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Stillking
films, a major Czech film company has its eyes set on producing its own English-language
films via a script development arm set up earlier this year.
With headquarters
in the former engine room of Prague's Barrandov Studios the company is among several
service firms that drive the local film, production industry. Recent feature credits
include From Hell (with Johnny Depp), The Bourne Identity (with
Matt Damon) and Black Sheep (with Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock), all
of which I were shot in Prague.
A small team headed by David Minkowski
and Thierry Morel is on the lookout for new screenwriting talent, says founder
Matthew Stillman. "They're sourcing different material from a wide variety of
places, and lot of it local," says Stillman.
"Now we're prioritizing a
few treatments and ideas, which we'll then work on as co-productions," he adds.Asked
if he had any particular types of movies in mind, Stillman replied that he "would
prefer if it can be shot in the Czech Republic," but added the films would definitely
shoot in English.
Although major studio shoots have given the firm more
publicity, much of Stillking's work comes from production of commercials. Stillman
says the firm recently wrapped a Pepsi commercial directed by Michael Bay and
an Orange mobile phone ad directed by Oliver Stone, the latter of which included
some post-production work done in Prague.
Stillking also co-produced
the Czech hit Return of the ldiot (1999), directed by Saša Gedeon.. |
