Frank Klein new partner in N279 Entertainment

Young directors adapt Tall Tales into a film Gimmick!

As of January 2011, Frank Klein, who has been working in the film industry as a budget controller for years, will become co-owner of N279 Entertainment, owned by Els Vandevorst and Martin Koolhoven. They previously collaborated on the production of the successful film *Oorlogswinter*.

Els Vandevorst: The idea to adapt Gimmick! and produce the film together came from Frank Klein. During this collaboration, the idea arose to run N279 as a trio. Frank complements our expertise well. There is a clear vision regarding the strategy and future plans.

Vincent Bal's *Het Zigzagkind*, a production by Bos Bros and N279, is the first film co-produced by N279 Entertainment.

Young directors Teddy Cherim and Kees van Nieuwkerk are set to adapt Joost Zwagerman's bestseller Gimmick! for the screen. Producer N279 Entertainment acquired the rights to this key novel about the Amsterdam art scene in the turbulent 1980s a few months ago. Because they envisioned a contemporary, fresh adaptation, they settled on Cherim and Van Nieuwkerk, who recently made a tumultuous debut with the feature film Sterke Verhalen. The two have already had their first meeting with screenwriter Christophe Dirickx (De Helaasheid der Dingen). The shoot will start early next year.

Kees van Nieuwkerk: It is a wonderful book, which after twenty years is just as fresh as when it was written. That is also because it is a moving story about a lost love; a theme that is timeless. We are roughly the same age as the characters in the novel and Joost Zwagerman was when he wrote the book. This can only become a magnificent film.

Teddy Cherim: When I read the book, I immediately felt that it was actually about us. The period really appeals to me. The zeitgeist, the music, clothing, art, drugs, and language are screaming to be captured on film by us. I'm fucking looking forward to it.

For more information, please contact:
N279 Entertainment
Els Vandevorst
00.31.20.422.91.99



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