farhad safinia

Ben Affleck To Direct Congo Drama KING LEOPOLD’S GHOST

Oscar-Winning director Ben Affleck is set to direct King Leopold’s Ghost, a historical drama about how the Congo was plundered by King Leopold II, the king of Belgium in the 1800s. Apocalypto writer Farhad Safinia will write the script for the [...]

November 23, 2019

Trailer: Mel Gibson & Sean Penn Hit The Books In THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN

The Professor And The Madman hit a serious road bump when Mel Gibson and director Farhad Safinia fell out with the producers, Voltage Pictures (read about that here). It looked like the film might never see the light of day, but the Oxford [...]

February 3, 2019

Mel Gibson And Sean Penn Are The PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN

Movies In Focus favourite Mel Gibson is teaming with Sean Penn for Professor and the Madman. The film is based on the Simon Winchester book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Farhad Safinia (writer of Gibson’s Apocalyptco) [...]

August 3, 2016