Upcoming directing and producing projects are expanding Toni Collette’s creative horizons, according to the Australian actress speaking at Qumra this weekend.
She will soon star in A French Pursuit, a comedy feature directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Collette will produce the film through her Vocab Films company, alongside UK producer Christopher Simon’s New Sparta Films.
“Meeting the production team we’re working with in France, casting people – it’s stuff you don’t get to do as an actor, it’s incredibly satisfying,” said Collette, speaking in Doha where she gave a masterclass to emerging filmmakers and attending industry...
She will soon star in A French Pursuit, a comedy feature directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Collette will produce the film through her Vocab Films company, alongside UK producer Christopher Simon’s New Sparta Films.
“Meeting the production team we’re working with in France, casting people – it’s stuff you don’t get to do as an actor, it’s incredibly satisfying,” said Collette, speaking in Doha where she gave a masterclass to emerging filmmakers and attending industry...
- 3/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
Actor Andrew Garfield is one of the most influential people in the world who gained recognition after he portrayed the character of Peter Parker a.k.a., Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man. Directed by Marc Webb, The Amazing Spider-Man movies served as the reboot of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, which starred Tobey Maguire as the titular character.
Andrew Garfield appeared opposite Emma Stone in the movie, and upon its release, the movie received a positive response from the audience and the critics. The chemistry between the actors, the visual effects of the movie, and the musical score were highly appreciated, and even though certain plot elements were criticized, the movie became the seventh-highest-grossing movie of 2012. A sequel followed it in 2014, which received mixed reviews. The actor later reprised his role as Spider-Man for Spider-Man: No Way Home, and fans cannot wait to see him back in action as the superhero on-screen.
Andrew Garfield appeared opposite Emma Stone in the movie, and upon its release, the movie received a positive response from the audience and the critics. The chemistry between the actors, the visual effects of the movie, and the musical score were highly appreciated, and even though certain plot elements were criticized, the movie became the seventh-highest-grossing movie of 2012. A sequel followed it in 2014, which received mixed reviews. The actor later reprised his role as Spider-Man for Spider-Man: No Way Home, and fans cannot wait to see him back in action as the superhero on-screen.
- 3/2/2024
- by Avneet Ahluwalia
- FandomWire
Exclusive: Netflix has added to its UK drama commissioning team by hiring Best Interests EP Toby Bentley from AC Chapter One.
Bentley recently joined Anne Mensah’s Sex Education and The Crown division as Manager, UK Series, focusing on overseeing shows coming out of the UK. He reports to Mona Qureshi and is an addition to the team.
Toby Bentley
Bentley joined Netflix from AC Chapter One, the drama indie backed by Anonymous Content, Casarotto Ramsay and United Agents of which he was a founding member with Sophie Gardiner five years ago, at which point it was called Chapter One Pictures. Former ITV Studios drama lead Patrick Spence has since taken over.
Having worked with Jack Thorne on BAFTA-nominee Kiri and National Treasure prior to Chapter One, he was EP on the prolific British scribe’s Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan-starring BBC drama Best Interests, which aired earlier this...
Bentley recently joined Anne Mensah’s Sex Education and The Crown division as Manager, UK Series, focusing on overseeing shows coming out of the UK. He reports to Mona Qureshi and is an addition to the team.
Toby Bentley
Bentley joined Netflix from AC Chapter One, the drama indie backed by Anonymous Content, Casarotto Ramsay and United Agents of which he was a founding member with Sophie Gardiner five years ago, at which point it was called Chapter One Pictures. Former ITV Studios drama lead Patrick Spence has since taken over.
Having worked with Jack Thorne on BAFTA-nominee Kiri and National Treasure prior to Chapter One, he was EP on the prolific British scribe’s Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan-starring BBC drama Best Interests, which aired earlier this...
- 8/31/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“One Day” producers Drama Republic have restructured their C-suite, Variety can reveal, upping chief creative officer Jude Liknaitzky to co-ceo alongside Roanna Benn. Benn’s former co-ceo, Greg Brenman, will take on a co-founder role.
Brenman will continue to stay involved in the growth and development of the company with a focus on his own slate of projects.
Brenman, Benn and Liknaitzky founded London-based Drama Republic, which specializes in high-end drama, in 2013 after the trio left Tiger Aspect. Drama Republic is part of the Mediawan group, with the French conglomerate taking a majority stake in 2021.
Drama Republic is known for a variety of high-profile scripted projects including “My Mad Fat Diary” by Tom Bidwell, Mike Bartlett’s “Doctor Foster” and “Wanderlust” by Nick Payne. The company is currently working on a new adaption of David Nicholls’ “One Day” for Netflix, with Bafta-winner Nicole Taylor as showrunner.
“We are thrilled to...
Brenman will continue to stay involved in the growth and development of the company with a focus on his own slate of projects.
Brenman, Benn and Liknaitzky founded London-based Drama Republic, which specializes in high-end drama, in 2013 after the trio left Tiger Aspect. Drama Republic is part of the Mediawan group, with the French conglomerate taking a majority stake in 2021.
Drama Republic is known for a variety of high-profile scripted projects including “My Mad Fat Diary” by Tom Bidwell, Mike Bartlett’s “Doctor Foster” and “Wanderlust” by Nick Payne. The company is currently working on a new adaption of David Nicholls’ “One Day” for Netflix, with Bafta-winner Nicole Taylor as showrunner.
“We are thrilled to...
- 6/12/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Image Source: Getty / ABC
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh went viral after presenting together during the 2023 Oscars on March 12, when their radiant chemistry onstage quickly fueled a social media fire, with many demanding that they star in a rom-com together. On March 14, Popsugar confirmed that the pair are turning that dream into a reality with the announcement of their upcoming film, "We Live in Time."
"Pls the way florence pugh walked in holding on to andrew garfield with that music in the background is so royalty," one Twitter user captioned a video of Pugh and Garfield walking onto the stage to present the awards for best adapted screenplay and best original screenplay. Another user began fan-casting the two in an entire multiverse of romantic comedies. "i don't care what the plot is...but elizabeth olsen, pedro pascal, florence pugh, And andrew garfield in a movie together," they wrote alongside two photos of the aforementioned celebrities.
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh went viral after presenting together during the 2023 Oscars on March 12, when their radiant chemistry onstage quickly fueled a social media fire, with many demanding that they star in a rom-com together. On March 14, Popsugar confirmed that the pair are turning that dream into a reality with the announcement of their upcoming film, "We Live in Time."
"Pls the way florence pugh walked in holding on to andrew garfield with that music in the background is so royalty," one Twitter user captioned a video of Pugh and Garfield walking onto the stage to present the awards for best adapted screenplay and best original screenplay. Another user began fan-casting the two in an entire multiverse of romantic comedies. "i don't care what the plot is...but elizabeth olsen, pedro pascal, florence pugh, And andrew garfield in a movie together," they wrote alongside two photos of the aforementioned celebrities.
- 5/16/2023
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield-led romantic drama “We Live in Time” has sold into Canada’s Sphere Films.
The Montreal- and Toronto-based company has picked up Canadian rights to the drama directed by “Brooklyn” helmer John Crowley, who also directed Garfield in his breakout role in “Boy A.” The film is currently in production in London and specific plot details are being kept closely under wraps. All that’s known so far is that the pic is an immersive love story.
“We Live in Time” is scripted by playwright and screenwriter Nick Payne with Benedict Cumberbatch on board as executive producer. The project is developed and produced by Studiocanal with partners at SunnyMarch including Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland and Guy Heeley. It is co-financed by Film4 and Studiocanal. International sales are handled by Studiocanal while the U.S. distribution rights have been acquired by A24.
Elsewhere, Sphere Films also...
The Montreal- and Toronto-based company has picked up Canadian rights to the drama directed by “Brooklyn” helmer John Crowley, who also directed Garfield in his breakout role in “Boy A.” The film is currently in production in London and specific plot details are being kept closely under wraps. All that’s known so far is that the pic is an immersive love story.
“We Live in Time” is scripted by playwright and screenwriter Nick Payne with Benedict Cumberbatch on board as executive producer. The project is developed and produced by Studiocanal with partners at SunnyMarch including Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland and Guy Heeley. It is co-financed by Film4 and Studiocanal. International sales are handled by Studiocanal while the U.S. distribution rights have been acquired by A24.
