Focus Features has set a U.S. release date for Edward Berger’s new thriller, Conclave, which stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow.
The film, set in the secretive Vatican meeting of Catholic cardinals who gather in Rome to pick a new Pope, will be released in theaters in New York City and Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2024, before going wider a week later on Nov. 8.
Conclave is German director Berger’s follow up to his 2022 anti-war epic and Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front. The Vatican conspiracy thriller, with a screenplay by Peter Straughan and based on Robert Harris’ novel, sees Fiennes play Cardinal Lomeli, tasked with overseeing the Cardinals arriving from across the globe to join the Conclave. But as the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lomeli realizes that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope has been chosen.
The film, set in the secretive Vatican meeting of Catholic cardinals who gather in Rome to pick a new Pope, will be released in theaters in New York City and Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2024, before going wider a week later on Nov. 8.
Conclave is German director Berger’s follow up to his 2022 anti-war epic and Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front. The Vatican conspiracy thriller, with a screenplay by Peter Straughan and based on Robert Harris’ novel, sees Fiennes play Cardinal Lomeli, tasked with overseeing the Cardinals arriving from across the globe to join the Conclave. But as the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lomeli realizes that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope has been chosen.
- 3/8/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Focus Features has firmed up release plans for Conclave, the papal thriller marking filmmaker Edward Berger’s follow-up to his 2022 Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front. An adaptation of Robert Harris’ same-name bestseller, penned by Peter Straughan, the film releases in theaters in New York and L.A. on November 1st, before expanding on the 8th.
Currently, the 1st is only occupied by an unknown title from Universal Pictures. Titles set to open on the 8th include Sony’s Venom 3 and 20th’s action thriller The Amateur starring Rami Malek.
Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds...
Currently, the 1st is only occupied by an unknown title from Universal Pictures. Titles set to open on the 8th include Sony’s Venom 3 and 20th’s action thriller The Amateur starring Rami Malek.
Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds...
- 3/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
When the film biz jetset lands at O.R Tambo airport for this week’s 6th Joburg Film Festival they’d be amazed by a little-known story of how the airport’s namesake was the mastermind behind a plan to recruit ordinary British working-class volunteers to travel to South Africa and detonate pamphlet bombs in the 1970s during the height of Apartheid.
The fascinating story has been made into a thrilling documentary by director Gordon Main, “London Recruits,” featuring interviews with those who went, interspersed with Super 8 archive footage and dramatic reenactments. It is the festival opener.
Based on the 2012 book, the U.K.’s Barefoot Rascals teamed up with producer Robyn Slovo, daughter of Joe Slovo, who was a major figure in South Africa’s anti-Apartheid struggle, as well as Jacintha de Nobrega’s Arclight Productions in South Africa.
The result is an edge-of-your-seat documentary thriller set in the early 1970s,...
The fascinating story has been made into a thrilling documentary by director Gordon Main, “London Recruits,” featuring interviews with those who went, interspersed with Super 8 archive footage and dramatic reenactments. It is the festival opener.
Based on the 2012 book, the U.K.’s Barefoot Rascals teamed up with producer Robyn Slovo, daughter of Joe Slovo, who was a major figure in South Africa’s anti-Apartheid struggle, as well as Jacintha de Nobrega’s Arclight Productions in South Africa.
The result is an edge-of-your-seat documentary thriller set in the early 1970s,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Thinus Ferreira
- Variety Film + TV
Gordon Main’s apartheid-era documentary “London Recruits” has been tapped as the opening film at the sixth Joburg Film Festival, which takes place Feb. 27 – March 3 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa‘s history, when the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon. Oliver Tambo hatched a plan to infiltrate young British activists into the country, posing as tourists. Their mission, in the face of brutal lockdown by the racist regime, was to help inspire ordinary South Africans to join a liberation movement that would never give up till freedom was won.
The film is produced by Jacintha de Nobrega (“Deep End”), Robyn Slovo, Geoff Arbourne, Colin Charles (“The Surveyor”), James Barrett (“A Change in the Weather”) and Felix Gill (“78/52″). As Variety previously reported, XYZ Films is repping the doc’s North American sales.
Earlier this week,...
The film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa‘s history, when the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon. Oliver Tambo hatched a plan to infiltrate young British activists into the country, posing as tourists. Their mission, in the face of brutal lockdown by the racist regime, was to help inspire ordinary South Africans to join a liberation movement that would never give up till freedom was won.
The film is produced by Jacintha de Nobrega (“Deep End”), Robyn Slovo, Geoff Arbourne, Colin Charles (“The Surveyor”), James Barrett (“A Change in the Weather”) and Felix Gill (“78/52″). As Variety previously reported, XYZ Films is repping the doc’s North American sales.
Earlier this week,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The last cork has been popped and the final flute of Kirkland Signatures sparkling wine drained down to the last drop. Old Man 2023 has gathered his sash about his withered frame and slunk into the night, clearing the way for cherubic New Year 2024–giggly, chubby and brimming with promise.
Or something. In reality, years don’t flip on and off like a light switch. They smear into each other like paint, until everything is the same weird shade of brownish-purple. But still: we all strive to make each new chapter in the Gregorian filing system a fresh start–a chance to break bad habits and begin good ones.
The traditional way of kickstarting these self-improvement reboots is through the maddeningly self-deceptive ritual of setting New Year’s Resolutions–80% of which are inevitably abandoned by February 1, according to most studies. But hey! A sustainable 20% is still pretty good. And for cineastes,...
Or something. In reality, years don’t flip on and off like a light switch. They smear into each other like paint, until everything is the same weird shade of brownish-purple. But still: we all strive to make each new chapter in the Gregorian filing system a fresh start–a chance to break bad habits and begin good ones.
The traditional way of kickstarting these self-improvement reboots is through the maddeningly self-deceptive ritual of setting New Year’s Resolutions–80% of which are inevitably abandoned by February 1, according to most studies. But hey! A sustainable 20% is still pretty good. And for cineastes,...
- 1/3/2024
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
“Conclave,” the latest from Oscar-winning director Edward Berger, has been picked up for U.S. distribution by Focus Features, TheWrap has learned. Berger’s follow-up to Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” remake stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Carlos Diehz, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O’Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini.
Based on Robert Harris’ novel, the Peter Straughan-penned film centers on a secret papal conclave as they go about electing a new Pope — and a conspiracy amid rival factions and self-serving political ambitions. Spoiler: The previous pope was hiding a secret or two.
“Twenty-seven years ago, I landed my first job as an intern at the company that later became Focus,” Berger said. “Ever since I left and embarked on the long path of making movies I have been wanting to return. To now work with Peter Kujawski and his incredibly dedicated team...
Based on Robert Harris’ novel, the Peter Straughan-penned film centers on a secret papal conclave as they go about electing a new Pope — and a conspiracy amid rival factions and self-serving political ambitions. Spoiler: The previous pope was hiding a secret or two.
“Twenty-seven years ago, I landed my first job as an intern at the company that later became Focus,” Berger said. “Ever since I left and embarked on the long path of making movies I have been wanting to return. To now work with Peter Kujawski and his incredibly dedicated team...
