Two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne‘s third image with Searchlight, the Danish comedy-drama Someplace Out There, has set its solid with Jacob Haugaard (The jut-nuts), Jacob Lohmann (Dynastiet Mærsk), Ole Sørensen (The Sunfish) and Lane Lind (Matador) becoming a member of beforehand introduced Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve (The Worst Individual within the World, Sentimental Worth).
Set in a small provincial city in western Denmark, Someplace Out There follows longtime associates Lars (Haugaard) and Klaus (Sørensen), whose friendship is fractured late in life. The challenge was written by Erlend Loe, based mostly on an thought by Åke Sandgren. The film, which begins capturing subsequent month, is being produced by Birgitte Skov for Scanbox Productions. Searchlight Photos is dealing with world distribution, excluding Nordic territories, the place Scanbox will distribute. It’s the primary time that Payne has directed a film in Europe, in addition to the primary movie he’s shot in a language apart from English.
“It’s not a shock, however I’ve been extraordinarily impressed by the extraordinary high quality of Danish actors,: says Payne. “Casting director Djamila Hansen has helped me craft what I feel is a terrific ensemble.”
Haugaard, stars within the lead function of Lars. He’s the star of native comedy movies The jut-nuts (Jydekompagniet, 1987) and The jut-nuts III (Jydekompagniet III, 1989); and in addition identified for Squash commercials alongside longtime accomplice Finn Nørbygaard. In 1994, he was elected to the Danish Parliament on reportledy unorthodox marketing campaign guarantees.
Sørensen, as Klaus, is understood for The Sunfish (Klumpfisken, 2014) and main roles in Frelle Petersen’s critically acclaimed regional dramas Perpetually (Resten af livet, 2022) and House Candy House (Hjem kære hjem, 2025).
Within the function of Lars’s son Benny is Lohmann, who has appeared in That Time of Yr (Den tid på året, 2018), Shorta (2020), Fathers and Moms (Fædre & Mødre, 2022), the title function within the sequence Oxen (2023-2025), and most not too long ago Dynastiet Mærsk (2025).
Norwegian actress Reinsve performs Lars’ daughter-in-law Ingrid. She gained Greatest Actress at Cannes for Joachim Trier’s The Worst Individual within the World (2021). For her function in Trier’s Sentimental Worth (2025), she gained the European Actress Award and was simply nominated for an Oscar for Greatest Actress.
The function of Klaus’s widow Astrid is performed by Lind, who brings an in depth and distinguished profession spanning a long time of Danish movie and tv. Her credit embody the traditional sequence Matador (1980) and extra the current productions Refrain Women (Dansegarderoben, 2023), Carmen Curlers (2022-2025) and Take Care (Løgnen, 2025).
Someplace Out There is a Hummelfilm (Norway) and Nordic Drama Queens (Sweden) co-production. The manufacturing is backed by the Danish Movie Institute, the Western Danish Movie Fund, the Norwegian Movie Institute, the Swedish Movie Institute, Nordisk Movie & TV Fond, DR and SVT.
Payne gained two Tailored Screenplay Oscars for Searchlight’s Sideways and The Descendants.