Elsewhere, Sphere Films also...
- 5/16/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
“We Live in Time,” an original romantic drama starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will be distributed theatrically in North America courtesy of A24, TheWrap confirmed. The indie powerhouse, whose “Everything Everywhere All at Once” just won a slew of Oscars including Best Picture, nabbed rights to the StudioCanal production which is currently filming in London. Helmed by John Crowley and penned by Nick Payne, plot details are currently shrouded in mystery.
Film4 is co-financing with StudioCanal, who will produce the picture with Sunny March. EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Crowley directed Saoirse Ronan’s Oscar-nominated epic “Brooklyn” in 2015 and helmed the Ansel Elgort-starring adaptation of “The Goldfinch” in 2019. He directed “Boy A” in 2007, which would feature Garfield in the actor’s breakout role; they both won BAFTAs for their effort. Garfield went on to star in films like “The Social Network,...
Film4 is co-financing with StudioCanal, who will produce the picture with Sunny March. EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Crowley directed Saoirse Ronan’s Oscar-nominated epic “Brooklyn” in 2015 and helmed the Ansel Elgort-starring adaptation of “The Goldfinch” in 2019. He directed “Boy A” in 2007, which would feature Garfield in the actor’s breakout role; they both won BAFTAs for their effort. Garfield went on to star in films like “The Social Network,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
A24 has landed the North American rights to Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh starring love story We Live in Time.
StudioCanal is behind the feature that is being directed by John Crowley — the director behind the romance drama Brooklyn and Garfield’s break-out role Boy A. He will helm from a screenplay by playwright Nick Payne. Plot details are being kept under wraps, with the project currently shooting in London.
StudioCanal will produce with Benedict Cumberbatch banner Sunny March. Exec vp global production Ron Halpern and senior vp global production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Film4 is co-financing with StudioCanal, which negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Both Pugh and Garfield, both Oscar nominees, have been a part of the A24 roster in the past. Pugh starred in the indie studio’s break-out horror Midsommar, while Garfield starred in Under the Silverlake. Recently, the New York company...
StudioCanal is behind the feature that is being directed by John Crowley — the director behind the romance drama Brooklyn and Garfield’s break-out role Boy A. He will helm from a screenplay by playwright Nick Payne. Plot details are being kept under wraps, with the project currently shooting in London.
StudioCanal will produce with Benedict Cumberbatch banner Sunny March. Exec vp global production Ron Halpern and senior vp global production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Film4 is co-financing with StudioCanal, which negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Both Pugh and Garfield, both Oscar nominees, have been a part of the A24 roster in the past. Pugh starred in the indie studio’s break-out horror Midsommar, while Garfield starred in Under the Silverlake. Recently, the New York company...
- 5/12/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: A24 has acquired domestic rights for John Crowley’s We Live in Time starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh from Studiocanal. The pic is shooting in London.
Directed by BAFTA winning director John Crowley, with a screenplay by Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Nick Payne. Benedict Cumberbatch is an executive producer.
Studiocanal developed the script and are producing with BAFTA winning partners SunnyMarch: Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland with Guy Heeley.
The film stars two-time Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winning Andrew Garfield alongside BAFTA and Academy Award nominee Florence Pugh. Plot details are being kept under wraps other then it being described as a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.
Crowley previously worked with Andrew Garfield, on Garfield’s break-out role, Boy A, for which they both won BAFTAs.
Film4 is co-financing with Studiocanal.
EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for Studiocanal.
Directed by BAFTA winning director John Crowley, with a screenplay by Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Nick Payne. Benedict Cumberbatch is an executive producer.
Studiocanal developed the script and are producing with BAFTA winning partners SunnyMarch: Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland with Guy Heeley.
The film stars two-time Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winning Andrew Garfield alongside BAFTA and Academy Award nominee Florence Pugh. Plot details are being kept under wraps other then it being described as a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.
Crowley previously worked with Andrew Garfield, on Garfield’s break-out role, Boy A, for which they both won BAFTAs.
Film4 is co-financing with Studiocanal.
EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for Studiocanal.
- 5/12/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar nominees Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) and Ciarán Hinds (Belfast, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy) are teaming up for Midwinter Break, the debut feature of Olivier-winning British theater director Polly Findlay.
The prestige project is heading to the Marche du Film in Cannes, with Protagonist Pictures handling worldwide sales.
Adapted from the novel by BAFTA nominee Bernard MacLaverty (Lamb) and written by Nick Payne (The Last Letter from Your Lover, We Live in Time) Midwinter Break follows Stella and Gerry, a long-time married couple who reach a crossroads in their relationship when they take a trip to Amsterdam.
The film is produced by BAFTA Award-winner Guy Heeley, whose previous credits include the Steven Knight’s Tom Hardy-starring Locke; Joe Wright’s Cyrano, starring Peter Dinklage; and Stephen Daldry’s lockdown comedy-drama Together, starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan. The project was developed with Film4, who will executive produce and co-finance.
The prestige project is heading to the Marche du Film in Cannes, with Protagonist Pictures handling worldwide sales.
Adapted from the novel by BAFTA nominee Bernard MacLaverty (Lamb) and written by Nick Payne (The Last Letter from Your Lover, We Live in Time) Midwinter Break follows Stella and Gerry, a long-time married couple who reach a crossroads in their relationship when they take a trip to Amsterdam.
The film is produced by BAFTA Award-winner Guy Heeley, whose previous credits include the Steven Knight’s Tom Hardy-starring Locke; Joe Wright’s Cyrano, starring Peter Dinklage; and Stephen Daldry’s lockdown comedy-drama Together, starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan. The project was developed with Film4, who will executive produce and co-finance.
- 5/11/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No one is having as much fun as Toni Collette.
The Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Emmy winner leads mob boss comedy “Mafia Mamma” from director Catherine Hardwicke, marking a reunion since their 2015 film “Miss You Already.” A spoof cross between “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “The Godfather” with a dash of an “In Her Shoes” makeover, “Mafia Mamma” puts Collette in the driver’s seat — not that she needed any permission.
“The experience of making it was the most joyous of my career,” Collette told IndieWire during a recent interview. “It was one of the best experiences of my life.”
The script was sent to Collette during the Covid lockdown, and she immediately thought of Hardwicke. “It just made me laugh so much. I just thought, ‘Man, if this can do this for me at this time, I want to bring this to life.’ I had such a special...
The Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Emmy winner leads mob boss comedy “Mafia Mamma” from director Catherine Hardwicke, marking a reunion since their 2015 film “Miss You Already.” A spoof cross between “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “The Godfather” with a dash of an “In Her Shoes” makeover, “Mafia Mamma” puts Collette in the driver’s seat — not that she needed any permission.
“The experience of making it was the most joyous of my career,” Collette told IndieWire during a recent interview. “It was one of the best experiences of my life.”
The script was sent to Collette during the Covid lockdown, and she immediately thought of Hardwicke. “It just made me laugh so much. I just thought, ‘Man, if this can do this for me at this time, I want to bring this to life.’ I had such a special...
- 4/13/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Andrew Garfield was apparently overheard telling off local residents for “distracting” him while filming in London.
The Amazing Spider-Man star is currently shooting the romcom We Live In Time with Florence Pugh in south-west London.
Garfield was filming a scene outside a block of flats, with local residents who lived in a flat opposite gathering at the window to watch filming taking place.
However, one of the housemates told The Daily Telegraph that Garfield “called ‘cut’ as soon as he saw the group” before asking to talk to them through the window.
Remaining anonymous, the resident told the publication that the group had initially “rushed over to the window, and there’s four of us in the house vying for position in front of one window, pushing each other out of the way – it was a bit silly”.
After Garfield allegedly spotted the group and stopped filming, “he walked over...
The Amazing Spider-Man star is currently shooting the romcom We Live In Time with Florence Pugh in south-west London.
Garfield was filming a scene outside a block of flats, with local residents who lived in a flat opposite gathering at the window to watch filming taking place.
However, one of the housemates told The Daily Telegraph that Garfield “called ‘cut’ as soon as he saw the group” before asking to talk to them through the window.
Remaining anonymous, the resident told the publication that the group had initially “rushed over to the window, and there’s four of us in the house vying for position in front of one window, pushing each other out of the way – it was a bit silly”.
