If your first instinct upon seeing the title “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” is to say, “Well, that’s a mouthful,” rest assured that Mike Newell’s film has you covered, for a secondary character does the very same. Indeed, pretty much everyone in this crumbly oatmeal biscuit of a movie does and says exactly what you’d expect of them: based not on the logic of real life, of course, but the cozy conventions of umpteen twee heritage Britpics before it. For Sunday-afternoon comfort-viewing purposes, it’s no problem that “Guernsey” — which follows the post-wwii escapades of a winsome London writer (Lily James) on the eponymous isle — doesn’t stray from its inevitable course as a town-versus-country love triangle. That it offers no surprises as a nominal wartime mystery, however, is rather more bothersome, particularly as what should be a perky trifle trudges past the two-hour mark.
- 4/18/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
SVoD service strikes deal with Studiocanal.
Netflix has taken a host of territories on Mike Newell’s Lily James-starring historical drama The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society.
The SVoD service has picked up rights for Us, Canada, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, while Studiocanal will distribute in its territories the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany. The film has now sold out worldwide and the roll-out commences with Australia on April 19, the UK on April 20 and New Zealand on April 25, followed by France on June 13 and Germany on August 9.
Produced by Studiocanal with...
Netflix has taken a host of territories on Mike Newell’s Lily James-starring historical drama The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society.
The SVoD service has picked up rights for Us, Canada, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, while Studiocanal will distribute in its territories the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany. The film has now sold out worldwide and the roll-out commences with Australia on April 19, the UK on April 20 and New Zealand on April 25, followed by France on June 13 and Germany on August 9.
Produced by Studiocanal with...
- 3/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Filming of The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society has begun. The big-screen adaptation of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' international bestselling epistolary novel stars Lily James as journalist Juliet Ashton who forms a life-changing bond with an eccentric secret society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during wartime.
The film is being directed by Four Weddings And A Funeral's Mike Newell from a script by Don Roos (Marley & Me), Kevin Hood (A Royal Night Out) and Tom Bezucha (Monte Carlo).
The film co-stars by Michiel Huisman (The Age Of Adaline), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
Studiocanal is financing the project and will distribute in its own territories, the UK, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
In the aftermath...
The film is being directed by Four Weddings And A Funeral's Mike Newell from a script by Don Roos (Marley & Me), Kevin Hood (A Royal Night Out) and Tom Bezucha (Monte Carlo).
The film co-stars by Michiel Huisman (The Age Of Adaline), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
Studiocanal is financing the project and will distribute in its own territories, the UK, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
In the aftermath...
- 3/23/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A Royal Night Out Atlas Distribution Company Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Julian Jarrold Screenwriter: Trevor de Silva and Kevin Hood Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson, Rupert Evert Release Date: December 4th, 2015 The future Queen Elizabeth II and her Sister Princess Margaret went “out” on May 8th, 1945 to celebrate V.E. Day. Their royal party of sixteen included a nanny, several friends, Captain Peter Towsend and military protection officers. The entire group returned to Buckingham palace at 01:00 hrs on May 9th. Screenwriters Trevor de Silva and Kevin Hood put that evening outing in a comedy-drama cinematic format and added some [ Read More ]
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- 12/2/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Do you find yourself excited about True Detective Season 2? Did The Jinx completely captivate you? Do you just love crime television in general? If you answered “yes” to any of those, then you’ll be thrilled to hear that the original “true crime” novel is on its way to television: Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. A new report today indicates that The Weinstein Company is optioning the rights to Capote’s acclaimed masterpiece with the intention of turning it into an event series for television. TV writer Kevin Hood has been tapped to adapt the series, produced by Gary Oldman’s Flying Studios. The trade paperback edition describes the book as follows: With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime reportage from serious literature. As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial,...
- 4/14/2015
- by Jasef Wisener
- TVovermind.com
Like Full House and Coach before it, Truman Capote‘s In Cold Blood is also getting resurrected for the small screen. The Weinstein Co. has just picked up the rights to the true-crime masterpiece, with the intention of adapting it into an event miniseries. Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski will produce, while Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) will […]
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- 4/14/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
The Weinstein Company and Gary Oldman's Flying Studios company are planning a TV series adaptation of Truman Capote's acclaimed 1966 true crime novel "In Cold Blood".
The original work centers on the 1959 murders of the Clutters, a Kansas farming family and the effect their deaths had on the community and the men who were convicted of the crime.
Kevin Hood ("Becoming Jane") is set to write the project which Oldman and Douglas Urbanski will produce. There is no network currently attached to the project.
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The original work centers on the 1959 murders of the Clutters, a Kansas farming family and the effect their deaths had on the community and the men who were convicted of the crime.
Kevin Hood ("Becoming Jane") is set to write the project which Oldman and Douglas Urbanski will produce. There is no network currently attached to the project.
Source: The Live Feed...
