Exclusive: The starry packages keep on coming at the Cannes market.
The latest is comedy The Temptation Of Gracie, starring Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Rupert Everett (My Policeman), Franco Nero (John Wick Chapter 2), Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), and Isabella Rossellini (La Chimera). More cast are set to join the ensemble.
Imrie will play Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, but who splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to everyone, she is hiding an extraordinary secret. With her estranged workaholic daughter Carina (Fisher) and teenage granddaughter Anastasia (tbc) reluctantly in tow, the three women rediscover each other and the sensual delights of Italy. And Gracie starts to peel back the secret past she has not faced in over 40 years.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights and is launching...
The latest is comedy The Temptation Of Gracie, starring Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Rupert Everett (My Policeman), Franco Nero (John Wick Chapter 2), Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), and Isabella Rossellini (La Chimera). More cast are set to join the ensemble.
Imrie will play Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, but who splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to everyone, she is hiding an extraordinary secret. With her estranged workaholic daughter Carina (Fisher) and teenage granddaughter Anastasia (tbc) reluctantly in tow, the three women rediscover each other and the sensual delights of Italy. And Gracie starts to peel back the secret past she has not faced in over 40 years.
WestEnd Films has acquired international rights and is launching...
- 5/15/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Magnolia Pictures has acquired Samuel Beckett biopic Dance First for North America, to be released later this year.
The San Sebastian premiere is helmed by The Theory of Everything filmmaker James Marsh, with London and Paris-based outfit Film Constellation representing sales on the title. Studiocanal released in the UK and Ireland last year.
Irish actor Gabriel Byrne plays the Irish literary great, with the film exploring the many parts of his life: Second World War resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, and recluse.
Aidan Gillen, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maxine Peake and Fionn O’Shea star.
Dance First was developed and packaged by 2Le Media,...
The San Sebastian premiere is helmed by The Theory of Everything filmmaker James Marsh, with London and Paris-based outfit Film Constellation representing sales on the title. Studiocanal released in the UK and Ireland last year.
Irish actor Gabriel Byrne plays the Irish literary great, with the film exploring the many parts of his life: Second World War resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, and recluse.
Aidan Gillen, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maxine Peake and Fionn O’Shea star.
Dance First was developed and packaged by 2Le Media,...
- 2/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
The in-person event takes place on October 7 at London’s Picturehouse Central.
Campbell X’s Low Rider and Alex Helfrecht’s A Winter’s Journey are among the five features taking part in the third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase.
The in-person event takes place on October 7 as part of the festival’s UK Talent Days focus, in partnership with the British Council, at London’s Picturehouse Central.
The event will screen extracts from each project, with an introduction from its filmmaker, to an invited audience of international buyers as well as UK sales agents and festival programmers,...
Campbell X’s Low Rider and Alex Helfrecht’s A Winter’s Journey are among the five features taking part in the third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase.
The in-person event takes place on October 7 as part of the festival’s UK Talent Days focus, in partnership with the British Council, at London’s Picturehouse Central.
The event will screen extracts from each project, with an introduction from its filmmaker, to an invited audience of international buyers as well as UK sales agents and festival programmers,...
- 9/25/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
European pay TV platform Sky has released the trailer for Sky Original film “Dance First,” ahead of its world premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 30. Film Constellation is handling international sales on the film.
The film is directed by BAFTA and Academy Award winner James Marsh (“The Theory of Everything”) and written by BAFTA winner Neil Forsyth (“Guilt”). “Dance First” will be released in movie theaters in the U.K. and Ireland in November, on Sky Cinema in those countries in December and on Sky Arts and Freeview next year.
In “Dance First,” Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne (“The Usual Suspects”) plays Samuel Beckett with young Beckett played by Fionn O’Shea (“Normal People”) in a sweeping account of the life of this 20th century literary icon. Parisian bon vivant, World War II resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse, Beckett lived a life of many parts.
The film is directed by BAFTA and Academy Award winner James Marsh (“The Theory of Everything”) and written by BAFTA winner Neil Forsyth (“Guilt”). “Dance First” will be released in movie theaters in the U.K. and Ireland in November, on Sky Cinema in those countries in December and on Sky Arts and Freeview next year.
In “Dance First,” Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne (“The Usual Suspects”) plays Samuel Beckett with young Beckett played by Fionn O’Shea (“Normal People”) in a sweeping account of the life of this 20th century literary icon. Parisian bon vivant, World War II resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse, Beckett lived a life of many parts.
- 9/21/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Emma Mackey Joins Vicky Krieps, Fiona Shaw in ‘Hot Milk,’ HanWay Films Selling in Cannes (Exclusive)
“Emily” star Emma Mackey has joined the cast of “Hot Milk,” the adaptation of the bestselling novel by Deborah Levy.