After Garfield allegedly spotted the group and stopped filming, “he walked over...
- 4/12/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Film
Production has started on the StudioCanal pic, We Live In Time, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
Deadline previously revealed that Irish filmmaker John Crowley is directing the feature from a script penned by Nick Payne (Wanderlust). StudioCanal developed the script and is producing with Sunny March. Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland, and Guy Heeley are producers, with Benedict Cumberbatch set as executive producer.
Plot details have not been shared, but the film has been described as a “funny, deeply moving, and immersive love story.” The film had been expected to move into production later this year, but StudioCanal announced cameras are already rolling by tweeting an image from the set Tuesday morning.
Deadline previously revealed that Irish filmmaker John Crowley is directing the feature from a script penned by Nick Payne (Wanderlust). StudioCanal developed the script and is producing with Sunny March. Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland, and Guy Heeley are producers, with Benedict Cumberbatch set as executive producer.
Plot details have not been shared, but the film has been described as a “funny, deeply moving, and immersive love story.” The film had been expected to move into production later this year, but StudioCanal announced cameras are already rolling by tweeting an image from the set Tuesday morning.
- 4/4/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield took the internet by storm (as they should!) after presenting together at the Oscars ceremony this year. Tweets were exchanged and a lot of feelings were felt. And now it's been announced (via Deadline) that the pair will co-star in a new project together a romantic comedy film titled "We Live In Time."
It's a pleasant change from their recent filmography. Pugh appeared in a multitude of different genre-bending roles — Ari Aster's horror film "Midsommar," Olivia Wilde's "Don't Worry Darling," along with her superhero responsibilities in Marvel Studios' "Black Widow" and "Hawkeye." Garfield was recently seen in Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Tick, Tick... Boom!," Michael Showalter's "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," and his terrific television outing in Hulu's "Under the Banner of Heaven." The performers haven't appeared in a romantic comedy in a very long while, and this one's certainly shaping up to be an exciting project.
It's a pleasant change from their recent filmography. Pugh appeared in a multitude of different genre-bending roles — Ari Aster's horror film "Midsommar," Olivia Wilde's "Don't Worry Darling," along with her superhero responsibilities in Marvel Studios' "Black Widow" and "Hawkeye." Garfield was recently seen in Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Tick, Tick... Boom!," Michael Showalter's "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," and his terrific television outing in Hulu's "Under the Banner of Heaven." The performers haven't appeared in a romantic comedy in a very long while, and this one's certainly shaping up to be an exciting project.
- 3/15/2023
- by Fatemeh Mirjalili
- Slash Film
Oscar presenter stand-outs Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield are set to star in the StudioCanal project ‘We Live in Time.’
Plot details are being kept top secret but sources have described the project as a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.
John Crowley is on board to direct, with Nick Payne penning the script. StudioCanal developed the script and will produce it with Sunny March. Leah Clarke, and Adam Ackland with Guy Heeley are producing with Benedict Cumberbatch as executive producer.
Also in news – Oscar Isaac in talks for Amazon series ‘Helltown’
Pugh’s schedule is looking pretty hectic for the next year, she features in a number of films including Netflix’s ‘The Wonder.’ She can be seen next in ‘A Good Person,’ and also has Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Dune Part Two’ in November. Next up on her shooting schedule is Marvel Studios’ ‘Thunderbolts.’ reprising her role as Yelena Belova.
Plot details are being kept top secret but sources have described the project as a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.
John Crowley is on board to direct, with Nick Payne penning the script. StudioCanal developed the script and will produce it with Sunny March. Leah Clarke, and Adam Ackland with Guy Heeley are producing with Benedict Cumberbatch as executive producer.
Also in news – Oscar Isaac in talks for Amazon series ‘Helltown’
Pugh’s schedule is looking pretty hectic for the next year, she features in a number of films including Netflix’s ‘The Wonder.’ She can be seen next in ‘A Good Person,’ and also has Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Dune Part Two’ in November. Next up on her shooting schedule is Marvel Studios’ ‘Thunderbolts.’ reprising her role as Yelena Belova.
- 3/15/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Several presenting partnerships at this year's Oscars – Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy, say, or Elizabeth Banks and a bear — served double duty as promotion for upcoming films. Yet no one suspected that the pairing of Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield for the Screenwriting categories could serve as an ad for new film We Live In Time, which has them both in talks to star.
Of course, given that their deals aren't yet done we doubt that this was planned, but it certainly set the internet alight. Now, according to Deadline, they're in talks to star in the film, which comes from Brooklyn director John Crowley (who worked with Garfield on Boy A) and writer Nick Payne.
Little is known about the story at this point, beyond it being described as "a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story."
With Benedict Cumberbatch as an executive producer via his Sunny March company,...
Of course, given that their deals aren't yet done we doubt that this was planned, but it certainly set the internet alight. Now, according to Deadline, they're in talks to star in the film, which comes from Brooklyn director John Crowley (who worked with Garfield on Boy A) and writer Nick Payne.
Little is known about the story at this point, beyond it being described as "a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story."
With Benedict Cumberbatch as an executive producer via his Sunny March company,...
- 3/15/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
After presenting at the Oscars together on Sunday, Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield are in talks to star in the upcoming film “We Live in Time”.
“We Live in Time” is a StudioCanal production described as a “funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.” BAFTA-winning director John Crowley will direct the screenplay by Nick Payne. Payne is the mind behind “The Last Letter From Your Lover” and “Wanderlust”.
While most of the plot is still a secret, production for the project should begin later this year if Pugh and Garfield officially seal the deal.
Read More: Florence Pugh And Lisa Rinna Reveal They’ve Been Messaging Each Other For 3 Years
Both Pugh and Garfield are Oscar-nominated talents who enjoyed a very busy 2022. Pugh spent 2022 starring in “The Wonder” and “Don’t Worry Darling”, and she’ll be taking 2023 by storm with roles in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” in July and “Dune Part Two” in November.
“We Live in Time” is a StudioCanal production described as a “funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.” BAFTA-winning director John Crowley will direct the screenplay by Nick Payne. Payne is the mind behind “The Last Letter From Your Lover” and “Wanderlust”.
While most of the plot is still a secret, production for the project should begin later this year if Pugh and Garfield officially seal the deal.
Read More: Florence Pugh And Lisa Rinna Reveal They’ve Been Messaging Each Other For 3 Years
Both Pugh and Garfield are Oscar-nominated talents who enjoyed a very busy 2022. Pugh spent 2022 starring in “The Wonder” and “Don’t Worry Darling”, and she’ll be taking 2023 by storm with roles in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” in July and “Dune Part Two” in November.
- 3/14/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield – who co-presented at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony – are set to star in “We Live in Time” for StudioCanal and director John Crowley.
Plot details are under wraps for now but the film is being described as a funny and emotional love story. Production is tentatively expected to start later this year.
Nick Payne will write the screenplay, which StudioCanal developed and will produce with Sunny March. The studio’s EVP of Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP of Global Production, Joe Naftalin are overseeing the film.
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Pugh’s recent projects include “Don’t Worry Darling” and “The Wonder.” Her busy slate includes “A Good Person,” Christopher Nolan’s star-studded “Oppenheimer,” “Dune Part 2” and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts.” She is repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Garfield starred in FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven,...
Plot details are under wraps for now but the film is being described as a funny and emotional love story. Production is tentatively expected to start later this year.
Nick Payne will write the screenplay, which StudioCanal developed and will produce with Sunny March. The studio’s EVP of Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP of Global Production, Joe Naftalin are overseeing the film.
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Pugh’s recent projects include “Don’t Worry Darling” and “The Wonder.” Her busy slate includes “A Good Person,” Christopher Nolan’s star-studded “Oppenheimer,” “Dune Part 2” and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts.” She is repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Garfield starred in FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Yelena Belova and Spider-Man will come together in a new film, but it’s not what you think. After presenting at the 95th Academy Awards together, Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield are in talks to star in We Live In Time, a unique love story directed by John Crowley. Crowley directs from a screenplay by Nick Payne, with StudioCanal developing the script and producing with SunnyMarch.
According to Deadline, the plot remains a mystery. However, the outlet describes it as a “funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.” If Pugh and Garfield sign on, cameras will roll later this year.
