{"id":55123,"date":"2017-12-20T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T11:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55123"},"modified":"2017-12-20T11:04:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T11:04:13","slug":"prison-drama-papillon-picked-up-by-bleecker-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/movies\/prison-drama-papillon-picked-up-by-bleecker-street.html","title":{"rendered":"Prison Drama &#8216;Papillon&#8217; Picked Up by Bleecker Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Prison Drama &#8216;Papillon&#8217; Picked Up by Bleecker Street<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The film stars Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. distribution rights to director Michael Noer\u2019s Papillon, the prison drama starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek that premiered at this year\u2019s Toronto International Film Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Based on the books Papillon and Banco by Henri Charriere, the film follows the story of Henri \u201cPapillon\u201d Charri\u00e8re, played by Hunnam, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil\u2019s Island, where he forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, played by Malek.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cMichael and the production team have created an epic retelling of Henri Charri\u00e8re\u2019s original autobiography,\u201d Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen said Tuesday in announcing the acquisition. \u201cIt\u2019s a new vision of determination and redemption.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Joey McFarland, David Koplan, Ram Bergman and Roger Corbi produced the film. The deal was negotiated between Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Charri\u00e8re\u2019s life behind bars was previously brought to the big screen in 1973\u2019s Papillon, starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman and directed by Franklin Schaffner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/prison-drama-papillon-starring-charlie-hunnam-rami-malek-picked-up-by-bleecker-street-1069497<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/movies\/prison-drama-papillon-picked-up-by-bleecker-street.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prison Drama &#8216;Papillon&#8217; Picked Up by Bleecker Street The film stars Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek. Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. distribution rights to director Michael Noer\u2019s Papillon, the prison drama starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek that premiered at this year\u2019s Toronto International Film Festival. 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