The BAFTA winner will lead the cast alongside Fiona Shaw (“Killing Eve”), Vicky Krieps (“Corsage”), Vincent Perez (“Shantaram”) and Patsy Ferran (“Living”). HanWay Films has worldwide sales rights and will shop the pic to buyers in Cannes next week.
“Hot Milk” marks the directorial debut of award-winning writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz. It will start shooting in July in Greece in co-production with Heretic Films.
The film explores the complexities of the mother-daughter relationship against the hot and atmospheric backdrop of Almería in Spain.
The story centers on Rose (Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Mackey), who travel to a seaside resort in Spain, to consult with the shamanic Dr Gomez (Perez), a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a wheelchair.
The BAFTA winner will lead the cast alongside Fiona Shaw (“Killing Eve”), Vicky Krieps (“Corsage”), Vincent Perez (“Shantaram”) and Patsy Ferran (“Living”). HanWay Films has worldwide sales rights and will shop the pic to buyers in Cannes next week.
“Hot Milk” marks the directorial debut of award-winning writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz. It will start shooting in July in Greece in co-production with Heretic Films.
The film explores the complexities of the mother-daughter relationship against the hot and atmospheric backdrop of Almería in Spain.
The story centers on Rose (Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Mackey), who travel to a seaside resort in Spain, to consult with the shamanic Dr Gomez (Perez), a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a wheelchair.
- 5/10/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Abu Dhabi, Jan 15 (Ians) Starting the day with a two-point lead, Continental Europe, led by skipper Francesco Molinari, overcame Great Britain and Ireland 14½ — 10½ in the inaugural Hero Cup. Molinari’s team picked six points from Sunday’s singles session at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Continental Europe, who led by one point on the first day, extended it to two by the end of the second day and finally finished four points clear.
Molinari received the Hero Cup from Dr Pawan Munjal, Chairman and CEO of Hero Motocorp and he was honoured by the Abu Dhabi Golf Club for his contribution to the game.
While Molinari excelled during the week staying unbeaten with 3.5 points in four matches, Adrian Meronk, the tall Pole, who had lost his three previous matches, picked the winning point beating Callum Shinkwin 1-up.
Captain Molinari set the tone with a 3&2 victory over Irishman Shane Lowry in the...
Continental Europe, who led by one point on the first day, extended it to two by the end of the second day and finally finished four points clear.
Molinari received the Hero Cup from Dr Pawan Munjal, Chairman and CEO of Hero Motocorp and he was honoured by the Abu Dhabi Golf Club for his contribution to the game.
While Molinari excelled during the week staying unbeaten with 3.5 points in four matches, Adrian Meronk, the tall Pole, who had lost his three previous matches, picked the winning point beating Callum Shinkwin 1-up.
Captain Molinari set the tone with a 3&2 victory over Irishman Shane Lowry in the...
- 1/15/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Abu Dhabi, Jan 14 (Ians) Thomas Pieters and Alex Noren playing for Continental Europe took down Great Britain & Ireland’s top pairing Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry 1-up in the opening match of the inaugural Hero Cup.
That was followed by another fine result from the Frenchman Antoine Rozner, who won the AfrBank Mauritius Open in his last start in 2022, and Thomas Detry beat Tyrrell Hatton and Jordan Smith 2-up at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Those two wins played the key role as Continental Europe led Gb&i 3-2 at the end of the first day of the three-day event,
Seamus Power and Robert MacIntyre hit back big and gave Gb&i their only full point of the day beating Sepp Straka and Adrian Meronk 4&3 in the most one-sided match of the day.
Victor Perez-Guido Migliozzi tied with Callum Shinkwin – Matt Wallace while Continental Europe captain Francesco Molinari and Nicolai...
That was followed by another fine result from the Frenchman Antoine Rozner, who won the AfrBank Mauritius Open in his last start in 2022, and Thomas Detry beat Tyrrell Hatton and Jordan Smith 2-up at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Those two wins played the key role as Continental Europe led Gb&i 3-2 at the end of the first day of the three-day event,
Seamus Power and Robert MacIntyre hit back big and gave Gb&i their only full point of the day beating Sepp Straka and Adrian Meronk 4&3 in the most one-sided match of the day.
Victor Perez-Guido Migliozzi tied with Callum Shinkwin – Matt Wallace while Continental Europe captain Francesco Molinari and Nicolai...
- 1/14/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Abu Dhabi, Jan 11 (Ians) Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood are excited to make their captaincy debuts as they prepare to lead their respective Continental Europe and Great Britain & Ireland teams at the inaugural Hero Cup at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
The duo, who forged an exceptional partnership at Le Golf National in 2018 in contributing four points from four towards Team Europe’s triumph in the Ryder Cup, will compete as playing captains this week as they go head-to-head by leading two teams which each contain an exciting mix of Major Champions, proven winners and some of the most promising young players in golf.
