Joachim Trier’s Finds Shelter for ‘Louder than Bombs’

Good news on the Scandi film front as Joachim Trier’s Louder than Bombs (an English language film to be shot in the U.S) appears to have gained some traction as Cineuropa confirms that Sigve Endresen’s prod co. Motlys AS will be working alongside Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa’s Bona Fide Productions with a fall start date being eyed.

Bona Fide is the production company behind the soon to be released He Loves Me (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris) and is in pre-prod with Nebraska (Alexander Payne) and the Blacklist favorite, The Only Living Boy in New York (Seth Gordon). Briefly discussed in our interview with the filmmaker back in May, the project which some industry folk describe as a cross between Ordinary People and Don’t Look Now (Roeg’s influential classic happens to second as the name of Trier’s production company) and we should be hearing some casting news I’d say midway in 2012.

Gist: Trier told us that the family drama will contain comedic and dramatic elements.

Worth Noting: Trier was recently invited to participate at Sundance’s January Screenwriters Lab.

Do We Care?: In two, stylistically and tonally different strokes (Reprise and Oslo, August 31st), the Norwegian filmmaker has established himself as a sophisticated storyteller and quite intuative with his visual approach. After showing at Sundance and although it would be fitting, Strand Releasing will hopefully not release his second pic at the end of the summer.