Exclusive: Oscar-nominee Tim Roth (Rob Roy) is attached to star in New Zealand drama Punch, which European sales firm The Yellow Affair is introducing to world buyers during the Toronto virtual market.
Pulp Fiction and The Hateful Eight actor Roth, who is currently starring in Sky and Amazon series Tin Star, will play Stan, the demanding coach and notorious alcoholic father of Jim, a seventeen year-old boxer in a small town. Golden boy Jim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life’s trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a razor-tongued, gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach.
The roles of Jim and Whetu are being cast at the moment ahead of a scheduled November 9 start date.
The film marks the feature debut of writer-director Welby Ings whose previous shorts have played at dozens of festivals.
Pulp Fiction and The Hateful Eight actor Roth, who is currently starring in Sky and Amazon series Tin Star, will play Stan, the demanding coach and notorious alcoholic father of Jim, a seventeen year-old boxer in a small town. Golden boy Jim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life’s trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a razor-tongued, gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach.
The roles of Jim and Whetu are being cast at the moment ahead of a scheduled November 9 start date.
The film marks the feature debut of writer-director Welby Ings whose previous shorts have played at dozens of festivals.
- 9/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim Roth is attached to star in writer-director Welby Ings’ debut feature, Punch, with The Yellow Affair unveiling the New Zealand boxing drama to buyers at the virtual Toronto Film Festival market this week.
Roth will play Stan, a coach and alcoholic father to Jim, a 17-year-old boxer in a small town. As Jim prepares for his first professional fight, he rethinks his life’s path and his sexuality and dreams of leaving town.
No word on casting for Jim and other roles for the New Zealand drama set to start production on Nov. 9, ahead of a late 2021 planned release....
Roth will play Stan, a coach and alcoholic father to Jim, a 17-year-old boxer in a small town. As Jim prepares for his first professional fight, he rethinks his life’s path and his sexuality and dreams of leaving town.
No word on casting for Jim and other roles for the New Zealand drama set to start production on Nov. 9, ahead of a late 2021 planned release....
- 9/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tim Roth is attached to star in writer-director Welby Ings’ debut feature, Punch, with The Yellow Affair unveiling the New Zealand boxing drama to buyers at the virtual Toronto Film Festival market this week.
Roth will play Stan, a coach and alcoholic father to Jim, a 17-year-old boxer in a small town. As Jim prepares for his first professional fight, he rethinks his life’s path and his sexuality and dreams of leaving town.
No word on casting for Jim and other roles for the New Zealand drama set to start production on Nov. 9, ahead of a late 2021 planned release....
Roth will play Stan, a coach and alcoholic father to Jim, a 17-year-old boxer in a small town. As Jim prepares for his first professional fight, he rethinks his life’s path and his sexuality and dreams of leaving town.
No word on casting for Jim and other roles for the New Zealand drama set to start production on Nov. 9, ahead of a late 2021 planned release....
- 9/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
‘Judy & Punch’. (Photo: Ben King)
Two Aussie films, Mirrah Foulkes’ Judy & Punch and Ben Lawrence’s Hearts and Bones, will be among the 12 features in official competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (Sff).
Also up for the festival’s $60,000 Sydney Film Prize are Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away, which was nominated for two Oscars; recent Cannes selections such as Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, and Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau; Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award winner Monos, from directors Alejandro Landes and Alexis Dos; Joanna Hogg’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Souvenir; Nadav Lapid’s Golden Bear winner Synonymes, as well as Sacha Polak’s Dirty God, Teona Strugar Mitevska’s God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya, and Kiwi director Hamish Bennett’s Bellbird.
Sydney Film Festival launched the full program for its 66th...
Two Aussie films, Mirrah Foulkes’ Judy & Punch and Ben Lawrence’s Hearts and Bones, will be among the 12 features in official competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (Sff).
Also up for the festival’s $60,000 Sydney Film Prize are Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away, which was nominated for two Oscars; recent Cannes selections such as Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, and Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau; Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award winner Monos, from directors Alejandro Landes and Alexis Dos; Joanna Hogg’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Souvenir; Nadav Lapid’s Golden Bear winner Synonymes, as well as Sacha Polak’s Dirty God, Teona Strugar Mitevska’s God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya, and Kiwi director Hamish Bennett’s Bellbird.
Sydney Film Festival launched the full program for its 66th...
- 5/8/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Mirrah Foulkes.