“I think both Tommy and I are lucky this week that we have really two good groups of professionals and guys who are motivated,” said Molinari. “They all come here trying to get ready to play some good golf, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and that obviously makes our job a lot easier.
The duo, who forged an exceptional partnership at Le Golf National in 2018 in contributing four points from four towards Team Europe’s triumph in the Ryder Cup, will compete as playing captains this week as they go head-to-head by leading two teams which each contain an exciting mix of Major Champions, proven winners and some of the most promising young players in golf.
“I think both Tommy and I are lucky this week that we have really two good groups of professionals and guys who are motivated,” said Molinari. “They all come here trying to get ready to play some good golf, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and that obviously makes our job a lot easier.
- 1/11/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Talent involved includes Joshua Oppenheimer, Tilda Swinton and Odessa Young.
Fourteen film and TV projects have received a combined £2.2m in funding through the latest round of international co-production funding from the UK Global Screen Fund (Gsf).
The biggest award of £250,000 has been given to Iceland-Ireland-uk-Belgium feature The Damned, which will shoot early next year. Protagonist Pictures is selling and executive producing the film.
Individual awards range between £250,000 to £95,000,
Scroll down for the full list.
Set on a remote fishing outpost in the 19th century, the psychological horror is written by Jamie Hannigan, will be directed by Icelandic-uk director Thordur Palsson,...
Fourteen film and TV projects have received a combined £2.2m in funding through the latest round of international co-production funding from the UK Global Screen Fund (Gsf).
The biggest award of £250,000 has been given to Iceland-Ireland-uk-Belgium feature The Damned, which will shoot early next year. Protagonist Pictures is selling and executive producing the film.
Individual awards range between £250,000 to £95,000,
Scroll down for the full list.
Set on a remote fishing outpost in the 19th century, the psychological horror is written by Jamie Hannigan, will be directed by Icelandic-uk director Thordur Palsson,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Film Constellation is handling world sales on the Sky Original title.
Principal photography has wrapped on James Marsh’s UK film Dance First which stars Irish actor Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett.
The Sky Original film charts the Irish writer’s life, from his time as a fighter for the French Resistance during the Second World War to his literary rise to winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969.
The film will premiere in cinemas and on Sky Cinema in 2023.
Byrne, whose credits include The Usual Suspects and Miller’s Crossing, is joined in the cast by Aidan Gillen, Sandrine Bonnaire,...
Principal photography has wrapped on James Marsh’s UK film Dance First which stars Irish actor Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett.
The Sky Original film charts the Irish writer’s life, from his time as a fighter for the French Resistance during the Second World War to his literary rise to winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969.
The film will premiere in cinemas and on Sky Cinema in 2023.
Byrne, whose credits include The Usual Suspects and Miller’s Crossing, is joined in the cast by Aidan Gillen, Sandrine Bonnaire,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Good Madam: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, is thrilled to release the first trailer for the Shudder Original Good Madam ahead of the film’s debut on the platform on Thursday, July 14. The film is the fourth feature from celebrated South African writer/director Jenna Cato Bass and world premiered to high praise at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
In Good Madam, Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister specter begins to stir.
A genre film entrenched in the ordinary everyday horrors in our society, Good Madam explores the generational trauma inherent to South African culture, sprawling from the past to the present day, with chilling delivery and haunting results.
In Good Madam, Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister specter begins to stir.
A genre film entrenched in the ordinary everyday horrors in our society, Good Madam explores the generational trauma inherent to South African culture, sprawling from the past to the present day, with chilling delivery and haunting results.
- 6/20/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Aidan Gillen, who played Littlefinger in “Game of Thrones,” and Sandrine Bonnaire, a best actress winner at Venice for “La cérémonie,” have joined Gabriel Byrne in Samuel Beckett biopic “Dance First,” directed by Oscar-winner James Marsh.
Film Constellation has closed pre-sales on the film in Australia/New Zealand (Icon), Italy (Bim Distribuzione), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nos Audiovisuais), Greece (Filmtrade), Hungary (Vertigo Media), former Yugoslavia (Discovery) and Taiwan (Cai Chang). Pay TV outlet Sky developed the film as a Sky Original in the U.K.
Marsh, best-known for “The Theory of Everything,” for which Eddie Redmayne won an Oscar, and Oscar-winner “Man on Wire,” will start shooting the film on May 30 in Budapest.