- 11/10/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Edward Berger’s upcoming thriller “Conclave,” starring Ralph Fiennes and John Lithgow, has been acquired by Focus Features for U.S. distribution.
Directed by Berger and based on Robert Harris’ novel of the same name, it tells the story of the world’s most secretive event: election of a new Pope.
The script was written by Peter Straughan.
Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence in the film, a Catholic dignitary tasked with running the Vatican’s mysterious papal conclave who finds himself trapped in a treasonous web as groups of ambitious rival cardinals form factions in the hope of swaying the vote.
“As ambitions, divisions and scandals start to boil over and the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lawrence realizes that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope is chosen,” reads the logline.
Joining Fiennes and Lithgow in the feature are Stanley Tucci,...
Directed by Berger and based on Robert Harris’ novel of the same name, it tells the story of the world’s most secretive event: election of a new Pope.
The script was written by Peter Straughan.
Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence in the film, a Catholic dignitary tasked with running the Vatican’s mysterious papal conclave who finds himself trapped in a treasonous web as groups of ambitious rival cardinals form factions in the hope of swaying the vote.
“As ambitions, divisions and scandals start to boil over and the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lawrence realizes that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope is chosen,” reads the logline.
Joining Fiennes and Lithgow in the feature are Stanley Tucci,...
- 11/10/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Edward Berger is coming home to Focus Features with his upcoming film “Conclave.”
The “All Quiet on the Western Front” Academy Award-winning director helms upcoming adaptation “Conclave” about the papal conclave that elects Popes for the Catholic Church. Berger previously interned at the company that later became Focus Features for his first job in Hollywood; Focus Features now has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “Conclave.”
“Twenty-seven years ago, I landed my first job as an intern at the company that later became Focus. Ever since I left and embarked on the long path of making movies I have been wanting to return,” Berger said in a press statement. “To now work with [Focus Features Chairman] Peter Kujawski and his incredibly dedicated team feels like I have arrived at a home that I‘ve always missed. I am grateful and so cannot wait to share the movie with audiences in the U.
The “All Quiet on the Western Front” Academy Award-winning director helms upcoming adaptation “Conclave” about the papal conclave that elects Popes for the Catholic Church. Berger previously interned at the company that later became Focus Features for his first job in Hollywood; Focus Features now has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “Conclave.”
“Twenty-seven years ago, I landed my first job as an intern at the company that later became Focus. Ever since I left and embarked on the long path of making movies I have been wanting to return,” Berger said in a press statement. “To now work with [Focus Features Chairman] Peter Kujawski and his incredibly dedicated team feels like I have arrived at a home that I‘ve always missed. I am grateful and so cannot wait to share the movie with audiences in the U.
- 11/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
More movies potentially for next year’s starved 2024 theatrical release calendar: Focus Features has taken U.S. distribution rights to Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front filmmaker Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave. The movie’s starry cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Carlos Diehz, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O’Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini.
The Peter Straughan-penned script based on Robert Harris’ bestselling novel centers on the secret papal conclave, which is electing a new Pope. After the death of a beloved Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process inside the back corners of the Vatican. Lawrence quickly finds himself the center of a conspiracy, as the cardinals forge factions and rivalries to serve their own ambitions. As divisions and scandals start to boil over and the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lawrence realizes the departed Pope had...
The Peter Straughan-penned script based on Robert Harris’ bestselling novel centers on the secret papal conclave, which is electing a new Pope. After the death of a beloved Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process inside the back corners of the Vatican. Lawrence quickly finds himself the center of a conspiracy, as the cardinals forge factions and rivalries to serve their own ambitions. As divisions and scandals start to boil over and the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lawrence realizes the departed Pope had...
- 11/10/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
XYZ Films will represent documentary “London Recruits” for North American sales, it was revealed at the ongoing Durban FilmMart.
Directed by Gordon Main, the film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa’s history. In 1970, the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon. Oliver Tambo hatched a plan to infiltrate young British activists into the country, posing as tourists. Their mission, in the face of brutal lockdown by the racist regime, was to help inspire ordinary South Africans to join a liberation movement that would never give up till freedom was won.
To mark the partnership, Ronnie Kasrils, now 86, the former underground African National Congress (Anc) freedom fighter at the heart of the story, participated in detonating a bucket “leaflet bomb” outside the market hotel. These were the devices deployed in 1970 by amateur secret agents that Kasrils recruited in London on orders from Tambo.
Directed by Gordon Main, the film sheds light on a pivotal moment in South Africa’s history. In 1970, the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa developed a new secret weapon. Oliver Tambo hatched a plan to infiltrate young British activists into the country, posing as tourists. Their mission, in the face of brutal lockdown by the racist regime, was to help inspire ordinary South Africans to join a liberation movement that would never give up till freedom was won.
To mark the partnership, Ronnie Kasrils, now 86, the former underground African National Congress (Anc) freedom fighter at the heart of the story, participated in detonating a bucket “leaflet bomb” outside the market hotel. These were the devices deployed in 1970 by amateur secret agents that Kasrils recruited in London on orders from Tambo.
- 7/23/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exec delivered keynote address at annual TV market.
The series production “bubble” has burst, said Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh in a MipTV keynote address in Canes today (April 17).
“I do feel the bubble has burst. We were enjoying a really wonderful time of endless green lights after short development periods,” said Marsh, who is also deputy CEO of Canal+.
Marsh said that now “development periods are stretching out and productions aren’t getting greenlit as easily as they were in the past.” Plus, she added, “getting that second or third season isn’t as easy.”
Despite the challenges and the...
The series production “bubble” has burst, said Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh in a MipTV keynote address in Canes today (April 17).
“I do feel the bubble has burst. We were enjoying a really wonderful time of endless green lights after short development periods,” said Marsh, who is also deputy CEO of Canal+.
Marsh said that now “development periods are stretching out and productions aren’t getting greenlit as easily as they were in the past.” Plus, she added, “getting that second or third season isn’t as easy.”
Despite the challenges and the...
- 4/17/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Studiocanal and SunnyMarch are to soon enter production on the Beneditch Cumberbatch-starring How to Stop Time, which has been rejigged from a feature to a TV series.
Studiocanal optioned the Matt Haig novel six years ago and was initially developing as a feature with Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, which it part owns. After a hefty hiatus, Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh revealed at Mip TV today that the project will now be a six-part TV series, with Cumberbatch and SunnyMarch still attached.
DC Moore (Sky/AMC’s Mary & George) and Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) will write and direct respectively and filming will begin in London and across Europe next year.
The genre-bending book is a high-stakes superhero thriller about men and women who suffer from a rare condition that makes them live for hundreds and hundreds of years. Born in 15th century France, Cumberbatch’s Tom Hazard has time...
Studiocanal optioned the Matt Haig novel six years ago and was initially developing as a feature with Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, which it part owns. After a hefty hiatus, Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh revealed at Mip TV today that the project will now be a six-part TV series, with Cumberbatch and SunnyMarch still attached.
