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Black Bear Signs ‘The Devil’s Bath’ and ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Filmmaking Duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (EXCLUSIVE)
Black Bear's management arm has signed Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, directors of 'The Devil's Bath' and 'Goodnight Mommy.'
Franz and Fiala first attracted attention by writing and directing the horror hit “ Goodnight Mommy,” which was selected as Austria’s official submission to the 2014 Academy Awards, inspiring an English-language remake starring Naomi Watts in 2022. The pair went on to write and direct “The Lodge” starring Riley Keough, which premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Neon in 2019. Led by partners Keith Redmon and Joanne Roberts Wiles, Black Bear’s clients include Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley, whose film “Sing Sing”is currently in release and generating Oscars buzz, as well as Karyn Kusama (“Yellowjackets”), Johan Renck (“Chernobyl”), Cooper Raiff (“Cha Cha Real Smooth”), Morten Tyldum (“The Imitation Game”), Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”), Olmo Schnabel (“Pet Shop Days”), and Simona Tabasco (“The White Lotus”).
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