Possible New Role?

http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/graz/graz/2390039/hollywood-traegt-bald-weiss-gruen.story

Elke Höller begins her film project "Tucked Away. In the leading role: Gerard Butler.

Cineplexx Graz:

In the entrance hall on the first floor, author Elke Höller presents her new project. In the small frame. Although that of what she informs the guests there rescues a breath of the completely big world in itself. ' Finally, my screenplay to, Tucked Away ' is filmed. Gerard Butler plays the leading role ', she thinks let. Nanny, and the Scot, from films like ' 300 'and' P.S. I love you ' is known, is not the only Hollywood star, the Höller already ' yes' has said. Also Jeremy Irons, queen Latifah and Rupert Everett have promised her appearance in the crime film all around New York policemen orally. However, the 32-year-old remains, as long as no contracts are signed, still carefully: ' If we Say, this is my list of presents. '

The soundtrack lies, by the way, in Austrian hand. The setting takes over composer Peter Wolf. Also this could decide Höller itself. After long one to and fro she has founded since her own production company and is involved in every decision. She has unearthed the relatively slender production costs of 23 million euros by investors. " We want to begin in autumn with the shooting ", the Grazerin with second residence is glad in Los Angeles. In the dream factory a part of the stripe should be turned, but also original scenes like New York, Scotland and Sicily.

For Höller the next year becomes the crowning end of 3,5 years of work. In 2006 she ascribed the script since on Gerard Butler, he invited them as a result to shooting and spontaneously accepted. If the film, comes as before planned, in next autumn to the cinemas, she could greet him, by the way, also in Graz: " I want to celebrate here the world première. Naturally with the stars. ".

http://www.elkehoeller.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=38&lang=en

This site gives the timeline of events and a little more info. It looks like she was invited on the set of "300" and at some point Gerry gave her some good feedback on the script. I can't tell from this or the other story posted if Gerry has signed, just expressed an interest. From the last paragraph in the article above, it sounds like she wrote the part for Gerry, then got invited to the set of "300" where he read it, gave good feedback and spontaneously said yes. (?)
Sounds a little uncertain to me, but who knows.


http://www.elkehoeller.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=38&lang=en


News 2010
Dear friends, long time no hear but we've got some very good news for you: TUCKED AWAY is on its way and its gonna be great! We are looking forward to seeing it! By the way, come and get in contact with Elke on a new social network. Login at www.sitetalk.com/UN100105. See you guys there! Keep you posted!


May 09
Last month Elke was in L.A. to meet up with the production team of her recent project TUCKED AWAY and some actors but also with star-composer Peter Wolf and her friend Lilly Berger (producer). Right now she is finalizing another script about a country called Gottschee. We can't wait to hear more about it and will keep you posted.


March 09
Elke will come to the Diagonale 09, the Austrian Film Festival from March 17 - 22, in Graz and support her colleague Lily Berger (producer) and her last movie "Jump" with Patrick Swayze. We also heard that Elke will get back to L.A. in April to meet with Peter Wolf and the producers of her recent project "Tucked Away". We will keep you posted!


September 08
New Script: Devil's Ride

We heard that Elke is working on another script called "Devil's Ride", an action movie as well with motorbikes and lots of crazy stunts. Furthermore she is planing "Tucked Away II". We don't have more information for you now but we will keep you posted.


August 08
Official presentaion of the book "Versteckt"

We are glad to tell you that Elke is planing an official presentation of her first book "Versteckt" (German) in Graz, Austria. It will take place in September and the actors Kristian E. Kiehling and Gunther Gillian are willing to come to Graz to suport Elke and to give autographs. We will keep you posted and let you know more details as soon as possible.

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July 08
Get the book upfront the movie!

Hey folks!

Newspapers, Magazines and the Filmcommission were talking about Elke and her projects in the States the last few months. And as you already know Elke sent us some books for the official pre-sale in Austria and Germany. It's sold out!

As from now you can get the book "Versteckt - Deine Vergangenheit wird Dich finden" (German) upfront the movie "Tucked Away" online on www.amazon.de, www.thalia.de, www.buch.de or in book stores across Austria and Germany.


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Ready, set, go!

