Last Sentinel is a film directed by Tanel Toom starring Kate Bosworth and Thomas Kretschmann.
Last Sentinel is one of those films that, unfortunately, will not go down in history. It entertains, just enough, but it never ceases to be, look, and behave like what it is: a film with a limited budget whose only appeal is to let us see Kate Bosworth again, who, within her limited role, does the job very well.
Movie Review
Last Sentinel is born as one of those films that, when they come out well, have a lot to offer, especially as a showcase for the director to shine, Tanel Toom in this case. He proves he knows how to do his job. It is a well shot film (given the circumstances), whose idea could not be simply better exploited as the script by Malachi Smyth was written.
Little action and a lot of tension,...
Last Sentinel is one of those films that, unfortunately, will not go down in history. It entertains, just enough, but it never ceases to be, look, and behave like what it is: a film with a limited budget whose only appeal is to let us see Kate Bosworth again, who, within her limited role, does the job very well.
Movie Review
Last Sentinel is born as one of those films that, when they come out well, have a lot to offer, especially as a showcase for the director to shine, Tanel Toom in this case. He proves he knows how to do his job. It is a well shot film (given the circumstances), whose idea could not be simply better exploited as the script by Malachi Smyth was written.
Little action and a lot of tension,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Ana Gomez
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the three nations that stretch along the Baltic Sea coast, jammed in between Poland to the south and Finland across the water to the north, are barely the size of Missouri and, with a combined citizenry of 6.2 million, rank up there with Denmark in terms of population. But since reclaiming independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the Baltic states have punched above their weight on the international scene, not least when it comes to film production.
With a combination of tax and production incentives, high-tech infrastructure and stunning natural and urban backdrops, the region has established itself as a go-to location for international film and TV shoots, with recent examples including Tenet, Chernobyl and Stranger Things.
The Baltics have no plans to abandon the service industry — just last year, the Estonian government more than doubled Film Estonia’s cash-rebate budget to 5.8 million in a bid to bring back international productions post-covid.
With a combination of tax and production incentives, high-tech infrastructure and stunning natural and urban backdrops, the region has established itself as a go-to location for international film and TV shoots, with recent examples including Tenet, Chernobyl and Stranger Things.
The Baltics have no plans to abandon the service industry — just last year, the Estonian government more than doubled Film Estonia’s cash-rebate budget to 5.8 million in a bid to bring back international productions post-covid.
- 2/19/2023
- by Stjepan Hundic
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When the European Film Market kicks off in Berlin on Feb. 16, the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will share the stage as the EFM’s joint Countries in Focus. The showcase, which is supported by the Estonian Film Institute, the National Film Center of Latvia and the Lithuanian Film Center, will offer a range of events within the framework of the EFM, along with a selection of market premieres and screenings of Baltic films already making waves on the festival circuit. Twelve up-and-coming Baltic producers will also be presented to the international industry during a happy hour on Feb. 17 in the Gropius Bas.
Here’s a selection of Baltic buzz titles that the region’s top producers will be taking to Berlin:
Last Sentinel
Director: Tanel Toom
Producers: Ben Pullen, Ivo Felt, Jörg Bundschuh, Pippa Cross, Matthew James Wilkinson
Kate Bosworth stars in this sci-fi thriller from...
Here’s a selection of Baltic buzz titles that the region’s top producers will be taking to Berlin:
Last Sentinel
Director: Tanel Toom
Producers: Ben Pullen, Ivo Felt, Jörg Bundschuh, Pippa Cross, Matthew James Wilkinson
Kate Bosworth stars in this sci-fi thriller from...
- 2/17/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical has secured Na rights to sci-fi thriller Last Sentinel, written by Malachi Smyth and directed by Academy Award-nominated Tanel Toom. The film stars Kate Bosworth (Along for the Ride), Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris), Thomas Kretschmann (Infinity Pool), and Martin McCann (The Informer).
Set in the near future, unchecked and rampant climate change has caused temperatures and sea levels to rise catastrophically. Only two large continents remain, and billions die during the mass migration to these higher lands. Surrounded by an endless ocean thousands of miles from home, a skeleton crew of soldiers stand as the last bastion, defending their homeland from an invasion by an enemy they have never seen, monitoring for signs of attack and prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause. Their tour of duty ended 3 months ago with no relief in sight. Alone and uncertain as to what fate awaits them,...