“Dance First’s” cast also includes Fionn O’Shea, who will play the young Beckett. He appeared in “Handsome Devil,” “Dating Amber” and “Normal People,” and will be seen next in “Masters of the Air.” The film is written by Neil Forsyth.
Film Constellation has closed pre-sales on the film in Australia/New Zealand (Icon), Italy (Bim Distribuzione), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nos Audiovisuais), Greece (Filmtrade), Hungary (Vertigo Media), former Yugoslavia (Discovery) and Taiwan (Cai Chang). Pay TV outlet Sky developed the film as a Sky Original in the U.K.
Marsh, best-known for “The Theory of Everything,” for which Eddie Redmayne won an Oscar, and Oscar-winner “Man on Wire,” will start shooting the film on May 30 in Budapest.
“Dance First’s” cast also includes Fionn O’Shea, who will play the young Beckett. He appeared in “Handsome Devil,” “Dating Amber” and “Normal People,” and will be seen next in “Masters of the Air.” The film is written by Neil Forsyth.
- 5/19/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks’ Shudder has picked up South African supernatural horror Good Madam (Mlungu Wam) and is planning a release in late 2022.
The movie debuted at Toronto last year and has since screened at Fantastic Fest, AFI Fest and Goteborg. It will next be seen at the Glasgow Film Festival.
Written and directed by Jenna Cato Bass and co-written by Babalwa Baartman, Good Madam follows Tsidi, a single mother, who is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister specter begins to stir.
Starring are Chumisa Cosa, Nosipho Mtebe, Kamvalethu Jonas Raziya, Sanda Shandu, Khanyiso Kenqa, Sizwe Ginger Lubengu, Siya Sikawuti, Peggy Tunyiswa and Chris Gxalaba. The film is produced by Fox Fire Films, Sanusi Chronicles and Causeway Films in association with Salmira Productions and Strange Charm.
The movie debuted at Toronto last year and has since screened at Fantastic Fest, AFI Fest and Goteborg. It will next be seen at the Glasgow Film Festival.
Written and directed by Jenna Cato Bass and co-written by Babalwa Baartman, Good Madam follows Tsidi, a single mother, who is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister specter begins to stir.
Starring are Chumisa Cosa, Nosipho Mtebe, Kamvalethu Jonas Raziya, Sanda Shandu, Khanyiso Kenqa, Sizwe Ginger Lubengu, Siya Sikawuti, Peggy Tunyiswa and Chris Gxalaba. The film is produced by Fox Fire Films, Sanusi Chronicles and Causeway Films in association with Salmira Productions and Strange Charm.
- 2/10/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Alex Helfrecht directing 1812-set tale of lovelorn poet.
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North America and multiple territories from mk2 Films to the upcoming Bavaria-set European animation co-production A Winter’s Journey featuring John Malkovich, Jason Isaacs, Marcin Czarnik, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Martina Gedeck.
SPC has also boarded the project for Latin America, Middle East, Scandinavia, Australia/New Zealand, Turkey, India, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Japan, Thailand, and worldwide airlines.
Alex Helfrecht, who directed 2016 sci-fi and Edinburgh International Film Festival premiere The White King, will helm the story set in 1812 about an itinerant, lovelorn poet who undertakes a cross-mountain trek...
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North America and multiple territories from mk2 Films to the upcoming Bavaria-set European animation co-production A Winter’s Journey featuring John Malkovich, Jason Isaacs, Marcin Czarnik, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Martina Gedeck.
SPC has also boarded the project for Latin America, Middle East, Scandinavia, Australia/New Zealand, Turkey, India, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Japan, Thailand, and worldwide airlines.
Alex Helfrecht, who directed 2016 sci-fi and Edinburgh International Film Festival premiere The White King, will helm the story set in 1812 about an itinerant, lovelorn poet who undertakes a cross-mountain trek...
- 1/21/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has taken North America, Latin America, Middle East, Scandinavia, Australia/New Zealand, Turkey, India, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Japan, Thailand rights and global airlines to Alex Helfrecht’s animated movie A Winter’s Journey.
Set in Bavaria in 1812, A Winter’s Journey follows an itinerant lovelorn poet who undertakes a hazardous walk across mountains, ice, and snow – a journey which will bring either death or a new life.
Painted by the animation artists behind the Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent, A Winter’s Journey is a romantic and epic tale which blends live action with CG and painted animation. The world of the film is the first to be built using PlayStation’s “Dreams”, developed by PlayStation Studios’ multiple-bafta-winning games studio Media Molecule. The pic is an adaptation of Franz Schubert’s timeless masterpiece “Winterreise”, the most performed classical song cycle in the world.
The cast includes John Malkovich,...
Set in Bavaria in 1812, A Winter’s Journey follows an itinerant lovelorn poet who undertakes a hazardous walk across mountains, ice, and snow – a journey which will bring either death or a new life.
