Winding Refn partnering to produce Black's Game

Nicolas Winding Refn, who is in Competition with Drive, and production company Zik Zak (Volcano) are partnering on thriller Black’s Game.

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Oskar Thor Axelsson will direct. The film is based on true events taking place in Iceland’s criminal underworld. Refn will executive produce. Zik Zak Filmworks will produce along with production company Filmus and Chris Briggs (Hostel).  

Winding Refn said: “As a fan of the gangster genre I saw in Black’s Game a true freshness that kindled my interest in the gangster genre in the first place”