Golda Rosheuvel (Bridgerton, Dune)and Priya-Rose Brookwell (The Lazarus Project) are set to take up the lead roles of ‘Dinah’ and ‘Charlie’ in ‘Grow,’ produced by Double Nickel Entertainment in association with Sky and Orogen Entertainment.
The story of Dinah Little, a no nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer with a heart of gold, and Charlie, the unknown and unloved niece Dinah begrudgingly takes in after discovering Charlie in an orphanage. Dinah’s farm is in the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the World” where the biggest event of the year is a high-stakes cutthroat giant-pumpkin-growing contest where the entire town gets their pumpkin patches ready to compete for a cash prize and pumpkin glory.
Charlie has a special bond with plants and, combined with her feisty personality and determination, decides to grow a gigantic pumpkin for the competition, to attempt to win the coveted prize. Charlie and other pumpkin growers face sabotage and...
The story of Dinah Little, a no nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer with a heart of gold, and Charlie, the unknown and unloved niece Dinah begrudgingly takes in after discovering Charlie in an orphanage. Dinah’s farm is in the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the World” where the biggest event of the year is a high-stakes cutthroat giant-pumpkin-growing contest where the entire town gets their pumpkin patches ready to compete for a cash prize and pumpkin glory.
Charlie has a special bond with plants and, combined with her feisty personality and determination, decides to grow a gigantic pumpkin for the competition, to attempt to win the coveted prize. Charlie and other pumpkin growers face sabotage and...
- 5/15/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Golda Rosheuvel (Bridgerton, Dune) and Priya-Rose Brookwell (The Lazarus Project) are set to take up the lead roles of Dinah and Charlie in family feature Grow, Sky have announced.
It is the story of Dinah Little, a “no-nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer with a heart of gold,” and Charlie, “the unknown and unloved niece” that Rosheuvel’s character begrudgingly takes in after finding Charlie in an orphanage. Dinah’s farm is in the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the World,” and Charlie, who just so happens to have a special bond with plants, decides to produce her own for a cutthroat pumpkin-growing contest.
The film will also star Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, How To Train Your Dragon) as the eco-loving pumpkin pundit Arlo and Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Downton Abbey) as Mr Gregory, a pumpkin-obsessed mad scientist.
Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, One Day), Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous, Bloods) and British comedian/presenter Alan Carr will also appear.
It is the story of Dinah Little, a “no-nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer with a heart of gold,” and Charlie, “the unknown and unloved niece” that Rosheuvel’s character begrudgingly takes in after finding Charlie in an orphanage. Dinah’s farm is in the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the World,” and Charlie, who just so happens to have a special bond with plants, decides to produce her own for a cutthroat pumpkin-growing contest.
The film will also star Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, How To Train Your Dragon) as the eco-loving pumpkin pundit Arlo and Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Downton Abbey) as Mr Gregory, a pumpkin-obsessed mad scientist.
Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, One Day), Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous, Bloods) and British comedian/presenter Alan Carr will also appear.
- 5/14/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Naomie Harris, Gwendoline Christie and Mark Williams (Harry Potter, Golden Years) have joined the ensemble cast of a new family adventure film ‘Robin and the Hood.’
Rising star Darcey Ewart will play the lead role of Robin, whilst Harris takes on the role of evil developer ‘Clipboard’, Christie plays environmental activist ‘Aura’ and Williams features as the local Town Mayor.
The official synopsis reads; For the tenacious 11-year-old Robin (Ewart) and her loyal band of friends ‘The Hoods’, the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom. Sticks and bin lids have become swords and shields, drones have become majestic eagles and the hippy lady in the forest (Christie) is a terrifying witch. The only thing limiting their colourful imagination is the prospect of losing their kingdom forever. When the slippery property developer Clipboard (Harris) turns up and dazzles the parents of the area...
Rising star Darcey Ewart will play the lead role of Robin, whilst Harris takes on the role of evil developer ‘Clipboard’, Christie plays environmental activist ‘Aura’ and Williams features as the local Town Mayor.
The official synopsis reads; For the tenacious 11-year-old Robin (Ewart) and her loyal band of friends ‘The Hoods’, the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom. Sticks and bin lids have become swords and shields, drones have become majestic eagles and the hippy lady in the forest (Christie) is a terrifying witch. The only thing limiting their colourful imagination is the prospect of losing their kingdom forever. When the slippery property developer Clipboard (Harris) turns up and dazzles the parents of the area...
- 11/2/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Film wrapped production this summer through UK’s Future Artists Entertainment and Switzerland’s Silver Reel.
Gfm Global Sales is handling international sales on UK-Swiss co-production Robin And The Hood, a family adventure that will debut as a Sky Original in the UK & Ireland.
The film, which completed principal photography in the summer, stars Naomie Harris, Gwendoline Christie, Mark Williams and newcomer Darcey Ewart.
Robin And The Hood is directed by Phil Hawkins from a script by Stuart Benson and Paul Davidson. The film is produced by Claudia Bluemhuber for Switzerland’s Silver Reel and Matt Williams for the UK’s Future Artists Entertainment.
Gfm Global Sales is handling international sales on UK-Swiss co-production Robin And The Hood, a family adventure that will debut as a Sky Original in the UK & Ireland.
The film, which completed principal photography in the summer, stars Naomie Harris, Gwendoline Christie, Mark Williams and newcomer Darcey Ewart.
Robin And The Hood is directed by Phil Hawkins from a script by Stuart Benson and Paul Davidson. The film is produced by Claudia Bluemhuber for Switzerland’s Silver Reel and Matt Williams for the UK’s Future Artists Entertainment.
- 11/1/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Naomie Harris, Gwendoline Christie and Harry Potter star Mark Williams (who played Arthur Weasley in the film franchise) have joined the ensemble cast of family adventure film Robin and the Hood alongside rising star Darcey Ewart (Prancer: A Christmas Tale, To Olivia).
The film, which completed principal photography over the summer, comes from director Phil Hawkins (Prancer: A Christmas Tale) and was written by Stuart Benson and Paul Davidson, with the script first optioned by Silver Reel in 2021. It’s set to debut as a Sky Original in the U.K. and Ireland on Sky Cinema, with Gfm Global Sales handling the film at the AFM following a deal inked prior to the market.
Robin and the Hood follows the tenacious 11-year-old Robin (Ewart) and her loyal band of friends, called “The Hoods,” for whom the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom.
The film, which completed principal photography over the summer, comes from director Phil Hawkins (Prancer: A Christmas Tale) and was written by Stuart Benson and Paul Davidson, with the script first optioned by Silver Reel in 2021. It’s set to debut as a Sky Original in the U.K. and Ireland on Sky Cinema, with Gfm Global Sales handling the film at the AFM following a deal inked prior to the market.
Robin and the Hood follows the tenacious 11-year-old Robin (Ewart) and her loyal band of friends, called “The Hoods,” for whom the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom.
- 11/1/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First Look
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has released a first look image of its new comedy series, “Big Mood” (working title), produced by Fremantle‘s Dancing Ledge Productions. The six-part series explores the intricacies of female friendship when confronted with the complexities of serious mental illness.
Starring in the show are Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West. Joining the ensemble cast are Niamh Cusack, Eamon Farren, Luke Fetherston, Kate Fleetwood, Rob Gilbert, Rebecca Lowman, Sally Phillips, Ukweli Roach, and Amalia Vitale. The cast also includes Olu Adaeze, Max Bennett, Skylar Betteridge, David Bedella, Tim Downie, Ron Donachie, Sarah Durham, Lara Grace Ilori, Neil Edmond, Amy Gledhill, Maddie Grace Jepson, Tom Rhys Harries, Layla-Belle Matthews, Simon Meacock, David Mumeni, David Newman, Freya Parker, Shuna Snow, Sid Sagar, Stephen Sobal, Lottie Tolhurst, Isobel Thom and Robin Weaver.
Joanna Page, best known for her roles in “Love Actually” and “Gavin and Stacey,” will make a guest appearance,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Speakers include BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Film4’s Farhana Bhula and The British Blacklist’s Akua Gyamfi.
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
US producer Anthony Bregman, incoming BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson and leading UK execs are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London industry programme.
The Sundance Institute will once again be partnering with Picturehouse for this year’s event, which takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from July 6-9.
Bregman will deliver the keynote talk. He premiered three features at the Sundance Film Festival in January: Flora And Son, Eileen and You Hurt My Feelings,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Scripts to be showcased to industry guests on February 23.
Bafta has selected three winners of the Rocliffe New Writing Competition for film, the platform for aspiring screenwriters looking to take their career to the next level.
Florence Hyde, Paddy Browne and Ben Hyland have been selected from more than 400 entries for the showcase, which runs twice a year.
Their scripts will be showcased online to Bafta’s industry guests on February 23, with an extract from each script performed by actors. They will then receive feedback from guests including Rose Garnett, former BBC Film director who is now working at A24 Films; Andrew Orr,...
Bafta has selected three winners of the Rocliffe New Writing Competition for film, the platform for aspiring screenwriters looking to take their career to the next level.
Florence Hyde, Paddy Browne and Ben Hyland have been selected from more than 400 entries for the showcase, which runs twice a year.
Their scripts will be showcased online to Bafta’s industry guests on February 23, with an extract from each script performed by actors. They will then receive feedback from guests including Rose Garnett, former BBC Film director who is now working at A24 Films; Andrew Orr,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Longtime Independent Film Company MD Andrew Orr has joined Comcast-owned Sky as Head Of Original Film.
Orr will be working on the pay-tv broadcaster’s development slate and strategy as well as acting as commissioner on a number of projects alongside Julia Stuart, Director of Original Film, and Laura Grange, Commissioning Manager, Original Film. He will also be working with James Newton on content partnerships.