We are very proud to tell you that Elke will release her first book "Versteckt - Deine Vergangenheit wird Dich finden" in Austria and Germany. It`s the german version, the book of her first screenplay called "Tucked Away". You can get the book right here for about € 14,90 from July 1 to August 25, 2008, just send an email to bestellung@elkehoeller.comThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it . After this time you can get it for about € 17,50 online or order it in book stores in Austria and Germany.

Note: The book is written in German. Elke is already working on the English version. We will keep you posted!

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June 08
Elke and the Support-Team wonna wish you a wonderful summer! Have a great time and enjoy life!

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May 08
This autumn Elke will found her own company called "EH Creative Agency" and the 1. exclusive Ladiesclub in Austria. We will keep you posted and let you know more about her ambitions soon!

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March 08
Long time we couldn't tell you any news about Elke and her plans for the future. Now we have more information about what's going on in Elke's world. Check this out!

Booklaunch: In a few weeks Elke will release her first book "Versteckt - Deine Vergangenheit wird Dich finden" (in German) in Austria and Germany. The book is based on her first script "Tucked Away" that will be produced in Hollywood. She also plans to release the book in English but this might take a lil while.

EH Creative Agency: Elke goes into business by herself and starts her own creative agency in Austria. She will focus on Eventmanagement and Public Relations and of course Promotion for her movies. Furthermore she will build up the 1st exclusive ladiesclub in Austria. You will find more information about the agency and the club right here as soon as possible.


July 07
Until May 2008 Elke´s first novel will be released in the stores in Austria, Germany and all different kind of online-shops - at first in German.

The first screenplay "Tucked Away" written by Elke Hoeller in 2004 will be released as a novel "Tucked Away - Your past will always find you" written by the screenwriter herself. It will tell the story of Gerry O`Neil the scruffy cop who tries to find the murder of his parents in the surrounding field of the Sicilian Mafia for those of us who love to read criminal novels. Lets hope that the novel will be released in English pretty soon.

April 07
Elke is still working very busy on her first screenplay "Tucked Away". Some very important producers in LA are impatiently waiting to read the final draft.

At the moment she looks up the screenplay with a very successful Austrian Editor, Andreas Meschuh, and with help from David P., a multi-talent himself, speedracer and stuntrider from Texas, she brings up the action scenes on a new high level. No word about the production company who will get the deal since yet, neither from Elke´s Team nor from Elke. Stay tuned...


March 07
During the cold winter months the young screenwriter was working very hard on her screenplays and new ideas but more than that she made contact with lots of important people in film biz. Hollywood-Grazer Wolfgang "Wowi" Santner, who´s very successful with Rich Prosecco and his client Paris Hilton, helps Elke to get in contact with the right people. Wowi became a very good friend and mentor. He´s living with his wife Claudia in LA for a few years and became a celebrity himself, successful producer and director.


November 06
On Thursday November 23, 2006, Elke Hoeller invited some Austrian VIPs to her vernissage "Art meets Culture" in the building of Saubermacher Outsourcing GmbH in Graz. There she gave a warm welcome to some of the most important politics in the Styrian gouvernment for example Siegfried Schrittwieser, Dr. Heinz D. Anderwald etc. and Cinestyria-boss Enrico Jakob and lots of more.

To help people with cancer she created a collage with autographs of many international stars and gave it to the Austrian institution for people with cancer.

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October 06
Elke Hoeller is planing to have her 2. Vernissage on November 23rd, 2006, and invites representatives from the government, trade and market and the filmbusiness. The Event is called "Art meets Culture". If you want to know more about the event or if you like to get an invitation, please e-mail: contact@elkehoeller.comThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it . Thanks!

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September 06
Mitchell Block (producer, Directcinema, and member of the academy) wants to help Elke. He tells her to send him some treatments and he will pass them on to a friend who is a client at WMA (William Morris Agency - one of the most successful literary agencies in biz). During her stay in Los Angeles Elke met Mitchell and they became friends.

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August 06
Invitation by Michael Rosenberg, president Imagine Entertainment, to meet with him in Los Angeles and to talk about "Tucked Away" and Elke´s ambitions as screenwriter. The meeting was private and so they became E-Mail-Buddies. furthermore Michael Rosenberg became a very good friend and mentor for Elke.


July 06
The Cinestyria, Austrian Filmcommission&Fonds, wants to have some reading and gives Elke a letter of recommendation after a personal meeting. Enrico Jakob, secretary general at Cinestyria, says that Elke is "one of the most up-coming screenwriters of Austria".