DC Moore (Sky/AMC’s Mary & George) and Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) will write and direct respectively and filming will begin in London and across Europe next year.
The genre-bending book is a high-stakes superhero thriller about men and women who suffer from a rare condition that makes them live for hundreds and hundreds of years. Born in 15th century France, Cumberbatch’s Tom Hazard has time...
- 4/17/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Paddington” producer-distributor Studiocanal is gearing up to shoot “How To Stop Time,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and with D.C. Moore (“Mary & George”) and Tomas Alfredson (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) on board as key creative talent.
Production on the title by Studiocanal and SunnyMarch will be announced by CEO Anna Marsh on Monday at her keynote at Cannes’ MipTV trade fair.
In it, she also looks set to confirm that Studiocanal has acquired an equity stake in London-based Strong Film & Television, co-founded in late 2020 by “Broadchurch” director James Strong and Matt Tombs, a former executive at the BBC and Paramount.
Both moves come as Studiocanal parent, Vivendi’s Canal+ Group, is ramping up its own international ambitions, operating throughout Africa, in six territories in Eastern Europe and two in Asia with 16 million of its 25.5 million subscribers now outside France. It also holds a leading 30.3% stake in Africa’s MultiChoice Group, the biggest...
Production on the title by Studiocanal and SunnyMarch will be announced by CEO Anna Marsh on Monday at her keynote at Cannes’ MipTV trade fair.
In it, she also looks set to confirm that Studiocanal has acquired an equity stake in London-based Strong Film & Television, co-founded in late 2020 by “Broadchurch” director James Strong and Matt Tombs, a former executive at the BBC and Paramount.
Both moves come as Studiocanal parent, Vivendi’s Canal+ Group, is ramping up its own international ambitions, operating throughout Africa, in six territories in Eastern Europe and two in Asia with 16 million of its 25.5 million subscribers now outside France. It also holds a leading 30.3% stake in Africa’s MultiChoice Group, the biggest...
- 4/17/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
This 2011 theatrical remake of John le Carré’s spy classic is a happy surprise — it’s every bit as distinctive and accomplished as the famed Alec Guinness TV miniseries. Swedish director Tomas Alfredson and the writers know how to tell a story — at just over two hours it’s neither bloated nor curtailed. Gary Oldman immediately makes the brilliant George Smiley his own — he’s younger but just as quiet and secretive. Oldman is surrounded by distinctive talent, an ensemble that serves the story: John Hurt, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy. It’s a delight for mystery-spy fans whether or not they’re familiar with the John le Carré-George Smiley universe.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
2011 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 128 min. / Street Date February 22, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Toby Jones,...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
2011 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 128 min. / Street Date February 22, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Toby Jones,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: Rachel Weisz is set star in and produce Legendary’s adaptation of acclaimed suspense novel Seance on a Wet Afternoon with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy helmer Tomas Alfredson to direct.
Alfredson comes aboard the project replacing Harry Bradbeer, who will remain on as an executive producer as he recently returned to direct Legendary’s Enola Holmes sequel after the success of the first film. BAFTA and Tony-winner Jack Thorne wrote the draft, from a story by himself and Bradbeer.
Based on Mark McShane’s acclaimed 1961 suspense novel of the same name, the story follows a self-proclaimed psychic medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abilities. When her true intentions come to light, however, her husband realizes the plan threatens to consume them both. The novel was previously adapted as a film in 1964 starring Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley.
Alfredson comes aboard the project replacing Harry Bradbeer, who will remain on as an executive producer as he recently returned to direct Legendary’s Enola Holmes sequel after the success of the first film. BAFTA and Tony-winner Jack Thorne wrote the draft, from a story by himself and Bradbeer.
Based on Mark McShane’s acclaimed 1961 suspense novel of the same name, the story follows a self-proclaimed psychic medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abilities. When her true intentions come to light, however, her husband realizes the plan threatens to consume them both. The novel was previously adapted as a film in 1964 starring Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley.
- 10/14/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a project that’s likely to generate plenty of buzz globally: Studiocanal is reuniting the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated team behind Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to adapt spy author Dave Hutchinson’s Fractured Europe Sequence novels into a major television series.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy writer Peter Straughan and director Tomas Alfredson will turn the best-selling novels into an eight-part series, titled Europa, which will be co-produced by Seven Stories, the All3Media-backed production company founded by Girl With A Pearl Earring producer Anand Tucker.
Hutchinson has written four Fractured Europe Sequence books since 2014. The series is set in a near-future Europe, which has splintered into countless tiny nation-states after being ravaged by a pandemic and economic decay.
In the first book, Europe In Autumn, Rudi, a chef based out of a small restaurant in Krakow, Poland, is drawn into a new career with Les Coureurs des Bois,...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy writer Peter Straughan and director Tomas Alfredson will turn the best-selling novels into an eight-part series, titled Europa, which will be co-produced by Seven Stories, the All3Media-backed production company founded by Girl With A Pearl Earring producer Anand Tucker.
Hutchinson has written four Fractured Europe Sequence books since 2014. The series is set in a near-future Europe, which has splintered into countless tiny nation-states after being ravaged by a pandemic and economic decay.
In the first book, Europe In Autumn, Rudi, a chef based out of a small restaurant in Krakow, Poland, is drawn into a new career with Les Coureurs des Bois,...
- 6/8/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The week-long residency will include hands-on directing experience at the Skye Space Studio.
Mentors including director Kevin Macdonald, producer Andrew Macdonald, and The Inbetweeners actor Joe Thomas will take part in The Young Films Foundation’s first Skye residency programme (May 19-25).
Other experts coming to Skye include producers Robyn Slovo, Margaret Matheson, David Moore and Georgina Lowe, director Vítor Gonçalves; writers Olivia Hetreed and Charlie Martin, and producer and drama commissioner John Yorke.
The week-long residency programme will include workshops, masterclasses, one-on-one mentoring sessions and hands-on directing experience at the Skye Space Studio. The participants will also pitch their project ideas to Yorke,...
Mentors including director Kevin Macdonald, producer Andrew Macdonald, and The Inbetweeners actor Joe Thomas will take part in The Young Films Foundation’s first Skye residency programme (May 19-25).
Other experts coming to Skye include producers Robyn Slovo, Margaret Matheson, David Moore and Georgina Lowe, director Vítor Gonçalves; writers Olivia Hetreed and Charlie Martin, and producer and drama commissioner John Yorke.
The week-long residency programme will include workshops, masterclasses, one-on-one mentoring sessions and hands-on directing experience at the Skye Space Studio. The participants will also pitch their project ideas to Yorke,...
- 5/16/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Updated to clarify: BBC One has ordered an eight-episode second season of Russian crime drama McMafia. The series airs on AMC in the U.S, but the network has not yet made a decision on a renewal.
BBC said that it was the UK public broadcaster’s biggest new drama launch this year as well as one of its most popular shows on its digital platform iPlayer.
The series, from Cuba Pictures, charts the journey of Alex Godman, played by James Norton, as he plunges deeper and deeper into the world of organized crime, eventually finding himself unable to resist the lures of corruption.