Mirrah Foulkes’ prospects of cracking the Us market as an actor and director after the world premiere of Judy & Punch at Sundance just got better after she signed with UTA.
Home to a vast roster of talent including Roma director Alfonso Cuarón, Joel and Ethan Coen, Wes Anderson, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie and Daniel Radcliffe, the agency will represent Mirrah in all areas.
Deadline.com broke the story, noting she is the only female member of the filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films, which includes her husband David Michôd, Nash Edgerton, Joel Edgerton and Kieran Darcy-Smith.
Nash Edgerton, Michele Bennett and Vice Media’s Danny Gabai produced Judy & Punch, Foulkes’ feature directorial debut which got glowing reviews in Sundance after its premiere in the World Dramatic Competition.
The darkly comic revenge story follows Mia Wasikowska’s Judy as she joins forces with a band of outcast heretics to...
Mirrah Foulkes’ prospects of cracking the Us market as an actor and director after the world premiere of Judy & Punch at Sundance just got better after she signed with UTA.
Home to a vast roster of talent including Roma director Alfonso Cuarón, Joel and Ethan Coen, Wes Anderson, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie and Daniel Radcliffe, the agency will represent Mirrah in all areas.
Deadline.com broke the story, noting she is the only female member of the filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films, which includes her husband David Michôd, Nash Edgerton, Joel Edgerton and Kieran Darcy-Smith.
Nash Edgerton, Michele Bennett and Vice Media’s Danny Gabai produced Judy & Punch, Foulkes’ feature directorial debut which got glowing reviews in Sundance after its premiere in the World Dramatic Competition.
The darkly comic revenge story follows Mia Wasikowska’s Judy as she joins forces with a band of outcast heretics to...
- 2/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Two Hellboy-related articles in one day? Why the hell not! With the upcoming R-rated reboot helmed by Neil Marshall arriving in theaters April 12th, Hellboy is a hot commodity. Dark Horse Comics is getting in on the action with a couple hardcover Hellboy books coming down the pike, but if cosplay and/or memorabilia are your […] The post Punch like Hellboy with Life-Sized “Right Hand of Doom” Replica from Chronicle Collectibles appeared first on Dread Central.
- 2/10/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Aiming to dissect crude entertainment that relies on violence to induce laughter, as well as its repercussions in interpersonal relationships and society at large; Australian actress-turned-director Mirrah Foulkes (“Animal Kingdom“) repurposes the quintessential Punch and Judy puppet show—first performed in England during the 16th century—for a flesh-and-blood iteration where an unwavering woman takes the reins. Her resulting debut effort, “Judy & Punch,” is clear in its intent, but tonally awkward in delivery.
Continue reading ‘Judy & Punch’: Mia Wasikowska Plays A Revenge-Seeking Puppeteer In Tonally Awkward Period Tale [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Judy & Punch’: Mia Wasikowska Plays A Revenge-Seeking Puppeteer In Tonally Awkward Period Tale [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 2/5/2019
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Playlist
‘Little Monsters.’ (Photo credit: Ben King)
Neon and Hulu have jointly acquired Us rights to Abe Forsythe’s Little Monsters in the first major deal for the Australian films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
The dark comedy starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England and Josh Gad sparked an overnight bidding war resulting in the deal worth mid-seven figures, Deadline.com reported.
The theatrical release will be accompanied by a massive cross promotion on Hulu’s streaming platform, which has an estimated 23 million subscribers.
The Screen Actors Guild award to the cast of Black Panther, which features Nyong’o, is said to have piqued buyers’ interest in the film which premiered in the Midnight section.
Produced by Snoot Entertainment’s Keith and Jess Calder with Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodie Matterson and Steve Hutensky and funded by Screen Australia and Create Nsw, the film stars England as Dave,...
Neon and Hulu have jointly acquired Us rights to Abe Forsythe’s Little Monsters in the first major deal for the Australian films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
The dark comedy starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England and Josh Gad sparked an overnight bidding war resulting in the deal worth mid-seven figures, Deadline.com reported.
The theatrical release will be accompanied by a massive cross promotion on Hulu’s streaming platform, which has an estimated 23 million subscribers.
The Screen Actors Guild award to the cast of Black Panther, which features Nyong’o, is said to have piqued buyers’ interest in the film which premiered in the Midnight section.
Produced by Snoot Entertainment’s Keith and Jess Calder with Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodie Matterson and Steve Hutensky and funded by Screen Australia and Create Nsw, the film stars England as Dave,...
- 1/28/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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