Pugh and Garfield were a highlight of Sunday’s Oscars celebration, with both stars looking glamorous and in good spirits. Who knew their pairing was a sign of things to come?
Later this month, Pugh will star alongside Morgan Freeman in Zach Braff’s latest drama, A Good Person. In the film,...
According to Deadline, the plot remains a mystery. However, the outlet describes it as a “funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.” If Pugh and Garfield sign on, cameras will roll later this year.
Pugh and Garfield were a highlight of Sunday’s Oscars celebration, with both stars looking glamorous and in good spirits. Who knew their pairing was a sign of things to come?
Later this month, Pugh will star alongside Morgan Freeman in Zach Braff’s latest drama, A Good Person. In the film,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
After presenting the screenplay prizes at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield have begun formulating plans to share the screen again, as co-stars in the upcoming film “We Live in Time.”
The two Academy Award-nominated actors are in talks to star in the StudioCanal project, which is described as a “funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.” John Crowley, best known for the BAFTA-winning film “Brooklyn,” is on board to direct, from a script by Nick Payne. In addition to developing the script, StudioCanal will produce the project with SunnyMarch.
Further plot details are being kept under wraps, but if the deals with Pugh and Garfield close, the intention is to begin production later this year. StudioCanal executives Ron Halpern, EVP global production, and Joe Naftalin, SVP global production, are overseeing the project on behalf of the studio.
Already coming off a busy 2022 with “The Wonder” and “Don’t Worry Darling,...
The two Academy Award-nominated actors are in talks to star in the StudioCanal project, which is described as a “funny, deeply moving and immersive love story.” John Crowley, best known for the BAFTA-winning film “Brooklyn,” is on board to direct, from a script by Nick Payne. In addition to developing the script, StudioCanal will produce the project with SunnyMarch.
Further plot details are being kept under wraps, but if the deals with Pugh and Garfield close, the intention is to begin production later this year. StudioCanal executives Ron Halpern, EVP global production, and Joe Naftalin, SVP global production, are overseeing the project on behalf of the studio.
Already coming off a busy 2022 with “The Wonder” and “Don’t Worry Darling,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, who took the Dolby stage together at this year’s Oscars ceremony as presenters, are in talks to co-star in love story We Live in Time from StudioCanal.
John Crowley — the director behind the romance drama Brooklyn — will helm from a screenplay by playwright Nick Payne. Plot details are being kept under wraps, with the project eyeing a shoot later this year.
StudioCanal will produce with Benedict Cumberbatch banner Sunny March. Exec vp global production Ron Halpern and senior vp global production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Pugh, repped by CAA and Brillstein, is one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actresses. The Oscar nominee was in theaters last year with Don’t Worry Darling and could also be seen in Netflix period drama The Wonder. She will soon be in theaters with A Good Person, starring opposite Morgan Freeman, while the rest of the year...
John Crowley — the director behind the romance drama Brooklyn — will helm from a screenplay by playwright Nick Payne. Plot details are being kept under wraps, with the project eyeing a shoot later this year.
StudioCanal will produce with Benedict Cumberbatch banner Sunny March. Exec vp global production Ron Halpern and senior vp global production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Pugh, repped by CAA and Brillstein, is one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actresses. The Oscar nominee was in theaters last year with Don’t Worry Darling and could also be seen in Netflix period drama The Wonder. She will soon be in theaters with A Good Person, starring opposite Morgan Freeman, while the rest of the year...
- 3/14/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: After setting the internet on fire Sunday when they presented at the Oscars together, Academy Award nominees Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield have now found their own project to co-star in. Sources tell Deadline that the two are in negotiations to star in StudioCanal’s We Live In Time. John Crowley is on board to direct, with Nick Payne penning the script. StudioCanal developed the script and will produce with Sunny March.
Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland with Guy Heeley are producing with Benedict Cumberbatch executive producer.
Plot details are being kept under wraps other then it being described as a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story. Ff deals close, the plan is to shoot later this year. EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Related Story Oscars Backstage Photos: See A Teary Jamie Lee Curtis, Florence Pugh And Andrew Garfield...
Leah Clarke, Adam Ackland with Guy Heeley are producing with Benedict Cumberbatch executive producer.
Plot details are being kept under wraps other then it being described as a funny, deeply moving and immersive love story. Ff deals close, the plan is to shoot later this year. EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing for StudioCanal.
Related Story Oscars Backstage Photos: See A Teary Jamie Lee Curtis, Florence Pugh And Andrew Garfield...
- 3/14/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Maria Zuckerman is stepping down from her role as President of Topic Studios, where she has led the company’s film, streaming, television and podcast slate for over three years. Where the well-respected executive will land is not yet clear.
“Maria has a fantastic creative sensibility with a keen commercial sense to match,” said First Look Media CEO Michael Bloom, to whom Zuckerman reported. “Over the past three years, she and the studio team have accelerated Topic Studios’ growth into a world-class independent studio, attracting stellar talent, exciting voices, and spear-heading award-winning films, documentaries, series, and podcasts. We are grateful for all she did and wish her the very best in the future.”
In her time at Topic, Zuckerman overhauled the studio—greenlighting, producing and selling brand-defining, profitable titles; creating four distinct content verticals; establishing a Scripted TV department in LA; elevating the...
“Maria has a fantastic creative sensibility with a keen commercial sense to match,” said First Look Media CEO Michael Bloom, to whom Zuckerman reported. “Over the past three years, she and the studio team have accelerated Topic Studios’ growth into a world-class independent studio, attracting stellar talent, exciting voices, and spear-heading award-winning films, documentaries, series, and podcasts. We are grateful for all she did and wish her the very best in the future.”
In her time at Topic, Zuckerman overhauled the studio—greenlighting, producing and selling brand-defining, profitable titles; creating four distinct content verticals; establishing a Scripted TV department in LA; elevating the...
- 6/14/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Award-winning producer and co-founder of independent production company Nine Stories, Riva Marker, has joined Nicole King and Stacy O’Neil’s Linden Entertainment as their CEO of Productions.
In her new role, Marker will oversee and expand the company’s upcoming production slate across both film and television. She will operate out of the company’s New York office and will start her position effective immediately.
Producer Marker founded Nine Stories, the independent production company, with Jake Gyllenhaal in 2015. Her recent producing credits include Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty which premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix; as well as Joe Bell directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green starring Mark Wahlberg; Relic, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and Paul Dano’s directorial debut Wildlife nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, starring Carey Mulligan and Gyllenhaal. Prior to Nine Stories, Marker produced Cary Fukunaga’s...
In her new role, Marker will oversee and expand the company’s upcoming production slate across both film and television. She will operate out of the company’s New York office and will start her position effective immediately.
Producer Marker founded Nine Stories, the independent production company, with Jake Gyllenhaal in 2015. Her recent producing credits include Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty which premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix; as well as Joe Bell directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green starring Mark Wahlberg; Relic, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and Paul Dano’s directorial debut Wildlife nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, starring Carey Mulligan and Gyllenhaal. Prior to Nine Stories, Marker produced Cary Fukunaga’s...
- 5/11/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s that time of year when film awards ballots are going out. Here’s some advice for voters: make sure you see Netflix’s “The Guilty” before voting. It’s a great piece of filmmaking, and Jake Gyllenhaal gives one of the year’s best performances.
However, try not to read about the film. There will be no spoilers in this column, but as Gyllenhaal tells Variety, “It’s important that people approach this movie without too much information.”
Here’s what is safe to report: It takes place in a 911 call center, in a short period of time, with Gyllenhaal’s character Joe Baylor dealing with individuals who are lost, strung out and/or desperate, all while L.A. firefighters are battling a wildfire that complicates everything.
“Guilty” is impressive at any level, but especially considering the degree of difficulty. It was shot in 11 days, with Antoine Fuqua remote-directing from a nearby van,...
However, try not to read about the film. There will be no spoilers in this column, but as Gyllenhaal tells Variety, “It’s important that people approach this movie without too much information.”
Here’s what is safe to report: It takes place in a 911 call center, in a short period of time, with Gyllenhaal’s character Joe Baylor dealing with individuals who are lost, strung out and/or desperate, all while L.A. firefighters are battling a wildfire that complicates everything.