Painted by the animation artists behind the Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent, A Winter’s Journey is a romantic and epic tale which blends live action with CG and painted animation. The world of the film is the first to be built using PlayStation’s “Dreams”, developed by PlayStation Studios’ multiple-bafta-winning games studio Media Molecule. The pic is an adaptation of Franz Schubert’s timeless masterpiece “Winterreise”, the most performed classical song cycle in the world.
The cast includes John Malkovich,...
- 1/21/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
MK2 has boarded Alex Helfrecht’s “A Winter’s Journey,” a feature blending live-action, CGI and hand-painted backgrounds made by the creative teams behind “Despicable Me” and “Loving Vincent.”
Adapted from Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise,” the film stars Gaspard Ulliel, John Malkovich, Martina Gedeck, Charles Berling and newcomer Gabriella Moran.
Set in 1812 Bavaria, the film tells the story of a lovelorn young poet who, banished from society, is forced to wander across mountains, ice and snow on a dangerous journey that will either lead him to death or to a new life.
“A Winter’s Journey’ is a passionate love story with epic visuals. It’s an animated film… putting performance at its core and speaking the international language of music and art,” said Helfrecht.
MK2 Films has acquired international sales rights and will begin pre-sales at the Efm. “Helfrecht’s unique vision for this adaptation of Franz Schubert’s...
Adapted from Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise,” the film stars Gaspard Ulliel, John Malkovich, Martina Gedeck, Charles Berling and newcomer Gabriella Moran.
Set in 1812 Bavaria, the film tells the story of a lovelorn young poet who, banished from society, is forced to wander across mountains, ice and snow on a dangerous journey that will either lead him to death or to a new life.
“A Winter’s Journey’ is a passionate love story with epic visuals. It’s an animated film… putting performance at its core and speaking the international language of music and art,” said Helfrecht.
MK2 Films has acquired international sales rights and will begin pre-sales at the Efm. “Helfrecht’s unique vision for this adaptation of Franz Schubert’s...
- 2/20/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Boy and The Devil Inside filmmaker William Brent Bell is set to direct contemporary folk-horror Lord Of Misrule, which Bankside is launching world sales on at the Efm.
Set in a small town in the English countryside, the film will follow a desperate search for the young daughter of the town’s new minister. The girl goes missing during a Solstice Festival. The closer the locals and police get towards finding the girl, the more secrets from the town’s past emerge.
Tom de Ville (The Quiet Ones) has scripted the commercially-minded genre project, whose plot, on paper, has echoes of The Wicker Man. Casting is underway with shoot planned for summer 2020.
Producers are Laurie Cook and Jason Newmark and The Machine Room’s William Brent Bell and James Tomlinson. Executive producers are Richard Mansell, Ed Fraiman and Adam Nagel. The film will be a Bigscope Films and...
Set in a small town in the English countryside, the film will follow a desperate search for the young daughter of the town’s new minister. The girl goes missing during a Solstice Festival. The closer the locals and police get towards finding the girl, the more secrets from the town’s past emerge.
Tom de Ville (The Quiet Ones) has scripted the commercially-minded genre project, whose plot, on paper, has echoes of The Wicker Man. Casting is underway with shoot planned for summer 2020.
Producers are Laurie Cook and Jason Newmark and The Machine Room’s William Brent Bell and James Tomlinson. Executive producers are Richard Mansell, Ed Fraiman and Adam Nagel. The film will be a Bigscope Films and...
- 2/19/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
London-based sales and financing house Film Constellation has added Alfred George Bailey’s feature documentary “Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall” to its Berlin market slate, ahead of the film’s SXSW premiere. Submarine Entertainment is handling distribution in North America.
The film charts the life of American photographer James Joseph Marshall, whose work documented jazz and rock culture in the ’60s and ’70s. Despite battling inner demons, Marshall established himself as a trusted and talented lenser, capturing the leading musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.
“Jim Marshall was a maverick with a camera, who captured the raw intimacy of creative geniuses,” said Film Constellation’s Fabien Westerhoff. “His unlimited access to musicians allowed him to create some of the most iconic images in music history.”
Film Constellation boarded the project at an early production stage in Berlin last year,...
The film charts the life of American photographer James Joseph Marshall, whose work documented jazz and rock culture in the ’60s and ’70s. Despite battling inner demons, Marshall established himself as a trusted and talented lenser, capturing the leading musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.
“Jim Marshall was a maverick with a camera, who captured the raw intimacy of creative geniuses,” said Film Constellation’s Fabien Westerhoff. “His unlimited access to musicians allowed him to create some of the most iconic images in music history.”