Set in the near future, unchecked and rampant climate change has caused temperatures and sea levels to rise catastrophically. Only two large continents remain, and billions die during the mass migration to these higher lands. Surrounded by an endless ocean thousands of miles from home, a skeleton crew of soldiers stand as the last bastion, defending their homeland from an invasion by an enemy they have never seen, monitoring for signs of attack and prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause. Their tour of duty ended 3 months ago with no relief in sight. Alone and uncertain as to what fate awaits them,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
“Bridgerton” star Phoebe Dynevor and “Aftersun” writer-director Charlotte Wells are among the emerging talents recognized at the British Independent Film Awards’ (BIFA) New Talent categories.
Dynevor has been longlisted in the Breakthrough Performance category for Sky film “The Colour Room” and Wells twice, in the Debut Director and Debut Screenwriter categories.
In all, 28 fiction and 14 documentary features have been longlisted, including in a new category for BIFA’s 25th year, Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary. Eleven first-time fiction feature directors, 16 first-time documentary feature directors, 14 first-time writers, 20 breakthrough producers and 15 new performers have been recognized by BIFA voters for their achievements.
BIFA’s Springboard scheme will provide a tailored program of continuing professional development, with seven of this year’s longlisted filmmakers joining the cohort of 30 filmmakers on the Film4 supported initiative.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 4 and winners will be revealed at the...
Dynevor has been longlisted in the Breakthrough Performance category for Sky film “The Colour Room” and Wells twice, in the Debut Director and Debut Screenwriter categories.
In all, 28 fiction and 14 documentary features have been longlisted, including in a new category for BIFA’s 25th year, Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary. Eleven first-time fiction feature directors, 16 first-time documentary feature directors, 14 first-time writers, 20 breakthrough producers and 15 new performers have been recognized by BIFA voters for their achievements.
BIFA’s Springboard scheme will provide a tailored program of continuing professional development, with seven of this year’s longlisted filmmakers joining the cohort of 30 filmmakers on the Film4 supported initiative.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced on Nov. 4 and winners will be revealed at the...
- 10/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
‘T.I.M.’ is directed by Spencer Brown and stars Georgina Campbell.
Producer Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films is attending Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) with the UK premiere of The Score, just one of several projects on his growing slate.
Wilkinson has just wrapped the shoot for T.I.M., Spencer Brown’s contained ‘monster-in-the-house thriller’ which Altitude has pre-sold to a number of territories including the UK.
The cast for the sci-fi, AI-themed thriller features Black Mirror star Georgina Campbell. The film wrapped its shoot in and around London in late July. “It’s a brilliant commercial idea and a well written script,...
Producer Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films is attending Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) with the UK premiere of The Score, just one of several projects on his growing slate.
Wilkinson has just wrapped the shoot for T.I.M., Spencer Brown’s contained ‘monster-in-the-house thriller’ which Altitude has pre-sold to a number of territories including the UK.
The cast for the sci-fi, AI-themed thriller features Black Mirror star Georgina Campbell. The film wrapped its shoot in and around London in late July. “It’s a brilliant commercial idea and a well written script,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Galway Film Festival winners Andy & Ryan Tohill (The Dig) are set to direct up and comers Levi Miller (Kraven the Hunter), Solly McLeod (star of upcoming ITV series Tom Jones), Isabella Pappas (Finding Alice), Lou Llobell (Foundation), and Izuka Hoyle (Mary Queen of Scots) in Beach Boys. Scripted by Malachi Smyth, the film will be repped at the Cannes Market by Hyde Park International.
Don’t let the title fool you, there is no harmony on display here. Pic takes place over one long summer night when a set of affluent students celebrate the end of term, clash with a group of local youths who’ve also hit the same beach to party. Rather than share a beach big enough for everyone, each side stakes absolute rights over it, leading to confrontation, violence, and ultimately tragedy for all. The film was developed with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
“We...