Orr, who will be in Cannes this week for Sky, spent almost 17 years at UK sales and production firm Independent, selling movies including Moon, Starred Up, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, Hallam Foe, London To Brighton and Adulthood. He was an executive producer on movies including We Need to Talk About Kevin, Mr Nice, The Falling and Out of Blue.
In more recent years Orr segued to a role as executive producer and developed the company’s first TV slate. Prior to Independent he was at The Works,...
Orr will be working on the pay-tv broadcaster’s development slate and strategy as well as acting as commissioner on a number of projects alongside Julia Stuart, Director of Original Film, and Laura Grange, Commissioning Manager, Original Film. He will also be working with James Newton on content partnerships.
Orr, who will be in Cannes this week for Sky, spent almost 17 years at UK sales and production firm Independent, selling movies including Moon, Starred Up, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, Hallam Foe, London To Brighton and Adulthood. He was an executive producer on movies including We Need to Talk About Kevin, Mr Nice, The Falling and Out of Blue.
In more recent years Orr segued to a role as executive producer and developed the company’s first TV slate. Prior to Independent he was at The Works,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The other nominees are Kaitlyn Dever, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Micheal Ward.
Bafta has announced the five actors in the running for the 2020 Ee Rising Star Award.
They are:
Awkwafina Jack Lowden Kaitlyn Dever Kelvin Harrison Jr. Micheal Ward
The winner will be voted for by the public and announced at the British Academy Film Awards on February 2. The full list of Bafta nominations will be revealed tomorrow (Jan 7).
The nomination for Awkwafina comes after she won the best actress prize at last night’s Golden Globes for The Farewell. Her other roles include Ocean’s 8, Crazy Rich Asians and Jumanji: The Next Level.
Bafta has announced the five actors in the running for the 2020 Ee Rising Star Award.
They are:
Awkwafina Jack Lowden Kaitlyn Dever Kelvin Harrison Jr. Micheal Ward
The winner will be voted for by the public and announced at the British Academy Film Awards on February 2. The full list of Bafta nominations will be revealed tomorrow (Jan 7).
The nomination for Awkwafina comes after she won the best actress prize at last night’s Golden Globes for The Farewell. Her other roles include Ocean’s 8, Crazy Rich Asians and Jumanji: The Next Level.
- 1/6/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Awkwafina, Kaitlyn Dever, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Micheal Ward and Jack Lowden have been nominated for the 2020 BAFTA Rising Star award.
Awkwafina, a Golden Globe winner on Sunday night, was nominated for The Farewell; Dever for Booksmart (the U.S. actress was also Golden Globe-nominated for Netflix series Unbelievable); Harrison Jr. for Waves; Ward for Blue Story; and Lowden for Fighting With My Family.
The winner is voted for by the public but the nominees were chosen by an industry panel. The jury was chaired by Andrew Orr, managing director of film production company Independent, and comprised actors Vanessa Kirby, Cynthia Erivo and Gemma Whelan, broadcaster Edith Bowman, critic Anna Smith, producers Uzma Hasan, Marc Samuelson and Georgina Lowe, and casting directors Nina Gold and Lucy Bevan.
The 2020 Rising Star winner will be announced during the BAFTA ceremony in London on February 2, one week ahead of the Oscars. Previous winners of...
Awkwafina, a Golden Globe winner on Sunday night, was nominated for The Farewell; Dever for Booksmart (the U.S. actress was also Golden Globe-nominated for Netflix series Unbelievable); Harrison Jr. for Waves; Ward for Blue Story; and Lowden for Fighting With My Family.
The winner is voted for by the public but the nominees were chosen by an industry panel. The jury was chaired by Andrew Orr, managing director of film production company Independent, and comprised actors Vanessa Kirby, Cynthia Erivo and Gemma Whelan, broadcaster Edith Bowman, critic Anna Smith, producers Uzma Hasan, Marc Samuelson and Georgina Lowe, and casting directors Nina Gold and Lucy Bevan.
The 2020 Rising Star winner will be announced during the BAFTA ceremony in London on February 2, one week ahead of the Oscars. Previous winners of...
- 1/6/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Independent handles international sales.
IFC Films has picked up Us rights to the Patricia Clarkson detective noir Out Of Blue following its recent world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival.
Carol Morley wrote and directed the Martin Amis adaptation about a New Orleans homicide detective who investigates the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert in a case that shakes her view of the universe and herself.
Rounding out the key cast are Mamie Gummer, Jacki Weaver, James Caan, and Toby Jones. Independent handles international sales. IFC FIlms plans a 2019 theatrical release.
Luc Roeg, Cairo Cannon, and Maggie Monteith produced.
IFC Films has picked up Us rights to the Patricia Clarkson detective noir Out Of Blue following its recent world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival.
Carol Morley wrote and directed the Martin Amis adaptation about a New Orleans homicide detective who investigates the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert in a case that shakes her view of the universe and herself.
Rounding out the key cast are Mamie Gummer, Jacki Weaver, James Caan, and Toby Jones. Independent handles international sales. IFC FIlms plans a 2019 theatrical release.
Luc Roeg, Cairo Cannon, and Maggie Monteith produced.
- 10/18/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: IFC Films has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to Out Of Blue. The Carol Morley written and directed crime drama had its premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in theaters sometime next year. Patricia Clarkson (The Green Mile), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), James Caan (Misery), Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Mamie Gummer (End Of Tour) star.
Based on the novel by Martin Amis, the story follows a New Orleans homicide detective Mike Hoolihan (Clarkson) as she investigates the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert Jennifer Rockwell (Gummer). Mike is rarely affected by what she sees – but something about this scene affects her, flooding her senses and completely overwhelming her. As she gets deeper into the case, her quest for the truth completely shakes her view of the universe, and ultimately herself.
Luc Roeg, Cairo Cannon, and Maggie Monteith produced the pic.
Based on the novel by Martin Amis, the story follows a New Orleans homicide detective Mike Hoolihan (Clarkson) as she investigates the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert Jennifer Rockwell (Gummer). Mike is rarely affected by what she sees – but something about this scene affects her, flooding her senses and completely overwhelming her. As she gets deeper into the case, her quest for the truth completely shakes her view of the universe, and ultimately herself.
Luc Roeg, Cairo Cannon, and Maggie Monteith produced the pic.
- 10/18/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
“There’s much we can’t see, detect or comprehend, yet we spend our lives trying to get to the heart of this dark energy.” That’s the chilling threat at the start of the first clip (above) for Carol Morley’s Patricia Clarkson-fronted neo-noir detective drama Out of Blue.
The film, which is based on Martin Amis’ novel, plays in the Platform section of Tiff and premieres on Friday September 7 at 9:30pm in the Winter Garden Theater.
Clarkson plays Mike Hoolihan in the neo-noir metaphysical mystery. She’s a homicide detective called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell. But once on the case, she’s affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
Jacki Weaver, James Caan, Toby Jones, Aaron Tveit, Mamie Gummer, Jonathan Majors and Devyn A Tyler also star in the crime drama from the helmer of The Falling.
The film, which is based on Martin Amis’ novel, plays in the Platform section of Tiff and premieres on Friday September 7 at 9:30pm in the Winter Garden Theater.
Clarkson plays Mike Hoolihan in the neo-noir metaphysical mystery. She’s a homicide detective called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell. But once on the case, she’s affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
Jacki Weaver, James Caan, Toby Jones, Aaron Tveit, Mamie Gummer, Jonathan Majors and Devyn A Tyler also star in the crime drama from the helmer of The Falling.
- 9/6/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Independent handling sales in Cannes.
Screen can unveil an exclusive first look at Chubby Funny director Harry Michell’s upcoming comedy Ilkley.
The film, about an attempted assassination of a controversial secularist at a literary festival, stars Roger Allam (The Lady In The Van) Derek Jacobi (Tolkien) and Anna Maxwell-Martin (Philomena), alongside Harry Melling (The Lost City Of Z) and Tom Brooke (The Death Of Stalin). Vinette Robinson and Flora Spencer-Longhurst also star.
Michell (Chubby Funny) directed from a script he co-wrote with Jamie Fraser. Helen Simmons produced. The film is now in post-production after shooting in Yorkshire, UK.
Executive...
Screen can unveil an exclusive first look at Chubby Funny director Harry Michell’s upcoming comedy Ilkley.
The film, about an attempted assassination of a controversial secularist at a literary festival, stars Roger Allam (The Lady In The Van) Derek Jacobi (Tolkien) and Anna Maxwell-Martin (Philomena), alongside Harry Melling (The Lost City Of Z) and Tom Brooke (The Death Of Stalin). Vinette Robinson and Flora Spencer-Longhurst also star.
Michell (Chubby Funny) directed from a script he co-wrote with Jamie Fraser. Helen Simmons produced. The film is now in post-production after shooting in Yorkshire, UK.
Executive...
- 5/15/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Project is second film from Chubby Funny director Harry Michell.
Roger Allam, Derek Jacobi and Anna Maxwell-Martin will lead the cast of black comedy Ilkley, which Independent is introducing to buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
The film is the second feature from former Screen Star of Tomorrow Harry Michell, whose debut Chubby Funny saw the director nominated for the Most Promising Newcomer Bifa in 2016.
The film is set in an idyllic Yorkshire spa town during its annual literary festival. As the world’s most controversial secularist is set to make an appearance, two hapless evangelicals are tasked with killing him. Harry Melling, Vinette Robinson and Flora Spencer-Longhurst also star.
Michell co-wrote the screenplay with Jamie Fraser and the director is reuniting with his Chubby Funny producer Helen Simmons on the project. Executive producers are Independent’s Andrew Orr, Screen Yorkshire’s Hugo Heppell, Ivy Gate Films’ Roger Le Tissier and Frances...
Roger Allam, Derek Jacobi and Anna Maxwell-Martin will lead the cast of black comedy Ilkley, which Independent is introducing to buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
The film is the second feature from former Screen Star of Tomorrow Harry Michell, whose debut Chubby Funny saw the director nominated for the Most Promising Newcomer Bifa in 2016.