Created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins and based on the book by Misha Glenny, Amini and Watkins said that they were keen to “cast more light on the shady intersections of transnational criminals”.
Watkins told an audience at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmy event in La...
BBC said that it was the UK public broadcaster’s biggest new drama launch this year as well as one of its most popular shows on its digital platform iPlayer.
The series, from Cuba Pictures, charts the journey of Alex Godman, played by James Norton, as he plunges deeper and deeper into the world of organized crime, eventually finding himself unable to resist the lures of corruption.
Created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins and based on the book by Misha Glenny, Amini and Watkins said that they were keen to “cast more light on the shady intersections of transnational criminals”.
Watkins told an audience at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmy event in La...
- 5/1/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “The Snowman” starring Michael Fassbender!
“The Snowman,” which opens on Oct. 20, 2017 and is rated “R,” also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Chloë Sevigny, Val Kilmer, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, Toby Jones, Jamie Clayton and James D’Arcy from director Tomas Alfredson and writers Hossein Amini and Peter Straughan. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free passes to “The Snowman” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
“The Snowman,” which opens on Oct. 20, 2017 and is rated “R,” also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Chloë Sevigny, Val Kilmer, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, Toby Jones, Jamie Clayton and James D’Arcy from director Tomas Alfredson and writers Hossein Amini and Peter Straughan. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free passes to “The Snowman” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
- 10/16/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
After Let the Right One In led to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson could have easily continued down a trajectory that saw him take on more prestigious awards season fare. Thankfully, he seems to be defiantly bypassing that entirely with The Snowman, which looks to be a shlocky, rancorous crime drama, I noted in our fall preview. Starring Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson as their characters uncover clues leading them to a serial killer, hopefully Alfredson’s distinctive formal style is on full display for this grim-looking procedural.
Ahead of a release next month, a new international trailer has landed for the thriller. Also starring Chloë Sevigny, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, James D’Arcy, and Toby Jones, this one seems to be skipping the fall festival circuit entirely, but nonetheless I’m still looking forward to whatever Alfredson has in store. Check out the trailer below, along with a new poster.
Ahead of a release next month, a new international trailer has landed for the thriller. Also starring Chloë Sevigny, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, James D’Arcy, and Toby Jones, this one seems to be skipping the fall festival circuit entirely, but nonetheless I’m still looking forward to whatever Alfredson has in store. Check out the trailer below, along with a new poster.
- 9/5/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Michael Fassbender (X-Men series), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Independence Day: Resurgence), Val Kilmer (Heat) and Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) star in The Snowman, a terrifying thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), based on Jo Nesbø’s global bestseller.
In theaters October 20, watch the first trailer.
When an elite crime squad’s lead detective (Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit (Ferguson), the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall.
The Snowman is produced by Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (The Theory of Everything, Les Misérables), as well as Piodor Gustafsson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
In theaters October 20, watch the first trailer.
When an elite crime squad’s lead detective (Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit (Ferguson), the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall.
The Snowman is produced by Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (The Theory of Everything, Les Misérables), as well as Piodor Gustafsson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
- 7/19/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director Tomas Alfredson returns with The Snowman, his first film since 2011’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Adapted from the novel by Norwegian crime-writer Jo Nesbø, The Snowman follows Harry Hole (yes, really), a detective with unorthodox methods who finds himself investigating the disappearance of a woman whose scarf was found wrapped around a snowman.
Michael Fassbender plays Harry Hole (yes, really), and he leads a cast that includes Rebecca Ferguson, Chloë Sevigny, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, James D’Arcy, and Toby Jones. An adaptation of The Snowman has been knocking around since at least 2013, when Martin Scorsese was first attached to helm the film, but then the Let the Right One In director took the helm and ahead of a release this fall, the first trailer has landed.
“It’s got that Scandi-noir element to it, for sure. I think it’s going to be very rich. I love working with Tomas Alfredson.
Michael Fassbender plays Harry Hole (yes, really), and he leads a cast that includes Rebecca Ferguson, Chloë Sevigny, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, James D’Arcy, and Toby Jones. An adaptation of The Snowman has been knocking around since at least 2013, when Martin Scorsese was first attached to helm the film, but then the Let the Right One In director took the helm and ahead of a release this fall, the first trailer has landed.
“It’s got that Scandi-noir element to it, for sure. I think it’s going to be very rich. I love working with Tomas Alfredson.
- 7/19/2017
- by Chris Evangelista
- The Film Stage
Simon Brew Sep 5, 2017
Jo Nesbo's book The Snowman is heading to the movies. Here's the new trailer...
Update:
Here's the new trailer for the film...
And here's the first trailer, that was released in July...
Original story...
We suspect a trailer may well be imminent for The Snowman, the big screen adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s best-selling book. The film version is being directed by Tomas Alfredson, and has a cast that’s led by Michael Fassbender.
He’s joined in the ensemble for this one by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rebecca Ferguson, Toby Jones, Val Kilmer, J K Simmons, Chloe Sevigny and Sofia Helin. And it’s set to arrive in cinemas on October 13th in the UK.
Here, then, is the poster and synopsis. We’ll add the trailer when we get it…
And the synopsis…
Michael Fassbender (X-Men series), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Independence Day: Resurgence...
Jo Nesbo's book The Snowman is heading to the movies. Here's the new trailer...
Update:
Here's the new trailer for the film...
And here's the first trailer, that was released in July...
Original story...
We suspect a trailer may well be imminent for The Snowman, the big screen adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s best-selling book. The film version is being directed by Tomas Alfredson, and has a cast that’s led by Michael Fassbender.
He’s joined in the ensemble for this one by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rebecca Ferguson, Toby Jones, Val Kilmer, J K Simmons, Chloe Sevigny and Sofia Helin. And it’s set to arrive in cinemas on October 13th in the UK.
Here, then, is the poster and synopsis. We’ll add the trailer when we get it…
And the synopsis…
Michael Fassbender (X-Men series), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Independence Day: Resurgence...
- 7/19/2017
- Den of Geek
Happy Valley star will lead the eight-part series about organised crime in London.
James Norton, star of Happy Valley and War And Peace, will play the lead role in big budget BBC drama series McMafia.
The eight-part programme will be produced by Paul Ritchie and directed by Bastille Day (2016) director James Watkins.
Inspired by Misha Glenny’s bestselling book of the same name, McMafia will centre on a Russian family in London and will provide a look at the far-reaching influence of global crime. The writing team is led by Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini and director Watkins.
Norton will play the lead role of Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian exiles with a mafia past. When his family’s murderous history returns to threaten him and his girlfriend, Alex is drawn into the criminal world and forced to confront his values to protect those he loves.
The series is exec produced by Amini and Watkins along Misha...
James Norton, star of Happy Valley and War And Peace, will play the lead role in big budget BBC drama series McMafia.
The eight-part programme will be produced by Paul Ritchie and directed by Bastille Day (2016) director James Watkins.
Inspired by Misha Glenny’s bestselling book of the same name, McMafia will centre on a Russian family in London and will provide a look at the far-reaching influence of global crime. The writing team is led by Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini and director Watkins.
