Exclusive: Giles Milton’s story behind Winston Churchill’s World War Two underground unit is to be told via a TV series from Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne creator Clive Bradley.
Academy Award-nominated Chocolat producer Kit Golden, Long Strange Trip’s Tom Mangan and former Discovery International CEO Mark Hollinger have secured the rights to Giles Milton’s non-fiction work Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat, with Trapped scribe Bradley turning the adaptation into a 10-episode TV drama.
Mango Productions/Pleasant Bay Pictures’ show, which plans to shoot in Scotland, France, Norway and Greece, is distinct from Paramount Pictures’ forthcoming pic Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which has Guy Ritchie attached to write and direct and is based on a different book by Damian Lewis.
Milton’s book follows the work of an international group of soldiers, spies and saboteurs from all walks of life...
Academy Award-nominated Chocolat producer Kit Golden, Long Strange Trip’s Tom Mangan and former Discovery International CEO Mark Hollinger have secured the rights to Giles Milton’s non-fiction work Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat, with Trapped scribe Bradley turning the adaptation into a 10-episode TV drama.
Mango Productions/Pleasant Bay Pictures’ show, which plans to shoot in Scotland, France, Norway and Greece, is distinct from Paramount Pictures’ forthcoming pic Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which has Guy Ritchie attached to write and direct and is based on a different book by Damian Lewis.
Milton’s book follows the work of an international group of soldiers, spies and saboteurs from all walks of life...
- 12/21/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures are teaming for an adaptation of Leif Enger's 2002 novel "Peace Like A River" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Tate Taylor ("The Help") is in early talks to direct the story which follows an asthmatic 11-year-old named Reuben Land, who lives with his eccentric family in 1962 Minnesota.
When two young troublemakers break into the family home, Reuben’s 16-year-old brother guns them down and is convicted in the ensuing trial. When the brother escapes, Reuben, his sister and his widowed father criss-cross the Midwest to find him.
Brad Pitt, David Brown and Kit Golden are producing. Warners and Plan B previously tried to adapt the property back in 2005 with Billy Bob Thornton attached to star.
Tate Taylor ("The Help") is in early talks to direct the story which follows an asthmatic 11-year-old named Reuben Land, who lives with his eccentric family in 1962 Minnesota.
When two young troublemakers break into the family home, Reuben’s 16-year-old brother guns them down and is convicted in the ensuing trial. When the brother escapes, Reuben, his sister and his widowed father criss-cross the Midwest to find him.
Brad Pitt, David Brown and Kit Golden are producing. Warners and Plan B previously tried to adapt the property back in 2005 with Billy Bob Thornton attached to star.
- 8/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Help director Tate Taylor is currently in talks to adapt the Leif Enger novel, Peace Like A River, for the big screen. After the financial success of The Help (which did well in its first week at the Us box office), Dreamworks are keen to work with Taylor again, this time teaming up with Warner Bros and Brad Pitt's Plan B production company. David Brown and Kit Golden will produce, alongside Pitt. Peace Like A River, set in 1962, is a tale narrated by Reuben, an asthmatic 11-year-old boy who lives with his oddball family in smalltown...
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- 8/17/2011
- by Fareed Athman
- TotalFilm
The critical and financial success that The Help has experienced is paying off for director Tate Taylor, who, according to THR, is currently in talks to direct an adaptation of Leif Enger‘s novel, Peace Like a River. The story is centered on Reuben Land, an 11-year-old with asthma who goes on a trip with his sister and father to find his brother, a 16-year-old that escaped from jail; he was sent there after killing two people who were attempting to break into the family’s home.
It’s set to be produced by Brad Pitt for Plan B Entertainment, along with David Brown and Kit Golden, while Warner Bros. is distributing. This is a book that has been in various stages of development for several years, with Kathy McWorter being hired to write the script and Billy Bob Thornton once attached to play the dad, the latter of which...
It’s set to be produced by Brad Pitt for Plan B Entertainment, along with David Brown and Kit Golden, while Warner Bros. is distributing. This is a book that has been in various stages of development for several years, with Kathy McWorter being hired to write the script and Billy Bob Thornton once attached to play the dad, the latter of which...