The film is set in an idyllic Yorkshire spa town during its annual literary festival. As the world’s most controversial secularist is set to make an appearance, two hapless evangelicals are tasked with killing him. Harry Melling, Vinette Robinson and Flora Spencer-Longhurst also star.
Michell co-wrote the screenplay with Jamie Fraser and the director is reuniting with his Chubby Funny producer Helen Simmons on the project. Executive producers are Independent’s Andrew Orr, Screen Yorkshire’s Hugo Heppell, Ivy Gate Films’ Roger Le Tissier and Frances...
- 2/16/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK sales outfit bolsters Cannes slate.
UK sales outfit Independent Film Company has added a host of projects to its Cannes slate.
Among them is The Secret Of The Universe, the second feature from Guy Myhill, whose debut The Goob premiered in Venice Days. Produced by Mike Elliott of Emu Films, the circus-set feature follows a clown who tries to keep his heart cold but finds himself plunged into the depths of life.
Also on Independent’s slate is The Lemon Grove, the second feature from writer-director Helen Walsh, whose debut The Violators [pictured] played at Edinburgh and Karlovy Vary. Adapted from her own novel, her next film follows a husband and wife who return to the island of Mallorca annually for a summer holiday. One year, the arrival of the wife’s stepdaughter and her new boyfriend threatens to upset their equilibrium. Producers are David Moores, Dave Hughes and Kevin Sampson of Red Union Films.
The...
UK sales outfit Independent Film Company has added a host of projects to its Cannes slate.
Among them is The Secret Of The Universe, the second feature from Guy Myhill, whose debut The Goob premiered in Venice Days. Produced by Mike Elliott of Emu Films, the circus-set feature follows a clown who tries to keep his heart cold but finds himself plunged into the depths of life.
Also on Independent’s slate is The Lemon Grove, the second feature from writer-director Helen Walsh, whose debut The Violators [pictured] played at Edinburgh and Karlovy Vary. Adapted from her own novel, her next film follows a husband and wife who return to the island of Mallorca annually for a summer holiday. One year, the arrival of the wife’s stepdaughter and her new boyfriend threatens to upset their equilibrium. Producers are David Moores, Dave Hughes and Kevin Sampson of Red Union Films.
The...
- 5/19/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent to launch futuristic project at Cannes.
London-based producer, financier and sales outfit Independent will produce Archive, the feature debut of Moon concept designer Gavin Rothery.
The project will be introduced to buyers at Cannes, Independent previously handled sales on Duncan Jones’ sci-fi Moon, which Sony Pictures Classics released in the Us, grossing $5m.
Theo James (Divergent) will lead the cast of the futuristic tale, which follows a scientist working on a human-equivalent android who is on the verge of a significant breakthrough. However, he has a secret ulterior motive: to be reunited with his dead wife.
Independent’s Luc Roeg and Philip Herd will produce. High-Rise cinematographer Laurie Rose is attached and VFX will be handled by Double Negative.
Independent and Wme will co-represent the film in the Us.
Rothery is represented by Casarotto. Theo James is represented by Markham, Froggatt & Irwin and Wme. Independent will represent worldwide rights to the film.
Philip Herd of [link...
London-based producer, financier and sales outfit Independent will produce Archive, the feature debut of Moon concept designer Gavin Rothery.
The project will be introduced to buyers at Cannes, Independent previously handled sales on Duncan Jones’ sci-fi Moon, which Sony Pictures Classics released in the Us, grossing $5m.
Theo James (Divergent) will lead the cast of the futuristic tale, which follows a scientist working on a human-equivalent android who is on the verge of a significant breakthrough. However, he has a secret ulterior motive: to be reunited with his dead wife.
Independent’s Luc Roeg and Philip Herd will produce. High-Rise cinematographer Laurie Rose is attached and VFX will be handled by Double Negative.
Independent and Wme will co-represent the film in the Us.
Rothery is represented by Casarotto. Theo James is represented by Markham, Froggatt & Irwin and Wme. Independent will represent worldwide rights to the film.
Philip Herd of [link...
- 5/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: BFI, BBC Films, Independent, Luc Roeg also on board.
Dreams Of A Life and The Falling director Carol Morley will begin production on her next film in Atlanta, Georgia, in autumn 2017.
Out Of Blue, based on Martin Amis’s neo-noir detective novel Night Train, will star Shutter Island star Patricia Clarkson in the lead role as homicide detective Mike Hoolihan, with Toby Jones (Berberian Sound Studio), Mamie Gummer (The End of the Tour) and Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq) also attached.
Further cast announcements are expected soon.
Developed with the support of the BFI, with National Lottery funding, and BBC Films, the film will be produced by Luc Roeg (We Need To Talk About Kevin) and Cairo Cannon (Dreams Of A Life) and will be sold by Independent in Cannes.
In Out Of Blue, when Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected...
Dreams Of A Life and The Falling director Carol Morley will begin production on her next film in Atlanta, Georgia, in autumn 2017.
Out Of Blue, based on Martin Amis’s neo-noir detective novel Night Train, will star Shutter Island star Patricia Clarkson in the lead role as homicide detective Mike Hoolihan, with Toby Jones (Berberian Sound Studio), Mamie Gummer (The End of the Tour) and Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq) also attached.
Further cast announcements are expected soon.
Developed with the support of the BFI, with National Lottery funding, and BBC Films, the film will be produced by Luc Roeg (We Need To Talk About Kevin) and Cairo Cannon (Dreams Of A Life) and will be sold by Independent in Cannes.
In Out Of Blue, when Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected...
- 5/10/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent boards doc about the life and career of acting legend Ian McKellen.
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has boarded feature documentary McKellen: Playing The Part and will introduce the title to buyers at Cannes.
Watch an exclusive first clip below, or click here to watch on mobile.
Joe Stephenson (Chicken) is directing the feature about the life of revered English actor Ian McKellen, whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and has seen him Oscar nominated for roles in Gods And Monsters and The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.
The film, which is based around an exclusive 14-hour interview with McKellen, will also feature archive material of the actor’s early work, and never-before-seen photography from McKellen’s private collection.
English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel has written music for the film, which also features the likes of Luke Evans, Frances Barber, Adam Brown, Scott Chambers, Milo Parker and [link...
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has boarded feature documentary McKellen: Playing The Part and will introduce the title to buyers at Cannes.
Watch an exclusive first clip below, or click here to watch on mobile.
Joe Stephenson (Chicken) is directing the feature about the life of revered English actor Ian McKellen, whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and has seen him Oscar nominated for roles in Gods And Monsters and The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.
The film, which is based around an exclusive 14-hour interview with McKellen, will also feature archive material of the actor’s early work, and never-before-seen photography from McKellen’s private collection.
English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel has written music for the film, which also features the likes of Luke Evans, Frances Barber, Adam Brown, Scott Chambers, Milo Parker and [link...
- 4/28/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The Time Of Their Lives is written and directed by Roger Goldby.
Independent has boarded Bright Pictures and Daryl Prince Productions’ The Time Of Their Lives ahead of the Afm.
The company will represent available territories on the comedy written and directed by Roger Goldby and starring Dame Joan Collins, Pauline Collins and Franco Nero.
It follows former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) who, determined to gate-crash her ex-lover’s funeral, escapes her London retirement home with the help of repressed English housewife Priscilla (Pauline Collins). In a race to get to the funeral on time, they become involved in a romantic triangle with a reclusive Italian painter (Nero).
Produced by Sarah Sulick and Azim Bolkiah, the film is executive produced by Sir Tim Rice, who will also be writing a song for the film. Stephen Warbeck will be composing the music for the film.
Independent will be holding a screening to show first footage of the...
Independent has boarded Bright Pictures and Daryl Prince Productions’ The Time Of Their Lives ahead of the Afm.
The company will represent available territories on the comedy written and directed by Roger Goldby and starring Dame Joan Collins, Pauline Collins and Franco Nero.
It follows former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) who, determined to gate-crash her ex-lover’s funeral, escapes her London retirement home with the help of repressed English housewife Priscilla (Pauline Collins). In a race to get to the funeral on time, they become involved in a romantic triangle with a reclusive Italian painter (Nero).
Produced by Sarah Sulick and Azim Bolkiah, the film is executive produced by Sir Tim Rice, who will also be writing a song for the film. Stephen Warbeck will be composing the music for the film.
Independent will be holding a screening to show first footage of the...
- 10/28/2016
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto crime drama will screen to potential buyers at Afm following £3.7m UK run.
UK outfit Independent Film Sales has boarded Noel Clarke’s UK box office success Brotherhood for international sales
The Toronto title will screen to buyers during the American Film Market.
Brotherhood is the third film in multi-hyphenate Clarke’s urban crime series which began with 2006 title Kidulthood.
The movie, about a former gang member struggling to adapt to a new way of life, has grossed £3.7m in the UK following its late August release.
Clarke, the most prolific black actor in UK film, wrote, stars in and directed the movie. Under his Unstoppable Entertainment banner he produced the feature alongside Jason Maza and Gina Powell. Also producing were Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Films Finance.
Executive producers are Damian Jones, Zygi Kamasa, Nick Manzi, Nicola Pearcey, Chris Reed and Josephine Rose.
Independent represent North American rights jointly with Noel Clarke’s agency Apa.[p...
UK outfit Independent Film Sales has boarded Noel Clarke’s UK box office success Brotherhood for international sales
The Toronto title will screen to buyers during the American Film Market.
Brotherhood is the third film in multi-hyphenate Clarke’s urban crime series which began with 2006 title Kidulthood.
The movie, about a former gang member struggling to adapt to a new way of life, has grossed £3.7m in the UK following its late August release.