Film Constellation boarded the project at an early production stage in Berlin last year,...
- 1/23/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires ‘Testament of Youth,’ Starring ‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Kit Harington
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American, Latin American and Asian rights to Protagonist Pictures’ World War I drama “Testament of Youth,” starring “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington, the company announced on Friday.
The film, based on Vera Brittain’s memoir of the same name, follows the open-minded author’s journey to overcome prejudices of her family and hometown to win a scholarship to Oxford University, only to join her peers’ fight for their country by volunteering to be a nurse helping the wounded in France.
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Swedish actress Alicia Vikander (“Seventh Son...
The film, based on Vera Brittain’s memoir of the same name, follows the open-minded author’s journey to overcome prejudices of her family and hometown to win a scholarship to Oxford University, only to join her peers’ fight for their country by volunteering to be a nurse helping the wounded in France.
See photos: 19 Biggest Snubs and Surprises: Oscars 2015
Swedish actress Alicia Vikander (“Seventh Son...
- 1/16/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
First World War drama sold by Protagonist Pictures to North America, Latin America and Asia.
Sony Pictures Classics announced has acquired the rights in North America, Latin America and Asia to Testament of Youth. Based on Vera Brittain’s First World War memoir of the same name, the deal was negotiated with Mike Goodridge and Vanessa Saal for Protagonist Pictures and Spc.
The film, directed by James Kent and adapted by Juliette Towhidi, stars Alicia Vikander and Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington.
Vikander plays Brittain, who idyllic life in the countryside is shattered when the First World War sees those closest to her called to the front line. It follows her story as she abandons a Oxford University scholarship to enter the fray as a nurse and deals with the struggle of love and loss during wartime.
Speaking of the deal, director Kent said: “The prospect of this extraordinary story being cherished by an American audience is extremely...
Sony Pictures Classics announced has acquired the rights in North America, Latin America and Asia to Testament of Youth. Based on Vera Brittain’s First World War memoir of the same name, the deal was negotiated with Mike Goodridge and Vanessa Saal for Protagonist Pictures and Spc.
The film, directed by James Kent and adapted by Juliette Towhidi, stars Alicia Vikander and Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington.
Vikander plays Brittain, who idyllic life in the countryside is shattered when the First World War sees those closest to her called to the front line. It follows her story as she abandons a Oxford University scholarship to enter the fray as a nurse and deals with the struggle of love and loss during wartime.
Speaking of the deal, director Kent said: “The prospect of this extraordinary story being cherished by an American audience is extremely...
- 1/16/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American, Latin American and Asian rights to James Kent’s Testament Of Youth starring Alicia Vikander (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) and Kit Harington (Game Of Thrones). The film is an adaptation of Vera Brittain’s epic First World War romantic drama. Juliette Towhidi wrote the script.
Testament Of Youth is produced by David Heyman and Rosie Alison of Heyday Films, co-produced by Celia Duval, and executive produced by Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer of BBC Films, Richard Mansell, Zygi Kamasa of Lionsgate UK, Hugo Heppell of Screen Yorkshire, and Henrik Zein of Nordisk. The film was funded by BBC Films, Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund, BFI, Nordisk Film Production, Lipsync and Ingenious.
The deal was negotiated with Mike Goodridge and Vanessa Saal for Protagonist Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics.
“I have known Michael and Tom for many, many years and have admired their vision,...
Testament Of Youth is produced by David Heyman and Rosie Alison of Heyday Films, co-produced by Celia Duval, and executive produced by Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer of BBC Films, Richard Mansell, Zygi Kamasa of Lionsgate UK, Hugo Heppell of Screen Yorkshire, and Henrik Zein of Nordisk. The film was funded by BBC Films, Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund, BFI, Nordisk Film Production, Lipsync and Ingenious.
The deal was negotiated with Mike Goodridge and Vanessa Saal for Protagonist Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics.
“I have known Michael and Tom for many, many years and have admired their vision,...
- 1/16/2015
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Exclusive: Ed Skrein, Kaya Scodelario star in thriller.
Koch Media has picked up UK rights to Altitude thriller Tiger House, starring rising talents Kaya Scodelario (The Maze Runner) and Ed Skrein (Game of Thrones).
Theatre director Thomas Daley’s feature debut follows an injured gymnast who must defend her boyfriend’s house from a gang of armed robbers.
Dougray Scott, Langley Kirkwood and Brandon Auret co-star.
The deal was negotiated by Koch Media’s Martina Ternstrom and Altitude‘s Mike Runagall.
Koch, which swooped on the thriller on the eve of the market, will release in Q2 2015.
Richard Mansell and Tarquin Glass of Glassman Films produce with South African producer Ronnie Apteker. Ten10 Films’ Tendeka Matatu and Gary Millner are executive producers.