Norton will play the lead role of Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian exiles with a mafia past. When his family’s murderous history returns to threaten him and his girlfriend, Alex is drawn into the criminal world and forced to confront his values to protect those he loves.
The series is exec produced by Amini and Watkins along Misha...
- 8/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
Universal dates adaptation of Jo Nesbo bestseller, starring Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rebecca Ferguson.
Tomas Alfredson’s The Snowman started shooting yesterday (Jan 18) in Oslo, produced by Working Title for Universal.
Universal has dated the release for October 13, 2017.
The film is the hotly anticipated adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s bestselling novel.
Michael Fassbender plays Harry Hole, an idiosyncratic detective who investigates the murder of a woman who might be the target of a serial killer who strikes with the first snowfall of the year.
The cast also features Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rebecca Ferguson.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan produce alongside Robyn Slovo, and the Swedish producer is Piodor Gustafsson of Another Park Film. Working Title founders Bevan and Fellner acquired the rights to Nesbø’s bestseller in 2011.
In addition to Oslo, the film will also shoot in Bergen and Rjukan (west of Oslo).
Nrk reports that the film assembles the largest crew ever...
Tomas Alfredson’s The Snowman started shooting yesterday (Jan 18) in Oslo, produced by Working Title for Universal.
Universal has dated the release for October 13, 2017.
The film is the hotly anticipated adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s bestselling novel.
Michael Fassbender plays Harry Hole, an idiosyncratic detective who investigates the murder of a woman who might be the target of a serial killer who strikes with the first snowfall of the year.
The cast also features Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rebecca Ferguson.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan produce alongside Robyn Slovo, and the Swedish producer is Piodor Gustafsson of Another Park Film. Working Title founders Bevan and Fellner acquired the rights to Nesbø’s bestseller in 2011.
In addition to Oslo, the film will also shoot in Bergen and Rjukan (west of Oslo).
Nrk reports that the film assembles the largest crew ever...
- 1/19/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
It was 2011 when Tomas Alfredson debuted his stellar follow-up to Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Since then, he’s circled a number of projects that never got off the ground. However, today we finally have confirmation on what he’ll certainly be doing next — and when we can see it.
Universal Pictures and Working Title Films have announced Alfredson is confirmed for The Snowman, an adaptation of Jo Nesbø‘s novel, which kicks off production in January ahead of a Friday, October 13th, 2017 release. Led by Michael Fassbender, Rogue Nation‘s break-out star Rebecca Ferguson, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, we also have an official synopsis, which can be read below for the highly-anticipated project.
Michael Fassbender (X-Men series), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Independence Day: Resurgence) star in The Snowman, a terrifying thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
Universal Pictures and Working Title Films have announced Alfredson is confirmed for The Snowman, an adaptation of Jo Nesbø‘s novel, which kicks off production in January ahead of a Friday, October 13th, 2017 release. Led by Michael Fassbender, Rogue Nation‘s break-out star Rebecca Ferguson, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, we also have an official synopsis, which can be read below for the highly-anticipated project.
Michael Fassbender (X-Men series), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Independence Day: Resurgence) star in The Snowman, a terrifying thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
- 12/18/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Charlotte Gainsbourg is in talks to join Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson in The Snowman for director Tomas Alfredson and Brit production powerhouse Working Title in association with Alfredson's Another Park Film. Working Title's dynamic duo Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce with Robyn Slovo and Piodor Gustafsson. Matthew Michael Carnahan penned the script based on the Jo Nesbo book. Martin Scorsese is exec producing alongside Nesbo and Niclas…...
- 12/16/2015
- Deadline
Exclusive: Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to star opposite Michael Fassbender in The Snowman for director Tomas Alfredson and Brit production powerhouse Working Title in association with Alfredson's Another Park Film. The deal hasn’t closed just yet but there’s a desire from both sides to get this done in time to confirm a January start date. Working Title's dynamic duo Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce along with Robyn Slovo and Piodor Gustafsson. Matthew Michael…...
- 10/14/2015
- Deadline
Hot projects new to Screenbase include Nicolas Winding Refn feature The Neon Demon, Pope Francis biopic Francisco, Brady Corbet’s directorial debut The Childhood Of A Leader and a new adaptation by Wim Wenders.Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote and Jena Malone have signed on to co-star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature.
“After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon,” Winding Refn said.
Principal photography will begin in Los Angeles on March 30. Gaumont and Wild Bunch are co-selling the title.
Wim Wenders’ Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez
This adaptation of the play by Peter Handke was announced by Alfama’s Paulo Branco during the Efm. It will star Reda Kateb and Sophie Semin. Wenders is expected to shoot in June.
Brady Corbet’s [link...
Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote and Jena Malone have signed on to co-star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature.
“After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon,” Winding Refn said.
Principal photography will begin in Los Angeles on March 30. Gaumont and Wild Bunch are co-selling the title.
Wim Wenders’ Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez
This adaptation of the play by Peter Handke was announced by Alfama’s Paulo Branco during the Efm. It will star Reda Kateb and Sophie Semin. Wenders is expected to shoot in June.
Brady Corbet’s [link...
- 2/18/2015
- by maud.le-rest@sciencespo-toulouse.net (Maud Le Rest)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Dominic West, Stacy Martin among cast of UK drama.
Dominic West (Pride), David Tennant (What We Did On Our Holiday) and Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac) are to star in Glasgow-set drama-thriller I Feel Fine, which writer-director Lynne Ramsay and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy producer Robyn Slovo are executive-producing.
I Feel Fine marks the directorial debut of established casting agent Des Hamilton, who has cast films including Nymphomaniac, Only God Forgives and This is England.
The script comes from Hamilton and Amber Trentham. Producers are casting agent Lara Manwaring for Buffalo Films and Suzanne Reid (What We Did On Our Holiday) for Capricorn Films.
Set in the unforgiving streets of 1980s Glasgow the film will chart the story of teenager Jonny White who becomes embroiled in crime and drug addiction.
When a bounty is placed on his head for a crime he didn’t commit, White must get to the safe haven of rehab in order to stay...
Dominic West (Pride), David Tennant (What We Did On Our Holiday) and Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac) are to star in Glasgow-set drama-thriller I Feel Fine, which writer-director Lynne Ramsay and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy producer Robyn Slovo are executive-producing.
I Feel Fine marks the directorial debut of established casting agent Des Hamilton, who has cast films including Nymphomaniac, Only God Forgives and This is England.
The script comes from Hamilton and Amber Trentham. Producers are casting agent Lara Manwaring for Buffalo Films and Suzanne Reid (What We Did On Our Holiday) for Capricorn Films.
Set in the unforgiving streets of 1980s Glasgow the film will chart the story of teenager Jonny White who becomes embroiled in crime and drug addiction.
When a bounty is placed on his head for a crime he didn’t commit, White must get to the safe haven of rehab in order to stay...
- 2/7/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Phase 4 Films has acquired Canadian rights from StudioCanal to Hossein Amini’s directorial debut Two Faces Of January starring Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen and Oscar Isaac.