- 4/14/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Weinstein Company has secured rights to Truman Capote’s American masterpiece “In Cold Blood,” and plans to bring the crime story to television as a miniseries event. Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski’s Flying Studios (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) will produce, with “Becoming Jane” screenwriter Kevin Hood on board to adapt Capote’s book. “In Cold Blood” was published in 1966, a blockbuster true-crime account that first ran as a four-part serial in The New Yorker. It centers on the murders of Kansas farming family the Clutters that subsequently rocked their community and ultimately the nation. “Truman Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood’ has been riveting.
- 4/13/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has optioned television rights to Truman Capote’s 1966 bestseller with Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski’s Flying Studios on board to produce.
TWC envisions the enterprise as “an epic television event series”. Becoming Jane and Grange Hill screenwriter Kevin Hood is attached to script the programme.
In Cold Blood first appeared as a four-part serial in The New Yorker before Random House published it. Capote’s (pictured) book went on to becomes the second highest selling true-crime book.
The story follows the 1959 murders of a Kansas farming family and the impact on both the surrounding community and the men who were eventually convicted.
Twv svp of scripted TV Marc Velez, vice-president of scripted TV Megan Spanjian and creative executive Lauren O’Connor will oversee the project for TWC.
The company’s evp of business and legal affairs Sarah Sobel brokered the deal with Apa.
TWC envisions the enterprise as “an epic television event series”. Becoming Jane and Grange Hill screenwriter Kevin Hood is attached to script the programme.
In Cold Blood first appeared as a four-part serial in The New Yorker before Random House published it. Capote’s (pictured) book went on to becomes the second highest selling true-crime book.
The story follows the 1959 murders of a Kansas farming family and the impact on both the surrounding community and the men who were eventually convicted.
Twv svp of scripted TV Marc Velez, vice-president of scripted TV Megan Spanjian and creative executive Lauren O’Connor will oversee the project for TWC.
The company’s evp of business and legal affairs Sarah Sobel brokered the deal with Apa.
- 4/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The first trailer for A Royal Night Out has been unveiled.
The British drama follows Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as they party with the public during the historic Ve Day celebrations in 1945.
Rupert Everett and Emily Watson star as King George and Queen Elizabeth, with Sarah Gadon and Bel Powley starring as the princesses.
Transformers: Age of Extinction's Jack Reynor also stars as Jack, a man who the princesses meet during their time outside the gates of Buckingham Palace.
A Royal Night Out is based on true events, which saw the young princesses granted permission to mingle with the British people following the end of the Second World War.
The movie is directed by Julian Jarrold from a script penned by Trevor De Silva and Kevin Hood. Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae produced the project for Ecosse Films.
A Royal Night Out will be released in UK cinemas...
The British drama follows Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as they party with the public during the historic Ve Day celebrations in 1945.
Rupert Everett and Emily Watson star as King George and Queen Elizabeth, with Sarah Gadon and Bel Powley starring as the princesses.
Transformers: Age of Extinction's Jack Reynor also stars as Jack, a man who the princesses meet during their time outside the gates of Buckingham Palace.
A Royal Night Out is based on true events, which saw the young princesses granted permission to mingle with the British people following the end of the Second World War.
The movie is directed by Julian Jarrold from a script penned by Trevor De Silva and Kevin Hood. Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae produced the project for Ecosse Films.
A Royal Night Out will be released in UK cinemas...
- 2/24/2015
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Apa has signed UK screenwriter and playwright Kevin Hood. He most recently scripted Reykjavik, the Cold War drama that Participant Media has slated for production early this year with Ridley Scott producing, and Mike Newell directing Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz. Hood also co-wrote Girl’s Night Out, a romantic comedy directed by Michael Hoffman, which is scheduled to start lensing this year. In addition to a long list of credits in British television, Hood co-created the BBC’s longest-running primetime crime drama Silent Witness. He also created and executive produced the network’s drama In A Land Of Plenty, based on the novel by Tim Pears. Hood is also known for his rewrite on the Miramax feature Becoming Jane, starring Anne Hathaway. A successful playwright from 1987-1998, Hood wrote the plays Beached and Astronomer’s Garden. He also wrote British television drama including episodes of Medics, Grange Hill and Garrow’s Law.
- 1/30/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
• Christoph Waltz better get used to people wanting to touch his head: The Oscar winner has signed up to play former Soviet Union chairman Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik, about the historic 1986 nuclear arms summit between Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan (Michael Douglas). Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is directing from a script by Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane). [Deadline]
• Jim Carrey is in talks to headline Loomis Fargo, a comedy about the real-life robbery of $17.3 million from a Loomis Fargo armed truck. Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) will direct, with Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn (MacGruber, Baby Mama) producing.
• Jim Carrey is in talks to headline Loomis Fargo, a comedy about the real-life robbery of $17.3 million from a Loomis Fargo armed truck. Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) will direct, with Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn (MacGruber, Baby Mama) producing.
