Aug 31, 2024

The story of Giancarlo Parretti, the flamboyant Italian waiter-turned-financier who bought MGM in 1990 and was ousted and indicted when his takeover deal for the Hollywood studio collapsed, is in early stages of getting the big screen treatment.

Independent Los-Angeles-based film producer Niels Juul (“Ferrari,” “Killers of the Flower Moon”) has tracked down Parretti, now 82, and living in the lap of luxury in a palazzo in his native Orvieto. Juul is at the Venice Film Festival shopping a screenplay for the Parretti biopic titled “The Lion of Orvieto.”

August 28, 2024

Willem Dafoe, Kleber Mendonça Filho Rock Venice Film Festival’s Pre-Opening Rooftop Party at Danieli Hotel, Co-Hosted by Leone Film Group, Variety and the Danieli Hotel, the glamorous bash brought together a mix of stars, global industry movers and shakers, including hitmaking Italian director Paolo Genovese, Los Angeles-based producer Niels Juul (“Ferrari”) and Bárbara Paz, a Brazilian actor and filmmaker.

May 21, 2024

Killers of the Flower Moon exec producer Niels Juul has been developing a drama series about Adidas founder Adi Dassler and now he has some help.

Fabel Entertainment, the company behind Bosch and its spinoffs, has come on board to develop and produce the series.

The series will tell the story of how Dassler turned the brand, which he started in a small village in Germany, into a sports and clothing empire. It comes as the company is celebrating its 75th anniversary in August.

February 12, 2024

“All I hear is ‘don’t bring us any drama. We can’t sell drama,’” exclaims No Fat Ego’s founder and executive producer, Niels Juul (“Ferrari,” “Killers of the Flower Moon”). “They want horror and action and that’s not what I do. I think indies are shooting themselves in the foot if they follow this logic. We cannot compete with the studio-streamers in size and scale but if we abandon high-quality drama at the $5 million-$15 million budget levels, we are turning our backs on both niche audiences and the awards season so critical to our positioning.”

January 4, 2024

Following its widely acclaimed and award-winning global theatrical run, Apple Original Films today announced that Martin Scorsese's Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award-nominated feature, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” will be available to stream globally on Apple TV+ beginning Friday, January 12.

November 17, 2023

American beat writer Jack Kerouac once described Los Angeles as the loneliest and most brutal of all cities in the United States. Yet it is like a magnet that attracts people from all over in search of the big dream or escaping from the shackles of the past. Six Danes talk about taking the leap and seizing the chance in LA.

October 19, 2023

Bringing new subscribers to the streaming service is surely a goal for Tim Cook, but Niels Juul, an executive producer on Killers of the Flower Moon, said he came away from a conversation in Cannes with the Apple chief executive believing he had other objectives too. “Tim has an understanding of the role that watching movies in a theatre plays in our culture,” said Juul, chief executive of Hollywood production company No Fat Ego. “He’s genuinely interested in making a cultural impact.”

October 17, 2023

Juul’s No Fat Ego Productions and AD Legacy, the company set up by the Dassler’s grandchildren, have entered into a partnership to produce a fictional limited series based on Dassler’s life and the global brand he created from his small German village. The series will also capture the intense family drama and eventual split between Dassler and his brother Rudolf, who created Puma, launching one of the longest-running brand rivalries in history.

October 17, 2023

Described by Juul as a cross between The Crown and Succession, the project will be seen through the eyes of Dassler’s oldest daughter Inge. It tells the mesmerizing tale of one family man’s uncompromising passion for sports and his obsession through innovation to give all athletes — no matter their gender, race or nationality — the best possible tools to win. It also tells the story of an intense family drama and split between two brothers that ultimately led to one of the longest running brand rivalries in history – as Dassler’s brother Rudolf created Puma.

October 17, 2023

Adidas founder Adi Dassler is getting the Hollywood treatment with a new limited series in development from independent film producer Niels Juul (“Ferrari,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Silence,” “The Irishman”) and AD Legacy, the company founded by his grandchildren.

July 5, 2023

Apple Studios has dropped the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s new film Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone.

Killers of the Flower Moon will premiere on October 6 via Paramount in select theaters, including Imax, ahead of opening wide October 20 before streaming globally on Apple TV+.

June 6, 2023

Niels Juul, a founding partner at Von Dutch, is currently an executive producer at Apple, Netflix, and Paramount, and has produced films such as The Irishman, Killers of the Flower Moon, Silence, and Ferrari.

Talking about his transition from the apparel and fashion industry to the film industry, Juul says, "I had to just learn very fast about another business. It's all about cash flow, structure, plans, and strategy, along with being able to sort of extract the creative juices from the amazing people creating the content. Whether that's design, fashion, films, or TV, it's the same thing. You've just got to make sure that the bridge between the creatives and the machine room is aligned fully."

May 20, 2023

EXCLUSIF - Le producteur danois de Martin Scorsese et Michael Mann dévoile à temps pour Cannes son projet de biopic du pianiste français, qu’il développe avec son fils Alexandre Petrucciani et qu’il souhaite produire en partie en France.

May 16, 2023

“Killers of the Flower Moon” executive producer Niels Juul is in Cannes with several projects based on IP from the vault of Italy’s storied Cecchi Gori movie company that include a remake of the Dino Risi-directed classic “Il Sorpasso” and “Kafka,” a script about the turbulent love life of Franz Kafka by John Briley (“Gandhi”).

May 4, 2023

Independent film producer Niels Juul and Sherman Theatrical Entertainment have teamed up to develop the project, which is inspired by music from the Sherman Brothers. It’s the first and final musical from the late Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the songwriting duo behind Walt Disney classics from “The Jungle Book,” “Winnie the Pooh,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” and “Mary Poppins.”