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo and Tom Sternberg produced the Patricia Highsmith adaptation about a con artist who accidentally kills a private eye on his tail.
Phase 4 will release the film in autumn.
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo and Tom Sternberg produced the Patricia Highsmith adaptation about a con artist who accidentally kills a private eye on his tail.
Phase 4 will release the film in autumn.
- 2/24/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Two Faces of January
Director: Hossein Amini
Writer: Hossein Amini
Producers: Tom Sternberg, Working Title’s Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst
2014 will be blessed with two Patricia Highsmith adaptations (the other being Todd Haynes’ Carol). She’s certainly inspiring source material, serving as screenwriter Hossein Amini’s directorial debut. While his co-writing credit on 2013′s 47 Ronin was a bit of an eyebrow raiser (considering it’s from same author that adapted Drive into a screenplay), January promises to be an exciting film to keep an eye on.
Gist: A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who try to flee a foreign country after one of them is caught up in the murder of a police officer.
Release Date: This will be among the Special Gala world preem titles at the...
Director: Hossein Amini
Writer: Hossein Amini
Producers: Tom Sternberg, Working Title’s Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst
2014 will be blessed with two Patricia Highsmith adaptations (the other being Todd Haynes’ Carol). She’s certainly inspiring source material, serving as screenwriter Hossein Amini’s directorial debut. While his co-writing credit on 2013′s 47 Ronin was a bit of an eyebrow raiser (considering it’s from same author that adapted Drive into a screenplay), January promises to be an exciting film to keep an eye on.
Gist: A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who try to flee a foreign country after one of them is caught up in the murder of a police officer.
Release Date: This will be among the Special Gala world preem titles at the...
- 2/4/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Lighthouse and Creative Skillset have confirmed a number of top filmmakers in mentoring scheme Guiding Lights.
The 2013 directing mentors include Oliver Parker, John Madden [pictured], Joanna Hogg and Lenny Abrahamson,
Writing mentors include Will Davies, Peter Straughan and Lucinda Coxon.
Producing mentors are Nira Park, Andrea Calderwood and Robyn Slovo.
This year’s participants are directors Afarin Eghbal, Laura Smith, Andrew Lang, Henry Darke and Carmel Winters, writers Andy Yerlett, Lucy Moore, Martin Wallace and Thomas Martin, and producers Jessica Levick, Rob Watson and Alexa Seligman.
Each mentor is paired with a mentee they work with over nine months. Some mentorships extend beyond this scheme — for instance producer Nicky Bentham was mentored by Eon’s Barbara Broccoli, who is now executive producing Bentham’s The Silent Storm.
Guiding Lights patron Alison Thompson, co-president of Focus Features International (Ffi), said, “During the four years that I’ve been involved with Guiding Lights, first as a mentor...
The 2013 directing mentors include Oliver Parker, John Madden [pictured], Joanna Hogg and Lenny Abrahamson,
Writing mentors include Will Davies, Peter Straughan and Lucinda Coxon.
Producing mentors are Nira Park, Andrea Calderwood and Robyn Slovo.
This year’s participants are directors Afarin Eghbal, Laura Smith, Andrew Lang, Henry Darke and Carmel Winters, writers Andy Yerlett, Lucy Moore, Martin Wallace and Thomas Martin, and producers Jessica Levick, Rob Watson and Alexa Seligman.
Each mentor is paired with a mentee they work with over nine months. Some mentorships extend beyond this scheme — for instance producer Nicky Bentham was mentored by Eon’s Barbara Broccoli, who is now executive producing Bentham’s The Silent Storm.
Guiding Lights patron Alison Thompson, co-president of Focus Features International (Ffi), said, “During the four years that I’ve been involved with Guiding Lights, first as a mentor...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Following his impressionistic look at the meaning of human existence in 2011's The Tree of Life, filmmaker Terrence Malick has broken his habit of vanishing from the movie scene for many years by bringing us To The Wonder.
Written and directed by Malick and arriving in UK cinemas on February 22, it stars Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem.
A new poster (above) has been issued for the film, which is officially described as follows:
To The Wonder is the beautiful and acclaimed latest offering from Terrence Malick, the legendary director of The Tree of Life, Badlands and Days of Heaven.
The film is centred on Neil (Ben Affleck, Argo), a man who is torn between two loves: Marina (Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace), the European woman who comes to United States to be with him, and Jane (Rachel McAdams, Midnight in Paris), the old flame he reconnects with from his hometown.
Written and directed by Malick and arriving in UK cinemas on February 22, it stars Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem.
A new poster (above) has been issued for the film, which is officially described as follows:
To The Wonder is the beautiful and acclaimed latest offering from Terrence Malick, the legendary director of The Tree of Life, Badlands and Days of Heaven.
The film is centred on Neil (Ben Affleck, Argo), a man who is torn between two loves: Marina (Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace), the European woman who comes to United States to be with him, and Jane (Rachel McAdams, Midnight in Paris), the old flame he reconnects with from his hometown.
- 1/24/2013
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The Two Faces of January
Director/Writer: Hossein Amini
Producer(s): Tom Sternberg, Working Title’s Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac
Since 2011′s Drive, Hossein Amini’s has been striking the iron while it is hot – his name is on a foursome of titles in Our Kind of Traitor, 47 Ronin, 2012′s Snow White and the Huntsman and this globe trotter thriller. On the Road‘s Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst topline a tale that will definitely look the part – here’s hoping that his debut churns out a Tinker/Ripley/Constant Gardner type.
Gist: Based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1962 novel, this is about a glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland (Mortensen) and his alluring younger wife Colette (Dunst), arrive in Athens by boat via the Corinthian Canal. While sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal (Isaac), a young,...
Director/Writer: Hossein Amini
Producer(s): Tom Sternberg, Working Title’s Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac
Since 2011′s Drive, Hossein Amini’s has been striking the iron while it is hot – his name is on a foursome of titles in Our Kind of Traitor, 47 Ronin, 2012′s Snow White and the Huntsman and this globe trotter thriller. On the Road‘s Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst topline a tale that will definitely look the part – here’s hoping that his debut churns out a Tinker/Ripley/Constant Gardner type.
Gist: Based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1962 novel, this is about a glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland (Mortensen) and his alluring younger wife Colette (Dunst), arrive in Athens by boat via the Corinthian Canal. While sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal (Isaac), a young,...
- 1/10/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Here's a first look at StudioCanal and Working Title's "The Two Faces of January," which has begun principal photography with stars Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac. Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, the film was adapted by Hossein Amini ("Drive," "Snow White and the Huntsman"), who will also be making his directorial debut. The film is produced by Tom Sternberg, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Robyn Slovo. StudioCanal and Working Title also teamed up for Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy" as well as Dan Mazer's "I Give It a Year," a newlywed comedy that is currently in post-production starring Anna Faris, Rose Byrne, Minnie Driver and Simon Baker. "Two Faces" will shoot in Crete, Athens, Istanbul and Ealing Studios, London. Check out the synopsis for the 1962-set thriller below: A glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland (Mortensen) and his...