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May 06
Elke gives some reading to one of the most successful directors for documentary films in Austria, Mag. Klaus Feichtenberger. After that he comes to know her better and they become friends. Furthermore Klaus Feichtenberger is Elke´s idol and he gives a letter of recommendation to her to fulfill her dream of a lifetime and become screenwriter.

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March 06
Acceptance for a product placement by Red Bull, Ducati, Daimler Chrysler, Audi, Bentley and Jaguar if the project "Tucked Away" will be filmed. Positive feedback by actors and/or agents like Gerard Butler, Johnny Messner, Kristian Kiehling, etc.


February 06
Official beginning of the project "Tucked Away". Pitch and treatments were send to recommended agencies and actors. First contact with sponsors and companies who want to support the project (product placement).


November 05
Elke visited Mel´s Cite du Cinema in Montréal, Canada, and was able to take a look behind the scenes of Frank Miller´s "300".


October 05
Invitation to meet Gerard Butler in Montréal, Canda, and to take a look behind the scenes of Frank Miller´s "300".


March 05
First contact with Gerard Butler´s puclicist and agent ("Phantom of the Opera", "Dear Frankie", etc.).

August 04
First positive feedback from a publicist in London and agents from some of the most popular actors in film business.


April 04
First contact with agencies and production companies.


February 04
Finalized the screenplay to "Tucked Away" (action movie).

Thanks you two!

http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/graz/graz/2390039/hollywood-traegt-bald-weiss-gruen.story

I am trying to translate this in a short version...
Cineplexx Graz present in their lounge the author Elke Höller !

Hollywood will make of her book " tucked away" a film.
She wants to have the actor Gerard Butler in the mainrole..
She says ..oh yes the scotsmen, the hollywood star from the movie 300 and Ps I love will have the mainrole , and he isnt the only one which said yes to Höllerand there will be other stars like, Auch Jeremy Irons, QueenLatifah,RupertEverett. A Movie about a young NYorker Policemen..there are no contracts signed yet but they are done by mouth or word...(how ever you say that)...but thats her wishlist.She founded her own Movie company and the moviel will cost about 23 million Euros....
The Music is makin Peter Wolf, she lives in Los Angeles but her hometown is in Graz (Steyr/Austria), the wanna make the movie in New York, Scotland and Sicilia.
After three year of workin on the book finnally she is makin the movie and she made the role for Gerard Butler especially for him.
He did in invite her while filming some movie and said yes to her movie.
They will start this autumn and the premiere will be next year in Austria in Graz and she wants all the stars there....


BOOOOOOHOOOOO do you wanna know who will be there tooo if thats happeneneneing MEEEEEEEEEEEE !

just go ahead !

Thanks Andrea! Good to see you again!

More on the movie Tucked Away below.

(I have no idea why there is so many typos, spelling and grammar errors. It is supposedly written by the writer. Perhaps it is because English is her second language?)

http://www.elkehoeller.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=27

Tucked Away


"Tucked Away" is not only the story about an unlikely duo, who teams up for breathtaking action, reckless stunts, humorous gags and hairraising pressure. Furthermomre it´s the story about a man who lost his path in life and who´s family has got more to do with the Sicilian mafia than anybody thinks at the beginning. The relationship between the two detectives is very difficult at the beginning but after a while they learn to trust and help each oterh. During their police investigations they find out who is really in control behind the scenes and who is responsible for the fight between the Sicilian mafia and a Black-American gang in the underground of New York City.

"Tucked Away" is not only an action story about organized crime, drungs, gangs and police it´s also a story about passion for life and a message for why some of us have to risk more in life than others.

Breathtaking action, reckless stunts in New York City, 2006. A wild chase with hot cars and fast motorbikes thru the New York City Marathon and a surprising showdown on the top of the Empire State Building puls adrenalin into our veins. Be ready for a new team on the big screen!

© written by Elke Hoeller, WGA No. 1126

More about the author and meeting with Gerry:

http://www.elkehoeller.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=25&lang=en


Profil
Screenwriter - Producer - Businesswoman
Elke Hoeller is a girl next door, born in Graz on August 22nd, 1978, and she’s right on her way to Hollywood. The 29-year-old creates ideas and screenplays for action movies for the big international screen and builds up her own creative agency in Austria.