Clarke, the most prolific black actor in UK film, wrote, stars in and directed the movie. Under his Unstoppable Entertainment banner he produced the feature alongside Jason Maza and Gina Powell. Also producing were Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Films Finance.
Executive producers are Damian Jones, Zygi Kamasa, Nick Manzi, Nicola Pearcey, Chris Reed and Josephine Rose.
Independent represent North American rights jointly with Noel Clarke’s agency Apa.[p...
- 10/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Independent boards feature about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
UK sales outfit Independent has boarded international sales on Michael Winterbottom’s music feature On The Road, about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
The film, which gets its world premiere at the London Film Festival, follows the Grammy nominated group on their tour earlier this year.
Producers are Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) and Anthony Wilcox for Revolution Films. Julian Bird, Abi Gadsby at Lorton Entertainment (Oasis: Supersonic) are executive-producing alongside Declan Reddington.
Lorton Distribution will release in the UK in 2017. Independent will be selling the project at the Afm next month.
Independent’s MD Andrew Orr said: “We are thrilled to be working with Michael Winterbottom again. Playful and innovative, On The Road combines his masterful ability to shoot fiction so real, it seems like documentary, and to document a true story so well, it almost seems like fic-tion.”...
UK sales outfit Independent has boarded international sales on Michael Winterbottom’s music feature On The Road, about UK rock band Wolf Alice.
The film, which gets its world premiere at the London Film Festival, follows the Grammy nominated group on their tour earlier this year.
Producers are Melissa Parmenter (The Trip) and Anthony Wilcox for Revolution Films. Julian Bird, Abi Gadsby at Lorton Entertainment (Oasis: Supersonic) are executive-producing alongside Declan Reddington.
Lorton Distribution will release in the UK in 2017. Independent will be selling the project at the Afm next month.
Independent’s MD Andrew Orr said: “We are thrilled to be working with Michael Winterbottom again. Playful and innovative, On The Road combines his masterful ability to shoot fiction so real, it seems like documentary, and to document a true story so well, it almost seems like fic-tion.”...
- 10/6/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Independent Film & Television Alliance (Ifta) membership voted in the executive committee and board for the 2016-2018 term at Thursday’s concurrent annual membership meeting in Los Angeles and London.
Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie was elected to the executive committee as vice-chair alongside Jay Joyce of Artist View Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment, and Almira Ravil of Screen Media.
Michael Ryan of Gfm Films (pictured) will continue in his role as board chairman. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico and Lise Romanoff of Vision Films continue in their posts as vice-chairs for the second year of their term.
The following were elected to the board at Thursday’s meeting: Shaked Berenson (Epic Pictures Group); Tamara Birkemoe (Foresight Unlimited); Jody Cipriano (CineTel Films); Alexandra Cocean (Voltage Pictures); Camela Galano (Relativity Media); Brad Krevoy (Motion Picture Corporation Of America); Albert Lee (Emperor Motion Pictures); Nat McCormick (The Exchange); Michael Rothstein (Im Global); and Alison Thompson (Cornerstone Films).
Caroline Couret-Delegue...
Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie was elected to the executive committee as vice-chair alongside Jay Joyce of Artist View Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment, and Almira Ravil of Screen Media.
Michael Ryan of Gfm Films (pictured) will continue in his role as board chairman. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico and Lise Romanoff of Vision Films continue in their posts as vice-chairs for the second year of their term.
The following were elected to the board at Thursday’s meeting: Shaked Berenson (Epic Pictures Group); Tamara Birkemoe (Foresight Unlimited); Jody Cipriano (CineTel Films); Alexandra Cocean (Voltage Pictures); Camela Galano (Relativity Media); Brad Krevoy (Motion Picture Corporation Of America); Albert Lee (Emperor Motion Pictures); Nat McCormick (The Exchange); Michael Rothstein (Im Global); and Alison Thompson (Cornerstone Films).
Caroline Couret-Delegue...
- 9/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Indepedent has boarded sales on the drama is being produced by UK outfit Shoebox Films.
Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper will lead The Escape, a drama about a dissatisfied woman who leaves her family behind.
Dominic Savage (Love + Hate) is directing and Guy Heeley (Locke) will produce for Shoebox Films. Laurie Rose (Free Fire) has come on board as director of photography.
Independent has boarded sales and is introducing to buyers at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18).
London-based Lorton Entertainment is financing (Oasis: Supersonic, Maradona) and has taken UK distribution rights.
The film’s shoot is scheduled for October 2016 in the UK and France.
Gemma Arterton said: “The Escape will be an exploration of marriage and motherhood. It is frank, honest and unapologetically from the woman’s point of view. It will be extremely per-sonal. I look forward to embarking on it, surrounded by people I trust and who understand the intention, and to digging...
Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper will lead The Escape, a drama about a dissatisfied woman who leaves her family behind.
Dominic Savage (Love + Hate) is directing and Guy Heeley (Locke) will produce for Shoebox Films. Laurie Rose (Free Fire) has come on board as director of photography.
Independent has boarded sales and is introducing to buyers at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18).
London-based Lorton Entertainment is financing (Oasis: Supersonic, Maradona) and has taken UK distribution rights.
The film’s shoot is scheduled for October 2016 in the UK and France.
Gemma Arterton said: “The Escape will be an exploration of marriage and motherhood. It is frank, honest and unapologetically from the woman’s point of view. It will be extremely per-sonal. I look forward to embarking on it, surrounded by people I trust and who understand the intention, and to digging...
- 9/9/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Screen canvasses industry opinion on Langan’s tenure and the prospects for one of the UK’s cornerstone funders.
There have been warm tributes to Christine Langan as news broke yesterday of her impending departure from BBC Films to join UK production outfit Baby Cow.
Attention is also now beginning to turn to who is likely to be her successor and what plans the BBC has for its film arm in the long run.
“Christine leaves BBC Films in good shape,” commented producer Stewart Mackinnon of Headline Pictures, who worked with the broadcaster’s film arm on titles including Quartet and The Invisible Woman, among other projects.
Pride producer David Livingstone noted Langan’s “incisiveness.”
“The thing I remember particularly about Christine is her giving very good notes about the final editing of the film (Pride). She was very clear and very precise, and with a light hand on the tiller,” Livingstone said.
“Obviously...
There have been warm tributes to Christine Langan as news broke yesterday of her impending departure from BBC Films to join UK production outfit Baby Cow.
Attention is also now beginning to turn to who is likely to be her successor and what plans the BBC has for its film arm in the long run.
“Christine leaves BBC Films in good shape,” commented producer Stewart Mackinnon of Headline Pictures, who worked with the broadcaster’s film arm on titles including Quartet and The Invisible Woman, among other projects.
Pride producer David Livingstone noted Langan’s “incisiveness.”
“The thing I remember particularly about Christine is her giving very good notes about the final editing of the film (Pride). She was very clear and very precise, and with a light hand on the tiller,” Livingstone said.
“Obviously...
- 7/20/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The platform has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Billy O’Brien’s thriller and recent SXSW premiere.
Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary star in the tale of a small-town teen who must keep his homicidal urges at bay while tracking down a supernatural killer.
O’Brien and Christopher Hyde wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Dan Wells. The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility financed the film and Floodland Pictures and The Tea Shop & Film Company produced.
Nick Ryan, James Harris and Mark Lane produced and the executive producer roster features Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, James Atherton, Jan Pace, John McDonnell, Rory Gilmartin, Billy O’Brien, Avril Daly, Ruairi Robinson, Robbie Ryan, Bertrand Faivre, Ruth Kenley-Letts and Afolabi Kuti.
IFC Midnight negotiated the deal with Andrew Orr and Nada Cirjanic of Independent Film Company.
Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary star in the tale of a small-town teen who must keep his homicidal urges at bay while tracking down a supernatural killer.
O’Brien and Christopher Hyde wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Dan Wells. The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility financed the film and Floodland Pictures and The Tea Shop & Film Company produced.
Nick Ryan, James Harris and Mark Lane produced and the executive producer roster features Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, James Atherton, Jan Pace, John McDonnell, Rory Gilmartin, Billy O’Brien, Avril Daly, Ruairi Robinson, Robbie Ryan, Bertrand Faivre, Ruth Kenley-Letts and Afolabi Kuti.
IFC Midnight negotiated the deal with Andrew Orr and Nada Cirjanic of Independent Film Company.
- 5/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Jodie Whittaker comedy gets international sales company and deal with new UK distributor.
Tribeca-bound UK comedy Adult Life Skills (formerly known as How To Live Yours) has secured an international sales deal with Independent and a UK distribution deal with fledgling London-based outfit Lorton Distribution, which will make the film its first release.
Broadchurch actress Jodie Whittaker (Black Sea) stars in writer-director Rachel Tunnard’s Tribeca world-premiere about a young woman experiencing an early ‘mid-life crisis’ who lives in a shed at the bottom of her mum’s garden and makes videos using her thumbs as characters.
Supporting cast include Lorraine Ashbourne (The Selfish Giant), Brett Goldstein (SuperBob), Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Eileen Davies (Sightseers) Rachael Deering (The Last Hours Of Laura K), Edward Hogg (Jupiter Ascending) and newcomer Ozzy Myers.
The film is the feature adaptation of Tunnard’s 2015 BAFTA-nominated short Emotional Fusebox, which starred much of the same cast.
Former Screen...
Tribeca-bound UK comedy Adult Life Skills (formerly known as How To Live Yours) has secured an international sales deal with Independent and a UK distribution deal with fledgling London-based outfit Lorton Distribution, which will make the film its first release.
Broadchurch actress Jodie Whittaker (Black Sea) stars in writer-director Rachel Tunnard’s Tribeca world-premiere about a young woman experiencing an early ‘mid-life crisis’ who lives in a shed at the bottom of her mum’s garden and makes videos using her thumbs as characters.