“Guilty” is impressive at any level, but especially considering the degree of difficulty. It was shot in 11 days, with Antoine Fuqua remote-directing from a nearby van,...
- 12/8/2021
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
I’m glad I took notes. Looking at the roster of nominees for this year’s too-long-delayed Tony Awards is all the reminder anyone could need of just how interminable Broadway’s Covid pandemic shutdown has seemed. Productions and performances from the 2019-20 season, many reviewed nearly two years ago, are calling out – some more forcefully than others – to be remembered and honored. As I said, I’m glad I took notes.
This Sunday, the Tony Awards ceremony will be livestreamed on Paramount+, then immediately followed by the two-hour CBS concert special Broadway’s Back!, a celebration of Broadway’s recent reopening after the shutdown of 16-months (or 17 or 18 depending on which shows you decide were the official comebacks). Pre-pandemic, the Tonys originally were scheduled for June 2020, but March of that year brought the sickness and an abrupt shutdown of the industry that would leave a mere 18 productions eligible for the awards,...
This Sunday, the Tony Awards ceremony will be livestreamed on Paramount+, then immediately followed by the two-hour CBS concert special Broadway’s Back!, a celebration of Broadway’s recent reopening after the shutdown of 16-months (or 17 or 18 depending on which shows you decide were the official comebacks). Pre-pandemic, the Tonys originally were scheduled for June 2020, but March of that year brought the sickness and an abrupt shutdown of the industry that would leave a mere 18 productions eligible for the awards,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
If the last letter you received from your lover was as banal as Augustine Frizzell’s new feature, you’d dump them like a shot. But mercifully for box office figures, we have all missed going to the movies so are inclined to be more open-minded towards snarky men spouting cliches and the women who love them. As long as their dramas play out on the big screen.
At first glance, The Last Letter from Your Lover is the bland, romance by numbers you find in large print novels on local library shelves or mildewing and neglected on a three for a fiver carousel in a caravan park shop. Safe and predictable with tick boxes for a neglectful hubby, Chanel suits, a caddish chap and foreign holibobs. However, this love story has been pepped up by the Soda Stream fizz of a parallel storyline to tickle your fancy when you...
At first glance, The Last Letter from Your Lover is the bland, romance by numbers you find in large print novels on local library shelves or mildewing and neglected on a three for a fiver carousel in a caravan park shop. Safe and predictable with tick boxes for a neglectful hubby, Chanel suits, a caddish chap and foreign holibobs. However, this love story has been pepped up by the Soda Stream fizz of a parallel storyline to tickle your fancy when you...
- 8/6/2021
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on July 22th, 2021, reviewing the new film “The Last Letter From Your Lover,” streaming on Netfilx beginning July 23rd.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
This is a tragic romance, set in two eras and through two women. Shailene Woodley portrays Jennifer, a young woman stuck in a loveless marriage in 1965. Felicity Jones is Ellie, a journalist in the modern day that becomes interested in Jennifer’s story when she fines an archive of forgotten letters from Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner), Jennifer’s 1965 lover. The two women run on a parallel track, as Ellie begins a romance with the archivist named Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan) who is helping her with the story, and Jennifer continues the torrid affair in 1965 with Anthony.
“The Last Letter From Your Lover” streams on Netflix beginning July 23rd. Featuring Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones, Callum Turner,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
This is a tragic romance, set in two eras and through two women. Shailene Woodley portrays Jennifer, a young woman stuck in a loveless marriage in 1965. Felicity Jones is Ellie, a journalist in the modern day that becomes interested in Jennifer’s story when she fines an archive of forgotten letters from Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner), Jennifer’s 1965 lover. The two women run on a parallel track, as Ellie begins a romance with the archivist named Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan) who is helping her with the story, and Jennifer continues the torrid affair in 1965 with Anthony.
“The Last Letter From Your Lover” streams on Netflix beginning July 23rd. Featuring Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones, Callum Turner,...
- 7/24/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The past isn’t just a different country, but a different movie entirely, in “The Last Letter From Your Lover,” a lushly mounted pair of love stories — one present, one past — that are faintly enmeshed but almost entirely disparate in tone, style and emotional impression. In the first, Shailene Woodley and Callum Turner fall hard for each other in an obstacle-strewn, 1960s-set romance of chance encounters, missed connections and moist-eyed rendezvous on railway platforms, channeling the vintage Hollywood melodrama of “An Affair to Remember.” In the second, Felicity Jones is a cut-glass hybrid of Carrie Bradshaw and Bridget Jones, falling only incidentally for the awkward archivist who assists her in piecing together the former story, before the narratives merge in a more British, neatly calligraphed rewrite of “The Notebook.”
Having previously made her name with the spiky, Sundance-stamped girls-gone-wild comedy “Never Goin’ Back,” director Augustine Frizzell doesn’t seem an...
Having previously made her name with the spiky, Sundance-stamped girls-gone-wild comedy “Never Goin’ Back,” director Augustine Frizzell doesn’t seem an...
- 7/23/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Actress turned filmmaker Augustine Frizzell makes her splashy Netflix feature debut with the upcoming romantic drama, “The Last Letter from Your Lover,” which is scheduled to drop on the streaming platform July 23. The film stars Shailene Woodley in her first major leading role since Drake Doremus’ 2019 “Endings, Beginnings” (also a romance), and she’s joined by Callum Turner, Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, and Nabhaan Rizwan. Along with a big international ensemble, the film also spans time periods (the 1960s and the present day) and locations (London and the French Riviera). Watch the first trailer below.
Here’s the official synopsis from Netfix: “A pair of interwoven stories set in the present and past, ‘The Last Letter from Your Lover’ follows Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones), an ambitious journalist who discovers a trove of secret love letters from 1965 and becomes determined to solve the mystery of the forbidden affair at their center.
Here’s the official synopsis from Netfix: “A pair of interwoven stories set in the present and past, ‘The Last Letter from Your Lover’ follows Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones), an ambitious journalist who discovers a trove of secret love letters from 1965 and becomes determined to solve the mystery of the forbidden affair at their center.
- 5/4/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Toni Collette is set to star opposite Colin Firth in The Staircase, HBO Max’s drama limited series adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries.
Collette will play Kathleen Peterson, a corporate executive, mother, stepmother of five and wife of Michael Peterson, played by Firth.
The eight-episode series from Antonio Campos, who directed the Rebecca Hall-fronted feature Christine, and American Crime Story writer Maggie Cohn, explores of life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen.
The series is based on the docuseries and various books and reports on the case. Michael Peterson was convicted of murdering Kathleen in 2001, a charge that was reduced to manslaughter in 2017 and Peterson released from prison. He had claimed his wife died after falling down the stairs at their home after consuming alcohol and Valium, but an autopsy concluded she died from multiple injuries,...
Collette will play Kathleen Peterson, a corporate executive, mother, stepmother of five and wife of Michael Peterson, played by Firth.
The eight-episode series from Antonio Campos, who directed the Rebecca Hall-fronted feature Christine, and American Crime Story writer Maggie Cohn, explores of life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen.
The series is based on the docuseries and various books and reports on the case. Michael Peterson was convicted of murdering Kathleen in 2001, a charge that was reduced to manslaughter in 2017 and Peterson released from prison. He had claimed his wife died after falling down the stairs at their home after consuming alcohol and Valium, but an autopsy concluded she died from multiple injuries,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Felicity Jones and Shailene Woodley StudioCanal feature The Last Letter From Your Lover will hit Netflix on July 23 and in select territories.
The Augustine Frizzell directed romance based on JoJo Moyers’ bestselling novel, will also open in UK cinemas on Aug. 6.
Oscar nominee Jones and 2x Golden Globe nominee Woodley star in this dual-narrative love story set in the French Riviera and London during the 1960s and present day. The story follows Ellie (Jones), a young female journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters in the archives which tell the story of an intensely romantic but star-crossed affair in the 1960s between Jennifer Stirling (Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Turner). As Ellie is drawn into the story, she becomes obsessed with discovering the lovers’ identities and finding out how their love story ends.
Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures are producing alongside Simone Urdl...
The Augustine Frizzell directed romance based on JoJo Moyers’ bestselling novel, will also open in UK cinemas on Aug. 6.