- 8/17/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Chicago – Hot on the heels of the return of the DVD Round-Up, we’re back with its fraternal twin, the Blu-Ray Round-Up, a collection of recently-released HD titles that could easily go ignored while you deal with the heat wave blanketing the country. Get out to the store. Pick one of these up. Come back to your A/C. Enjoy.
The Blu-Ray Round-Up is primarily for informational purposes but two of these recent releases are two of our favorites — “Amelie” and “Brazil.” The latter is depressingly bare-bones, especially when compared to the hard-to-find Criterion DVD release. Criterion, get on this. Get the rights back and release a Blu-ray. Until then, pick up this edition just to own one of Terry Gilliam’s best.
“Wake Wood” was released on July 5th, 2011.
“Brazil” was released on July 12th, 2011.
“Amelie,” “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and “Chocolat” were released on July 19th,...
The Blu-Ray Round-Up is primarily for informational purposes but two of these recent releases are two of our favorites — “Amelie” and “Brazil.” The latter is depressingly bare-bones, especially when compared to the hard-to-find Criterion DVD release. Criterion, get on this. Get the rights back and release a Blu-ray. Until then, pick up this edition just to own one of Terry Gilliam’s best.
“Wake Wood” was released on July 5th, 2011.
“Brazil” was released on July 12th, 2011.
“Amelie,” “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and “Chocolat” were released on July 19th,...
- 7/19/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
- 7/18/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Billy Bob Thornton has signed on to star in the feature film adaptation of Peace Like a River for Warner Bros. Pictures. Brad Pitt will produce for Plan B, with David Brown and Kit Golden producing through their Manhattan Project shingle. Plan B's Kristin Hahn will serve as the executive producer. Alicia Sams is the co-producer, and Courtenay Valenti is overseeing for Warners.
- 6/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Billy Bob Thornton has signed on to star in the feature film adaptation of Peace Like a River for Warner Bros. Pictures. Brad Pitt will produce for Plan B, with David Brown and Kit Golden producing through their Manhattan Project shingle. Plan B's Kristin Hahn will serve as the executive producer. Alicia Sams is the co-producer, and Courtenay Valenti is overseeing for Warners.
- 6/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
10 p.m.-midnight
Sunday, April 13
TNT
Think of a jigsaw puzzle missing a few pieces or a scenic ride down a bumpy road, and you begin to capture the experience of watching "Framed", an entertaining if improbable thriller with a plot that has more holes than one of Saddam Hussein's palaces.
Rob Lowe plays Mike Santini, a New York police detective who, while on a family vacation in the Bahamas, catches sight of Eddie Meyers (Sam Neill). Meyers was to be the key witness in an international money laundering trial but slipped away four years earlier. Pausing only long enough for a few arguments with his wife, Lucy (Alicia Coppola), Santini manages to capture the much-sought-after Meyers.
Then a number of things occur, all of them unlikely but crucial to the story. Meyers insists that Santini be the interrogator. He also insists that he be put in a posh house where he can indulge his taste for fine cuisine and maintain his excellent wardrobe. In this movie, whatever Meyers wants, Meyers gets.
The heart and soul of the film is the interplay between the straight-laced Santini and the sophisticated Meyers. Neill plays Meyers as a slippery but endearing con man, giving the character enough texture and appeal to be practically irresistible. Lowe, on the other hand, makes Santini even more of a laid-back Boy Scout than Sam Seaborn, his character on "The West Wing". While this is supposed to be a cat-and-mouse game between the noble Santini and the hedonistic Meyers, there's really no contest. For all his criminal activity, Meyers is both fascinating and the film's biggest draw.
In other developments, Santini's wife and kids are relocated for their protection to a remote house, which becomes the scene of infidelity. And there's also the issue of how Santini was tarred five years earlier when his partner was found guilty of bribery. Neither story gets properly developed, and both are more or less distractions.
