Now available on Disney+, If These Walls Could Sing is a loving documentary on one of the greatest musical achievements in modern history. Initially known as Emi studios, the world’s first custom-built recording studio was rechristened Abbey Road only after The Beatles named an album after what all the musicians who played there called it. Inaugurated with great pomp and circumstance on Nov. 12, 1931, Abbey Road Studios remains the gold standard for platinum selling recording, committed to capturing the sounds of timeless classics of all eras.
“It’s a national treasure, innit,” Oasis’ Liam Gallagher says in If These Walls Could Sing. The documentary was directed by Mary McCartney, no stranger to such company. She was one of the very few photographers to capture the late Queen Elizabeth II in a 2015 special sitting celebrating the “longest-reigning British monarch in more than 1,000 years.”
Mary is also the daughter of rock and roll royalty.
“It’s a national treasure, innit,” Oasis’ Liam Gallagher says in If These Walls Could Sing. The documentary was directed by Mary McCartney, no stranger to such company. She was one of the very few photographers to capture the late Queen Elizabeth II in a 2015 special sitting celebrating the “longest-reigning British monarch in more than 1,000 years.”
Mary is also the daughter of rock and roll royalty.
- 12/16/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Actors Luke Evans, Jacob Tremblay and Olga Kurylenko are in talks to star in “Bear Season,” a new coming-of-age immigrant drama from director Simon Aboud (“This Beautiful Fantastic”).
“Bear Season” will be produced out of Toronto by Branded Pictures Entertainment founder J. Todd Harris (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), and executive produced by Colette Aguilar (“Momentum”), CEO at Madrid-based English-language specialist sales agency Moonrise Pictures, which will represent the film on the international sales market.
Adapted by Donald Martin (“Milton’s Secret”) from Bernie Hafeli’s eponymous novel, “Bear Season” is the story of Chester (Tremblay), an adolescent boy living in post-wwii Detroit with his Polish immigrant mother Olona (Kurylenko) and his deceased father’s brother Izzy (Evans), a rough-around-the-edges former soldier.
Izzy, struggling to adapt to life after the war and suffering from what today would be diagnosed as Ptsd, drinks too much and likes to spin a yarn,...
“Bear Season” will be produced out of Toronto by Branded Pictures Entertainment founder J. Todd Harris (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), and executive produced by Colette Aguilar (“Momentum”), CEO at Madrid-based English-language specialist sales agency Moonrise Pictures, which will represent the film on the international sales market.
Adapted by Donald Martin (“Milton’s Secret”) from Bernie Hafeli’s eponymous novel, “Bear Season” is the story of Chester (Tremblay), an adolescent boy living in post-wwii Detroit with his Polish immigrant mother Olona (Kurylenko) and his deceased father’s brother Izzy (Evans), a rough-around-the-edges former soldier.
Izzy, struggling to adapt to life after the war and suffering from what today would be diagnosed as Ptsd, drinks too much and likes to spin a yarn,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
MaryAnn’s quick take… An ostensible fairy tale of the creative life in London that tries too hard to be eccentric, while also trying too hard to be grounded and realistic. This is one of those idiosyncrasies that you really can’t have both ways. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Bella Brown, orphan of unusual circumstance, is, we are informed, “the oddest of oddballs.” Except she’s not very odd at all. She’s a pretty normal woman with a touch of Ocd, creative aspirations that she can’t seem to bring to fruition, and an inability to get to work on time. (Those might be unusual characteristics for women onscreen, but they are entirely mundane in the real world.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Bella Brown, orphan of unusual circumstance, is, we are informed, “the oddest of oddballs.” Except she’s not very odd at all. She’s a pretty normal woman with a touch of Ocd, creative aspirations that she can’t seem to bring to fruition, and an inability to get to work on time. (Those might be unusual characteristics for women onscreen, but they are entirely mundane in the real world.
- 3/11/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out….but mostly movies.
This Past Weekend:
It was absolutely no surprise that Hugh Jackman’s last Wolverine movie Logan would top the box office, but it actually ended up doing even better than my prediction when actual numbers came in, grossing $88.3 million over the weekend. That makes it the fourth highest X-Movie opening (including Deadpool) but also the biggest R-rated opening for March, defeating 300’s once-impressive $70 million opening. It’s also the fourth highest R-rated opening of all time after Deadpool, The Matrix Reloaded and American Sniper.
The bigger surprise was how well Jordan Peele’s thriller Get Out held up in its second weekend, not only because it was going up against Logan, but also because high-profile horror films tend...
This Past Weekend:
It was absolutely no surprise that Hugh Jackman’s last Wolverine movie Logan would top the box office, but it actually ended up doing even better than my prediction when actual numbers came in, grossing $88.3 million over the weekend. That makes it the fourth highest X-Movie opening (including Deadpool) but also the biggest R-rated opening for March, defeating 300’s once-impressive $70 million opening. It’s also the fourth highest R-rated opening of all time after Deadpool, The Matrix Reloaded and American Sniper.
The bigger surprise was how well Jordan Peele’s thriller Get Out held up in its second weekend, not only because it was going up against Logan, but also because high-profile horror films tend...
- 3/8/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
“Downton Abbey” fan favorite Jessica Brown Findlay (Lady Sybil!) is back on the screen, and in a very different kind of period piece. The British actress stars as a delightfully unexpected heroine in Simon Aboud’s upcoming feature, “This Beautiful Fantastic,” one that smacks of “Amelie” and “Populaire” in equal parts. In the film, Findlay stars as the industrious Bella Brown, who has big dreams of writing and illustrating her own children’s book, though life — of course — has different ideas in store for her.
Read More: ‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes Reveals He’s Working on a Film Version
Including Tom Wilkinson. The film is billed as a “contemporary fairy tale” that follows “the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower, set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London.” Findlay...
Read More: ‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes Reveals He’s Working on a Film Version
Including Tom Wilkinson. The film is billed as a “contemporary fairy tale” that follows “the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower, set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London.” Findlay...