- 10/16/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Looks like Christoph Waltz will be getting out the hair clippers and dipping into the paint pot, as he’s signed on to play former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev opposite Michael Douglas as Roland Reagan in Reykjavik. Mike Newell is getting set to direct the film next March, working from a script by Kevin Hood.The story will follow the famous meeting between the two men in 1986 in Iceland, which signalled that the Cold War had finally begun to defrost. Even as the threat of nuclear war remained hanging over everyone’s heads and the talks collapsed at least once, the powerful personas of the two men kept it on track."I feel very fortunate to have two such masters to portray the men who brought about the end of the third great war of the 20 Century. Reagan and Gorbachev were two of the most significant politicians and individuals of their times,...
- 10/15/2012
- EmpireOnline
Cut his hair, shave his beard, add that funny birthmark on his head, and he’s the same Mikhail Gorbachev! Believe it or not but this is not a rumor, and Christoph Waltz is really on board to play the former Soviet leader in Mike Newell‘s upcoming Reykjavik movie. But, that’s not the only strange thing about this project, because in case you’ve missed it – Michael Douglas is already on board to play Ronald Reagan.
Anyway, the movie will tell us the story of the famous meeting in Iceland’s capital city in 1986, between the two premiers that signalled the end of the Cold War – the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and former president Ronald Reagan.
Kevin Hood stands behind the script, while Headline Pictures, Scott Free Productions, Participant Media and Mark Sennet Productions will produce the whole thing.
And I’m mentioning all this because Scott...
Anyway, the movie will tell us the story of the famous meeting in Iceland’s capital city in 1986, between the two premiers that signalled the end of the Cold War – the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and former president Ronald Reagan.
Kevin Hood stands behind the script, while Headline Pictures, Scott Free Productions, Participant Media and Mark Sennet Productions will produce the whole thing.
And I’m mentioning all this because Scott...
- 10/15/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Austrian will play Mikhail Gorbachev as Douglas takes role of Ronald Reagan in drama about summit that thawed cold war
Christoph Waltz will play the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Mike Newell's forthcoming historical drama Reykjavik, reports Variety. Waltz will star opposite fellow Oscar-winner Michael Douglas, who takes the role of former Us president Ronald Reagan.
Newell's film is set against the backdrop of the historic 1986 summit in Iceland's capital between the two world leaders. Though the meeting itself ended in gridlock, it eventually inspired a 1987 treaty that eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges from Us and Soviet arsenals. Douglas signed on to play Reagan in August.
"I feel very fortunate to have two such masters to portray the men who brought about the end of the third great war of the 20th century," Newell said.
Ridley Scott, who was once linked...
Christoph Waltz will play the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Mike Newell's forthcoming historical drama Reykjavik, reports Variety. Waltz will star opposite fellow Oscar-winner Michael Douglas, who takes the role of former Us president Ronald Reagan.
Newell's film is set against the backdrop of the historic 1986 summit in Iceland's capital between the two world leaders. Though the meeting itself ended in gridlock, it eventually inspired a 1987 treaty that eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges from Us and Soviet arsenals. Douglas signed on to play Reagan in August.
"I feel very fortunate to have two such masters to portray the men who brought about the end of the third great war of the 20th century," Newell said.
Ridley Scott, who was once linked...
- 10/15/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Mike Newell (Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Great Expectations) has found the man who will sport the purple stained birthmark on his head while playing the last leader of the Soviet Communist Party for his new film. Academy-Award winner Christoph Waltz has been cast as Mikhail Gorbachev opposite Academy-Award winner Michael Douglas as Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik. Waltz is starring in the upcoming Django Unchained from director Quentin Tarantino while Douglas is headlining another based-on-a-true-story pic as Liberace in Steven Soderbergh’s “Behind The Candelabra” to air on HBO.
Filming on Reykjavik will begin in March 2013 in Reykjavik, Iceland and Studio Babelsberg, Germany. The script is from Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) with Ridley Scott producing.
“The film will offer the viewer a unique look into two larger than life figures who served as the catalysts for one of the most defining moments in our history, the end of the Cold War,...
Filming on Reykjavik will begin in March 2013 in Reykjavik, Iceland and Studio Babelsberg, Germany. The script is from Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) with Ridley Scott producing.
“The film will offer the viewer a unique look into two larger than life figures who served as the catalysts for one of the most defining moments in our history, the end of the Cold War,...
- 10/15/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Cold War indie Reykjavik appears to be heating up. Now that Mike Newell has stepped in to the director.s chair (taking over for Sir Ridley Scott, who was rumored though never confirmed), the political drama began looking for its Mikhail Gorbachev. According to reports, Newell found him . and it.s inspired casting. Django Unchained star Christoph Waltz reportedly has signed on to face down Michael Douglas. Ronald Reagan in the upcoming historical drama, according to Variety. The duo will work off of a Kevin Hood screenplay that captures an off-the-radar meeting between the international powerhouses in the Icelandic capital city that, for all intents and purposes, brought an end to the Cold War. Speaking of the hire, Newell said he feels .very fortunate to have two such masters to portray the men who brought about the end of the third great war of the 20th century.. And yet,...