Oscar nominee Jones and 2x Golden Globe nominee Woodley star in this dual-narrative love story set in the French Riviera and London during the 1960s and present day. The story follows Ellie (Jones), a young female journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters in the archives which tell the story of an intensely romantic but star-crossed affair in the 1960s between Jennifer Stirling (Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Turner). As Ellie is drawn into the story, she becomes obsessed with discovering the lovers’ identities and finding out how their love story ends.
Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures are producing alongside Simone Urdl...
- 4/29/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-nominated actress Toni Collette is set to mark her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of New York Times bestselling novel, Writers And Lovers by Lily King. The project is set up at Topic Studios with Collette producing under her Vocab Films label. She’s also adapting the screenplay with Nick Payne (The Crown).
Released in 2020, Writers and Lovers was a Today Show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Pick, a New York Times Book Review Group Text Selection, and Book of the Month Club selection. The story follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. Her life becomes more complicated as she then falls for two very different men at the same time.
Susannah Grant, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for 2000’s Erin Brockovich, and Sarah Timberman (Masters of Sex) will produce the pic alongside Collette.
Released in 2020, Writers and Lovers was a Today Show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Pick, a New York Times Book Review Group Text Selection, and Book of the Month Club selection. The story follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. Her life becomes more complicated as she then falls for two very different men at the same time.
Susannah Grant, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for 2000’s Erin Brockovich, and Sarah Timberman (Masters of Sex) will produce the pic alongside Collette.
- 3/11/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Toni Collette will make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of Lily King’s “Writers and Lovers.”
The novel, a best-seller when it was released last year, tells the story of Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring writer in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. After she falls for two very different men at the same time, life gets complicated.
Topic Studios, the producer of “Spotlight” and “The Mauritanian,” will back the project. Collette will write the screenplay with Nick Payne (“The Crown”). The actress will also produce under her Vocab Films banner alongside Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”) and Sarah Timberman; for Topic Studios, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman and Ryan Heller will executive produce.
“I have been wanting to direct for quite some time but have been a bit busy with my day job,” Collette said in a statement. “l...
The novel, a best-seller when it was released last year, tells the story of Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring writer in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. After she falls for two very different men at the same time, life gets complicated.
Topic Studios, the producer of “Spotlight” and “The Mauritanian,” will back the project. Collette will write the screenplay with Nick Payne (“The Crown”). The actress will also produce under her Vocab Films banner alongside Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”) and Sarah Timberman; for Topic Studios, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman and Ryan Heller will executive produce.
“I have been wanting to direct for quite some time but have been a bit busy with my day job,” Collette said in a statement. “l...
- 3/11/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Toni Collette will make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of Lily King’s New York Times best-seller “Writers and Lovers” for Topic Studios.
She will also write the screenplay with Nick Payne. Collette, who also brought the book to the studio, will produce under her Vocab Films banner alongside Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”) and Sarah Timberman. Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman and Ryan Heller will executive produce for Topic Studios
King’s novel was published in 2020 and follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair as well as her mother’s sudden death. Then, it all becomes more complicated as she falls for two men at the same time.
“I have been wanting to direct for quite some time but have been a bit busy with my day job. l couldn’t be more thrilled to be bringing Lily King’s beautiful,...
She will also write the screenplay with Nick Payne. Collette, who also brought the book to the studio, will produce under her Vocab Films banner alongside Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”) and Sarah Timberman. Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman and Ryan Heller will executive produce for Topic Studios
King’s novel was published in 2020 and follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair as well as her mother’s sudden death. Then, it all becomes more complicated as she falls for two men at the same time.
“I have been wanting to direct for quite some time but have been a bit busy with my day job. l couldn’t be more thrilled to be bringing Lily King’s beautiful,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Toni Collette will make a feature directorial debut with an adaptation of Lily King’s Writers and Lovers.
Topic Studios, which recently released the Jodie Foster-starrer The Mauritanian, is behind the project that is based on the New York Times bestseller.
It follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. Her life becomes more complicated as she then falls for two very different men at the same time.
Collette will also write the screenplay, along with Nick Payne (Wanderlust, The Crown), as well as produce under her Vocab Films banner.
“I ...
Topic Studios, which recently released the Jodie Foster-starrer The Mauritanian, is behind the project that is based on the New York Times bestseller.
It follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. Her life becomes more complicated as she then falls for two very different men at the same time.
Collette will also write the screenplay, along with Nick Payne (Wanderlust, The Crown), as well as produce under her Vocab Films banner.
“I ...
- 3/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toni Collette will make a feature directorial debut with an adaptation of Lily King’s Writers and Lovers.
Topic Studios, which recently released the Jodie Foster-starrer The Mauritanian, is behind the project that is based on the New York Times bestseller.
It follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. Her life becomes more complicated as she then falls for two very different men at the same time.
Collette will also write the screenplay, along with Nick Payne (Wanderlust, The Crown), as well as produce under her Vocab Films banner.
“I ...
Topic Studios, which recently released the Jodie Foster-starrer The Mauritanian, is behind the project that is based on the New York Times bestseller.
It follows Casey Peabody, an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990’s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother’s sudden death. Her life becomes more complicated as she then falls for two very different men at the same time.
Collette will also write the screenplay, along with Nick Payne (Wanderlust, The Crown), as well as produce under her Vocab Films banner.
“I ...
- 3/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The curtain’s inching up on the Tony Awards: A ceremony will be held on an as-yet-undetermined date in coordination with Broadway’s eventual reopening, but voters will finally be able to make their selections beginning March 1, Tony organizers tell Deadline.
Nominees for the 74th Annual Tony Awards were announced last October, with the 18 eligible productions reflecting the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 season (the count usually numbers in the 30s). The 2020 Tony ceremony and CBS broadcast had originally been set for June 7 at New York’s Radio City Musical Hall, but of course was scuttled due to the Covid shutdown.
The voting period will run from March 1 to March 15. Although Broadway remains officially closed until June, most insiders don’t expect any stagings before fall at the earliest, with timing contingent on widespread Covid-19 vaccinations.
The March 12 theater closure preceded the official end of the Broadway season and the traditional late-April/early-May announcement of nominees,...
Nominees for the 74th Annual Tony Awards were announced last October, with the 18 eligible productions reflecting the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 season (the count usually numbers in the 30s). The 2020 Tony ceremony and CBS broadcast had originally been set for June 7 at New York’s Radio City Musical Hall, but of course was scuttled due to the Covid shutdown.
The voting period will run from March 1 to March 15. Although Broadway remains officially closed until June, most insiders don’t expect any stagings before fall at the earliest, with timing contingent on widespread Covid-19 vaccinations.
The March 12 theater closure preceded the official end of the Broadway season and the traditional late-April/early-May announcement of nominees,...
- 1/29/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Yesterday, the nominees for the 74th annual Tony Awards were announced. Honoring Broadway’s best, it comes as the industry is shut down due to Covid-19, reminding us all that the film industry isn’t the only one feeling the brunt of Coronavirus. Covid may have shut down the theaters, but the show will go on, Tony-wise. In terms of what faired the best with these nominations, the musical Jagged Little Pill led the way with a whopping fifteen nominations, with Moulin Rouge! next in line at fourteen. They led the pack, though also getting double digit citations were Slave Play and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at a dozen each, while The Inheritance managed eleven. Here are all of the Tony nominees for this year: Best Play Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez Sea Wall/A Life by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne Slave Play...
- 10/16/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards announced on October 15 honor the best of the shortened Broadway season. Plenty of theatre artists had much to celebrate as James Monroe Iglehart reeled off the roster of nominees. But while expected names like Adrienne Warren (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”) and Tom Hiddleston (“Betrayal”) were cited, the results also provided several jaw-dropping surprises and snubs.
Below, the top 5 most shocking moments from the Tony nominations announcement.
Discuss the Tony nominations with Broadway insiders in our notorious forums
The Lightning Thief gets zapped
Tony nominators issued a strong rebuke of “The Lightning Thief,” which failed to earn a single nomination. Pundits were worried that this would happen. The Broadway outing earned a chilly critical reception, especially compared to the original intimate Off-Broadway staging, and the show is squarely aimed at teens. Still, the failure to nominate Ryan Knowles, who gave the funniest musical performance of the year,...
Below, the top 5 most shocking moments from the Tony nominations announcement.