- 2/21/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
"There was nothing normal about the girl. She grew into the oddest of odd balls." Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a trailer for an indie drama titled This Beautiful Fantastic, written and directed by Simon Aboud. Jessica Brown Findlay (seen in Albatross, Winter's Tale, The Riot Club, Victor Frankenstein) stars as Bella Brown, an awkward, shy young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. Described as a "contemporary fairy tale", she encounters her grumpy next door and works to save a garden most of the time. Also starring Andrew Scott, Tom Wilkinson, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor & Eileen Davies. This actually looks quite good, it reminds me a bit of Amelie. Have a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Simon Aboud's This Beautiful Fantastic, direct from YouTube: Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in London, Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay) plays a...
- 2/3/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group have teamed up for the Us release of Lavender, directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly and co-written by Colin Frizzell. The film will have its initial premiere on Dish on February 3rd, but you check out the trailer for the film in today’s Highlights. Following right behind, we also have a trailer for Garden Party Massacre as well as preview pages from Dark Horse Comics’ Eerie Volume 23 hardcover for you to enjoy.
Watch the Latest Trailer for Lavender: Press Release: “Los Angeles (Jan. 26, 2017) – Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group will partner on the domestic release for the anticipated thriller, “Lavender.” Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly (“The Last Exorcism Part II”) who co-wrote the film with Colin Frizzell (“Resident Evil: Apocalypse”), the film stars Abbie Cornish (“Limitless”), Diego Klattenhoff (TV’s “The Blacklist”), Justin Long (“Live Free or Die Hard”) and Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friend...
Watch the Latest Trailer for Lavender: Press Release: “Los Angeles (Jan. 26, 2017) – Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group will partner on the domestic release for the anticipated thriller, “Lavender.” Directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly (“The Last Exorcism Part II”) who co-wrote the film with Colin Frizzell (“Resident Evil: Apocalypse”), the film stars Abbie Cornish (“Limitless”), Diego Klattenhoff (TV’s “The Blacklist”), Justin Long (“Live Free or Die Hard”) and Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friend...
- 1/27/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Mystery stars Abbie Cornish as photographer with memory loss
Samuel Goldwyn and Ambi will partner on the Us release of the mystery directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly.
The companies have set an exclusive February 3 release on Dish followed by theatrical and VOD on March 3. Ambi Distribution handles international sales.
Lavender received its world premiere Tribeca last year and is the second collaboration between the companies, which will release Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic on March 10.
Dave Valleau and Gass-Donnelly produced, with Ambi’s Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi serving as executive producers alongside Tex Antonucci, Emily Alden and Jennifer Levine.
Cornish, Justin Long, Diego Klattenhoff and Dermot Mulroney star in the story of a photographer with memory loss who finds clues among her work suggesting she may be responsible for the deaths of family members she never knew she had.
“Abbie Cornish provides a stellar performance in this psychological thriller,” Samuel Goldwyn Films executive...
Samuel Goldwyn and Ambi will partner on the Us release of the mystery directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly.
The companies have set an exclusive February 3 release on Dish followed by theatrical and VOD on March 3. Ambi Distribution handles international sales.
Lavender received its world premiere Tribeca last year and is the second collaboration between the companies, which will release Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic on March 10.
Dave Valleau and Gass-Donnelly produced, with Ambi’s Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi serving as executive producers alongside Tex Antonucci, Emily Alden and Jennifer Levine.
Cornish, Justin Long, Diego Klattenhoff and Dermot Mulroney star in the story of a photographer with memory loss who finds clues among her work suggesting she may be responsible for the deaths of family members she never knew she had.
“Abbie Cornish provides a stellar performance in this psychological thriller,” Samuel Goldwyn Films executive...
- 1/26/2017
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of Ritesh Batra’s adaptation of the Julian Barnes novel starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling will kick off proceedings at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 5.
The Sense Of An Ending (pictured) is Batra’s second film after The Lunchbox and will open through CBS films on March 10.
Taylor Hackford’s The Comedian starring Robert De Niro will close the event (Spc opens the film on January 13) as festival brass unveiled the full roster of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions, Modern Masters, True Stories and After Dark.
World premieres include Colin Hanks’s Eagles Of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (Us-France); Andrew Wagner’s Breakable You (Us) starring Holly Hunter, Tony Shalhoub and Alfred Molina; Catalina Aguilar Mastretta’s Everybody Loves Somebody (Mexico); and Simon Aboud’s The Beautiful Fantastic (UK-us).
Rounding out the world premieres are: The Concessionaires Must Die! (Us) by [link...
The Sense Of An Ending (pictured) is Batra’s second film after The Lunchbox and will open through CBS films on March 10.
Taylor Hackford’s The Comedian starring Robert De Niro will close the event (Spc opens the film on January 13) as festival brass unveiled the full roster of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions, Modern Masters, True Stories and After Dark.
World premieres include Colin Hanks’s Eagles Of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (Us-France); Andrew Wagner’s Breakable You (Us) starring Holly Hunter, Tony Shalhoub and Alfred Molina; Catalina Aguilar Mastretta’s Everybody Loves Somebody (Mexico); and Simon Aboud’s The Beautiful Fantastic (UK-us).
Rounding out the world premieres are: The Concessionaires Must Die! (Us) by [link...
- 12/15/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group have partnered on a domestic theatrical release for Simon Aboud's This Beautiful Fantastic, which stars Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). The film, which has been pre-sold in about 150 territories, will be released in early 2017. This Beautiful Fantastic has been described as “a contemporary fairy tale”…...
- 10/27/2016
- Deadline
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Ambi Group will partner on the Us theatrical release of Simon Aboud’s drama starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
The companies have earmarked an early 2017 release on the London-set contemporary fairy tale about the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young aspiring children’s author and a cantankerous widower.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor round out the key cast.
“It is rare nowadays to find a gem such as Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic,” said Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “The depth of emotion and heart of this film is something we cannot wait to share with audiences.”
Ambi Group co-founder Andrea Iervolino nagotiated the deal and added, “Simon crafted a heartfelt story that we are excited to release with our partners at Samuel Goldwyn.
“With a fusion of comedy and drama that balances poignant moments with humour and charm, This Beautiful Fantastic has strong commercial appeal and we...
The companies have earmarked an early 2017 release on the London-set contemporary fairy tale about the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young aspiring children’s author and a cantankerous widower.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor round out the key cast.
