Toronto: WME Signs ‘A Hijacking’ Helmer Tobias Lindholm
By MIKE FLEMING | Tuesday September 11, 2012 @ 7:22pm EDTTags: A Hijacking, Tobias Lindholm, Toronto Film Festival, WME
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Tobias Lindholm, whose drama A Hijacking received strong reviews out of Venice and before debuting at a press and industry screening yesterday. Lindholm wrote the script and directed a film that has a stylistic resemblance to United 93. U.S. distribution is being handled by Nordisk. Lindholm co-wrote and created Denmark’s top rated TV show, Borgen, and he co-wrote Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film The Hunt. He was chased by all the agencies.