- 10/4/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
StudioCanal and Working Title have announced the start of principal photography on the upcoming feature film The Two Faces of January , starring Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst. They've also released a first still from the project, which you can check out below. The film is said to be a stylish international thriller based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith, adapted for the screen by Academy Award nominee Hossein Amini ( Drive , Snow White and the Huntsman ). It marks the directorial debut for Amini and is produced by Tom Sternberg ( The Talented Mr. Ripley ), Working Title's Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ). It is officially described as follows: 1962. A glamorous American couple, the charismatic...
- 10/4/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Photography by Jack English – Chester (Viggo Mortensen), Rydal (Oscar Isaac), Colette (Kirsten Dunst)
The work of author Patricia Highsmith has long been looted by filmmakers for inspiration. Her dark, psychological stories of crime and avoiding punishment, including Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series, have been made into movies by directors as revered as Hitchcock and Wim Wenders. Until now, though, her 1964 book The Two Faces of January has received comparatively little attention. That all changes now. With a great cast (Oscar Isaac seems to be one of the new “that guys,” popping up in small and large roles in a great number of recent releases) and an intriguing premise, this film is starting off with a promising pedigree. We’ll see if it comes to something worthwhile, but for now, have a look at the first promotional image released.
The Two Faces of January is a stylish international...
The work of author Patricia Highsmith has long been looted by filmmakers for inspiration. Her dark, psychological stories of crime and avoiding punishment, including Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series, have been made into movies by directors as revered as Hitchcock and Wim Wenders. Until now, though, her 1964 book The Two Faces of January has received comparatively little attention. That all changes now. With a great cast (Oscar Isaac seems to be one of the new “that guys,” popping up in small and large roles in a great number of recent releases) and an intriguing premise, this film is starting off with a promising pedigree. We’ll see if it comes to something worthwhile, but for now, have a look at the first promotional image released.
The Two Faces of January is a stylish international...
- 10/3/2012
- by Dan Schindel
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
An All-star Cast Led By Oscar® Nominee Gary Oldman And Oscar®Winner Colin Firth Captivates In The Brilliant Espionage Thriller
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nominated For Three Academy Awards® - Best Actor,
Best Adapted Screenplay, And Best Original Score
Available March 20, 2012 On Blu-ray. Combo Pack With Ultraviolet., On DVD And On-demand From Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Overview: Things aren.t always as they seem in the Oscar®-nominated, suspenseful, and stylish thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In), based on the classic novel by John le Carré. Focus Features. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will be available on Blu-ray.Combo Pack with UltraViolet, on DVD,on Digital Download and On-Demand March 20, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. At the height of the Cold War, Britain.s Secret Intelligence Service (Sis), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, has been compromised. An ever-watchful former top lieutenant and career spy,...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nominated For Three Academy Awards® - Best Actor,
Best Adapted Screenplay, And Best Original Score
Available March 20, 2012 On Blu-ray. Combo Pack With Ultraviolet., On DVD And On-demand From Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Overview: Things aren.t always as they seem in the Oscar®-nominated, suspenseful, and stylish thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In), based on the classic novel by John le Carré. Focus Features. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will be available on Blu-ray.Combo Pack with UltraViolet, on DVD,on Digital Download and On-Demand March 20, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. At the height of the Cold War, Britain.s Secret Intelligence Service (Sis), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, has been compromised. An ever-watchful former top lieutenant and career spy,...
- 3/8/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist" dominated the Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) taking home 7 trophies including Best Film, Best Director (Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Music. "The Artist" won 7 out of its 12 nominations.
Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" was also a big BAFTA winner taking home the Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay awards.
In the acting categories, Meryl Streep won the Best Actress award for her Margaret Thatcher performance in "The Iron Lady," Christopher Plummer was given the Best Supporting Actor award for "Beginners," and Octavia Spencer won the Best Supporting Actress award for "The Help."
Here's the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards (to check out winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here):
Best Film
*** The Artist Thomas Langmann
The Descendants Jim Burke,...
Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" was also a big BAFTA winner taking home the Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay awards.
In the acting categories, Meryl Streep won the Best Actress award for her Margaret Thatcher performance in "The Iron Lady," Christopher Plummer was given the Best Supporting Actor award for "Beginners," and Octavia Spencer won the Best Supporting Actress award for "The Help."
Here's the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards (to check out winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here):
Best Film
*** The Artist Thomas Langmann
The Descendants Jim Burke,...
- 2/13/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were held tonight at which The Artist was named Best Film along with six other awards including Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Original Screenplay and Actor (Jean Dujardin). The film also took home awards for cinematography, costume design and original music. None of this comes as much of a surprise as The Artist is now, and has been for some time, considered the front-runner for Best Picture at the Oscars and has slowly been gaining steam in other categories including director and actor, especially as Dujardin has been charming American and international audiences with his latest Funny or Die skit and an appearance on "Saturday Night Live". In other awards, Meryl Streep won for Best Actress, adding more fuel to the competition between her and The Help's Viola Davis, a film that found itself in the winner's circle with Octavia Spencer winning Best Supporting Actress.
- 2/12/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Well the 2012 BAFTA Awards are over (unless of course you’re watching them on a catch-up service) and the event was filled with very little surprises – The Artist repeated its success from both the Richard Attenborough Film Awards and the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards and my bet (despite my love for his competition) for the Outstanding Debut Award, Paddy Considine, did walk away with that award. Of the awards Real surprises, I’m so happy for Christopher Plumer, who walked away with the Best Supporting Actor award for Beginners, and Octavia Spencer who won the Best Supporting Female award for The Help (although like many I thought that would go to Carey Mulligan for Drive).
Here are the nominees and winners in full:
Special Visual Effects
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn Joe Letteri Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Tim Burke, John Richardson,...
Here are the nominees and winners in full:
Special Visual Effects
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- 2/12/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The 2012 Orange BAFTA ceremony tonight was, as expected, dominated by Michael Hazanavicius’ silent black-and-white love story The Artist.
Taking home seven awards in total, including ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Actor for Jean Dujardin’, ‘Best Original Screenplay’, ‘Original Music’, ‘Cinematography’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, The Artist won almost every category it competed in.
Although Dujardin was a surprise over George Clooney for Best Actor, there was no shock for Best Actress with the BAFTA going to Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady, which was also honoured for the extraordinary Make-up & Hair category.
In the supporting category The Help’s Octavia Spencer won Supporting Actress and Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners, as expected.
Outstanding British Film and Adapted Screenplay went to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Senna (Documentary, Editing) and Hugo (Production Design, Sound) also winning two Baftas.
In a huge surprise Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I...
Taking home seven awards in total, including ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Actor for Jean Dujardin’, ‘Best Original Screenplay’, ‘Original Music’, ‘Cinematography’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, The Artist won almost every category it competed in.
Although Dujardin was a surprise over George Clooney for Best Actor, there was no shock for Best Actress with the BAFTA going to Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady, which was also honoured for the extraordinary Make-up & Hair category.
In the supporting category The Help’s Octavia Spencer won Supporting Actress and Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners, as expected.