- 10/15/2012
- cinemablend.com
Well, this just got interesting. Actually, this just got even more interesting. With Michael Douglas already slotted to play Ronald Reagan, his Cold War foe in the upcoming "Reykjavik" has been cast and it's an actor who is increasingly becoming something of a chameleon on screen. Christoph Watlz has landed the role of Mikhail Gorbachev in the film that at one time was originally slated for Ridley Scott. Now set to be directed by Mike Newell ("Donnie Brasco," "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire," "Great Expectations") "Reykjavik," with a script by British playwright Kevin Hood ("Becoming Jane"), concerns a few crucial days in 1986 when Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in a spa in the titular Icelandic capital to talk about peace between America and the Soviet Union. This conversation happened shortly after the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Douglas vs. Waltz? Yep, sounds good to us. With the...
- 10/15/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Playing a former President or First Lady is becoming a trend in movies these days, especially with Precious director Lee Daniels' upcoming The Butler, which will span eight different administrations while it tells the story of White House butler Eugene Allen. While Alan Rickman will play actor-turned-President Ronald Reagan in that project, it looks like Michael Douglas will also get a chance to play Reagan as well.
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- 8/30/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
• Michael Douglas is in talks to play President Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, an indie drama about the nuclear arms talks between Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is also in talks to helm the film from a script by Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane). Ridley Scott is producing. [THR]
• Michael Keaton has joined Robocop as the main villain, Raymond Sellars, the CEO of OmniCorp, the conglomerate that transforms Joel Kinnaman’s Detroit cop into the titular crime-fighting cyborg. Keaton is taking on the role after Hugh Laurie dropped out from the project last week.
• Michael Keaton has joined Robocop as the main villain, Raymond Sellars, the CEO of OmniCorp, the conglomerate that transforms Joel Kinnaman’s Detroit cop into the titular crime-fighting cyborg. Keaton is taking on the role after Hugh Laurie dropped out from the project last week.
- 8/30/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Michael Douglas: Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik Michael Douglas, Best Actor Academy Award winner for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, will play Ronald Reagan (playing the role of U.S. president) in the independently made Reykjavik. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire‘s Mike Newell is currently "in talks" to direct Reykjavik, at one point a possible Ridley Scott property. Scott will now co-produce the film from a screenplay by Kevin Hood (the TV movie Man and Boy, Becoming Jane). As per the Reporter, "Reykjavik takes place over a few days in 1986, when Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met for [...]...
- 8/30/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Michael Douglas must be feeling completely healthy these days because he has been lining projects up left and right (which couldn.t make us happier). And while the handsome leading man will always be known for pushing the envelope in daring dramas, he.s showing a taste for contemporary history in a few of the roles to which he.s gravitating. Pictures circulated recently of Douglas in make-up to play Liberace in a biopic he.s currently shooting with Matt Damon for HBO, and next, Douglas reportedly will step into the shoes of the late U.S. President Ronald Reagan for an independent film titled Reykjavik, THR notes. And some heavy hitters could be lining up to join Douglas behind the scenes on this one. The trade says Ridley Scott will produce Reykjavik, while Mike Newell is contemplating the directing gig. The plot of the film, written by Kevin Hood...
- 8/29/2012
- cinemablend.com
Michael Douglas is no stranger to playing the U.S.A.'s Commander in Chief, considering he played the an American President in, well, The American President back in 1995. It looks like he's about to suit up again, this time as a real person instead of a fictional one. THR reports that Douglas will portray President Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, a political drama that spans a three day meeting of peace talks between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (a role that has yet to be filled) in the titular Icelandic city after the nuclear fallout of Chernobyl. Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) wrote the script, and the project has a new director. Ridley Scott was once attached to direct, but now he'll just produce under his Scott Free banner. Replacing him is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell, who also helmed the disappointing Prince of Persia for Disney.
- 8/29/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
Michael Douglas is to portray Us President Ronald Reagan in indie film Reykjavik. Harry Potter director Mike Newell is in talks to helm the Kevin Hood-penned movie, which Sir Ridley Scott once considered as a directorial project, writes The Hollywood Reporter. Reykjavik tells the story of Reagan meeting Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the Icelandic capital in 1986 to iron out peace against the backdrop of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The film's (more)...
- 8/29/2012
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
The Hollywood Reporter reevals that famously liberal actor Michael Douglas will play famously conservative president Ronald Regan in "Reykjavik," a Cold War drama once being eyed as a potential directing vehicle for Ridley Scott. Scott is still involved in the project, but will serve as a producer through his Scott Free banner. Mike Newell, who directed "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and a new version of "Great Expectations" that is debuting at Toronto in a couple of weeks, is in talks to helm the film. "Reykjavik," with a script by British playwright Kevin Hood (he also wrote marginal literary/historical drama "Becoming Jane"), concerns a few crucial days in 1986 when Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in a spa in the titular Icelandic capital to talk about peace between America and the Soviet Union. This conversation happened shortly after the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. If done properly, this sounds like.