“It is rare nowadays to find a gem such as Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic,” said Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films. “The depth of emotion and heart of this film is something we cannot wait to share with audiences.”
Ambi Group co-founder Andrea Iervolino nagotiated the deal and added, “Simon crafted a heartfelt story that we are excited to release with our partners at Samuel Goldwyn.
“With a fusion of comedy and drama that balances poignant moments with humour and charm, This Beautiful Fantastic has strong commercial appeal and we...
- 10/27/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Competition films include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and John Carney’s Sing Street.
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
- 9/20/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Film starring Jessica Brown Findlay [pictured] and Tom Wilkinson had a market screening in Cannes.
Ambi Distribution has licensed key territories following a market screening here on Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
President and COO Julie Sultan has sold rights to Germany (Nfp), Japan (Digital Networks Entertainment), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), Latin America (California Filmes), Portugal (Lusomundo), South Korea (Double and Joy Pictures) and Hong Kong (Intercontinental Films).
Further deals closed in Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Romania (P4M), Turkey (DigiTurk), former Yugoslavia (21 Film), Singapore (Shaw), South Africa (Tmf), Middle East (Gulf Film), Taiwan (Encore Film), and Entertainment In Motion (Eim) for airlines.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor also star in the London-set contemporary fairytale centred on the friendship between a reclusive woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower.
Ambi Group and Ipso Facto produced and financed the film and Gersh...
Ambi Distribution has licensed key territories following a market screening here on Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.
President and COO Julie Sultan has sold rights to Germany (Nfp), Japan (Digital Networks Entertainment), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), Latin America (California Filmes), Portugal (Lusomundo), South Korea (Double and Joy Pictures) and Hong Kong (Intercontinental Films).
Further deals closed in Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Romania (P4M), Turkey (DigiTurk), former Yugoslavia (21 Film), Singapore (Shaw), South Africa (Tmf), Middle East (Gulf Film), Taiwan (Encore Film), and Entertainment In Motion (Eim) for airlines.
Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine and Anna Chancellor also star in the London-set contemporary fairytale centred on the friendship between a reclusive woman with dreams of being a children’s book author and a cantankerous widower.
Ambi Group and Ipso Facto produced and financed the film and Gersh...
- 5/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography for the film, directed by Simon Aboud, starts this week in London.
Ambi Pictures’ Monica Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino and Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto Productions have greenlit This Beautiful Fantastic, Simon Aboud’s contemporary fairtytale set in the heart of London.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) has been announced in the lead role. Other members of the cast include Tom Wilkinson (In The Bedroom), Andrew Scott (Pride), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (What A Girl Wants).
Findlay plays Bella, a young woman with dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books, who forms an unlikely friendship with a reclusive widower and horticulturalist (Wilkinson).
The film’s funding comes from Medinah, the UK tax credit, Head Gear, Lip Sync Post, The Project Post, and private investment. Ambi Distribution will handle global sales.
Ambi Pictures’ Monica Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino and Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto Productions have greenlit This Beautiful Fantastic, Simon Aboud’s contemporary fairtytale set in the heart of London.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) has been announced in the lead role. Other members of the cast include Tom Wilkinson (In The Bedroom), Andrew Scott (Pride), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Anna Chancellor (What A Girl Wants).
Findlay plays Bella, a young woman with dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books, who forms an unlikely friendship with a reclusive widower and horticulturalist (Wilkinson).
The film’s funding comes from Medinah, the UK tax credit, Head Gear, Lip Sync Post, The Project Post, and private investment. Ambi Distribution will handle global sales.
- 7/14/2015
- by mantus@masonlive.gmu.edu (Madison Antus)
- ScreenDaily
Simon Aboud, who last brought us 2012’s Comes A Bright Day, is kicking off production on his next film, This Beautiful Fantastic. And he’s rounded up another impressive cast, led by Jessica Brown Findlay and Tom Wilkinson.They’re at the head of an ensemble that also features Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock in the story of Bella Brown (Findlay), a young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating children’s books. But she’s dealing with various issues, including her abandonment as a child, her Ocd and her dictatorial boss at the library. Things start to change when her landlord orders her to deal with her neglected garden, which doesn’t exactly gel with a paralyzing fear of flora and fauna. But it brings her into contact with the cantankerous, loveless, rich old Alfie Stephenson (Wilkinson), who lives next door and just so happens...
- 7/13/2015
- EmpireOnline
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Tom Wilkinson (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Andrew Scott (Spectre), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Anna Chancellor (What A Girls Wants) and Sheila Hancock (The Boy In The Striped Pajamas) have boarded Simon Aboud’s The Beautiful Fantastic. Ambi Group principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi are teaming with Christine Alderson and her Ipso Facto production banner to finance and produce. This Beautiful Fantastic is a contemporary…...
- 7/13/2015
- Deadline
Jessica Brown Findlay ("Downton Abbey"), Tom Wilkinson ("Michael Clayton") and Andrew Scott ("Sherlock") have joined the cast of Simon Aboud's "This Beautiful Fantastic". Filming begins this week in London.
The contemporary fairy tale revolves around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower.
Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock also star. Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Christine Alderson will produce.
Source: Variety...
The contemporary fairy tale revolves around the most unlikely of friendships between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower.
Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor and Sheila Hancock also star. Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Christine Alderson will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 7/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
DVD Release Date: Nov. 13, 2012
Price: DVD $24.99
Studio: Strand
Craig Roberts is hurting for Imogen Poots in Comes A Bright Day.
The hip ensemble of Craig Roberts (Submarine), Kevin McKidd (HBO’s Rome), Timothy Spall (Wake Wood) and the adorable Imogen Poots (Jane Eyre) stars in the offbeat British romance-thriller film Comes A Bright Day, written and directed by Simon Aboud.
Sam (Roberts) is a bright, ambitious and handsome bellboy at a five star hotel who has big dreams of one day running his own restaurant. On a seemingly ordinary afternoon, while running an errand at one of London’s most exclusive jewelers, he suddenly finds himself in a life or death hostage situation with the radiantly beautiful Mary (Poots) and her belligerent elderly boss Charlie (Spall). Against the backdrop of an armed jewel robbery that goes badly wrong, hostages Sam and Mary, flung together by deadly circumstance, discover their true feelings for each other.
