The Israeli film “The Monkey House” may get a remake in Hollywood – Israeli Culture
There’s a saying, “Monkey see, monkey do,” and Douglas Wick, an American film producer who saw Avi Nesher’s latest feature film, Monkey houseHe wants to make a new version of it in English.
Wick, best known for producing the Oscar-winning epic Gladiatorin addition to films such as The great Gatsby (2013) with Leonardo DiCaprio and forked Series, saw Monkey house “I recently visited Los Angeles and expressed interest in creating an American version,” Nesher said in an interview last week.
Monkey house, which received great acclaim when it premiered just a week before the start of the war, tells the offbeat, funny and poignant story of a bitter novelist – played by Israel’s first comedian, Adir Miller – who wants to burnish his reputation and hires an aspiring actress who is ready for anything and has a fragile relationship. With the Truth, portrayed by rising star Susanna Babian. Yaniv Biton, Shani Cohen, and Alaa Daqqa participate in this literary mystery.
A film that attracts viewers despite the Hamas war
Although cinemas were closed for most of October due to the war, the film continued to attract viewers, and during the Israeli Cinema Day event on February 7, more than 50,000 viewers watched Monkey house.
Nesher said that the soldiers were enjoying the film when they returned from the front.
He said: “Discharged reserve soldiers rent halls and ask me to come and talk about the film,” considering that the film provided him with an opportunity to escape reality during the war.
A number of Israeli films and television series have been remade in the United States in recent years. Nadav Lapid Kindergarten teacher It was remade in an English version starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, as was the case with Asaph Bernstein DebtWhere Helen Mirren played the role played by Gila Almagor.
Other films are being remade, including English versions of Etan Fox’s film cake And Ophir Raoul Grazer Cake maker.
The list of international versions of Israeli series on the small screen is longer, and includes the Israeli series Prisoners of warwhich was remade as an Emmy Award-winning hit homeland.
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