Don’t let the title fool you, there is no harmony on display here. Pic takes place over one long summer night when a set of affluent students celebrate the end of term, clash with a group of local youths who’ve also hit the same beach to party. Rather than share a beach big enough for everyone, each side stakes absolute rights over it, leading to confrontation, violence, and ultimately tragedy for all. The film was developed with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
“We...
- 5/11/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to the musical crime drama The Score, starring Will Poulter (Dopesick), Johnny Flynn (The Outfit), Naomi Ackie (Master of None) and Lydia Wilson (Flack). The Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company plans to release the feature directorial debut of writer-director Malachi Smyth exclusively in theaters on June 3rd, with a release on VOD to follow on June 10th.
In the film from the producers of Danny Boyle’s Yesterday, two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission—the ‘score’—that they both expect will transform their circumstances. As they wait for a rendezvous hand-over at a roadside café, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices…while the threat of real danger is driving to meet them.
The Score features songs by Flynn, who outside of his work as an actor, serves...
In the film from the producers of Danny Boyle’s Yesterday, two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission—the ‘score’—that they both expect will transform their circumstances. As they wait for a rendezvous hand-over at a roadside café, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices…while the threat of real danger is driving to meet them.
The Score features songs by Flynn, who outside of his work as an actor, serves...
- 3/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A further £502,882 has been allocated.
Enys Men, Pretty Red Dress and Quiddity Films are among the recipients of an additional 12 awards that have been issued by the UK Global Screen Fund (Gsf).
A total of £502,882 has been allocated through the £7m fund’s international distribution and international business development strands. The awards are financed through the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms), and adminsterd by the BFI.
Three of the seven titles receiving international distribution awards are represented by sales agent Protagonist Pictures – Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror Enys Men, the debut feature of former...
Enys Men, Pretty Red Dress and Quiddity Films are among the recipients of an additional 12 awards that have been issued by the UK Global Screen Fund (Gsf).
A total of £502,882 has been allocated through the £7m fund’s international distribution and international business development strands. The awards are financed through the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms), and adminsterd by the BFI.
Three of the seven titles receiving international distribution awards are represented by sales agent Protagonist Pictures – Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror Enys Men, the debut feature of former...
- 3/3/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Filmmakers praise one-on-one attention, programmer presence.
The disruption of events over the past two years might have been the reset Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff) needed for its 25th edition.
“Over these past two weird years, we’ve realized that anything is possible if we put in the work,” said Poff festival director Tiina Lokk. ”I would never have imagined that PÖFF would have a web cinema or that we would equip our guests with personal air purifiers around their necks.”
To overcome the challenges posed by Covid, the festival provided all industry guests with a Covid-19 antibody nose...
The disruption of events over the past two years might have been the reset Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff) needed for its 25th edition.
“Over these past two weird years, we’ve realized that anything is possible if we put in the work,” said Poff festival director Tiina Lokk. ”I would never have imagined that PÖFF would have a web cinema or that we would equip our guests with personal air purifiers around their necks.”
To overcome the challenges posed by Covid, the festival provided all industry guests with a Covid-19 antibody nose...
- 11/29/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The fund will make at least 15 film investments over four years.
Tallifornia Film Fund, Estonia’s first private film investment fund, has launched at the country’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, with three initial investments including Estonia-Germany-uk co-production Sentinel.
The fund has been established by Estonian production company Tallifornia, and was announced at the European Film Forum industry event this week.
It will make a minimum of 15 equity investments in both Estonian and international film projects across four years.
The fund, which is financed entirely through private capital with participation from several Estonian investors, is managed by Tallifornia’s Rain Rannu and Tonu Hiielaid.
Tallifornia Film Fund, Estonia’s first private film investment fund, has launched at the country’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, with three initial investments including Estonia-Germany-uk co-production Sentinel.
The fund has been established by Estonian production company Tallifornia, and was announced at the European Film Forum industry event this week.
It will make a minimum of 15 equity investments in both Estonian and international film projects across four years.
The fund, which is financed entirely through private capital with participation from several Estonian investors, is managed by Tallifornia’s Rain Rannu and Tonu Hiielaid.