Supporting cast include Lorraine Ashbourne (The Selfish Giant), Brett Goldstein (SuperBob), Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Eileen Davies (Sightseers) Rachael Deering (The Last Hours Of Laura K), Edward Hogg (Jupiter Ascending) and newcomer Ozzy Myers.
The film is the feature adaptation of Tunnard’s 2015 BAFTA-nominated short Emotional Fusebox, which starred much of the same cast.
Former Screen...
- 3/3/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Independent to launch sales at Afm on film about iconic UK band.
Iconic UK band Oasis are to be the subject of a new documentary produced by Amy and Senna producer James Gay Rees of On The Corner and executive-produced by Amy and Senna director Asif Kapadia.
The Road To Guantanamo director Mat Whitecross will direct the feature, which Independent will launch at Afm.
Also producing are Fiona Neilson for Mint Pictures (Spike Island) and Simon Halfon for Nemperor (Sleuth).
Financing will come from Lorton Entertainment Limited, founded by Julian Bird, while newly launched Lorton Distribution will handledistribution in the UK.
According to the production, the filmmakers have been given “unprecendented” access to the band and unseen archive footage and the film will include candid insight from the famously stormy brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher.
The film is understood to chart the journey from the moment in 1991 when Noel joined his brother Liam’s Manchester-based band. Three...
Iconic UK band Oasis are to be the subject of a new documentary produced by Amy and Senna producer James Gay Rees of On The Corner and executive-produced by Amy and Senna director Asif Kapadia.
The Road To Guantanamo director Mat Whitecross will direct the feature, which Independent will launch at Afm.
Also producing are Fiona Neilson for Mint Pictures (Spike Island) and Simon Halfon for Nemperor (Sleuth).
Financing will come from Lorton Entertainment Limited, founded by Julian Bird, while newly launched Lorton Distribution will handledistribution in the UK.
According to the production, the filmmakers have been given “unprecendented” access to the band and unseen archive footage and the film will include candid insight from the famously stormy brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher.
The film is understood to chart the journey from the moment in 1991 when Noel joined his brother Liam’s Manchester-based band. Three...
- 11/2/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Paul Weller to score boxing drama with Independent, BBC Films, Barry McGuigan on board.
Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast) and Michael Smiley (Kill List) have joined Johnny Harris (This Is England ‘86) in a British boxing drama, which Independent will launch at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
The film, as-yet-untitled, is based on the experiences of actor Harris and the semi-autobiographical story marks his debut script.
Thomas Napper, second unit director on Anna Karenina and Into The Woods, will make his feature directorial debut on the production, which is backed by BBC Films.
Emu Films’ Mike Elliott (The Goob) will produce with Revolution’s Andrew Eaton (Rush) and BBC Film’s Christine Langan (Philomena) on board as executive producers.
Paul Weller, the rock icon and former frontman of The Jam, is set to score the feature, which will be his first.
The production is aiming for a February or March, 2016, start in the...
Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast) and Michael Smiley (Kill List) have joined Johnny Harris (This Is England ‘86) in a British boxing drama, which Independent will launch at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
The film, as-yet-untitled, is based on the experiences of actor Harris and the semi-autobiographical story marks his debut script.
Thomas Napper, second unit director on Anna Karenina and Into The Woods, will make his feature directorial debut on the production, which is backed by BBC Films.
Emu Films’ Mike Elliott (The Goob) will produce with Revolution’s Andrew Eaton (Rush) and BBC Film’s Christine Langan (Philomena) on board as executive producers.
Paul Weller, the rock icon and former frontman of The Jam, is set to score the feature, which will be his first.
The production is aiming for a February or March, 2016, start in the...
- 10/26/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former Protagonist exec replaces Abigail Walsh at UK sales outfit.
UK sales outfit Independent has appointed former Protagonist exec Nada Cirjanic as head of sales.
Cirjanic replaces recently departed Abigail Walsh, and will work alongside director of sales and marketing Sarah Lebutsch. She will report to MD Andrew Orr.
Cirjanic, former joint head of sales at UK outfit Protagonist, has worked on titles including Sightseers, Searching For Sugar Man and Monsters.
Walsh had been a the company since 2007 and worked on titles including Moon, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Starred Up.
Cirjanic said: “I’m lucky to be joining Independent at such an exciting time. We have a great slate of our own productions and third party projects lined up for next year and are looking forward to a very busy 2016.”
Independent’s Andrew Orr said: “Nada brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the role and will be a fantastic asset to the...
UK sales outfit Independent has appointed former Protagonist exec Nada Cirjanic as head of sales.
Cirjanic replaces recently departed Abigail Walsh, and will work alongside director of sales and marketing Sarah Lebutsch. She will report to MD Andrew Orr.
Cirjanic, former joint head of sales at UK outfit Protagonist, has worked on titles including Sightseers, Searching For Sugar Man and Monsters.
Walsh had been a the company since 2007 and worked on titles including Moon, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Starred Up.
Cirjanic said: “I’m lucky to be joining Independent at such an exciting time. We have a great slate of our own productions and third party projects lined up for next year and are looking forward to a very busy 2016.”
Independent’s Andrew Orr said: “Nada brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the role and will be a fantastic asset to the...
- 9/1/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Shoot underway in London on UK thriller with star of Us drama Revenge.
Principal photography is underway in London on UK thriller Level Up, starring Josh Bowman and Neil Maskell (Kill List).
British actor Bowman is best known for his long-running role as Daniel Grayson in Us drama series Revenge, which he left earlier this year after four seasons on the show in a dramatic exit.
In Level Up, Bowman stars as a man who must make his way across London while fighting off a host of sinister characters to save his kidnapped girlfriend.
Adam Randall makes his feature directorial debut, having previously made several shorts including Hooded (2007), from a script by Gary Young (Harry Brown).
The Independent and Fulwell 73 production is produced by Andrew Orr (Independent), Danny Potts (Dp Film) and Heather Greenwood (Fulwell 73). Independent will also handle international sales.
Executive producers are Leo Pearlman (Fulwell 73), Jan Pace and James Atherton (Quickfire...
Principal photography is underway in London on UK thriller Level Up, starring Josh Bowman and Neil Maskell (Kill List).
British actor Bowman is best known for his long-running role as Daniel Grayson in Us drama series Revenge, which he left earlier this year after four seasons on the show in a dramatic exit.
In Level Up, Bowman stars as a man who must make his way across London while fighting off a host of sinister characters to save his kidnapped girlfriend.
Adam Randall makes his feature directorial debut, having previously made several shorts including Hooded (2007), from a script by Gary Young (Harry Brown).
The Independent and Fulwell 73 production is produced by Andrew Orr (Independent), Danny Potts (Dp Film) and Heather Greenwood (Fulwell 73). Independent will also handle international sales.
Executive producers are Leo Pearlman (Fulwell 73), Jan Pace and James Atherton (Quickfire...
- 3/5/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent boards sales; Robbie Ryan to produce, DoP.
Shoot is underway in Minnesota, Us, on Irish writer-director Billy O’Brien’s adaptation of novelist Dan Wells’ supernatural-thriller I Am Not a Serial Killer.
Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future), Max Records (Where The Wild Things Are) and Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad) star in the feature, which charts the story of a teenage boy hunting for a supernatural serial killer in his snowbound mid-western town.
Production started on February 28, with Nick Ryan, Robbie Ryan and Billy O’Brien of Floodland Pictures (The Summit) producing alongside The Tea Shop and Film Company’s (Tower Block) James Harris and Mark Lane.
The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility provide finance while post-production will be handled by Egg in Ireland and London-based sales outfit Independent handles international sales.
Slow West and Philomena DoP Robbie Ryan will produce and handle cinematography, while [link=nm...
Shoot is underway in Minnesota, Us, on Irish writer-director Billy O’Brien’s adaptation of novelist Dan Wells’ supernatural-thriller I Am Not a Serial Killer.
Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future), Max Records (Where The Wild Things Are) and Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad) star in the feature, which charts the story of a teenage boy hunting for a supernatural serial killer in his snowbound mid-western town.
Production started on February 28, with Nick Ryan, Robbie Ryan and Billy O’Brien of Floodland Pictures (The Summit) producing alongside The Tea Shop and Film Company’s (Tower Block) James Harris and Mark Lane.
The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility provide finance while post-production will be handled by Egg in Ireland and London-based sales outfit Independent handles international sales.
Slow West and Philomena DoP Robbie Ryan will produce and handle cinematography, while [link=nm...
- 3/3/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
StudioCanal UK CEO joins the summit line-up alongside Google content exec Lisa Rousseauand writer-director Jane Linfoot.
Danny Perkins, the chief executive of StudioCanal UK, is to deliver a keynote speech at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on Monday (Dec 1).
Perkins has overseen the release of more than 300 titles theatrically and 1,000 titles in home entertainment, including Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hurt Locker and upcoming releases The Imitation Game and Paddington.
The exec has long been a strong advocate for homegrown UK talent and during his tenure at StudioCanal, the company has supported independent British features such as Yann Demange’s ‘71, Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block and forthcoming Aardman production Shaun the Sheep.
His afternoon speech will be just ahead of a session that will debate ‘What’s next for UK film’, with panellists including Big Talk MD Matthew Justice, Lionsgate CEO Zygi Kamasa, BBC Films head Christine Langan, Independent film sales...
Danny Perkins, the chief executive of StudioCanal UK, is to deliver a keynote speech at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on Monday (Dec 1).
Perkins has overseen the release of more than 300 titles theatrically and 1,000 titles in home entertainment, including Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hurt Locker and upcoming releases The Imitation Game and Paddington.
The exec has long been a strong advocate for homegrown UK talent and during his tenure at StudioCanal, the company has supported independent British features such as Yann Demange’s ‘71, Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block and forthcoming Aardman production Shaun the Sheep.
His afternoon speech will be just ahead of a session that will debate ‘What’s next for UK film’, with panellists including Big Talk MD Matthew Justice, Lionsgate CEO Zygi Kamasa, BBC Films head Christine Langan, Independent film sales...