April 16, 2023

Danish producing partners Sofie Nordstrom and Niels Juul fell in love with the love story and decided to develop it into a movie with their company No Fat Egos. For Niels Juul, in particular, it was a familiar story. He had been running the Von Dutch clothing company and there was a strong Steve McQueen connection there too. The love for motorcycles, the style surrounding that culture.

March 27, 2023

“Killers of the Flower Moon” was produced alongside Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Appian Way. Producers are Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Daniel Lupi, with DiCaprio, Rick Yorn, Adam Sommer, Marianne Bower, Lisa Frechette, John Atwood, Shea Kammer and Niels Juul serving as executive producers.

February 16, 2023

The majority of producers might be forgiven for agonizing about their choice of career as they enter the 73rd Berlinale. Yet amid the industry’s gloom and doom around the shaky state of the independent film market and uncertain future of cinema shines a beacon of light. Habitually independent by both name and natural instincts, producer collaboration between themselves – across borders and continents —are playing an enhanced and vital role as the industry pivots once again in the face of ongoing disruption.

December 23, 2022

Cecchi Gori, the movie company that once dominated Italy’s film industry and collapsed in the mid 1990s, is being revived by a group of Italian investors that are backing a partial relaunch of the storied brand behind Oscar winners “Life is Beautiful,” “Mediterraneo” and “Il Postino.”

No Fat Ego is pleased to announce that is has been appointed as the exclusive producing partner to all existing Cecchi Gori projects in various stages of development.

November 10, 2022

Montréal-based early-stage FinTech investor Holt Xchange has launched a fund focused on financial technologies that are “revolutionizing” sports media and entertainment.

Through the newly announced fund, Holt Xchange plans to invest in Web3 startups at the seed and Series A stages that are using digital collectibles, blockchain tech, smart contracts, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to disrupt existing business models across the sports media and entertainment industries.

November 1, 2022

A focus on quality, not quantity, is in vogue. Niels Juul, who runs indie No Fat Ego (“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Ferrari”), suggests that today’s market offers rich rewards for those that are prepared to be different, and not part of the mass market.

“The openings for quality indie fare are there, but you need to team up and create a level of trust and professionalism. But rather than focus on project-by-project funding, we’re raising equity across a slate model and making sure each campaign, starting with theatrical, offers a real lifespan of value, which is completely different to the short-term streaming mentality,” Juul says.

October 7, 2022

Four-time Oscar nominee Mann is also producing the film through his Moto Pictures alongside P.J. van Sandwijk and John Lesher, as well as John Friedberg, Lars Sylvest, Thorsten Schumacher, Gareth West and Thomas Hayslip with major support from producers Andrea Iervolino & Monika Bacardi and their production service company, ILBE, and are joined by executive producer, Niels Juul.

August 24, 2022

“Everyone [in Hollywood] is throwing big dollars after big things,” said Niels Juul, who was an executive producer of Martin Scorsese’s Netflix film The Irishman. “But [subscribers] are inundated now to the point where they are looking at their monthly bills and saying, ‘Something’s got to go — I’ve got $140 worth of subscriptions here!’”

August 17, 2022

Mann is directing “Ferarri” from a script by Troy Kennedy Martin (“The Italian Job”) and himself, based on Brock Yates’ book, “Enzo Ferrari– The Man and the Machine.” Mann is also producing the picture through his Moto Pictures alongside P.J. van Sandwijk and John Lesher, as well as John Friedberg, Lars Sylvest, Thorsten Schumacher, Gareth West and Thomas Hayslip with major support from producers Andrea Iervolino & Monika Bacardi and their production service company, ILBE. Niels Juul is executive producing.

July 7, 2021

SF Studios has boarded “Ellen”, an inspirational period drama about an unsung Danish woman who saved Jews during WWII. It will be directed by Mehdi Avaz (Collision) and executive produced by Niels Juul (Ferrari, Silence, and The Irishman).

December 15, 2021

Après avoir produit les derniers films de Martin Scorsese (Silence, The Irishman), Niels Juul a fondé NFT Studios, une société de production qui entend révolutionner le cinéma indépendant en finançant l’intégralité d’un long métrage grâce à la vente de NFT (voir l’article précédent).

December 13, 2021

Der Hollywoodproduzent Niels Juul will Martin Scorseses und Michael Manns nächste Filme mit NFTs produzieren. Und kann das auch erklären.

December 1, 2021

Niels Juul hopes to raise up to $10M and says he wants to “democratize” antiquated funding system.

December 1, 2021

Juul — who exec produced 'The Irishman' — hopes to fully fund comedy drama 'A Wing and a Prayer' through the sale of "non-fungible tokens."

January 5, 2021

Niels Juul is not only the producer behind the epic, award-winning crime film, The Irishman... but he also was a founding partner in the brand Von Dutch, which became an international sensation.

January 6, 2017

Cecchi Gori Pictures and Cecchi Gori USA have tapped “Silence” exec producer and former CEO Niels Juul as a consultant.

April 26, 2012

The CEO of Cecchi Gori Pictures discusses the film's languid path to the screen, and talks about its ties to the studio and the director's oevures.

April 13, 2012

Juul and his firm just finished a three-year turnaround and restructuring of Cecchi Gori Pictures, the film production company behind Oscar-winning movies like Life is Beautiful and Il Postino. (Named as temporary CEO, Juul was brought in to recover lost assets and restructure operations after years of mismanagement and fraud.)