- 11/25/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Hunter Biden Pic Casts Actor To Play Joe Biden
John James (Dynasty) will portray President Joe Biden in My Son Hunter, a film focusing on his son Hunter Biden, who as previously announced will be played by Laurence Fox. Robert Davi (License to Kill) is directing the film. Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney are producing. Filming begins in Serbia this week and will last for four weeks.
‘Sentinel’ Wraps In Estonia
Altitude will launch sales on sci-fi thriller Sentinel, which recently wrapped production in Estonia, at AFM next month. Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount, and Martin McCann star in the movie, which comes from Estonian filmmaker Tanel Toom. Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. They await the relief or the enemy, whichever comes first. Malachi Smyth wrote the screenplay, producers are Ben Pullen,...
John James (Dynasty) will portray President Joe Biden in My Son Hunter, a film focusing on his son Hunter Biden, who as previously announced will be played by Laurence Fox. Robert Davi (License to Kill) is directing the film. Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney are producing. Filming begins in Serbia this week and will last for four weeks.
‘Sentinel’ Wraps In Estonia
Altitude will launch sales on sci-fi thriller Sentinel, which recently wrapped production in Estonia, at AFM next month. Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount, and Martin McCann star in the movie, which comes from Estonian filmmaker Tanel Toom. Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. They await the relief or the enemy, whichever comes first. Malachi Smyth wrote the screenplay, producers are Ben Pullen,...
- 10/26/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tanel Toom (“Truth and Justice”) has wrapped production in Estonia on sci-fi thriller “Sentinel.”
The film stars Kate Bosworth (“Force of Nature”), Thomas Kretschmann (“The Pianist”), Lucien Laviscount (“Emily in Paris”) and Martin McCann (“The Survivalist”).
Written by Malachi Smyth (“The Score”), the film is set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth where four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While they await their relief or the enemy, the simmering tension amongst them escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range.
“Sentinel” is presented by Altitude Film Entertainment in association with Head Gear Film and Metrol Technology in association with Br/Arte, Tallifornia, Ichiban Films, Sentinel Entertainment and Vertical Entertainment.
Altitude Film Sales are handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the AFM Virtual Market (Nov. 1-5).
The film is produced by Ben Pullen...
The film stars Kate Bosworth (“Force of Nature”), Thomas Kretschmann (“The Pianist”), Lucien Laviscount (“Emily in Paris”) and Martin McCann (“The Survivalist”).
Written by Malachi Smyth (“The Score”), the film is set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth where four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While they await their relief or the enemy, the simmering tension amongst them escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range.
“Sentinel” is presented by Altitude Film Entertainment in association with Head Gear Film and Metrol Technology in association with Br/Arte, Tallifornia, Ichiban Films, Sentinel Entertainment and Vertical Entertainment.
Altitude Film Sales are handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the AFM Virtual Market (Nov. 1-5).
The film is produced by Ben Pullen...
- 10/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann also on cast of Tanel Toom’s second feature.
Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount and Martin McCann have wrapped production in Estonia on Tanel Toom’s Sentinel, for which Altitude is launching international sales at next month’s AFM Virtual Market (November 1-5).
The UK-Estonia-Germany co-production is a sci-fi thriller set in a war-ravaged future, in which four soldiers man a remote ocean military base that separates two warring continents. As weeks turn into months, paranoia descends that tests relationships to breaking point.
The film is written by Malachi Smyth, who recently wrote and directed UK crime musical The Score,...
Kate Bosworth, Thomas Kretschmann, Lucien Laviscount and Martin McCann have wrapped production in Estonia on Tanel Toom’s Sentinel, for which Altitude is launching international sales at next month’s AFM Virtual Market (November 1-5).
The UK-Estonia-Germany co-production is a sci-fi thriller set in a war-ravaged future, in which four soldiers man a remote ocean military base that separates two warring continents. As weeks turn into months, paranoia descends that tests relationships to breaking point.
The film is written by Malachi Smyth, who recently wrote and directed UK crime musical The Score,...
- 10/26/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Johnny Flynn-fronted heist musical “The Score” has wrapped production in the U.K., joining a handful of films that have started and completed filming during the pandemic.