Discuss the Tony nominations with Broadway insiders in our notorious forums
The Lightning Thief gets zapped
Tony nominators issued a strong rebuke of “The Lightning Thief,” which failed to earn a single nomination. Pundits were worried that this would happen. The Broadway outing earned a chilly critical reception, especially compared to the original intimate Off-Broadway staging, and the show is squarely aimed at teens. Still, the failure to nominate Ryan Knowles, who gave the funniest musical performance of the year,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Slave Play, Sea Wall/A Life, Grand Horizons, The Inheritance and The Sound Inside will compete in the Tony Awards’ Best Play category, with Moulin Rouge!, Jagged Little Pill and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical up for Best Musical.
In the Best Revival of a Play category, Betrayal will compete with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and A Soldier’s Play.
See below for complete list of nominees.
The nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards are being announced virtually by actor James Monroe Iglehart. Deadline will keep you up to speed on the nominations as they happen.
Eighteen productions have been deemed eligible for Tony nominations this year, a fraction compared to last season’s 34, the slimmed-down roster due of course to Broadway’s Covid-19 pandemic shutdown.
When theaters went dark on March 12, the usual deluge of spring openings were postponed or canceled altogether. Three productions – the musicals Six,...
In the Best Revival of a Play category, Betrayal will compete with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and A Soldier’s Play.
See below for complete list of nominees.
The nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards are being announced virtually by actor James Monroe Iglehart. Deadline will keep you up to speed on the nominations as they happen.
Eighteen productions have been deemed eligible for Tony nominations this year, a fraction compared to last season’s 34, the slimmed-down roster due of course to Broadway’s Covid-19 pandemic shutdown.
When theaters went dark on March 12, the usual deluge of spring openings were postponed or canceled altogether. Three productions – the musicals Six,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2020 Tony Awards may represent a shortened Broadway season, but there is a wealth of contenders to consider for the play categories. Fall and winter on the rialto was full of non-musical dramas, which will make for plenty of tense races at this year’s ceremony. Nominations will be announced October 15 with a virtual ceremony sometime later this fall. To help you predict which productions and performers might come out on top this year, take a read of the potential nominees for the play categories below.
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Best Play
There are 10 eligible dramas from the 2019-2020 season, which should give us five nomination slots. The two biggest conversation starters of the fall were “The Inheritance” by Matthew Lopez and “Slave Play” by Jeremy O. Harris. Both should easily land a spot. I’m also betting that Adam Rapp grabs...
See 2020 Tony Awards: Every eligible contender from the shortened 2019-2020 Broadway season
Best Play
There are 10 eligible dramas from the 2019-2020 season, which should give us five nomination slots. The two biggest conversation starters of the fall were “The Inheritance” by Matthew Lopez and “Slave Play” by Jeremy O. Harris. Both should easily land a spot. I’m also betting that Adam Rapp grabs...
- 10/12/2020
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The Inheritance, Sea Wall/A Life, Slave Play and Girl From The North Country are among the Broadway nominees of this year’s Drama League Awards, along with a significant shows of Off Broadway productions.
Honoring productions that opened during the Covid-shortened 2019-2020 season, the nominations were announced by Beetlejuice’s Alex Brightman and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer via livestream last night. Voting is currently open for Drama League members through May 22, with winners to be announced via livestream in June.
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Among the individual performers nominated for the League’s Distinguished Performance Award were Raúl Esparza, David Alan Grier, Jonathan Groff, Jake Gyllenhaal,...
Honoring productions that opened during the Covid-shortened 2019-2020 season, the nominations were announced by Beetlejuice’s Alex Brightman and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer via livestream last night. Voting is currently open for Drama League members through May 22, with winners to be announced via livestream in June.
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Among the individual performers nominated for the League’s Distinguished Performance Award were Raúl Esparza, David Alan Grier, Jonathan Groff, Jake Gyllenhaal,...
- 5/1/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has acquired nearly all worldwide rights to “The Last Letter From Your Lover,” a romantic drama starring Felicity Jones and Shailene Woodley. Financial terms of the deal are not known, but the pact includes domestic rights.
StudioCanal, which put together the picture, will release the film in the U.K., France, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. StudioCanal’s output partner Svensk will distribute the film in Scandinavia. The company will be selling the film in China, where Netflix does not operate.
Based on the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes, “The Last Letter From Your Lover” is a dual-narrative love story that follows Ellie (Jones), a young journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters recounting a star-crossed affair in the 1960s. That romance between Jennifer Stirling (Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner) is so intense that Ellie becomes obsessed with finding the couple and discovering how their story ended.
StudioCanal, which put together the picture, will release the film in the U.K., France, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. StudioCanal’s output partner Svensk will distribute the film in Scandinavia. The company will be selling the film in China, where Netflix does not operate.
Based on the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes, “The Last Letter From Your Lover” is a dual-narrative love story that follows Ellie (Jones), a young journalist in contemporary London who uncovers a series of love letters recounting a star-crossed affair in the 1960s. That romance between Jennifer Stirling (Woodley) and Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner) is so intense that Ellie becomes obsessed with finding the couple and discovering how their story ended.
- 10/28/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sea Wall/A Life, the Broadway production of two solo one-acts starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge became the first show of the 2019-2020 Broadway season to recoup its initial investment, producers said today.
The $2.8 million production, which closed this past Sunday, had a limited engagement of only nine weeks – 74 performances – at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, and went out on a high note: The final week of performances grossed $854,678, the highest in the show’s run.
Produced by Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories, Ambassador Theatre Group, Seaview Productions, and Benjamin Lowy Productions, Sea Wall/A Life completed a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater last winter before making the jump to Broadway over the summer. Previews at the Hudson began July 26, with an official opening of Aug. 8, making for a total of 14 previews and 60 regular performances.
Written by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne, with both directed by Carrie Cracknell, the pair of one acts received universal critical acclaim, with the Hudson 96% full, on average, throughout the run.
According to Ambassador Theatre Group, which owns the Hudson, 73% of ticket
buyers were first time Hudson attendees, suggesting an unusually large percentage of young or first-time theater-goers. The producers said that, according to TodayTix figures, about 65% of purchases for the production on that particular platform were made by buyers under 44 years old.
“Simon, Nick, Carrie, Jake, and Tom created a daring and unforgettable piece of art that critics and audiences responded to, with many returning multiple times,” said Riva Marker, producer, president and co-founder (with Gyllenhaal) of Nine Stories. “The great success of Sea Wall/A Life proved that storytelling in its most elemental form – a single actor, alone on stage – can connect with people and create a must-see theatrical experience. Opening on Broadway during the season’s toughest months of summer for a limited run and returning our investment in nine weeks is nothing short of a coup. We are incredibly grateful to the audiences, many first-time theatergoers to Hudson Theatre.”
During previews, Gyllenhaal and Sturridge began hosting weekly talkbacks with audiences on the plays’ topics of “love, faith, family, and loss,” a no-doubt popular attraction given the stars’ popularity. In the production’s final weeks, audience members were invited to share their personal stories, which were then posted on the production’s social media.
Gyllenhaal and Sturridge also recorded Sea Wall/A Life as an Audible Original production, Deadline reported last month, for an upcoming release.
The creative team for Sea Wall/A Life included Laura Jellinek (scenic design), Kaye Voyce (costume design), Christopher Peterson (costume design), Guy Hoare (lighting design), Daniel Kluger (sound design), Luke Halls (projection design), and Stuart Earl (original music).
Sea Wall/A Life was produced on Broadway by Nine Stories, Ambassador Theatre
Group, Seaview Productions, Benjamin Lowy Productions, Lfg Theatrical,
Audible, Gavin Kalin Productions, Glass Half Full Productions, Jacob Langfelder, Brian Moreland, Roth-Manella Productions, Salman Vienn Al-Rashid Friends, Slsm Theatricals, Teresa Tsai in association with Dunetz Restieri Productions, Morwin Schmookler, Jane & Mark Wilf and The Public Theater.
The $2.8 million production, which closed this past Sunday, had a limited engagement of only nine weeks – 74 performances – at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, and went out on a high note: The final week of performances grossed $854,678, the highest in the show’s run.
