomi Rapace) play a single shapeshifting witch.
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Oscars: Iceland Picks Noomi Rapace’s Horror ‘Lamb’ for International Feature Category
Iceland has picked Lamb, a folkloric horror film starring Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), to represent the country in the 2022 best international feature Oscar category. The film, from first-time director Valdimar Johannsson, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes this year, where it won a special prize for originality. […]
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Noomi Rapace Icelandic Horror ‘Lamb’ Wins Sitges Fantasy Festival
Lamb, an Icelandic horror film starring Noomi Rapace has won the Sitges Fantasy Film Festival, taking the top prize for best feature-length film. The debut feature from Icelandic director Valdimar Johannsson premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes this year. It combines Nordic folk legend with WTF horror elements in the story of […]
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‘Lamb’ Star Noomi Rapace on Delivering Real Baby Lambs and Sleepless Nights in Iceland
In the summer of 2019, Noomi Rapace left the Louisiana set of The Secrets We Keep on a Friday, and three days later, she was delivering a baby lamb on the Iceland-based set of Lamb. For the Swedish actor, Lamb was a homecoming of sorts since she lived in a small Icelandic village called Flúðir […]
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First-Look Images of Matthias Schoenaerts, Noomi Rapace in Sky, Canal+ Western ‘Django’
First-look images from Django, the “high-concept reimagining” of the classic Spaghetti Western for European TV giants Sky Studios and Canal+, give a peek into the 10-episode TV series and show Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl), Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) and their fellow cast members in action. Sky Studios released the images Friday as production continues in […]
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‘Lamb’ (‘Dýrið’): Film Review | Cannes 2021
Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Gudnason play Icelandic sheep farmers who seize on a startling discovery during lambing season as a way to heal their pain in Valdimar Johannsson’s first feature.
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Cannes Hidden Gem: There’s Nothing Sheepish About Icelandic Horror ‘Lamb’
It was four in the morning when Noomi Rapace got called from her trailer to stick her arm up a sheep. “They woke me up and said ‘it’s happening! The baby’s coming!’,” Rapace recalls. “I basically put my hands up the mama sheep and pulled out the baby.” Not a regular day at the office […]
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Noomi Rapace Cannes-Bound Drama ‘Lamb’ Snared by Mubi in Multi-Territory Deal (Exclusive)
Art house distributor and streaming platform Mubi is continuing to hoover up Cannes-bound titles ahead of next month’s festival. The latest acquisition is Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Icelandic drama Lamb — selected to compete in the festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar — which it picked up for the U.K., Ireland, India, Latin America (excluding Mexico) and Turkey, […]
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Netflix to Open Nordic Hub in Sweden
Netflix will add to its European production hubs with new offices in Sweden, set to open in the second half of 2021. The announcement was made by Lina Brouneus, director of acquisitions and co-productions for Netflix for the EMEA region.
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Noomi Rapace to Star in Ali Abbasi’s ‘Hamlet’
'Prometheus' star Noomi Rapace to play Hamlet in new film adaptation from 'Border' director Ali Abbasi.
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