Lasse Hallstrom quadruple-play
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If you’ve been watching FOX lately (which, during the summer, boils down to: if you’ve been watching “Hell’s Kitchen” or “Don’t Forget the Lyrics”) you’ve probably seen trailers for the new fall series, “New Amsterdam,” about a NYC homicide cop who somehow gained immortal powers back during the Dutch-settler era. (If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the trailer on YouTube.) It’s a trippy premise and more than a little intriguing. And with two of the Lower Hudson Valley’s best filmmakers behind it, how can it disappoint?
Those two would be producer Leslie Holleran, of Larchmont, and director Lasse Hallstrom, of Bedford (above). Both have collaborated on nearly every project they’ve done (from “Cider House Rules” to “Chocolat” to “The Hoax”) and both are listed as exec producers. But lest it seem like the two have gone all Aaron Sorkin—forgoing steady film work for more risky TV projects—Hallstrom in fact has three, count em three, films in the works.
First, he’s currently in production on “Sammy,” about a woman who understands what animals are thinking falls for a guy who claims to have the same relationship with dead people. He’s also signed on to remake the French film “Anthony Zimmer,” which will be about an American tourist who finds his life in danger when a female Interpol agent uses him as a dupe to flush out an elusive criminal with whom she once had an affair. Finally, it’s also been reported that Halstrom will direct a comedy called “Finn at the Blue Line,” with Sarah Jessica Parker as the lead.
So far, none of the films feature Highlander-types, but judging by the roll Hallstom is on, his career might just be the true immortal.
(“New Amsterdam” photo: FOX; Holleran/Hallstrom photo by Jay Ackerman, courtesy The Picture House)
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