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  • Oscar winner ‘Another Round’ getting English-language remake, Leonardo DiCaprio may star

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: “Another Round”, which won best international feature Oscar on Sunday, is all set for an English-language remake with actor Leonardo DiCaprio likely to play Mads Mikkelsen’s role.

    The rights to the Danish film, directed by Thomas Vinterberg, were acquired by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way, Endeavor Content, and Brad Weston’s Makeready, with DiCaprio set to star as Martin, reported Deadline.

    The story of the Oscar-winning film revolves around four middle-aged friends who have lost interest in their teaching job.

    One day, they decide to experiment with drinking during the day to get their inspiration back.

    Mikkelsen played history teacher Martin in the movie.

    Vinterberg was reportedly interested in the idea of DiCaprio of taking on the role of schoolteacher Martin, which paved the way for the deal.

    “Another Round” has been one of the most loved films internationally since its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020.

    Vinterberg, on Sunday, dedicated the film to his 19-year-old daughter Ida, who died in a car accident just days into the filming.

    “We wanted to make a film that celebrates life.

    Four days into shooting the impossible happens: an accident on a highway took my daughter away.

    Someone looking into a cell phone, and we miss her and I love her,” the director said while accepting the trophy.

    “Two months before we shot this movie and two months before she died, she was in Africa.

    She’d just read the script and was glowing with excitement.

    She loved this.

    She said she felt seen by this… If anyone dares to believe that she’s here with us somehow, you’ll be able to see her clapping and cheering with us.

     “Ida, this is a miracle that just happened, and you’re apart of this miracle.

    Maybe you’ve been pulling some strings somewhere. This one’s for you.

    “Another Round” also stars Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie and Susse Wold.

  • Danish movie ‘Another Round’ wins best international feature film at Oscars 2021

    By Associated Press
    LOS ANGELES: After his film “Another Round” won the best international feature Oscar, director Thomas Vinterberg wiped away tears while dedicating part of his acceptance speech to his late daughter who died a couple years ago.

    “We ended up making this movie for her, as her monument,” a tearful Vinterberg said from the stage at Union Station in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

    Vinterberg said his daughter, Ida, died in a highway accident four days into the project. He said his daughter shared her excitement about film’s story with him in a letter after she read the script a couple months before filming the movie. He added that she was supposed to be a part of the project. “So Ida, this is a miracle that just happened. You are a part of this miracle. … This one is for you,” he continued.

    “Another Round” is the fourth time a film from Denmark has won in the category. The last was “In a Better World” in 2010. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen as one of a group of Danish school teachers who attempted to stay slightly drunk all day to break out of their malaise. “This is a film about letting go of control in life as I lost control of my own,” he said.

    Before Vinterberg accepted the award, he skipped onto the stage with excitement. He called his wife for being the “angel” of the project and thanked several others including his children and the film’s co-writer Tobias Lindholm.

    “This is beyond anything I could ever imagine. Except this is something I’ve always imagined,” Vinterberg said Vinterberg was also nominated for best director, but lost to Chloé Zhao in the category on Sunday night.

    Vinterberg became internationally popular as the co-founder of the filmmaking movement called Dogme 95. He started the movement in 1995 with fellow Danish director Lars von Trier.