Normally an unknown screenwriter tries to get his first screenplay made in the local film biz - not Elke. She is going straight ahead to the big player in Hollywood and luck seems to be on her side. In November 2005 she got the chance of her life. She was invited to Mel´s Cite du Cinema, the film studios in Montréal, to take a look behind the scenes of Frank Miller´s “300” and to meet with her favorite actor Gerard Butler. She took the chance, packed her bags and flew to Canada. There she met people who inspired her to live her dream and to become a screenwriter in the international film business.

“For me, it was the best thing that could ever happen. The chance to meet the people in front and behind the camera. How often do we get such a great chance? Normally never, so I did it without thinking for a second.” Elke says.

This experience encouraged the young woman to move on with writing. With her unusually ideas and her warm and overwhelming personality the girl from Graz made an appointment with one of the big player in biz. In August 2006 she got the chance to met Michael Rosenberg and the people at Imagine Entertainment that produce films on a very high level and she introduced them to her script for a rapid action movie called “Tucked Away”. It’s absolutely unusual that a girl from a small country like Austria gets the chance to meet people like Michael Rosenberg. A girl, who never worked in film business or knew anybody in Hollywood before. The meeting was private and it was a great honor for her to meet up with Michael. They became E-Mail-Buddies. Furthermore she must be very talented to get that far, that's for sure. The film commission in Austria says about her “Elke Hoeller is one of the most up-coming screenwriters of Austria” and believes in her talent.

Even though she doesn’t have an agent, manager or publicist behind her she got in contact with actors like Gerard Butler (“Phantom of The Opera”), Johnny Messner (“Tears of the Sun”), Sir Sean Connery and lots of more or even with their agents. The actor Kristian Kiehling, who is very successful in Germany and currently living and filming in London, accepts her invitation to come to Austria and will meet with her as soon as possible. Elke is financing all her ambitions by herself.

“The meeting with Imagine was very nice, … much more than I expected. Michael Rosenberg is a very nice person and a great businessman. I’m very proud to meet up with him and to stay in contact with him. It really is an honor for me that a man like Michael believes in me and my talent and that he wants to support me on my way to fulfill my dream of a lifetime.”

Now the Austrian newcomer knows that she is able to tell great stories that are of interest for Hollywood and she is working on 9 new projects. Most of them are drafts for action movies, a comedian love story, a thriller and an adventure movie. Even thought it might be easier for her to work with an agent, she keeps on doing her job without any one else behind her cas she believes in her work and had to learn that there are just a few people in this biz that you can trust if you are a newcomer.

“The stories that I work on are stories for directors like Michael Bay, Tony Scott, Rob Cohan etc. not for the Austrian film business, they are too big. Too many action sequenses and lots of expensive cars, which get distroyed, haha. So I have to move on and work hard to get the attention of the right people. And as I learned the last few months: Don´t trust anyone! It sounds weird but there are just a few people that I trust in this biz like my friends Wolfgang Santner and Claudia Farrokhnia. There were lots of people in Hollywood who liked "Tucked Away" and that wanted to proudce it, but I wanted to be part of the whole production, I wanted to keep an eye on the soundtrack and all that stuff as well. That´s not usual for a newcomer and I'm glad that I can work with the great Hollywood-Production-Duo Wolfgang Santner and Claudia Farrokhnia. It seems as if crazy people always get to find each other tho there are miles between them, haha.”

While Elke is working on new projects the German publisher for pocket books is waiting for the novel of “Tucked Away“. The newcomer is not sure why she was so successfully since yet or how she could get that far.

“I think first of all my parents help me a lot. I had a good childhood and education. I respect other people; I think that's the most important. My parents believe in me and support me with all their power and love. I'm very open-minded and warm-hearted and a wee bit crazy (in a good way), I guess that's a good combination as well, haha. And sometimes, I get to know people who can see that I'm talented and support me. I think all these things and a lot of luck allows me to do the things that I love to do.”

One thing is for sure: Elke is not a typical "girl next door" tho she seems to be for the most people at first sight. She is one of those women, who knows what she wants and is working hard and straight up to get it. She will find a place in film business, furthermore in the action genre, cas she's got the talent, the passion and heart, the humor and persistence to stay the course.

cool story well....well we austrians are not the "gitl next door anyway" LOL grin

Thanks Andrea and Dallas!