- 11/26/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
New additions to the line-up also include BBC Films head Christine Langan, Hammer’s president Simon Oakes and Blueprint Pictures’ Graham Broadbent.
Lionsgate’s CEO Zygi Kamasa, Big Talk Productions’ MD Matthew Justice and BBC Films head Christine Langan are to join the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on December 1.
Together with Framestore’s William Sargent, Independent’s Andrew Orr and Vue’s Tim Richads they will be discuss the challenges facing their particular sectors and what they would like to see for the future of the industry.
Meanwhile, Hammer president/CEO Simon Oakes and Blueprint Pictures’s Graham Broadbent will be discussing how best to maximise the potential of British film abroad.
Joining them on the panel will be West End Films’ head of sales Fabien Westerhoff, former agent and founder of UK production company 42 Josh Varney and the BFI’s Isabel Davis.
Leading...
Lionsgate’s CEO Zygi Kamasa, Big Talk Productions’ MD Matthew Justice and BBC Films head Christine Langan are to join the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on December 1.
Together with Framestore’s William Sargent, Independent’s Andrew Orr and Vue’s Tim Richads they will be discuss the challenges facing their particular sectors and what they would like to see for the future of the industry.
Meanwhile, Hammer president/CEO Simon Oakes and Blueprint Pictures’s Graham Broadbent will be discussing how best to maximise the potential of British film abroad.
Joining them on the panel will be West End Films’ head of sales Fabien Westerhoff, former agent and founder of UK production company 42 Josh Varney and the BFI’s Isabel Davis.
Leading...
- 11/7/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Former Scott Free London head Liza Marshall recently launched Archery Pictures with Kris Thykier.
Liza Marshall, joint MD of Archery Pictures, is to join a panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit (Dec 1) to debate the Changing Face of Content Consumption.
Marshall, who recently stepped down as head of Scott Free London to launch Archery Pictures with Kris Thykier, will be joined on the panel by Picturehouse director of programming and acquisitions Claire Binns; and Dogwoof chairman Andy Whittaker.
Together, they will discuss how audience habits and platforms are changing and what new platforms are doing to better serve audiences. They will also explore the future of these platforms.
Another new addition to the line-up is William Sargent, CEO and co-founder of Framestore.
Sargent will join Independent MD Andrew Orr and Vue CEO Tim Richards on the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel to discuss challenges facing different sectors across the industry and changes they would like to...
Liza Marshall, joint MD of Archery Pictures, is to join a panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit (Dec 1) to debate the Changing Face of Content Consumption.
Marshall, who recently stepped down as head of Scott Free London to launch Archery Pictures with Kris Thykier, will be joined on the panel by Picturehouse director of programming and acquisitions Claire Binns; and Dogwoof chairman Andy Whittaker.
Together, they will discuss how audience habits and platforms are changing and what new platforms are doing to better serve audiences. They will also explore the future of these platforms.
Another new addition to the line-up is William Sargent, CEO and co-founder of Framestore.
Sargent will join Independent MD Andrew Orr and Vue CEO Tim Richards on the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel to discuss challenges facing different sectors across the industry and changes they would like to...
- 10/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent sells UK rights for drama starring Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams.
Metrodome has picked up UK rights to Carol Morley’s Dreams of a Life follow-up, The Falling, from Independent.
The deal was negotiated by Metrodome head of acquisitions Giles Edwards and Independent’s head of sales Abigail Walsh.
The 1960’s-set coming-of-age drama explores what lies behind a mysterious fainting and twitching outbreak that rapidly spreads amongst the pupils of a rural girls’ school.
Screen Star of Tomorrow Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) stars alongside Greta Scacchi, Maxine Peake, Monica Dolan and newcomer Florence Pugh.
Edwards said: “Carol Morley has, unsurprisingly, delivered an impeccable movie. It’s a genuine thrill to discover something so intelligent and provocative, so bold and beautifully paced, from a British writer/director. It’s an acquisitions highlight of our year, without a doubt.”
Producers are Cairo Cannon and Luc Roeg, co-producer is Philip Herd and executive producers are [link...
Metrodome has picked up UK rights to Carol Morley’s Dreams of a Life follow-up, The Falling, from Independent.
The deal was negotiated by Metrodome head of acquisitions Giles Edwards and Independent’s head of sales Abigail Walsh.
The 1960’s-set coming-of-age drama explores what lies behind a mysterious fainting and twitching outbreak that rapidly spreads amongst the pupils of a rural girls’ school.
Screen Star of Tomorrow Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) stars alongside Greta Scacchi, Maxine Peake, Monica Dolan and newcomer Florence Pugh.
Edwards said: “Carol Morley has, unsurprisingly, delivered an impeccable movie. It’s a genuine thrill to discover something so intelligent and provocative, so bold and beautifully paced, from a British writer/director. It’s an acquisitions highlight of our year, without a doubt.”
Producers are Cairo Cannon and Luc Roeg, co-producer is Philip Herd and executive producers are [link...
- 9/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: David Tennant-Rosamund Pike comedy sells to key markets for Independent.
UK sales outfit Independent has secured multiple deals on Origin Pictures production What We Did On Our Holiday, the comedy from the team behind hit TV series Outnumbered.
Deals firmed since Cannes include Tobis (German-speaking Europe), A Contracorriente (Spain), Smile (Scandinavia), Japan (Happinet), Cis (Premium Film), Lev films (Israel) and Prime Pictures (Middle East).
Lionsgate will release in UK while Transmission will release in Australia.
Rosamund Pike and David Tennant star as the parents of three charming but eccentric children who make an eventful trip to Scotland to visit their grandfather, played by Billy Connolly.
Writer-directors are Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, who wrote family comedy series Outnumbered for the BBC. Producer is Origin Pictures with backers including BBC Films and Creative Scotland.
Andrew Orr commented: “What We Did on Our Holiday is both extremely funny and very charming. I think it...
UK sales outfit Independent has secured multiple deals on Origin Pictures production What We Did On Our Holiday, the comedy from the team behind hit TV series Outnumbered.
Deals firmed since Cannes include Tobis (German-speaking Europe), A Contracorriente (Spain), Smile (Scandinavia), Japan (Happinet), Cis (Premium Film), Lev films (Israel) and Prime Pictures (Middle East).
Lionsgate will release in UK while Transmission will release in Australia.
Rosamund Pike and David Tennant star as the parents of three charming but eccentric children who make an eventful trip to Scotland to visit their grandfather, played by Billy Connolly.
Writer-directors are Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, who wrote family comedy series Outnumbered for the BBC. Producer is Origin Pictures with backers including BBC Films and Creative Scotland.
Andrew Orr commented: “What We Did on Our Holiday is both extremely funny and very charming. I think it...
- 6/4/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent, Fernando Sulichin breathe life into Stooges doc, the director’s next film.
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
- 5/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent, Fernando Sulichin breathe life into Stooges doc, the director’s next film.
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
- 5/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent, Fernando Sulichin breathe life into Stooges doc, the director’s next film.
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
- 5/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Independent, Fernando Sulichin breathe life into Stooges doc, the director’s next film.
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
Jim Jarmusch’s documentary on The Stooges has found new backing from Fernando Sulichin’s New Element Global and a sales home in UK outfit Independent, which is launching the project in Cannes.
ICM Partners, who represent Jarmusch will handle North American rights. Carter Logan (Only Lovers Left Alive, The Limits of Control) produces.
The long-term passion project for the Only Lovers Left Alive director is already in production and features interviews with Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
The currently untitled film will present the context of the iconic band’s emergence musically and culturally, and relate their adventures and misadventures. Additional contributors are being kept under wraps.
Financier Sulichin, who recently produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, has also exceed features including Spring Breakers and The Killer Inside Me.
Jarmusch commented: “I like to think of our film as...
- 5/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Racing Stripes dirctor Frederik Du Chau and Triangle producer Jason Newmark behind family feature about a dog who moves from London to India.
UK sales outfit Independent will introduce buyers to family feature A Bollywoof Tale at the Cannes marche.
Racing Stripes and Underdog director Frederik Du Chau will direct Stephen Leslie’s script, with Triangle and Severance producer Jason Newmark on board to produce alongside Nisha Parti.
A Bollywoof Tale tells the story of pet Spaniel Basil, whose comfortable family life in London is disrupted by a family move to Delhi. After his crate is misplaced at Heathrow, Basil arrives on the other side of India in Kolkata.
With the help of a cunning street dog and a Holy cow, Basil sets off on a whirlwind adventure across India in the hope of reuniting with his family.
The film is due to be shot as live action in London and India in early 2015. Cast has yet...
UK sales outfit Independent will introduce buyers to family feature A Bollywoof Tale at the Cannes marche.
Racing Stripes and Underdog director Frederik Du Chau will direct Stephen Leslie’s script, with Triangle and Severance producer Jason Newmark on board to produce alongside Nisha Parti.
A Bollywoof Tale tells the story of pet Spaniel Basil, whose comfortable family life in London is disrupted by a family move to Delhi. After his crate is misplaced at Heathrow, Basil arrives on the other side of India in Kolkata.
With the help of a cunning street dog and a Holy cow, Basil sets off on a whirlwind adventure across India in the hope of reuniting with his family.
The film is due to be shot as live action in London and India in early 2015. Cast has yet...
- 5/1/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Racing Stripes dirctor Frederik Du Chau and Triangle producer Jason Newmark behind family feature about a dog who moves from London to India.
UK sales outfit Independent will introduce buyers to family feature A Bollywoof Tale at the Cannes marche.
Racing Stripes and Underdog director Frederik Du Chau will direct Stephen Leslie’s script, with Triangle and Severance producer Jason Newmark on board to produce alongside Nisha Parti.