Outstanding British Film and Adapted Screenplay went to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Senna (Documentary, Editing) and Hugo (Production Design, Sound) also winning two Baftas.
In a huge surprise Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I...
- 2/12/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
The Artist wins seven BAFTAs including Best Film, Leading Actor for Jean Dujardin and Director and Original Screenplay for Michel Hazanavicius
Meryl Streep wins Leading Actress
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Hugo, The Iron Lady and Senna win two BAFTAs each
The Artist was named Best Film at tonight.s Orange British Academy Film Awards hosted by Stephen Fry, held at London.s Royal Opera House. The film also won six other awards: Director, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Costume Design as well as a performance award for Jean Dujardin who won the Leading Actor BAFTA.
Meryl Streep was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady; the film was also honoured in the Make-Up & Hair category.
The Help.s Octavia Spencer won the Supporting Actress category and Christopher Plummer won Supporting Actor for his performance in Beginners.
Outstanding British Film and...
Meryl Streep wins Leading Actress
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Hugo, The Iron Lady and Senna win two BAFTAs each
The Artist was named Best Film at tonight.s Orange British Academy Film Awards hosted by Stephen Fry, held at London.s Royal Opera House. The film also won six other awards: Director, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Costume Design as well as a performance award for Jean Dujardin who won the Leading Actor BAFTA.
Meryl Streep was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady; the film was also honoured in the Make-Up & Hair category.
The Help.s Octavia Spencer won the Supporting Actress category and Christopher Plummer won Supporting Actor for his performance in Beginners.
Outstanding British Film and...
- 2/12/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Producer Emile Sherman and actor Chris Hemsworth have gone home from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards empty handed. At the ceremony, which took place in London this morning, Sherman’s production company See Saw Films was beaten by Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy in the Outstanding British Film category. Sherman was nominated with producing partner Iain Canning for the Steve McQueen directed Shame.
Hemsworth was nominated for the audience voted Rising Star award. The trophy went to English rapper and actor Adam Deacon best known for his roles in Kidulthood and Adulthood.
The big winner was The Artist which won seven out of the twelve awards it was nominated for including Best Film, Director, Leading Actor and Original Screenplay.
A full list of the winners:
Winners
• Academy Fellowship
Martin Scorsese
• Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
John Hunt
• Best Film
The Artist – Thomas Langmann
• Outstanding British Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Tim Bevan,...
Hemsworth was nominated for the audience voted Rising Star award. The trophy went to English rapper and actor Adam Deacon best known for his roles in Kidulthood and Adulthood.
The big winner was The Artist which won seven out of the twelve awards it was nominated for including Best Film, Director, Leading Actor and Original Screenplay.
A full list of the winners:
Winners
• Academy Fellowship
Martin Scorsese
• Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
John Hunt
• Best Film
The Artist – Thomas Langmann
• Outstanding British Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Tim Bevan,...
- 2/12/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo in Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist Best Film * The Artist Thomas Langmann The Descendants Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Drive Marc Platt, Adam Siegel The Help Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo Best British Film My Week With Marilyn Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges Senna Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey Shame Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan We Need To Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Rory Stewart Kinnear Best Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer Attack The Block Joe Cornish (Director/Writer) Black Pond Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer) Coriolanus Ralph Fiennes (Director) Submarine Richard Ayoade...
- 2/12/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Artist continues its award domination with quite a few wins at the Baftas this evening and let it be said that Stephen Fry was on fire hosting the award ceremony!!! Simply brilliant! Full winners list below.. Winners (Winner in bold) Best Film The Artist Thomas Langmann The Descendants Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Drive Marc Platt, Adam Siegel The Help Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo Outstanding British Film My Week With Marilyn Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges Senna Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey Shame Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan We Need To Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno, Rory Stewart...
- 2/12/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
HollywoodNews.com: British Academy Film Awards… and the winners are…
“The Artist” was named the year’s best film at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, as it is expected to win again at the Academy Awards in two weeks.
Winners Announced
The Artist wins seven BAFTAs including Best Film, Leading Actor for Jean Dujardin and Director and Original Screenplay for Michel Hazanavicius
Meryl Streep wins Leading Actress
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Hugo, The Iron Lady and Senna win two BAFTAs each
The Artist was named Best Film at tonight?s Orange British Academy Film Awards hosted by Stephen Fry, held at London?s Royal Opera House. The film also won six other awards: Director, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Costume Design as well as a performance award for Jean Dujardin who won the Leading Actor BAFTA.
Meryl Streep was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her performance as...
“The Artist” was named the year’s best film at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, as it is expected to win again at the Academy Awards in two weeks.
Winners Announced
The Artist wins seven BAFTAs including Best Film, Leading Actor for Jean Dujardin and Director and Original Screenplay for Michel Hazanavicius
Meryl Streep wins Leading Actress
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Hugo, The Iron Lady and Senna win two BAFTAs each
The Artist was named Best Film at tonight?s Orange British Academy Film Awards hosted by Stephen Fry, held at London?s Royal Opera House. The film also won six other awards: Director, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Costume Design as well as a performance award for Jean Dujardin who won the Leading Actor BAFTA.
Meryl Streep was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her performance as...
- 2/12/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
So there we have it. The 2012 BAFTA Awards have now drawn to a close. The Artist had an amazing night taking seven awards including that of the award for Best Film. Michel Hazanavicius’s black and white silent film also took awards for Best Actor, Original Music, Cinematography, Costume Design, Original Screenplay, Best Director and Leading Actor. Simply amazing!
Senna came away with two out of the three awards it was nominated for including Best Editing and Best Documentary which was a new category for this year.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won two awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Outstanding British Film but a rather big surprise was that Shame directed by Steve McQueen and starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan left empty handed. The full list of winners is below.
Let us know what you thought in the comments section below and keep your eyes peeled for our red...
Senna came away with two out of the three awards it was nominated for including Best Editing and Best Documentary which was a new category for this year.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won two awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Outstanding British Film but a rather big surprise was that Shame directed by Steve McQueen and starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan left empty handed. The full list of winners is below.
Let us know what you thought in the comments section below and keep your eyes peeled for our red...
- 2/12/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hello everyone and welcome to our favourite day in the British film calendar. We’re here in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for the 65th annual BAFTA awards and while the red carpet is being ironed and our colleagues fight off the cold anticipation is building for what should be an excellent evening.
Two of the films dominating the nominations are paeans to the magic of cinema with Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo up for numerous awards though a particular favourite of ours here on HeyUGuys, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, has been championed within the Academy and find itself up for Best Film, Director and a Supporting Actress nod for Carey Mulligan.
You can follow our coverage of the awards ceremony, with details of the winners as they are announced as well as other highlights from the Awards noted down before the BBC’s...
Two of the films dominating the nominations are paeans to the magic of cinema with Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo up for numerous awards though a particular favourite of ours here on HeyUGuys, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, has been championed within the Academy and find itself up for Best Film, Director and a Supporting Actress nod for Carey Mulligan.
You can follow our coverage of the awards ceremony, with details of the winners as they are announced as well as other highlights from the Awards noted down before the BBC’s...
- 2/12/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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