Oscar-winning British production company Passion Pictures is teaming up with James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and filmmaker Richard Curtis on a new feature documentary about the Paralympic Games. The project, currently titled “Harder Than You Think,” brings together Passion’s John Battsek with producer Greg Nugent of Htyt Films, with Broccoli and Curtis both serving as executive producers.
Directed by the BAFTA-nominated filmmakers behind “McQueen,” Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, “Harder Than You Think” sets out to tell the extraordinary story of the Paralympic Games from its post-war inception to becoming the world’s third-largest sporting event. U.S. Paralympian Tatyana McFadden and former International Paralympic Committee CEO Xavier Gonzalez will also serve as executive producers alongside Broccoli and Curtis.
The film will blend never-before-seen archive footage with the extraordinary stories of modern-day athletes, leaders and visionaries. Bonhôte and Ettedgui said the film intends to take audiences on “a visceral...
Directed by the BAFTA-nominated filmmakers behind “McQueen,” Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, “Harder Than You Think” sets out to tell the extraordinary story of the Paralympic Games from its post-war inception to becoming the world’s third-largest sporting event. U.S. Paralympian Tatyana McFadden and former International Paralympic Committee CEO Xavier Gonzalez will also serve as executive producers alongside Broccoli and Curtis.
The film will blend never-before-seen archive footage with the extraordinary stories of modern-day athletes, leaders and visionaries. Bonhôte and Ettedgui said the film intends to take audiences on “a visceral...
- 8/22/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: John Battsek’s Oscar-winning Passion Pictures (One Day In September), James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Love Actually writer-director Richard Curtis are teaming up to make a defining documentary about the Paralympic Games.
Provisionally titled Harder Than You Think, the film will chart the history and current standing of the Games, which has grown to become the world’s third largest sporting event.
Battsek and Greg Nugent of Htyt Films are producing with Broccoli, Curtis, U.S. paralympian Tatyana McFadden and former International Paralympic Committee (Ipc) CEO Xavier Gonzalez among executive producers.
McQueen filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui are directing the feature, which is currently in production. Htyt Films holds the global rights, granted by the Ipc, and have financed.
Set to be released summer 2020 in the run-up to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the film will blend rare archive footage with life-affirming stories of today’s athletes.
Provisionally titled Harder Than You Think, the film will chart the history and current standing of the Games, which has grown to become the world’s third largest sporting event.
Battsek and Greg Nugent of Htyt Films are producing with Broccoli, Curtis, U.S. paralympian Tatyana McFadden and former International Paralympic Committee (Ipc) CEO Xavier Gonzalez among executive producers.
McQueen filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui are directing the feature, which is currently in production. Htyt Films holds the global rights, granted by the Ipc, and have financed.
Set to be released summer 2020 in the run-up to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the film will blend rare archive footage with life-affirming stories of today’s athletes.
- 8/22/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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