Finance came from South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation and the UK’s Creativity Capital.
Koch Media has picked up UK rights to Altitude thriller Tiger House, starring rising talents Kaya Scodelario (The Maze Runner) and Ed Skrein (Game of Thrones).
Theatre director Thomas Daley’s feature debut follows an injured gymnast who must defend her boyfriend’s house from a gang of armed robbers.
Dougray Scott, Langley Kirkwood and Brandon Auret co-star.
The deal was negotiated by Koch Media’s Martina Ternstrom and Altitude‘s Mike Runagall.
Koch, which swooped on the thriller on the eve of the market, will release in Q2 2015.
Richard Mansell and Tarquin Glass of Glassman Films produce with South African producer Ronnie Apteker. Ten10 Films’ Tendeka Matatu and Gary Millner are executive producers.
Finance came from South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation and the UK’s Creativity Capital.
- 11/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
War drama stars Alicia Vikander and Game of Thrones star Kit Harington.
Testament of Youth, the First World War drama based on the memoir of Vera Brittain, is to be released in the UK by Lionsgate on Jan 16, 2015.
The release will follow its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Oct 14.
Directed by James Kent with a screenplay from Juliette Towhidi, the film stars Alicia Vikander as a British woman who recalls her experiences during the First World War.
Co-stars include Game of Thrones star Kit Harington as well as Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Hayley Atwell, Miranda Richardson, Anna Chancellor, Nicholas Le Prevost and Joanna Scanlan
Producers are David Heyman and Rosie Alison of Heyday Films, the production company behind the Harry Potter franchise, Gravity and the upcoming Paddington.
Executive producers are Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer for BBC Films, Richard Mansell, Zygi Kamasa for Lionsgate UK and Hugo Heppell for Screen Yorkshire...
Testament of Youth, the First World War drama based on the memoir of Vera Brittain, is to be released in the UK by Lionsgate on Jan 16, 2015.
The release will follow its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Oct 14.
Directed by James Kent with a screenplay from Juliette Towhidi, the film stars Alicia Vikander as a British woman who recalls her experiences during the First World War.
Co-stars include Game of Thrones star Kit Harington as well as Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Hayley Atwell, Miranda Richardson, Anna Chancellor, Nicholas Le Prevost and Joanna Scanlan
Producers are David Heyman and Rosie Alison of Heyday Films, the production company behind the Harry Potter franchise, Gravity and the upcoming Paddington.
Executive producers are Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer for BBC Films, Richard Mansell, Zygi Kamasa for Lionsgate UK and Hugo Heppell for Screen Yorkshire...
- 10/1/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Much like You're Next, the hunters become the hunted in the UK home invasion film Tiger House, and on tap for you today is the first piece of sales art for the flick, which is sure to arouse those with a crossbow fetish. Blame Norman Reedus, if you've got one.
Check out the art, courtesy of Empire!
Shooting has begun on the thriller, which is set in the UK and currently being filmed in South Africa. Theatre director Thomas Daley is at the helm.
Expect it in UK cinemas and, depending on Glass Man Films' Cannes distribution deals, elsewhere, later this year.
Kaya Scodelario ("Skins") stars as Kelly, a teenager who fights back after an armed gang break into her boyfriend’s home and take him and his family hostage. The cast also includes Ed Skrein and Dougray Scott.
Tiger House is the first film to be produced by Glass Man Films,...
Check out the art, courtesy of Empire!
Shooting has begun on the thriller, which is set in the UK and currently being filmed in South Africa. Theatre director Thomas Daley is at the helm.
Expect it in UK cinemas and, depending on Glass Man Films' Cannes distribution deals, elsewhere, later this year.
Kaya Scodelario ("Skins") stars as Kelly, a teenager who fights back after an armed gang break into her boyfriend’s home and take him and his family hostage. The cast also includes Ed Skrein and Dougray Scott.
Tiger House is the first film to be produced by Glass Man Films,...
- 5/16/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Last year You're Next delivered a memorable tale of home invasion hunters becoming the hunted. This year Tiger House has its sights set on doing the same. Read on for the early details!
As per Screen Daily, shooting has begun on the home invasion thriller, which is set in the UK and currently being filmed in South Africa. Theatre director Thomas Daley is at the helm.
Kaya Scodelario ("Skins") stars as Kelly, a teenager who fights back after an armed gang break into her boyfriend’s home and take him and his family hostage.
The cast also includes Ed Skrein and Dougray Scott.
Tiger House is the first film by to be produced by Glass Man Films, comprised of producers Richard Mansell (Only Lovers Left Alive) and Tarquin Glass, in partnership with South African producer Ronnie Apteker.
