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Rapace-starrer “O2” a Black List sur- Although there will be bigger proj- with Jessica Chastain and Eddie Red- Women direct or star in some of vival thriller from Wild Bunch with ects, such as Gerard Butler action- mayne, and AGC Studios’ Sylvester the hottest packages being brought Alexandre Aja producing; and Gaby thriller “Remote Control,” from Stallone vehicle “Little America” — to Berlin: Olivia Wilde’s biopic of Dellal’s shark attack thriller “Some- STXInternational; or Solstice Studios’ looks like the new $50 million. gymnast Kerri Strug, “Perfect,” thing in the Water,” from Studiocanal. deep space thriller “Ground Control to SHIFTS CONTINUED P.31 EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE THE BIGGER PICTURE In the Bag Match Virus, Biz Woes Dampen Factory Taps China’s Berlin Plans Cinephiles intent on getting their By Patrick Frater festival spokesman. choice of tickets for Wang Pic and Rebecca Davis Globally, the coronavirus the Berlinale camp By Leo Barraclough THE BERLIN FESTIVAL has has infected over 75,000 peo- outside the ticket kiosk in the Arkaden LEADING ARTHOUSE film sales taken a hit from the corona- ple and killed 2,009, accord- Tuesday night. company the Match Factory virus epidemic that began in ing to data Wednesday, with has boarded Wang Xiaosh- China, but the absence of Chi- all but five deaths in mainland uai’s drama “Above the Dust,” nese buyers may signal wider China. There has been only the follow-up to the direc- industry problems. one fatality in Europe — a Chi- tor’s “So Long, My Son,” which Festival organizers, who nese tourist. won Silver Bears for best actor do not anticipate further The most visible impact and actress at last year’s Ber- virus-related damage, told on the Berlinale has been the lin Film Festival, and was Variety that 118 individu- cancelation of a China Pavil- distributed in more than 30 als set to attend from Asia ion planned within the Euro- territories. have cancelled, out of 21,000 pean Film Market for the first Wang’s screenplay is an accreditations. time. A delegation of film exec- adaptation of Li Shijiang’s “It is hard to distinguish utives from companies includ- novel “Ye Ye De Gui.” The whether they were coming for ing Wanda Pictures, Alibaba film, the second installment the market or festival because Pictures and Youku, organized in Wang’s homeland trilogy, of overlap. For the time being, by state-owned China Film follows 10-year-old Chuan the situation in Germany is Co-Production Corporation MATCH CONTINUED P.30 not dangerous at all,” said a CHINA CONTINUED P.30 EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE Vision Bows With New Look for Italy Pulsar Nabs ‘Wild Indian’ By Nick Vivarelli Having a new player with muscle and By Elsa Keslassy Greyeyes (“Fear the Walking NEW ITALIAN sales company Vision Distri- expertise specifically dedicated to dis- PULSAR CONTENT, the Par- Dead”). The film marks the bution, headed by veteran executive Catia tributing Italian movies internationally is-based sales company feature debut of Lyle Mitch- Rossi, is launching from the European is good news for Italian producers and launched at Toronto, has ell Corbine Jr., whose shorts Film Market with a still-small multi-genre “signals the vitality” of the country’s cur- acquired “Wild Indian,” a have played at Toronto and slate but big ambitions to become a lead- rent filmmaking output, says Rossi. It also thriller executive produced Sundance. ing global distributor of Italy’s domestic is another sign of a market shift towards by and starring Jesse Eisen- “Wild Indian” was output. VISION CONTINUED P.30 berg, along with Michael PULSAR CONTINUED P.31 DAVID HEERDE/SHUTTERSTOCK DAVID VARIETY 1 NEWS EXCLUSIVE Duo Board Thriller Remake ‘Alone’ By Ed Meza STEFAN RUZOWITZKY, director of the Oscar-win- ning “The Counterfeiters,” and “The Grudge” screenwriter Stephen Susco have boarded “Alone,” a remake of the 2007 supernatural Thai thriller by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Park- poom Wongpoom. The new film follows conjoined twin sisters from an Asian family in Boston whose loving relationship is tested when one of them befriends a boy, leading to her demand for a surgical separation from her sibling. During “A Winter’s Journey” uses two different types the operation, the forsaken of animation techniques. sister dies. Years later, the deceased girl’s vengeful ghost returns to haunt her EXCLUSIVE twin. Former 20th Century Fox exec Paul Higginson and Alexander van Dülmen MK2 Makes an and Stephan Wagner of Ber- lin-based Carte Blanche Intl. are producing the film. Stefan Ruzowitzky Animated ‘Journey’ Budgeted at between $5 mil- (Top); Stephen Susco (Bottom) lion and $10 million, “Alone” is set for a targeted 2021 By Elsa Keslassy either lead him to death or to a new life. Stateside shoot on the East Coast as a U.S.-Euro- MK2 HAS BOARDED Alex Helfrecht’s “A Winter’s MK2 Films has acquired international sales pean co-production.