‘Morbius’ Director Daniel Espinosa Eyes May Shoot for “Madame Luna” (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnnika Pham Stockholm-based Momento Film, the company behind “Tiny King for a Day” and Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market-bound work in progress “Dogborn,” has confirmed start of production and E.U.
partners on Daniel Espinosa’s “Madame Luna,” its biggest project ever.Principal photography in Sicily and Calabria is set to begin May 5 on the €5 million ($5.6 million) refugee drama, penned by Maurizio Braucci (“Gomorrah”) and Suha Arraf (“Lemon Tree”) from an idea by Binyam Berhane.David Herdies is producing for Momento Film, with co-production partners Marco Alessi and Massimiliano Navarra of Italy’s Dugong Films, Peter Nadermann of Germany’s Nadcon and Katja Adomeit and Pål Røed of Denmark’s Adomeit Film.
The film marks Chilean-born Espinosa’s return to Swedish-language filmmaking, after a string of Hollywood movies including “Safe House,” “Life” and Sony Pictures’ upcoming Spider-Man spin-off “Morbius”.“It’s going to be interesting and inspiring to enter a cinematic tradition that really was my roots, or at least the starting point in my career,” said Espinosa whose international breakthrough came with “Easy Money.” “I also feel a great joy and honor to make it on the beaches of Sicily and Calabria, where so many masterpieces in the European realistic tradition were made,” he added.“Madame Luna” chronicles the true story of an Eritrean refugee girl, washed ashore in Libya, who becomes one of the most notorious of human trafickers with deep ties to the Italian Mafia.Filmmaker-producer Herdies says he’s looking forward to merging his documentary background with Espinosa’s European realist style and Hollywood attunement. “We’re actually using a docu-like filmmaking process, through our work with facts, true circumstances and.
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