Executive producers are Tendeka Matatu for Ten10 Films; Will Clarke, Andy Mayson, and...
As per Screen Daily, shooting has begun on the home invasion thriller, which is set in the UK and currently being filmed in South Africa. Theatre director Thomas Daley is at the helm.
Kaya Scodelario ("Skins") stars as Kelly, a teenager who fights back after an armed gang break into her boyfriend’s home and take him and his family hostage.
The cast also includes Ed Skrein and Dougray Scott.
Tiger House is the first film by to be produced by Glass Man Films, comprised of producers Richard Mansell (Only Lovers Left Alive) and Tarquin Glass, in partnership with South African producer Ronnie Apteker.
Executive producers are Tendeka Matatu for Ten10 Films; Will Clarke, Andy Mayson, and...
- 2/25/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
First image revealed from the home invasion thriller, starring Kaya Scodelario (Skins) and handled by Altitude.
Shooting has begun on home invasion thriller Tiger House, starring Kaya Scodelario, best known for her role in TV drama Skins.
Directed by theatre director Thomas Daley, it is produced by Glass Man Films and Tiger House Film Sa.
Altitude Film Sales in handling international sales and will debut footage in Cannes.
It is set in the UK but is being shot in Cape Town, South Africa.
Scodelario plays Kelly, a teenager who fights back after an armed gang break into her boyfriend’s home and take him and his family hostage.
The cast also includes Ed Skrein, star of iLL Manors and the upcoming Transporter 4, and Dougray Scott.
Daley is a former assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, associate director at the Royal National Theatre and has also directed opera for the English Touring Opera.
Tiger House is the...
Shooting has begun on home invasion thriller Tiger House, starring Kaya Scodelario, best known for her role in TV drama Skins.
Directed by theatre director Thomas Daley, it is produced by Glass Man Films and Tiger House Film Sa.
Altitude Film Sales in handling international sales and will debut footage in Cannes.
It is set in the UK but is being shot in Cape Town, South Africa.
Scodelario plays Kelly, a teenager who fights back after an armed gang break into her boyfriend’s home and take him and his family hostage.
The cast also includes Ed Skrein, star of iLL Manors and the upcoming Transporter 4, and Dougray Scott.
Daley is a former assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, associate director at the Royal National Theatre and has also directed opera for the English Touring Opera.
Tiger House is the...
- 2/25/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Two European sales companies -- British based Hanway Films (the sales company of British producer Jeremy Thomas) and Paris-based Celluloid Dreams -- are calling for Avi Lerner to step down as vice-chair of the Independent Film & Television Alliance. The problem stems from accusations that, at the same time he's helping run the organization pledged to be the "voice and advocate for independents worldwide", some companies which Lerner controls are apparently exploiting those same indie filmmakers by allegedly owing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. Lerner is co-chairman of Nu Image, which in 2007 bought the U.S. distributor First Look which is being sued by around 20 other film companies. Hanway Films' head of business affairs Richard Mansell says his firm is owed nearly $500,000 by First Look, and pledges to soon pursue Nu Image through the courts in Los Angeles. Celluloid Dreams has won a court case against First Look for...
- 12/22/2010
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
London -- The Onion News Network will be available to online viewers across the U.K., Europe and Asia following an exclusive deal Wednesday with digital distributor MyVideoRights.com.
The service is kicking off with the run-up to the Nov. 4 election, with the deal partly fueled by what the partners call "the unprecedented interest that the U.K. and Europe have shown in the U.S. presidential election to date."
The Onion News Network, launched in March 2007 as an offshoot of satirical newspaper the Onion, produces footage of current events, both real and imagined, and broadcasts 24/7. It parodies news networks such as CNN and ABC, with much of its humor stemming from interviews and news footage of current events.
Launched by Ashley Mackenzie and Richard Mansell, MyVideoRights.com is backed by Peter Bazalgette, Rupert Dilnott-Cooper and Kelvin Mackenzie.
MyVideoRights.com features only rights-cleared content and allows entertainment producers a way...
The service is kicking off with the run-up to the Nov. 4 election, with the deal partly fueled by what the partners call "the unprecedented interest that the U.K. and Europe have shown in the U.S. presidential election to date."
The Onion News Network, launched in March 2007 as an offshoot of satirical newspaper the Onion, produces footage of current events, both real and imagined, and broadcasts 24/7. It parodies news networks such as CNN and ABC, with much of its humor stemming from interviews and news footage of current events.
Launched by Ashley Mackenzie and Richard Mansell, MyVideoRights.com is backed by Peter Bazalgette, Rupert Dilnott-Cooper and Kelvin Mackenzie.
MyVideoRights.com features only rights-cleared content and allows entertainment producers a way...
- 10/22/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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