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Trailer Released for Mira’s Elijah Wood-Starrer “Grand Piano”

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Eugenio Mira’s English-language debut is nothing short of grand…

A new trailer has been released for the 36-year-old Spanish filmmaker’s Grand Piano, a thriller starring Elijah Wood as a concert pianist coerced into giving the performance of his life by an unseen sniper.

The film, which was written by Damien Chazelle (The Last Exorcism Part II, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench), also stars John Cusack and Kerry Bishé.

Mira is an accomplished composer himself, having scored his own films Agnosia and The Birthday as well as 2007′s Timecrimes from fellow Spaniard Nacho Vigalondo.

Magnet Releasing acquired the rights to Grand Piano in September when it premiered at Austin’s Fantastic Fest.

The film will be released in theaters on March 7 release following its video on demand (VOD) debut in late January.

Cordero’s “Europa Report” to be Released This Summer

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Sebastián Cordero’s English-language debut Europa Report will debut online and in theaters this summer.

Magnet Releasing, which picked up the found-footage-thriller in February, has announced plans to release the 40-year-old Ecuadorian director’s film on video-on-demand on June 27 and in theaters on August 2.

Cordero’s English-language debut follows the crew of a spaceship exploring alien life on Jupiter’s fourth moon.

District 9’s Sharlto Copley leads the international cast that includes Michael Nyqvist, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Christian Camargo, Karolina Wydra, Anamaria Marinca and Daniel Wu.