Produced by Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories, Ambassador Theatre Group, Seaview Productions, and Benjamin Lowy Productions, Sea Wall/A Life completed a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater last winter before making the jump to Broadway over the summer. Previews at the Hudson began July 26, with an official opening of Aug. 8, making for a total of 14 previews and 60 regular performances.
Written by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne, with both directed by Carrie Cracknell, the pair of one acts received universal critical acclaim, with the Hudson 96% full, on average, throughout the run.
According to Ambassador Theatre Group, which owns the Hudson, 73% of ticket
buyers were first time Hudson attendees, suggesting an unusually large percentage of young or first-time theater-goers. The producers said that, according to TodayTix figures, about 65% of purchases for the production on that particular platform were made by buyers under 44 years old.
“Simon, Nick, Carrie, Jake, and Tom created a daring and unforgettable piece of art that critics and audiences responded to, with many returning multiple times,” said Riva Marker, producer, president and co-founder (with Gyllenhaal) of Nine Stories. “The great success of Sea Wall/A Life proved that storytelling in its most elemental form – a single actor, alone on stage – can connect with people and create a must-see theatrical experience. Opening on Broadway during the season’s toughest months of summer for a limited run and returning our investment in nine weeks is nothing short of a coup. We are incredibly grateful to the audiences, many first-time theatergoers to Hudson Theatre.”
During previews, Gyllenhaal and Sturridge began hosting weekly talkbacks with audiences on the plays’ topics of “love, faith, family, and loss,” a no-doubt popular attraction given the stars’ popularity. In the production’s final weeks, audience members were invited to share their personal stories, which were then posted on the production’s social media.
Gyllenhaal and Sturridge also recorded Sea Wall/A Life as an Audible Original production, Deadline reported last month, for an upcoming release.
The creative team for Sea Wall/A Life included Laura Jellinek (scenic design), Kaye Voyce (costume design), Christopher Peterson (costume design), Guy Hoare (lighting design), Daniel Kluger (sound design), Luke Halls (projection design), and Stuart Earl (original music).
Sea Wall/A Life was produced on Broadway by Nine Stories, Ambassador Theatre
Group, Seaview Productions, Benjamin Lowy Productions, Lfg Theatrical,
Audible, Gavin Kalin Productions, Glass Half Full Productions, Jacob Langfelder, Brian Moreland, Roth-Manella Productions, Salman Vienn Al-Rashid Friends, Slsm Theatricals, Teresa Tsai in association with Dunetz Restieri Productions, Morwin Schmookler, Jane & Mark Wilf and The Public Theater.
- 10/1/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
This past Sunday (September 29), the Broadway production of “Sea Wall/A Life” concluded its run at the Hudson Theatre. The new play, which consists of two separate, thematically connected monologues, starred Tom Sturridge in “Sea Wall,” written by Tony-winner Simon Stephens (“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”), and Jake Gyllenhaal in “A Life,” penned by Nick Payne, whose 2015 play “Constellations” brought the actor to Broadway for the first time.
Directed by Carrie Cracknell in her Broadway debut, this limited engagement of “Sea Wall/A Life” followed an earlier, successful run with the same cast at the Public Theater. The two monologues both grapple with family, love, and loss: in “Sea Wall,” Alex (Sturridge) describes the tragedy that befalls him while in the south of France; in “A Life,” Abe (Gyllenhaal) describes the death of his father and the birth of his daughter.
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Directed by Carrie Cracknell in her Broadway debut, this limited engagement of “Sea Wall/A Life” followed an earlier, successful run with the same cast at the Public Theater. The two monologues both grapple with family, love, and loss: in “Sea Wall,” Alex (Sturridge) describes the tragedy that befalls him while in the south of France; in “A Life,” Abe (Gyllenhaal) describes the death of his father and the birth of his daughter.
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- 9/30/2019
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Sea Wall/A Life, the lauded Broadway production starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge, will be recorded and released as an Audible Original production, Audible announced today.
Audible, an industry leader of downloadable audiobooks and other recorded spoken-word entertainment, will record the two actors performing the solo one-act plays in a sound studio, a spokesperson for the company said.
Sea Wall, written by Simon Stephens and performed by Sturridge, and A Life, written by Nick Payne and performed by Gyllenhaal, were first presented as a double bill at the Public Theatre Off Broadway last February, winning over critics and audiences. Directed by Carrie Cracknell, Sea Wall/A Life subsequently made its move to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre in July for an official opening on Aug. 8. The limited engagement runs through Sunday, Sept. 29.
In a statement today, Gyllenhaal said, “I speak for both Tom and myself when I say that...
Audible, an industry leader of downloadable audiobooks and other recorded spoken-word entertainment, will record the two actors performing the solo one-act plays in a sound studio, a spokesperson for the company said.
Sea Wall, written by Simon Stephens and performed by Sturridge, and A Life, written by Nick Payne and performed by Gyllenhaal, were first presented as a double bill at the Public Theatre Off Broadway last February, winning over critics and audiences. Directed by Carrie Cracknell, Sea Wall/A Life subsequently made its move to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre in July for an official opening on Aug. 8. The limited engagement runs through Sunday, Sept. 29.
In a statement today, Gyllenhaal said, “I speak for both Tom and myself when I say that...
- 9/19/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Sea Wall A Life, starring Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award nominee Tom Sturridge, opened officially last night, August 8, at the Hudson Theatre 141 West 44th Street. Written by Tony Award winner Simon Stephens and Olivier Award nominee Nick Payne and directed by Carrie Cracknell, the acclaimed production comes to Broadway following its sold-out engagement at The Public Theaterthis past spring where it had audiences roaring to their feet.
- 8/9/2019
- by TV - Opening Night Special
- BroadwayWorld.com
The wrenching (and slyly funny) Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge double-bill of one-act plays, Sea Wall/A Life, has lost none of its intimate power in the move from Off Broadway to Broadway’s Hudson Theater, where it opens tonight.
Aside from a late-in-the-show visual flourish involving the projection of a many-windowed building facade, the production has few noticeable alterations. That projection, though, is a nice touch, suggesting that the very personal pain experienced by each of these characters could be happening behind each and every pane of glass.
When I reviewed the production in February during its Public Theatre engagement, I was struck by the emotional impact of the performances, the writing and Carrie Cracknell’s direction. All of that stands, but seeing it again, this time in the larger Broadway venue, I noticed the many moments of...
Aside from a late-in-the-show visual flourish involving the projection of a many-windowed building facade, the production has few noticeable alterations. That projection, though, is a nice touch, suggesting that the very personal pain experienced by each of these characters could be happening behind each and every pane of glass.
When I reviewed the production in February during its Public Theatre engagement, I was struck by the emotional impact of the performances, the writing and Carrie Cracknell’s direction. All of that stands, but seeing it again, this time in the larger Broadway venue, I noticed the many moments of...
- 8/9/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Night Manager star Tom Hollander and The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl are to star in BBC One’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel Us.
The four-part series has finally begun filming after being initially commissioned in 2016. Wanderlust’s Nick Payne was initially attached to write but the adaptation is now being handled by original author Nicholls, who wrote Patrick Melrose, himself.
The cast is rounded out by Saskia Reeves (Luther), Tom Taylor (The Dark Tower), Iain De Caestecker (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and Thaddea Graham (Curfew).
The series is produced by Doctor Foster producer Drama Republic and Bandstand Productions, which is run by Hollander and Hannah Pescod.
Hollander plays Douglas Petersen, who is blindsided when his wife Connie, played by Reeves, tells him that she’s not sure she wants to be married to him anymore. Agreeing to still go on their planned family grand tour of Europe,...
The four-part series has finally begun filming after being initially commissioned in 2016. Wanderlust’s Nick Payne was initially attached to write but the adaptation is now being handled by original author Nicholls, who wrote Patrick Melrose, himself.
The cast is rounded out by Saskia Reeves (Luther), Tom Taylor (The Dark Tower), Iain De Caestecker (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and Thaddea Graham (Curfew).
The series is produced by Doctor Foster producer Drama Republic and Bandstand Productions, which is run by Hollander and Hannah Pescod.
Hollander plays Douglas Petersen, who is blindsided when his wife Connie, played by Reeves, tells him that she’s not sure she wants to be married to him anymore. Agreeing to still go on their planned family grand tour of Europe,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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