Price: DVD $24.99
Studio: Strand
Craig Roberts is hurting for Imogen Poots in Comes A Bright Day.
The hip ensemble of Craig Roberts (Submarine), Kevin McKidd (HBO’s Rome), Timothy Spall (Wake Wood) and the adorable Imogen Poots (Jane Eyre) stars in the offbeat British romance-thriller film Comes A Bright Day, written and directed by Simon Aboud.
Sam (Roberts) is a bright, ambitious and handsome bellboy at a five star hotel who has big dreams of one day running his own restaurant. On a seemingly ordinary afternoon, while running an errand at one of London’s most exclusive jewelers, he suddenly finds himself in a life or death hostage situation with the radiantly beautiful Mary (Poots) and her belligerent elderly boss Charlie (Spall). Against the backdrop of an armed jewel robbery that goes badly wrong, hostages Sam and Mary, flung together by deadly circumstance, discover their true feelings for each other.
- 10/17/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
New York, September 3: Paul McCartney has been enjoying a lot of quality family time lately.
The former Beatle joined Simon Aboud, husband of his daughter Mary McCartney, and their two sons for breakfast at Babette's in East Hampton last week.
"Paul joined the two boys, who were calling him Grandpa, and helped them finish their meals," an eye witness told the New York Post.
"And he had a camera film the kids all during the breakfast."
Just two.
The former Beatle joined Simon Aboud, husband of his daughter Mary McCartney, and their two sons for breakfast at Babette's in East Hampton last week.
"Paul joined the two boys, who were calling him Grandpa, and helped them finish their meals," an eye witness told the New York Post.
"And he had a camera film the kids all during the breakfast."
Just two.
- 9/3/2012
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Strand Releasing has picked up Simon Aboud's coming-of-age love story and feature debut "Comes A Bright Day" for Us distribution. The film stars Craig Roberts ("Submarine") and Imogen Poots ("28 Weeks Later") as lovebirds whose love story is told with the armed robbery of a premiere London jeweler as backdrop. “I’m delighted Strand has taken the Us rights, the film started its life so fantastically at the Berlin Internaitonal Film Festival in Generations section earlier this year where the audiences fell in love with Simon’s very beautiful feature,” said the film's producer, Christine Alderson. The film, which also stars Kevin McKidd ("Grey's Anatomy") and Timonthy Spall ("Harry Potter"), will be released in the Us this November.
- 8/27/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
★★☆☆☆ Simon Aboud's coming-of-age love story Comes a Bright Day (2012) stars up and coming UK starlets Craig Roberts and Imogen Poots as a pair of ill-matched lovers who find themselves at the centre of a jewellery store hold-up. A violent robbery may be not be the most conventional setting for a blossoming romance, yet aspiring entrepreneur-come bellboy Sam (Roberts) and beautiful shop assistant Mary (Poots) discover their lives inexplicable merged when they find themselves held hostage by a pair of malevolent thieves.
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- 8/6/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Magic Mike (15)
(Steven Soderbergh, 2012, Us) Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn. 110 mins
The roles are reversed but the themes are familiar in this rise-and-fall tale of male strippers, making and losing their way in a (sort of) woman's world. It's like a cross between The Full Monty, Boogie Nights and Showgirls, sketching a landscape of exploitation and desperation – even as it participates in it by serving up the barely clad Tatum and other beef products.
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (15)
(Lorene Scafaria, 2012, Us) Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Patton Oswalt. 101 mins
Do passion and the apocalypse mix? Or Carell and Knightley? This faltering effort tries anyway.
Detachment (15)
(Tony Kaye, 2011, Us) Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden. 98 mins
No provocation left behind in this scathing schoolroom drama with a starry cast.
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (U)
(Steve Martino, Mark Thurmeier, 2012, Us) Ray Romano, Denis Leary.
(Steven Soderbergh, 2012, Us) Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn. 110 mins
The roles are reversed but the themes are familiar in this rise-and-fall tale of male strippers, making and losing their way in a (sort of) woman's world. It's like a cross between The Full Monty, Boogie Nights and Showgirls, sketching a landscape of exploitation and desperation – even as it participates in it by serving up the barely clad Tatum and other beef products.
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (15)
(Lorene Scafaria, 2012, Us) Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Patton Oswalt. 101 mins
Do passion and the apocalypse mix? Or Carell and Knightley? This faltering effort tries anyway.
Detachment (15)
(Tony Kaye, 2011, Us) Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden. 98 mins
No provocation left behind in this scathing schoolroom drama with a starry cast.
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (U)
(Steve Martino, Mark Thurmeier, 2012, Us) Ray Romano, Denis Leary.
- 7/13/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
This good-looking movie – with an interesting turn by Submarine's Craig Roberts – turns a bit smug
First-timer Simon Aboud is a successful commercials director and his movie looks good, but also, for me, cliched and the tiniest bit smug. Craig Roberts (from the hit comedy Submarine) is Sam, an ambitious young man employed as a dogsbody in a top London hotel. One day he is told to take a guest's expensive watch to be altered at a Bond Street jeweller run by the enigmatic Charlie (Timothy Spall); Sam falls for the beautiful assistant Mary (Imogen Poots). But the shop is attacked by armed robbers. Is this Sam's moment of destiny? Roberts turns in an interesting performance, but the film is treacly and contrived.
Rating: 2/5
DramaCrimePeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms...
First-timer Simon Aboud is a successful commercials director and his movie looks good, but also, for me, cliched and the tiniest bit smug. Craig Roberts (from the hit comedy Submarine) is Sam, an ambitious young man employed as a dogsbody in a top London hotel. One day he is told to take a guest's expensive watch to be altered at a Bond Street jeweller run by the enigmatic Charlie (Timothy Spall); Sam falls for the beautiful assistant Mary (Imogen Poots). But the shop is attacked by armed robbers. Is this Sam's moment of destiny? Roberts turns in an interesting performance, but the film is treacly and contrived.