- 8/29/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Michael Douglas is in discussions to star as actor-turned-u.S. President Ronald Reagan in the $10 million indie drama "Reykjavik" for Participant Media says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story is set over several says in 1986 when Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met for talks in a spa in the Icelandic capital to iron out peace against the backdrop of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Kevin Hood ("Becoming Jane") wrote the screenplay.
Ridley Scott was previously linked with the project but Mike Newell ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Great Expectations") is now in talks to direct. Scott remains onboard as producer along with David W. Zucker, Mark Sennet and Stewart Mackinnon. Shooting kicks off in March in Germany.
The story is set over several says in 1986 when Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met for talks in a spa in the Icelandic capital to iron out peace against the backdrop of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Kevin Hood ("Becoming Jane") wrote the screenplay.
Ridley Scott was previously linked with the project but Mike Newell ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Great Expectations") is now in talks to direct. Scott remains onboard as producer along with David W. Zucker, Mark Sennet and Stewart Mackinnon. Shooting kicks off in March in Germany.
- 8/29/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Boy, Ridley Scott is cleaning house. One day after Daniel Espinosa took over the Soviet serial killer tale Child 44, THR have learned that Mike Newell (Great Expectations, Prince of Persia) will take the director’s chair on Reykjavik, which the other British helmer lined up in May of last year. A movement that would be enough for this once-dormant project, yet it’s also coupled with an announcement that Michael Douglas will step in the shoes of Ronald Reagan.
Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) has since completed a script — you’d hope so, given all the time he’s been afforded — which shows the 1986 meeting between America’s 40th President and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, both of whom discussed, as these leaders are wont to do, methods of creating peace; moreover, some think Reagan’s stipulations went so far as to help end the Cold War a few years later. With...
Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) has since completed a script — you’d hope so, given all the time he’s been afforded — which shows the 1986 meeting between America’s 40th President and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, both of whom discussed, as these leaders are wont to do, methods of creating peace; moreover, some think Reagan’s stipulations went so far as to help end the Cold War a few years later. With...
- 8/29/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Participant Media and Scott Free Productions are moving forward with the true political drama Reykjavik . The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Michael Douglas is in talks to headline as President Ronald Reagan and that Mike Newell ( Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ) is looking to direct. The film follows Reagan's sojourn to Iceland in October, 1986 to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev for Cold War peace talks. Kevin Hood provided the screenplay for the project, which plans to shoot in Germany in March of 2013. (Photo Credit: WENN.com)...
- 8/29/2012
- Comingsoon.net
If you’re an older gentleman (like Ridley Scott) who’s been assigned a big task (like directing Prometheus), wouldn’t you want your next job to be something that’s a little simpler and on a smaller scale? Well, the director may be doing just such a thing, as ScreenDaily has learned that he’s signed on for Reykjavik, a film that’s described as following a historic meeting held between then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
The title refers to the Reykjavik Summit of 1986, in which Reagan is said to have convinced Gorbachev to comply with several of his demands, which may have inadvertently ended the Cold War. This is, of course, what the movie will be centered on, and the mechanics of it should be fairly simple. It sounds like material that would be handled by someone who doesn’t normally do movies like Gladiator,...
The title refers to the Reykjavik Summit of 1986, in which Reagan is said to have convinced Gorbachev to comply with several of his demands, which may have inadvertently ended the Cold War. This is, of course, what the movie will be centered on, and the mechanics of it should be fairly simple. It sounds like material that would be handled by someone who doesn’t normally do movies like Gladiator,...
- 5/18/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Ridley Scott.s one of those filmmakers whose name gets attached to countless projects, but you.re never really sure which direction he may be heading until he officially rounds up a cast and rolls film. Case in point, Scott has signed on to the Cold War drama Reykjavik for Headline and Participant Media, according to Screen Daily. Kevin Hood.s script involves a pivotal meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev that took place during the 1980s and helped bring an end to the Cold War conflict that gripped the United States and Russia. There.s very little information about the film -- or Scott.s involvement -- in the article beyond the fact that the director .has boarded. the project. The big question is when Scott would even be free to direct Reykjavik. He is currently shooting Prometheus, the semi-Alien prequel, with Guy Pearce recently added to...
- 5/18/2011
- cinemablend.com
He was linked a while back, now it has been confirmed that Ridley Scott has signed on to direct the political drama "Reykjavik" for Headline Pictures, Participant Media and his own Scott Free Productions says Screen Daily.
The story is based on the 1986 Reykjavik summit between American President Ronald Reagan and Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev, which lead to the end of the Cold War. Kevin Hood is writing the script.