A Bollywoof Tale tells the story of pet Spaniel Basil, whose comfortable family life in London is disrupted by a family move to Delhi. After his crate is misplaced at Heathrow, Basil arrives on the other side of India in Kolkata.
With the help of a cunning street dog and a Holy cow, Basil sets off on a whirlwind adventure across India in the hope of reuniting with his family.
The film is due to be shot as live action in London and India in early 2015. Cast has yet...
UK sales outfit Independent will introduce buyers to family feature A Bollywoof Tale at the Cannes marche.
Racing Stripes and Underdog director Frederik Du Chau will direct Stephen Leslie’s script, with Triangle and Severance producer Jason Newmark on board to produce alongside Nisha Parti.
A Bollywoof Tale tells the story of pet Spaniel Basil, whose comfortable family life in London is disrupted by a family move to Delhi. After his crate is misplaced at Heathrow, Basil arrives on the other side of India in Kolkata.
With the help of a cunning street dog and a Holy cow, Basil sets off on a whirlwind adventure across India in the hope of reuniting with his family.
The film is due to be shot as live action in London and India in early 2015. Cast has yet...
- 5/1/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake among cast of drama produced and sold by Independent.
Dreams of a Life director Carol Morley has begun shoot on drama The Falling, starring Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams.
Independent produces and will sell the drama, which is backed by BBC Films and BFI in association with Lipsync Production.
Florence Pugh co-stars alongside Monica Dolan, Greta Scacchi, and Maxine Peake.
The Falling, written and directed by Morley, tells the story of a troubled girl at the centre of a mysterious fainting epidemic, who is determined to discover the cause of the malady spreading through her British all-girl school in 1969, a year when the whole world seems poised on the brink of change.
Produced by Cairo Cannon and Luc Roeg, executive producers are Lizzie Francke, Christine Langan, Philip Herd, Andrew Orr, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, Rebecca Long and Ian Davies.
UK film investment and production company Boudica Red is associate producer.
Director of photography...
Dreams of a Life director Carol Morley has begun shoot on drama The Falling, starring Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams.
Independent produces and will sell the drama, which is backed by BBC Films and BFI in association with Lipsync Production.
Florence Pugh co-stars alongside Monica Dolan, Greta Scacchi, and Maxine Peake.
The Falling, written and directed by Morley, tells the story of a troubled girl at the centre of a mysterious fainting epidemic, who is determined to discover the cause of the malady spreading through her British all-girl school in 1969, a year when the whole world seems poised on the brink of change.
Produced by Cairo Cannon and Luc Roeg, executive producers are Lizzie Francke, Christine Langan, Philip Herd, Andrew Orr, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, Rebecca Long and Ian Davies.
UK film investment and production company Boudica Red is associate producer.
Director of photography...
- 10/28/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Fox Searchlight picks up David Mackenzie’s UK prison drama.
Fox Searchlight has picked up UK rights to David Mackenzie’s well-received Telluride and Toronto feature Starred Up.
Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend star in the tough prison drama about a violent and troubled teenager (O’Connell) making the difficult transition from a young offenders’ institute to adult prison.
Friend plays the prison’s unconventional therapist while Mendelsohn plays one of the prison’s longest detained inmates.
The deal was brokered by Fox Searchlight’s executive vice president of acquisitions Tony Safford and senior vice president of business affairs Megan O’Brien with Abigail Walsh and Andrew Orr of Independent.
The film was written by Jonathan Asser and produced by Gillian Berrie.
“We are most proud to distribute David Mackenzie’s immersive, visceral drama, with its vivid sense of place, involving storyline, and rich and authentic characters,” said [link=co...
Fox Searchlight has picked up UK rights to David Mackenzie’s well-received Telluride and Toronto feature Starred Up.
Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend star in the tough prison drama about a violent and troubled teenager (O’Connell) making the difficult transition from a young offenders’ institute to adult prison.
Friend plays the prison’s unconventional therapist while Mendelsohn plays one of the prison’s longest detained inmates.
The deal was brokered by Fox Searchlight’s executive vice president of acquisitions Tony Safford and senior vice president of business affairs Megan O’Brien with Abigail Walsh and Andrew Orr of Independent.
The film was written by Jonathan Asser and produced by Gillian Berrie.
“We are most proud to distribute David Mackenzie’s immersive, visceral drama, with its vivid sense of place, involving storyline, and rich and authentic characters,” said [link=co...
- 10/8/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Once again the European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Film Sales Support (Fss) initiative will come to Toronto to link sales companies from all over Europe to a great array of buyers from across the globe. Supported by the Media Programme of the European Union, Fss has now been aiding the European film industry fro the last 10 years.
"Toronto has and is an important informal market and an important festival for European films, the distributors see the films in a different mood, more quietly, the public screenings are working well. It is a key place to launch a film or to complete previous sales on films that were in Cannes, Venice, Locarno...” (Loïc Magneron, Wide)
“Tiff is a major pillar of the annual festival calendar. Aside from a proliferation of North American buyers, it also attracts top tier international distributors so a favorable reception at Tiff can significantly increase a film's commercial prospects”. (Andrew Orr, Independent)
Due to the limited amount of resources, only 52 out of the 60 films submitted to the Efp will receive financial support to be marketed during the Tiff, which runs from September 5 to 15. This year alone, 372 films total, over 150 from Europe, will screen at the festival many of which will see their world or international premiers there.
Supported films and companies at Tiff 2013
Alpha Violet (France), rep. Virginie Devesa The Summer of Flying Fish (El Verano de los Peces Voladores) by Marcela Said, France, Chile, 2013
Arri Worldsales (Germany), rep. Moritz Hemminger Exit Marrakech by Caroline Link, Germany, 2013 Home from Home (Die Andere Heimat) by Edgar Reitz, Germany, France, 2013
Athens Filmmakers' Co-Operative (Greece), rep. Venia Vergou Wild Duck by Yannis Sakaridis, Greece, 2013
Bac Films Distribution (France), rep. Clémentine Hugot The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (L'Entrange Couleur Ded Larmes De Ton Corps) by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2013
Beta Cinema (Germany), rep. Tassilo Hallbauer Le Grand-Cahier by János Szász, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, 2013
Blonde S. A. (Greece), rep. Fenia Cossovitsa Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese Kai Na Kitas) by Yorgos Servetas, Greece, 2013
Capricci Films (France), rep. Julien Rejl Story of My Death (Historia De La Meva Mort) by Albert Serra, Spain, France, 2013 The Battle of Tabato (A Batalha De Tabato) by João Viana, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, 2013
Celluloid Dreams (France), rep. Hengameh Panahi Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) by Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2013
Cité Films (France), rep. Raphaël Berdugo Faith Connections (Faith Connections) by Pan Nalin, France, India, 2013
Doc & Film International (France), rep. Daniela Elstner, Alice Damiani Violette by Martin Provost, France, Belgium, 2013 South is Nothing (Il Sud E'Niente by Fabio Mollo, Italy, France, 2013
Dogwoof (United Kingdom), rep. Ana Vincente Inreallife by Beeban Kidron, UK, 2013
Ealing Metro International (United Kingdom), rep. Natalie Brenner, Will Machin Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele, UK, 2013 The Stag by John Butler, Ireland, 2013
Embankment Films (United Kingdom), rep. Tim Haslam Le Week-End by Roger Michell, UK, 2013
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (The Netherlands), rep. Maarten Swart The Dinner (Het Diner) by Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands, 2013
Fantasia Ltd (Greece), rep. Nicoletta Romeo The Daughter (I Kori) by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece, Italy, 2013
Film Factory Entertainment (Spain), rep. Vicente Canales Cannibal (Canibal) by Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain, 2013 Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi & Zape y el Club de la Canica) by Oskar Santos, Spain, 2013
Films Boutique (Germany), rep. Jean-Christophe Simon Walesa. Man of Hope (Walesa) by Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 2013
Films Distribution (France), rep. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, François Yon Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, France, 2013 Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) by Dyana Gaye, France, Senegal, 2013
Heretic (Greece), rep. Giorgos Karnavas The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeva) by Elina Psykou, Greece, 2013
Independent Film Sales (United Kingdom), rep. Karina Gechtman, Abigail Walsh The Sea by Stephen Brown, UK, Ireland, 2013 Starred Up by David Mackenzie, UK, 2013
Latido Films (Spain), rep. Miren Zamora Honeymoon (Libanky) by Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, 2013
LevelK (Denmark), rep. Tine Klint Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies Og Glistrup) by Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2013
Linel Films (United Kingdom), rep. Aran Hughes To The Wolf (Sto Lyko) by Aran Hughes & Christina Koutsospyrou, Greece, UK, France, 2013
Minds Meet (Belgium), rep. Tomas Leyers I'm The Same I'm An Other by Caroline Strubbe, Belgium, The Netherlands, 2013
MK2 (France), rep. Victoire Thevenin Hotel (Hotell) by Lisa Langseth, Sweden, Denmark, 2012
Mpm Film (France), rep. Pierre Menahem For Those Who Can Tell No Tales by Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, 2013
Negativ s.r.o. (Czech Republic), rep. Zuzana Bielikova Miracle (Zazrak) by Juraj Lehotský, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2013
Pathé Distribution (France), rep. Muriel Sauzay The Finishers by Nils Tavernier, France, 2013 Quai d'Orsay by Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2013
Pausilypon Films (Greece), rep. Menelaos Karamaghiolis J.A.C.E. - Just Another Confused Elephant by Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Greece, Portugal, Macedonia, Turkey, 2012
Picture Tree International (Germany), rep. Andreas Rothbauer Mary Queen of Scots by Thomas Imbach, Switzerland, 2013 Metalhead (Malmhaus) by Ragnar Bragason, Iceland, Norway, 2013
PPProductions (Greece), rep. Thanassis Karathanos Septmeber by Penny Panayotopoulou, Greece, Germany, 2013
Pyramide International (France), rep. Agathe Mauruc Giraffada by Rani Massalha, France, Germany, Italy, 2013
Rezo (France), rep. Laurent Danielou, Sebastien Chesneau The Station (Blutgletscher) by Marvin Kren, Austria, 2013 Abuse of Weakness (Abus De Faibless) by Catherine Breillat, France, Belgium, Germany, 2013
The Match Factory (Germany), rep. Michael Weber, Thania Dimitrakopoulou The Police Officer's Wife (Die Frau Des Polizisten) by Philip Gröning, Germany, 2013 Qissa (Quissa) by Anup Singh, Germany, India, The Netherlands, France, 2013
The Yellow Affair (Sweden), rep. Miira Paasilinna Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydan) by Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2013
TrustNordisk (Denmark), rep. Susan Wendt, Nicolai Korsgaard Pioneer (Pioner) by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, Norway, 2013 We Are The Best (Vi Ar Bast!) by Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013
Wide (France), rep. Loic Magneron Bobo by Ines Oliveira, Portugal, 2013
Wide House (France), rep. Garreau Geoffrey Ain't Misbehavin, A Marcel Ophuls Journey (Un Voyageur) by Marcel Ophuls, France, 2013
Wild Bunch (France), rep. Vicent Maraval, Gary Farkas Going Away (Un Beau Dimanche) by Nicole Garcia, France, 2013 A Promise (Une Promesse) by Patrice Leconte, France, Belgium, 2013...