Also, if you're wondering where the title for this movie fits in, be patient. You have to get through more than two-thirds of the story before there's any talk of anyone framing anyone else.
Director-writer Daniel Petrie Jr. takes good advantage of the Bahamas scenery and proves adept at finding interesting angles from which to capture the interplay between Santini and Meyers. He also displays a smooth hand during the action sequences, though these seem to end almost as quickly as they begin.
FRAMED
TNT
A Turner Netrwork Television Original Film
Credits:
Executive producers: David Brown, Kit Golden, Thomas J. Mangan IV, Mark Amin, Lynda La Plante
Line producer: Kim Todd
Director-writer: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Based on the book by: Lynda La Plante
Director of photography: Laszio George
Production designer: Peter Cosco
Editor: Paul Dixon
Music: Joe Kraemer
Art director: Deanne Rohde
Set decorator: Mark Steel
Casting: Iris Grossman, Robin D Cook
Cast:
Mike Santini: Rob Lowe
Eddie Meyers: Sam Neill
Lucy Santini: Alicia Coppola
MacNamara: Peter MacNeill
George Adams: Dorian Harewood
Joan Thomas: Janet Wright
A. Daniel Cole: Stewart Bick...
Sunday, April 13
TNT
Think of a jigsaw puzzle missing a few pieces or a scenic ride down a bumpy road, and you begin to capture the experience of watching "Framed", an entertaining if improbable thriller with a plot that has more holes than one of Saddam Hussein's palaces.
Rob Lowe plays Mike Santini, a New York police detective who, while on a family vacation in the Bahamas, catches sight of Eddie Meyers (Sam Neill). Meyers was to be the key witness in an international money laundering trial but slipped away four years earlier. Pausing only long enough for a few arguments with his wife, Lucy (Alicia Coppola), Santini manages to capture the much-sought-after Meyers.
Then a number of things occur, all of them unlikely but crucial to the story. Meyers insists that Santini be the interrogator. He also insists that he be put in a posh house where he can indulge his taste for fine cuisine and maintain his excellent wardrobe. In this movie, whatever Meyers wants, Meyers gets.
The heart and soul of the film is the interplay between the straight-laced Santini and the sophisticated Meyers. Neill plays Meyers as a slippery but endearing con man, giving the character enough texture and appeal to be practically irresistible. Lowe, on the other hand, makes Santini even more of a laid-back Boy Scout than Sam Seaborn, his character on "The West Wing". While this is supposed to be a cat-and-mouse game between the noble Santini and the hedonistic Meyers, there's really no contest. For all his criminal activity, Meyers is both fascinating and the film's biggest draw.
In other developments, Santini's wife and kids are relocated for their protection to a remote house, which becomes the scene of infidelity. And there's also the issue of how Santini was tarred five years earlier when his partner was found guilty of bribery. Neither story gets properly developed, and both are more or less distractions.
Also, if you're wondering where the title for this movie fits in, be patient. You have to get through more than two-thirds of the story before there's any talk of anyone framing anyone else.
Director-writer Daniel Petrie Jr. takes good advantage of the Bahamas scenery and proves adept at finding interesting angles from which to capture the interplay between Santini and Meyers. He also displays a smooth hand during the action sequences, though these seem to end almost as quickly as they begin.
FRAMED
TNT
A Turner Netrwork Television Original Film
Credits:
Executive producers: David Brown, Kit Golden, Thomas J. Mangan IV, Mark Amin, Lynda La Plante
Line producer: Kim Todd
Director-writer: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Based on the book by: Lynda La Plante
Director of photography: Laszio George
Production designer: Peter Cosco
Editor: Paul Dixon
Music: Joe Kraemer
Art director: Deanne Rohde
Set decorator: Mark Steel
Casting: Iris Grossman, Robin D Cook
Cast:
Mike Santini: Rob Lowe
Eddie Meyers: Sam Neill
Lucy Santini: Alicia Coppola
MacNamara: Peter MacNeill
George Adams: Dorian Harewood
Joan Thomas: Janet Wright
A. Daniel Cole: Stewart Bick...
- 4/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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