The big question is when will Scott make the film - he's currently shooting "Prometheus" and has been linked as potential director of a Gertrude Bell biopic, the mobster drama "The Kind One", adaptations of the novels "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley and "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman, and a film based on the Monopoly board game.
He's also set to serve as a producer on up to two dozen films and TV series over the next four years.
The story is based on the 1986 Reykjavik summit between American President Ronald Reagan and Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev, which lead to the end of the Cold War. Kevin Hood is writing the script.
The big question is when will Scott make the film - he's currently shooting "Prometheus" and has been linked as potential director of a Gertrude Bell biopic, the mobster drama "The Kind One", adaptations of the novels "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley and "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman, and a film based on the Monopoly board game.
He's also set to serve as a producer on up to two dozen films and TV series over the next four years.
- 5/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
When you think Ridley Scott, you think sprawling, epic films like Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven. Even his smaller films - G.I. Jane, Hannibal, Thelma & Louise - are still pretty big in comparison to your standard Hollywood fare. Scott is currently shooting yet another one of these blockbusters, the Alien prequel Prometheus, and while he's yet to announce his subsequent project, another possibility has been added to his already stacked plate. And it's a project unlike anything Scott's done before. ScreenDaily is reporting that Scott will produce and direct Reykjavik, a retelling of a historic 1986 meeting between American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev which indirectly resulted in the end of the Cold War. Read more after the break. According to the ScreenDaily [1] report, Scott's involvement was announced by Stewart Mackinnon of Headline Films in Cannes as they revealed their a new head of production,...
- 5/18/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Though he's currently busy shooting his Alien prequel Prometheus, filmmaker Ridley Scott has apparently been confirmed to produce and direct another project sometime later. Screen Daily has word from Headline Pictures and Participant Media that Scott has boarded the Cold War drama Reykjavik as producer and director. Written by Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) the film focuses on the meeting between Us president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s which helped bring about the end of the Cold War. This sounds like a project in the same vein as Ron Howard's historical drama Frost/Nixon. Not hamy other details are known at this time, but Scott is apparently definitely on board as producer and director. What remains to be seen is just how soon the project will come together after Prometheus wraps production. In addition Scott has been linked a project about the Gucci dynasty...
- 5/17/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
If the 73 year old filmmaker Sir. Ridley Scott was to actually make all of the projects he attaches himself to direct then he would have to live until he was 200 years old and not take a day off in his life. Yes, he really has that many films potentially in the offing. Currently filming his probable Alien prequel Prometheus, Scott has set up a ton of projects that he could pull the trigger on as his next movie once he has that one out of the way, including;
Adaptations of the sci-fi classic novels Brave New World and The Forever War, a film noir with Casey Affleck titled The Kind One, an adaptation of the Monopoly board game, a biopic of fashion icon Gucci, the soviet thriller Child 44 - plus potential further entries in his Robin Hood saga And more Alien movies.
There’s probably a dozen more I haven...
Adaptations of the sci-fi classic novels Brave New World and The Forever War, a film noir with Casey Affleck titled The Kind One, an adaptation of the Monopoly board game, a biopic of fashion icon Gucci, the soviet thriller Child 44 - plus potential further entries in his Robin Hood saga And more Alien movies.
There’s probably a dozen more I haven...
- 5/17/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
U.K based Ecosse Films' Douglas Rae and Robert Bernstein are teaming with Silverwood Films's Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine) on the book-to-film, 20-million dollar adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' On Green Dolphin Street. Written by Becoming Jane scribe Kevin Hood, Faulk's tale is set in New York, Washington and a brief spell in Moscow, follows the love affair of Mary, an English rose, and Frank a Chicago journalist. Mary, who is married to diplomat Charlie, soon becomes torn between the love of these two men. A marriage drama with adultery set in the 1950's reminds of Revolutionary Road, but this sounds slightly more ambitious - paralleling the conflicts of a love triangle with the inner (JFK vs. Nixon battle) and outer (Cold War) issues faced in the U.S. Faulks saw his Charlotte Gray made into a film, and the author recently penned a James Bond Ian Fleming...
- 8/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Ecosse Films is developing a $20 million film adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' novel "On Green Dolphin Street" says Variety.
Set in 1959 against the backdrop of the Cold War, the story follows the love affair of Mary, the wife of a diplomat, and a Chicago journalist named Frank. The story moves between New York, Washington and Moscow as Mary becomes torn between the love of Frank and her husband Charlie.
Kevin Hood ("Becoming Jane") has already penned the script and three directors are in talks to potentially helm, but no casting is yet confirmed. Filming kicks off in Canada next year.
Ecosse previously adapted Faulks' "Charlotte Gray" into a film starring Cate Blanchett back in 2001.
Set in 1959 against the backdrop of the Cold War, the story follows the love affair of Mary, the wife of a diplomat, and a Chicago journalist named Frank. The story moves between New York, Washington and Moscow as Mary becomes torn between the love of Frank and her husband Charlie.