Rating: 2/5
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- 7/12/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ Considering the press attention director Simon Aboud's feature debut Comes a Bright Day (2011) so far has enjoyed, expectations are understandably high. Submarine (2011) star Craig Roberts plays Sam Smith, a Camden council estate escapee who winds up as a bellboy in a swanky hotel. He's a magpie, in that he gravitates towards shiny, pretty things, but the closest he gets to them is transporting expensive watches for adjustment on behalf of the hotel manager, Mr Morgan (Geoff Bell).
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- 7/11/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
"There isn't a way out." There's a new trailer worth watching for a British mystery thriller called Comes a Bright Day, starring a stellar cast. It's lead by the young Craig Roberts, breakout star of Submarine, along with Imogen Poots, breakout star from Fright Night and 28 Weeks Later. The two get in the middle of a diamond/jewelry robbery in one of London's most exclusive jewellers, but it seems there's more to the plot than even the trailer hints at. Kevin McKidd and Timothy Spall also co-star. This looks pretty damn good, like an intriguing, mysterious, bloody (his face!) robbery thriller. I'm in! Check out the trailer below. Watch the official trailer for Simon Aboud's Comes a Bright Day, from SlashFilm (via TheFilmStage): Simon Aboud's Comes a Bright Day is a romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London's most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny,...
- 7/9/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Craig Roberts led one of my favorite movies from last year (Submarine), so the guy’s got my trust for another couple of movies. Up next is Comes a Bright Day, a romantic drama of sorts seemingly wrapped around a heist movie; Imogen Poots (Fright Night), Timothy Spall (Harry Potter), and Kevin McKidd (Brave) also star for debut writer-director Simon Aboud.
The thing’s been getting a couple of positive notes right before it hits the U.K, and I can see why; what’s here looks good. A (possibly) smaller-than-necessary appearance and a terrible final line notwithstanding, I can go with the flow of Day‘s directorial style, performances, and general atmosphere. (It’s also fun to pretend Oliver Tate traveled to the present day and is working in a hotel.) No stateside release has been set right now but, in good time, I’m sure us Americans will...
The thing’s been getting a couple of positive notes right before it hits the U.K, and I can see why; what’s here looks good. A (possibly) smaller-than-necessary appearance and a terrible final line notwithstanding, I can go with the flow of Day‘s directorial style, performances, and general atmosphere. (It’s also fun to pretend Oliver Tate traveled to the present day and is working in a hotel.) No stateside release has been set right now but, in good time, I’m sure us Americans will...
- 7/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
British crime thrillers...every so often a classic rolls around, but you’ve got to wade through a whole heap of sub-par dreck before you find one. The first trailer has hit for Simon Aboud’s (romantically tinged) crime thriller “Comes A Bright Day,” and while nothing on show immediately suggests that it’s going to stray into the classic territory, it certainly looks a cut above the usual cockney geezers, gangsters and guns nonsense. And indeed, our reviewer in Berlin enjoyed it, with reservations, as you can read here. Led by 21 year-old “Submarine” star Craig Roberts – although we maintain he doesn’t look a day older than 16 – the cast also includes Imogen Poots (“Fright Night”), Kevin McKidd (“Trainspotting”) and Timothy Spall. The official synopsis is way too long for its own good, so instead we’ll give you a quick run-through of the plot that you can see in the trailer.
- 7/9/2012
- by Joe Cunningham
- The Playlist
Due out in cinemas this Friday, Comes a Bright Day stars Craig Roberts (Submarine) in the lead alongside the very much rising young actress, Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later), and now a great new trailer has made its way online for the romantic-thriller.
Simon Aboud makes his feature debut as both writer and director, and with the likes of Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) and Kevin McKidd (Trainspotting, Grey’s Anatomy) supporting, you can be sure that this indie is definitely worth looking out for.
“An offbeat, coming-of-age love story set during the armed robbery of London’s most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny, often dark, always captivating and never what you expect.”
Roberts shined brilliantly in Richard Ayoade’s feature directorial debut last year, Submarine, and it will be interesting to see his next follow-up leading role.
Poots, similarly, is certainly on the rise. She’s been spotted on the set of...
Simon Aboud makes his feature debut as both writer and director, and with the likes of Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) and Kevin McKidd (Trainspotting, Grey’s Anatomy) supporting, you can be sure that this indie is definitely worth looking out for.
“An offbeat, coming-of-age love story set during the armed robbery of London’s most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny, often dark, always captivating and never what you expect.”
Roberts shined brilliantly in Richard Ayoade’s feature directorial debut last year, Submarine, and it will be interesting to see his next follow-up leading role.
Poots, similarly, is certainly on the rise. She’s been spotted on the set of...
- 7/9/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Comes a Bright Day Trailer. Simon Aboud‘s Comes a Bright Day (2012) movie trailer stars Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall, and Geoff Bell. Comes a Bright Day‘s plots synopsis: “Sam Smith (Craig Roberts) is twenty, bright, ambitious and not unattractive; so earning minimum wage as a bellboy at a 5* luxury hotel [...]
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- 7/7/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
We have added a new set of pictures from the event "Comes a Bright Day UK Premiere".Mary McCartney attending the "Comes a Bright Day" UK premiere at Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Stella McCartney attending the "Comes a Bright Day" UK premiere at Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Simon Aboud with wife Mary McCartney and Stella McCartney attending the "Comes a Bright Day" UK premiere at Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Simon Aboud with wife Mary McCartney and Stella McCartney attending the "Comes a Bright Day" UK premiere at Curzon Mayfair Cinema in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Paul McCartney...
- 6/29/2012
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
We have added a new set of pictures from the event "Mary McCartney's "Food" Book Launch".Nancy Shevell and Paul McCartney attending Mary McCartney's "Food" book launch at Liberty in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Nancy Shevell and Paul McCartney attending Mary McCartney's "Food" book launch at Liberty in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Nancy Shevell and Paul McCartney attending Mary McCartney's "Food" book launch at Liberty in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Mary McCartney attending Mary McCartney's "Food" book launch at Liberty in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. James McCartney attending Mary McCartney's "Food" book launch at Liberty in London.Photo copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Mary McCartney and Simon Aboud attending...