"Toronto has and is an important informal market and an important festival for European films, the distributors see the films in a different mood, more quietly, the public screenings are working well. It is a key place to launch a film or to complete previous sales on films that were in Cannes, Venice, Locarno...” (Loïc Magneron, Wide)
“Tiff is a major pillar of the annual festival calendar. Aside from a proliferation of North American buyers, it also attracts top tier international distributors so a favorable reception at Tiff can significantly increase a film's commercial prospects”. (Andrew Orr, Independent)
Due to the limited amount of resources, only 52 out of the 60 films submitted to the Efp will receive financial support to be marketed during the Tiff, which runs from September 5 to 15. This year alone, 372 films total, over 150 from Europe, will screen at the festival many of which will see their world or international premiers there.
Supported films and companies at Tiff 2013
Alpha Violet (France), rep. Virginie Devesa The Summer of Flying Fish (El Verano de los Peces Voladores) by Marcela Said, France, Chile, 2013
Arri Worldsales (Germany), rep. Moritz Hemminger Exit Marrakech by Caroline Link, Germany, 2013 Home from Home (Die Andere Heimat) by Edgar Reitz, Germany, France, 2013
Athens Filmmakers' Co-Operative (Greece), rep. Venia Vergou Wild Duck by Yannis Sakaridis, Greece, 2013
Bac Films Distribution (France), rep. Clémentine Hugot The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (L'Entrange Couleur Ded Larmes De Ton Corps) by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2013
Beta Cinema (Germany), rep. Tassilo Hallbauer Le Grand-Cahier by János Szász, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, 2013
Blonde S. A. (Greece), rep. Fenia Cossovitsa Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese Kai Na Kitas) by Yorgos Servetas, Greece, 2013
Capricci Films (France), rep. Julien Rejl Story of My Death (Historia De La Meva Mort) by Albert Serra, Spain, France, 2013 The Battle of Tabato (A Batalha De Tabato) by João Viana, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, 2013
Celluloid Dreams (France), rep. Hengameh Panahi Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) by Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2013
Cité Films (France), rep. Raphaël Berdugo Faith Connections (Faith Connections) by Pan Nalin, France, India, 2013
Doc & Film International (France), rep. Daniela Elstner, Alice Damiani Violette by Martin Provost, France, Belgium, 2013 South is Nothing (Il Sud E'Niente by Fabio Mollo, Italy, France, 2013
Dogwoof (United Kingdom), rep. Ana Vincente Inreallife by Beeban Kidron, UK, 2013
Ealing Metro International (United Kingdom), rep. Natalie Brenner, Will Machin Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele, UK, 2013 The Stag by John Butler, Ireland, 2013
Embankment Films (United Kingdom), rep. Tim Haslam Le Week-End by Roger Michell, UK, 2013
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (The Netherlands), rep. Maarten Swart The Dinner (Het Diner) by Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands, 2013
Fantasia Ltd (Greece), rep. Nicoletta Romeo The Daughter (I Kori) by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece, Italy, 2013
Film Factory Entertainment (Spain), rep. Vicente Canales Cannibal (Canibal) by Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain, 2013 Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi & Zape y el Club de la Canica) by Oskar Santos, Spain, 2013
Films Boutique (Germany), rep. Jean-Christophe Simon Walesa. Man of Hope (Walesa) by Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 2013
Films Distribution (France), rep. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, François Yon Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, France, 2013 Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) by Dyana Gaye, France, Senegal, 2013
Heretic (Greece), rep. Giorgos Karnavas The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeva) by Elina Psykou, Greece, 2013
Independent Film Sales (United Kingdom), rep. Karina Gechtman, Abigail Walsh The Sea by Stephen Brown, UK, Ireland, 2013 Starred Up by David Mackenzie, UK, 2013
Latido Films (Spain), rep. Miren Zamora Honeymoon (Libanky) by Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, 2013
LevelK (Denmark), rep. Tine Klint Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies Og Glistrup) by Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2013
Linel Films (United Kingdom), rep. Aran Hughes To The Wolf (Sto Lyko) by Aran Hughes & Christina Koutsospyrou, Greece, UK, France, 2013
Minds Meet (Belgium), rep. Tomas Leyers I'm The Same I'm An Other by Caroline Strubbe, Belgium, The Netherlands, 2013
MK2 (France), rep. Victoire Thevenin Hotel (Hotell) by Lisa Langseth, Sweden, Denmark, 2012
Mpm Film (France), rep. Pierre Menahem For Those Who Can Tell No Tales by Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, 2013
Negativ s.r.o. (Czech Republic), rep. Zuzana Bielikova Miracle (Zazrak) by Juraj Lehotský, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2013
Pathé Distribution (France), rep. Muriel Sauzay The Finishers by Nils Tavernier, France, 2013 Quai d'Orsay by Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2013
Pausilypon Films (Greece), rep. Menelaos Karamaghiolis J.A.C.E. - Just Another Confused Elephant by Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Greece, Portugal, Macedonia, Turkey, 2012
Picture Tree International (Germany), rep. Andreas Rothbauer Mary Queen of Scots by Thomas Imbach, Switzerland, 2013 Metalhead (Malmhaus) by Ragnar Bragason, Iceland, Norway, 2013
PPProductions (Greece), rep. Thanassis Karathanos Septmeber by Penny Panayotopoulou, Greece, Germany, 2013
Pyramide International (France), rep. Agathe Mauruc Giraffada by Rani Massalha, France, Germany, Italy, 2013
Rezo (France), rep. Laurent Danielou, Sebastien Chesneau The Station (Blutgletscher) by Marvin Kren, Austria, 2013 Abuse of Weakness (Abus De Faibless) by Catherine Breillat, France, Belgium, Germany, 2013
The Match Factory (Germany), rep. Michael Weber, Thania Dimitrakopoulou The Police Officer's Wife (Die Frau Des Polizisten) by Philip Gröning, Germany, 2013 Qissa (Quissa) by Anup Singh, Germany, India, The Netherlands, France, 2013
The Yellow Affair (Sweden), rep. Miira Paasilinna Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydan) by Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2013
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- 9/7/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Bad Lieutenant director Abel Ferrara is signed on to helm a re-imagining of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson story, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
Rapper 50 Cent and Forest Whitaker are attached to the project, which will be a contemporary version of the famous story called “Jekyll and Hyde.” They are set to play the lead roles in the tale about a doctor whose alter ego is unleashed by a potion.
The film will begin shooting later this summer.
Cheetah Vision Films’ Randall Emmett and Glasshouse Pictures’ Brett Walsh are going to produce. Luc Roeg, Michael Robinson, and Andrew Orr will executive produce under their U.K company Independent.
Says Luc Roeg about the project: “The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation.”
This project is a “Strange Case” indeed.
Rapper 50 Cent and Forest Whitaker are attached to the project, which will be a contemporary version of the famous story called “Jekyll and Hyde.” They are set to play the lead roles in the tale about a doctor whose alter ego is unleashed by a potion.
The film will begin shooting later this summer.
Cheetah Vision Films’ Randall Emmett and Glasshouse Pictures’ Brett Walsh are going to produce. Luc Roeg, Michael Robinson, and Andrew Orr will executive produce under their U.K company Independent.
Says Luc Roeg about the project: “The combination of such formidable talent in front of and behind the camera will turn this wonderful gothic story into a modern classic for a whole new generation.”
This project is a “Strange Case” indeed.
- 5/15/2009
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Abel Ferrara will be directing an updated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which will be titled "Jekyll and Hyde."According to Variety, Forest Whitaker and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson are attached to play the lead roles in the classic tale about a doctor who invents a potion that unleashes his violent alter ego.Glasshouse Pictures' Brett Walsh and Cheetah Vision Films' Randall Emmett will be handling producing duties; Luc Roeg, Michael Robinson and Andrew Orr will be executive producing for United Kingdom production banner Independent.Sean Walsh, Bonnie Timmermann and Chris Lighty will also receive executive producer credits.Shooting is scheduled to begin in late summer.
- 5/14/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Forest Whitaker and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson are set to star in a reimagining of the classic "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Abel Ferrara will helm the film which tells of a doctor who concocts a potion which sets loose his violent alter ego. Brett Walsh and Randall Emmett of Glasshouse Pictures and Cheetah Vision Films will produce. Luc Roeg, Michael Robinson and Andrew Orr are in as executive producers. Ferrara's credits include "The Blackout" starring Matthew Modine an Claudia Schiffer...
- 5/14/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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