Kevin Hood ("Becoming Jane") has already penned the script and three directors are in talks to potentially helm, but no casting is yet confirmed. Filming kicks off in Canada next year.
Ecosse previously adapted Faulks' "Charlotte Gray" into a film starring Cate Blanchett back in 2001.
- 6/18/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ecosse Films, which is based in the U.K.-based, will develop a feature adaptation of the Sebastian Faulks' book "On Green Dolphin Street." This reunites Douglas Rae and Robert Bernstein of Ecosse with Kevin Hood, writer of "Becoming Jane" who has written the screenplay for "Dolphin Street." The story takes place in New York, Washington and briefly Moscow in 1959 and is set against the backdrop of the Cold War. It follows the love affair of Mary, an English rose, and Chicago-based journalist Frank. Mary, who is married to diplomat Charlie, soon becomes torn between the love of both men.
- 6/18/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
- Today we've got the poster one sheet for Miramax Films' Becoming Jane (Hathaway kinda looks like Audrey Tautou from Amelie). We've also got the trailer - just click on the movie poster image below. Currently filming Brideshead Revisited, helmer Julian Jarrold's Kinky Boots was also a Miramax release. Written by Kevin Hood, this is set in the late 18th century, the film portrays Austen’s encounters with the modern, roguish young Irishman, Tom Lefroy (McAvoy) and imagines how their romantic encounter could have influenced some of her most famous novels that followed. In this fascinating period in Austen’s life, the film also shows the 20 year old’s determination to succeed in an era when independent thought was not part of the everyday etiquette and women’s choices were severely limited....
- 6/22/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Becoming Jane".LONDON -- It's a beguiling fancy to portray Jane Austen as the heroine of one her own stories, but Julian Jarrold's "Becoming Jane" does just that. The result is a charming romantic drama that draws on the author's observant prose and elegant wit and boasts winning performances by Anne Hathaway as Austen and James McAvoy as the love of her life.
The film will please its natural audience of fans of English costume dramas and should also draw moviegoers seeking respite from violent epics and rowdy comedies. With its handsome look and polished contributions from reliable performers including Julie Walters, Maggie Smith and James Cromwell, "Jane" will take its place alongside the best screen versions of Austen classics. Buena Vista International is releasing it today in the U.K., with Miramax Films aiming for an Aug. 3 release.
Jane Austen may not have been as ravishing a creature as Hathaway ("The Devil Wears Prada"), but the accomplished American actress conveys the writer's vulnerability and self-doubt as well as the unconquerable spirit that compelled her literary destiny. McAvoy, who was so good as a scurrilous opportunist in "The Last King of Scotland", makes a remarkably credible romantic hero.
The screenplay, by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood, draws from a 2003 biography of Austen by Jon Spence that suggests her real-life acquaintance with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy had depths not previously recognized.
In the film, the young Jane encounters Tom (McAvoy) when he is banished to the countryside for his raucous ways by his uncle, Judge Langlois, played with ferocious probity by the late Ian Richardson. The young woman's life is much like that of Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice", with a frenetic mother (Walters) anxious about her daughters finding good marriages and a benign father (Cromwell) keen for them to be happy.
Many of the shrewd observations that were to appear in her novels and some of the colorful characters she would create are foreshadowed in this tale of the love affair that would shape her life.
The realities are made plain of the 18th century gulf between rich and poor and the dependence of women upon the achievements of men. Jane's sister Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin) pines for a fiance seeking his fortune in a faraway colony, while brother Henry (Joe Anderson) contemplates marriage to Eliza De Feuillide (Lucy Cohu), widow of a rich Frenchman.
Jane, meanwhile, is under considerable pressure to give in to the desire of rich and imposing Lady Greshem (Smith) to marry her dour nephew Mr. Wisley (Laurence Fox).
When Tom joins Henry at the Hampshire country balls and cricket games, the sparks fly between the carefree young law student and the would-be writer in much the same way as when Darcy encounters Elizabeth. The attraction stumbles amid misapprehensions and overheard insults, and Jane is not encouraged when Tom gives her Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones" to read and encourages her to write like a man.
Love flourishes, however, until the immovable prejudices of Tom's uncle, who is the source of his income, and the jealousy of another threaten their happiness.
There is genuine chemistry between Hathaway and McAvoy, and their romance plays out amid gorgeous Irish scenery captured beautifully by cinematographer Eigil Bryld. Everything else -- including Eve Stewart's production design, Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh's costumes and Adrian Johnston's score -- matches the high level of Jarrold's assured direction.
BECOMING JANE
Buena Vista International (U.K.)
Miramax Films (U.S.)
