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‘Thelma’ Producers Karl Spoerri & Viviana Vezzani At Zurich Avenue Talk Thrill Of Sundance Selection & Journey To Boarding The Film
Swiss film producers and financiers Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani have been Sundance regulars for more than 15 years, but this edition is special. The pair, who were driving forces behind the Zu…
Josh Margolin’s action-comedy-drama, starring 94-year-old June Squibb as a L.A. grandmother who sets off on a friend’s mobility scooter on a mission to track down an Internet scammer, is proving one of the early hits of the festival. As Thelma hits the festival circuit at Sundance, where the movie is looking for distribution via CAA Media Finance, Spoerri and Vezzani are now doubling down on their development slate after the Hollywood strikes hiatus. Further previously announced projects include Robert Schwentke finance world drama Bad Company, about the real-life collapse of German electronic payment specialist Wirecard, and So Happy For You, based on Celia Laskey’s best-selling novel exploring female friendship through the prism of a wedding party.
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