16/04/2013 - German cult director Peter Thorwarth shoots new buddy-buddy comedy

After his cult comedy Bang Bang Boom German writer/director Peter Thorwarth has started his new buddy-buddy comedy Nicht mein Tag, which is based on the book by Ralf Husmann. A staid bank employee is bored by his job, his wife and his whole life in a small city. But all of a sudden, everything is turned upside down when a thug walks into the bank and takes him hostage. An absurd chain of unpredictable events mark 48 unforgettable hours that are also the beginning of an unusual friendship.

The lead actors are Moritz Bleibtreu (Knockin' on Heaven’s Door, Soul Kitchen [+see also:
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Nicht mein Tag started to roll on April 13 in Cologne and is produced by Christian Becker with Westside Filmproduktion and Marcus Machurader with Donar Film. The co-producers are Mr. Brown Entertainment as well as the Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion which is the German production arm of Sony pictures. "Peter Thorwarth dnd Stefan Holtz have written an extraordinarily fast and funny script,"  said Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion Production Director Eva van Leeuwen. The shoot will take place in several locations in North-Rhine Westphalia as well as in Amsterdam, where the production will wrap at the beginning of June.

The film is backed by the Film und Medien Stiftung NRW, the Federal Film Board (FFA) as well as the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF). Sony Pictures plans to release the film in 2014.