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Eager to mine his back catalogue of IP, veteran US producer Ed Pressman is lining up local-language remakes of Bad Lieutenant, the crime drama he first made with Abel Ferrara nearly 30 years ago and subsequently remade with Werner Herzog.
Pressman, who joined son and Pressman Film VP of production Sam Pressman in Cannes this week to unveil the Evolver-Prologue VR collaboration with Terrence Malick, has lined up directors and local producing partners to adapt Bad Lieutenant in the UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Argentina.
Scripts are being written and filmmakers attachments will be announced in due course. The Pressmans also plan to find partners for a French version and said the gritty stories will explore institutionalised police corruption. “It’s like planting the same seed in a different climate,” said Pressman. “Each grows in its own way, but the germ of the idea is a corrupt cop.”
Pressman Film is also lining up