- 5/7/2012
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
At the Berlin Film Festival last week, we had the pleasure of catching up with "Comes a Bright Day" writer/director Simon Aboud, who told us about getting the film made, as well as the status of his Brit-listed script "This Beautiful Fantastic," and what he hopes to roll on next.
"Comes a Bright Day" is your first feature, can you tell us a little bit about getting it made?
Well here's the odd thing, getting this made was really easy. But I've done the pain thing before. It's by no means the first script I've written. I had a script, "This Beautiful Fantastic," which was on the Brit list and had Carey Mulligan attached...and somehow, I don't know, it never got financed. Then I was working on another film called "Sunny's Tale" -- a really a lovely script, If I say so myself! -- which had Freddie Highmore attached.
"Comes a Bright Day" is your first feature, can you tell us a little bit about getting it made?
Well here's the odd thing, getting this made was really easy. But I've done the pain thing before. It's by no means the first script I've written. I had a script, "This Beautiful Fantastic," which was on the Brit list and had Carey Mulligan attached...and somehow, I don't know, it never got financed. Then I was working on another film called "Sunny's Tale" -- a really a lovely script, If I say so myself! -- which had Freddie Highmore attached.
- 2/24/2012
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Commercials director Simon Aboud takes to feature writing/directing with this London-set film detailing a young man's meet cute with the girl of his dreams, and the violent armed robbery that subsequently throws them together. If that description sounds a little schizophrenic, it's a quality that proves the film's making and its undoing; as a heightened situation that forces our leads to interact, pressure-cooker style, the robbery is an inspired setting, but when the thriller elements are foregrounded, the tonal contortions often prove too much, and the legs go from under it. However Craig Roberts, in his first lead since his breakout role in Richard Ayoade's "Submarine," heads up a totally huggable cast in Imogen Poots and Timothy Spall, with Kevin McKidd and Josef Altin (a now familiar face for "Game of Thrones" fans) on bad guy duties. Perhaps it's because of the inherent adorability of Mary (Poots) and Sam (Roberts), but in general.
- 2/20/2012
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
One of the more impressive screen debuts of last year came from 21-year-old Welsh actor Craig Roberts. A British children's TV veteran (he was the star of "The Story Of Tracy Beaker" and "Young Dracula" among others), Roberts broke out as the pretentious, deluded hero of Richard Ayoade's charming "Submarine," coming across as equal parts Dustin Hoffman, Bud Cort and John Gordon Sinclair (from "Gregory's Girl"), and it seemed to mark the birth of a star. Indeed, Roberts has found himself in demand since the film debuted at Toronto back in 2010, with new films on the way including Sundance entries "Red Lights" with Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen, and teen rom-com "The First Time," and he went back to his home turf to make the heist comedy "Comes A Bright Day," from first-time director Simon Aboud, where Roberts plays a man taken hostage during a bank robbery,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Comes a Bright Day
"With another twelve world premieres and three international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film program is now complete," the Berlinale's announced today. "A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions." Straight from the release, then, with descriptions from the festival:
Generation 14plus
Comes a Bright Day (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an armed robbery at a London jewellers, much more is at stake than money. Where diamonds are involved, love is not far. Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall and others. World Premiere. Site.
Lal Gece (Night of Silence, Turkey, by Reis Çelik) – When the groom lifts the bride’s veil, he is looking into the face of a 14-year-old girl. As tradition has it, a night in the bridal chamber seals the marriage. Cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt and others.
"With another twelve world premieres and three international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film program is now complete," the Berlinale's announced today. "A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions." Straight from the release, then, with descriptions from the festival:
Generation 14plus
Comes a Bright Day (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an armed robbery at a London jewellers, much more is at stake than money. Where diamonds are involved, love is not far. Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall and others. World Premiere. Site.
Lal Gece (Night of Silence, Turkey, by Reis Çelik) – When the groom lifts the bride’s veil, he is looking into the face of a 14-year-old girl. As tradition has it, a night in the bridal chamber seals the marriage. Cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt and others.
- 1/12/2012
- MUBI
The 2012 Berlinale has added 12 world premieres and three international ones, completing the program for its Generation lineup. Now a total of 58 short and feature films make up the Generation Kplus (films featuring young children) and Generation 14plus (films featuring actors age 14 and up) competitions. Among the high profile additions making their world premieres: "Arcadia" directed by Sundance alum Olivia Silver and starring John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone"); and the UK romantic thriller "Comes a Bright Day" starring "Submarine" breakout Craig Roberts and Imogen Poots ("Fright Night"). Berlin's Generation programs are typically known for being a bit grittier than similar programs in the Us. The additions to the Generation lineup (go here for previously announced entries): Generation 14plus "Comes A Bright Day" (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an...
- 1/12/2012
- Indiewire
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The word on “Like Crazy” out of Sundance this year was that it’s the film that broke the most hearts. Felicity Jones emerged from last winter’s festival as a talent to pay attention to. That’s why she’ll be honored with the “New Hollywood Award” at this year’s 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards.
This year’s ceremony, presented by Starz Entertainment, is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jones will accept the award for her work in “Crazy,” a long-distance love affair co-starring Anton Yelchin that was co-written and directed by Drake Doremus.
Paramount Vantage plans to open “Like Crazy” in theaters on Oct. 28.
In the meantime, here’s Jones’s full bio:
Felicity Jones earned a Special Jury Award for acting when “Like Crazy” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
Hollywoodnews.com: The word on “Like Crazy” out of Sundance this year was that it’s the film that broke the most hearts. Felicity Jones emerged from last winter’s festival as a talent to pay attention to. That’s why she’ll be honored with the “New Hollywood Award” at this year’s 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards.
This year’s ceremony, presented by Starz Entertainment, is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jones will accept the award for her work in “Crazy,” a long-distance love affair co-starring Anton Yelchin that was co-written and directed by Drake Doremus.
Paramount Vantage plans to open “Like Crazy” in theaters on Oct. 28.