An Ecosse Films Production in association with Blueprint Pictures presented by Buena Vista International (U.K.) and Miramax Films
Credits:
Director: Julian Jarrold
Screenwriters: Sarah Williams, Kevin Hood
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae
Cinematographer: Eigil Bryld
Production designer: Eve Stewart
Editor: Emma E. Hickox
Costume designer: Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh
Composer: Adrian Johnston
Cast:
Jane Austen: Anne Hathaway
Tom Lefroy: James McAvoy
Mrs. Austen: Julie Walters
Rev. Austen: James Cromwell
Lady Gresham: Maggie Smith
Henry Austen: Joe Anderson
Eliza De Feuillide: Lucy Cohu
Mr. Wisley: Laurence Fox
Judge Langlois: Ian Richardson
Cassandra Austen: Anna Maxwell Martin
John Warren: Leo Bill
Lucy Lefroy: Jessica Ashworth
Mrs. Lefroy: Eleanor Methven
Mr. Lefroy: Michael James Ford
Robert Fowle: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Jenny: Elaine Murphy
Coachman: Guy Carleton
2nd Coachman: Russell Smith
George Austen: Philip Culhane
Mrs. Radcliffe: Helen McCrory
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating PG...
The film will please its natural audience of fans of English costume dramas and should also draw moviegoers seeking respite from violent epics and rowdy comedies. With its handsome look and polished contributions from reliable performers including Julie Walters, Maggie Smith and James Cromwell, "Jane" will take its place alongside the best screen versions of Austen classics. Buena Vista International is releasing it today in the U.K., with Miramax Films aiming for an Aug. 3 release.
Jane Austen may not have been as ravishing a creature as Hathaway ("The Devil Wears Prada"), but the accomplished American actress conveys the writer's vulnerability and self-doubt as well as the unconquerable spirit that compelled her literary destiny. McAvoy, who was so good as a scurrilous opportunist in "The Last King of Scotland", makes a remarkably credible romantic hero.
The screenplay, by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood, draws from a 2003 biography of Austen by Jon Spence that suggests her real-life acquaintance with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy had depths not previously recognized.
In the film, the young Jane encounters Tom (McAvoy) when he is banished to the countryside for his raucous ways by his uncle, Judge Langlois, played with ferocious probity by the late Ian Richardson. The young woman's life is much like that of Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice", with a frenetic mother (Walters) anxious about her daughters finding good marriages and a benign father (Cromwell) keen for them to be happy.
Many of the shrewd observations that were to appear in her novels and some of the colorful characters she would create are foreshadowed in this tale of the love affair that would shape her life.
The realities are made plain of the 18th century gulf between rich and poor and the dependence of women upon the achievements of men. Jane's sister Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin) pines for a fiance seeking his fortune in a faraway colony, while brother Henry (Joe Anderson) contemplates marriage to Eliza De Feuillide (Lucy Cohu), widow of a rich Frenchman.
Jane, meanwhile, is under considerable pressure to give in to the desire of rich and imposing Lady Greshem (Smith) to marry her dour nephew Mr. Wisley (Laurence Fox).
When Tom joins Henry at the Hampshire country balls and cricket games, the sparks fly between the carefree young law student and the would-be writer in much the same way as when Darcy encounters Elizabeth. The attraction stumbles amid misapprehensions and overheard insults, and Jane is not encouraged when Tom gives her Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones" to read and encourages her to write like a man.
Love flourishes, however, until the immovable prejudices of Tom's uncle, who is the source of his income, and the jealousy of another threaten their happiness.
There is genuine chemistry between Hathaway and McAvoy, and their romance plays out amid gorgeous Irish scenery captured beautifully by cinematographer Eigil Bryld. Everything else -- including Eve Stewart's production design, Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh's costumes and Adrian Johnston's score -- matches the high level of Jarrold's assured direction.
BECOMING JANE
Buena Vista International (U.K.)
Miramax Films (U.S.)
An Ecosse Films Production in association with Blueprint Pictures presented by Buena Vista International (U.K.) and Miramax Films
Credits:
Director: Julian Jarrold
Screenwriters: Sarah Williams, Kevin Hood
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae
Cinematographer: Eigil Bryld
Production designer: Eve Stewart
Editor: Emma E. Hickox
Costume designer: Eimer Ni Mhaoldomnaigh
Composer: Adrian Johnston
Cast:
Jane Austen: Anne Hathaway
Tom Lefroy: James McAvoy
Mrs. Austen: Julie Walters
Rev. Austen: James Cromwell
Lady Gresham: Maggie Smith
Henry Austen: Joe Anderson
Eliza De Feuillide: Lucy Cohu
Mr. Wisley: Laurence Fox
Judge Langlois: Ian Richardson
Cassandra Austen: Anna Maxwell Martin
John Warren: Leo Bill
Lucy Lefroy: Jessica Ashworth
Mrs. Lefroy: Eleanor Methven
Mr. Lefroy: Michael James Ford
Robert Fowle: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Jenny: Elaine Murphy
Coachman: Guy Carleton
2nd Coachman: Russell Smith
George Austen: Philip Culhane
Mrs. Radcliffe: Helen McCrory
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating PG...
- 3/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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