In the meantime, here’s Jones’s full bio:
Felicity Jones earned a Special Jury Award for acting when “Like Crazy” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
- 9/26/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his fiancée, New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell, have posted a banns -- a notice of their intent to get married -- in London. McCartney and Shevell, who've been engaged since April, filed the notice in person at the Old Marylebone Town Hall, the same venue where Macca married Linda Eastman in 1969. Paul and Linda's daughter, photographer Mary, also wed her second husband, writer and director Simon Aboud, at the Old Marylebone last year. Read more: Report: Beatles 'Reunion' in Works for 2012 Olympic Games The small location...
- 9/16/2011
- by Kimberly Potts
- The Wrap
Paul McCartney's daughter Mary has given birth to her fourth child. Mary's writer/director husband Simon Aboud has tweeted that the couple welcomed a healthy baby boy over the weekend. He wrote: "Thanks to my amazing wife, our beautiful son Sid arrived safe and sound on Saturday to join our wonderful gang." Aboud and Mary are already the parents to 3-year-old son Simon. Mary is also the mother to two older children from a prior marriage to television producer Alistair (more)...
- 9/7/2011
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
Washington, Sept 7: Beatles legend Sir Paul Mccartney has become a grandfather for the eighth time after his daughter Mary gave birth to a son last week.
Mary's writer/director husband Simon Aboud announced the good news on his Twitter account, saying, "Thanks to my amazing wife, our beautiful son Sid arrived safe and sound on Saturday to join our wonderful gang."
Aboud also posted a photo of their newborn Sid on the Twitter, reports Contactmusic.
Mary has two sons from her first marriage with TV producer Alistair Donald and a three-year-old son from Aboud with whom she tied the knot last.
Mary's writer/director husband Simon Aboud announced the good news on his Twitter account, saying, "Thanks to my amazing wife, our beautiful son Sid arrived safe and sound on Saturday to join our wonderful gang."
Aboud also posted a photo of their newborn Sid on the Twitter, reports Contactmusic.
Mary has two sons from her first marriage with TV producer Alistair Donald and a three-year-old son from Aboud with whom she tied the knot last.
- 9/7/2011
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Shooting is about to wrap on Brit indie love story/thriller Comes a Bright Day, written and directed by Simon Aboud, which has been filming on location in Mayfair and at Elstree Studios.
Craig Roberts (represented by Curtis Brown), the young star of Submarine, Becoming Human, and Young Dracula, stars in the lead role of 20 year old Sam Smith.
And Imogen Poots (represented by Independent Talent) plays Mary, "as radiantly beautiful as the jewellery she sells".
Against the backdrop of an armed robbery that goes badly wrong in one of London’s most exclusive jewellers, hostages Sam and Mary, flung together by deadly circumstance, discover their true feelings for each other.
The cast also features Kevin McKidd as Cameron, the psychotic armed robber and Timothy Spall as the cantankerous shop owner Charlie.
For the latest updates visit the Comes a Bright Day website.
Craig Roberts (represented by Curtis Brown), the young star of Submarine, Becoming Human, and Young Dracula, stars in the lead role of 20 year old Sam Smith.
And Imogen Poots (represented by Independent Talent) plays Mary, "as radiantly beautiful as the jewellery she sells".
Against the backdrop of an armed robbery that goes badly wrong in one of London’s most exclusive jewellers, hostages Sam and Mary, flung together by deadly circumstance, discover their true feelings for each other.
The cast also features Kevin McKidd as Cameron, the psychotic armed robber and Timothy Spall as the cantankerous shop owner Charlie.
For the latest updates visit the Comes a Bright Day website.
- 6/9/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Comes A Bright Day
Intandem Films has scored international rights to British love story/thriller "Comes A Bright Day" from Smudge Films, Matador Pictures, Lost Tribe Productions and Ipso Facto Films.
Simon Aboud penned and will direct the story of hostages during a Mayfair jewellery store heist. Craig Roberts and Imogen Poots will play the two teenage leads, while Kevin McKidd stars as the robber and Timothy Spall plays the store owner.
British fashion designer Paul Smith will do the costumes for the main cast. Shooting begins next week on location around Mayfair and at Elstree Studios in London. [Source: Screen Daily]
Sacrifice
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Chen Kaige’s action drama "Sacrifice" and will release it later this year.
Ge You and Wang Xue Oi stars in the story which deals with an orphan who is raised to avenge the death of his family. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Dragon
The...
Intandem Films has scored international rights to British love story/thriller "Comes A Bright Day" from Smudge Films, Matador Pictures, Lost Tribe Productions and Ipso Facto Films.
Simon Aboud penned and will direct the story of hostages during a Mayfair jewellery store heist. Craig Roberts and Imogen Poots will play the two teenage leads, while Kevin McKidd stars as the robber and Timothy Spall plays the store owner.
British fashion designer Paul Smith will do the costumes for the main cast. Shooting begins next week on location around Mayfair and at Elstree Studios in London. [Source: Screen Daily]
Sacrifice
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Chen Kaige’s action drama "Sacrifice" and will release it later this year.
Ge You and Wang Xue Oi stars in the story which deals with an orphan who is raised to avenge the death of his family. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Dragon
The...
- 5/12/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Craig Roberts (Submarine), Imogen Poots (Chatroom), Kevin McKidd and Timothy Spall will star in heist romance Comes a Bright Day.
Comes a Bright Day, which will mark the directorial debut of Simon Aboud, follows two young people (Roberts and Poots) who are taken hostage during the robbery of a jewellery store.
Matador Pictures, Smudge Films, Lost Tribe Productions and Ipso Facto Films are handling finance.
Expect Comes a Bright Day to hit cinemas sometime next year.
Source: The Playlist...
Comes a Bright Day, which will mark the directorial debut of Simon Aboud, follows two young people (Roberts and Poots) who are taken hostage during the robbery of a jewellery store.
Matador Pictures, Smudge Films, Lost Tribe Productions and Ipso Facto Films are handling finance.
Expect Comes a Bright Day to hit cinemas sometime next year.
Source: The Playlist...
- 5/12/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It always happens at this time every year: producers go to the Cannes marketplace with armfuls of potential projects, and we get a flood of casting reports as actors are attached left and right. Some of these will get made, some won't, and some will get made with an entirely different cast. One of the big ones today is a boxing drama called The Bleeder, which has Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber and Christina Hendricks set to appear. Before The Fighter I'd have guessed this might be one that we'd hear about during Cannes and never again, but in the wake of that success it might happen. The Bleeder has Jeff Feuerzeig (The Devil and Daniel Johnston) directing from a script he wrote with Jerry Stahl, based on " the true story of former New Jersey heavyweight boxer and womanizer Chuck Wepner who boxed 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali and inspired Sylvester Stallone to pen Rocky.
- 5/12/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Starting a couple of years ago, Britain began to publish its own equivalent of the Us Black List – the best unproduced scripts of the year. And squarely on the 2009 edition of the Brit List was Simon Aboud’s This Beautiful Fantastic. Now, after some casting changes, the film has cropped up at the American Film Market with Last Chance Harvey’s Joel Hopkins behind the camera and Rhys Ifans, Rupert Friend and Bill Nighy in front of it. Aboud’s tale follows Bella Brown, a reclusive author who shuns the outside world and spends most of her time compulsively tidying up her flat. But when she ventures out to the local library, she meets Billy, a slapdash inventor who loves chaos and enjoys dashing through the library aisles, much to the chagrin of the librarian.In its original incarnation, Carey Mulligan was attached as Bella, with Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Eccleston,...
- 11/4/2010
- EmpireOnline
Paul McCartney's daughter has got married in secret. The Beatles legend was not present to see 40-year-old Mary McCartney, his eldest daughter with late wife Linda, tie the knot with Simon Aboud, 44, at London's Marylebone Register Office last Saturday, June 12.
"We got married on Saturday. Marylebone Registry, just us and the kids, the rings driven up the aisle to us by one of the boys on a remote control dune buggy," writer-and-director Simon revealed the news on twitter, posting a picture of the newlyweds with the caption. "Lovely day."
He later posted a picture of the rings sitting in the toy car. Friends say the photographer was keen to keep her nuptials secret so as not to attract unwanted attention. A source said, "Paul and Mary are close and always have been, but she decided to keep the event secret from everyone so it would not become a Macca thing.
"We got married on Saturday. Marylebone Registry, just us and the kids, the rings driven up the aisle to us by one of the boys on a remote control dune buggy," writer-and-director Simon revealed the news on twitter, posting a picture of the newlyweds with the caption. "Lovely day."
He later posted a picture of the rings sitting in the toy car. Friends say the photographer was keen to keep her nuptials secret so as not to attract unwanted attention. A source said, "Paul and Mary are close and always have been, but she decided to keep the event secret from everyone so it would not become a Macca thing.
- 6/18/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Sir Paul McCartney's daughter Mary has married in secret at the same place The Beatles star wed her late mother Linda. The "Let It Be" hitmaker had no idea his eldest daughter was planning to marry writer and director Simon Aboud and only found out after the ceremony, according to Britain's Daily Mail.
Mary and her new-husband exchanged vows at London's Marylebone Register Office on Saturday, June 12, where the music legend married Linda in 1969, and just days before the star's 68th birthday on Friday, June 18.
Aboud confirmed the happy news in a post on his Twitter.com page, writing, "We got married on Saturday. Marylebone Registry, just us and the kids, the rings driven up the aisle to us by one of the boys on a remote control dune buggy. Lovely day. Love to all x."
Mary has two sons from a previous marriage, and a 22-month-old son with Aboud.
Mary and her new-husband exchanged vows at London's Marylebone Register Office on Saturday, June 12, where the music legend married Linda in 1969, and just days before the star's 68th birthday on Friday, June 18.
Aboud confirmed the happy news in a post on his Twitter.com page, writing, "We got married on Saturday. Marylebone Registry, just us and the kids, the rings driven up the aisle to us by one of the boys on a remote control dune buggy. Lovely day. Love to all x."
Mary has two sons from a previous marriage, and a 22-month-old son with Aboud.
- 6/17/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Ifta nominated Irish director Terry Loane (Mickybo and Me) is readying his latest project 'This Beautiful Fantastic', a film based on Simon Aboud's novel of the same name. Produced by Constance Media's Kami Naghdi (Boogie Woogie) 'This Beautiful Fantastic' tells the tale of an obsessively tidy children's author who falls in love with an erratic inventor – the story will be told like a classic fairytale and will star Tom Wilkinson (Valkyrie, Shakespeare in Love), Christopher Eccleston (Amelia, The Others), MacKenzie Crook (Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End, City of Ember), Joanna Lumley (Corpse Bride, Ella Enchanted) and Carey Mulligan (An Education, Public Enemies).
- 11/17/2009
- IFTN
By now, you've probably heard more than a few words uttered on the blogosphere about Carey Mulligan. There's talk that she's likely to be sitting among Oscar nominees in March for her Audrey Hepburn-esque role in Lone Scherfig's An Education and she's racking up projects in development as fast as any other leading lady in Hollywood's hills. She was recently cast in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps alongside Shia LeBouf and Michael Douglas. And now she's prepped and ready for another leading role. According to Screen Daily, Muliigan has been cast in The Beautiful Fantastic, a fairy tale-like drama from director Terry Loane (Mickybo & Me) and screenwriter Simon Aboud. It is a whimsical tale said to be in the vein of Amelie and Finding Neverland, that will also star Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Eccleston, Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Joanna Lumley. The story focuses on frustrated children's author Bella Brown, who...
- 10/30/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Bankside Films went shopping. Its list? The 2009 Brit List. Of the 34 scripts selected to make up the UK.s version of the Us Black List, the best in unproduced screenplays, they opted for Simon Aboud.s This Beautiful Fantastic. And the great news for Aboud gets even more beautifully fantastic; according to Screen Daily, the film will star Carey Mulligan, Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Eccleston, Mackenzie Crook and Joanna Lumley. It.s about Bella Brown, an author who.s basically a recluse. She.s got no family or friends and spends the majority of her time hibernating in her compulsively tidy flat. It isn.t until she ventures out to the library that she sees what she.s been missing and meets Billy, a far-from-organized inventor who enjoys chaotically whipping through the library aisles. Directorial duties fall to Terry Loane with Kami Naghdi of Constance Media set to co-produce alongside Matt...
- 10/29/2009
- cinemablend.com
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