The directorial debut of U.K. filmmaker Malachi Smyth finished production on Friday (Oct. 2) after two months of filming between Luton Hoo and the Royal Gunpowder Mills in England. The feature joins the ranks of Akshay Kumar’s “Bellbottom,” which also shot in its entirety during the pandemic.
The film, which is sold internationally by WestEnd Films, technically started production on March 16, but shot for just one day before being forced to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filming resumed on Aug. 31.
“From March until Aug. 31, that whole time was spent monitoring the Covid-19 situation, figuring out how to go back to work, figuring out the insurance situation, making sure cast and agents were comfortable, and plotting what a return to...
The directorial debut of U.K. filmmaker Malachi Smyth finished production on Friday (Oct. 2) after two months of filming between Luton Hoo and the Royal Gunpowder Mills in England. The feature joins the ranks of Akshay Kumar’s “Bellbottom,” which also shot in its entirety during the pandemic.
The film, which is sold internationally by WestEnd Films, technically started production on March 16, but shot for just one day before being forced to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filming resumed on Aug. 31.
“From March until Aug. 31, that whole time was spent monitoring the Covid-19 situation, figuring out how to go back to work, figuring out the insurance situation, making sure cast and agents were comfortable, and plotting what a return to...
- 10/5/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Seven upcoming UK films and immersive works will be presented to buyers and festival programmers.
The BFI London Film Festival is to introduce a new works-in-progress showcase and has selected seven projects for the inaugural edition.
Scroll down for full list of projects
The platform will form part of the Lff’s industry programme and will introduce upcoming UK films, TV series, and immersive projects to international buyers and festival programmers. The first edition will take place entirely online on October 9 and is intended to become an annual event.
Clips will be screened from each of the selected projects – which are all in production,...
The BFI London Film Festival is to introduce a new works-in-progress showcase and has selected seven projects for the inaugural edition.
Scroll down for full list of projects
The platform will form part of the Lff’s industry programme and will introduce upcoming UK films, TV series, and immersive projects to international buyers and festival programmers. The first edition will take place entirely online on October 9 and is intended to become an annual event.
Clips will be screened from each of the selected projects – which are all in production,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The BFI London Film Festival has added a new, annual works-in-progress showcase as part of its industry program, and has invited seven projects to participate, including two featuring “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” and “The End of the F***ing World” actor Naomie Ackie and “ZeroZeroZero” actor Andrea Riseborough.
The showcase features works made for cinema, television and immersive platforms by U.K. emerging talent and will be presented to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers.
The projects include psychological thriller “Here Before” by Stacey Gregg (“Little Birds”), produced by Sophie Vickers (“Surge”) and Julia Godzinskaya (“The Other Lamb”), starring Riseborough, Martin McCann (“Wildfire”) and Jonjo O’Neill (“Pennyworth”); and heist film “The Score,” directed by Malachi Smyth (“Nocturne”), produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”), Ben Pullen (“Light of the World), alongside co-producer Isabelle Georgeaux (“Calibre”), starring Johnny Flynn (“Stardust”), Ackie and Will Poulter (“Midsommar”).
Experimental filmmaker Baff Akoto,...
The showcase features works made for cinema, television and immersive platforms by U.K. emerging talent and will be presented to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers.
The projects include psychological thriller “Here Before” by Stacey Gregg (“Little Birds”), produced by Sophie Vickers (“Surge”) and Julia Godzinskaya (“The Other Lamb”), starring Riseborough, Martin McCann (“Wildfire”) and Jonjo O’Neill (“Pennyworth”); and heist film “The Score,” directed by Malachi Smyth (“Nocturne”), produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”), Ben Pullen (“Light of the World), alongside co-producer Isabelle Georgeaux (“Calibre”), starring Johnny Flynn (“Stardust”), Ackie and Will Poulter (“Midsommar”).
Experimental filmmaker Baff Akoto,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The heist musical began shooting in the UK last month.
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Naomi Ackie, Johnny Flynn, and Will Poulter in heist musical The Score, Malachi Smyth’s feature debut.
Flynn and Poulter play Mike and Troy, small-time crooks on a job that will change their circumstances. Troy falls for waitress Gloria (Ackie) and begins to question his life choices - not knowing that real danger is on its way to meet them.
It began shooting in the UK on August 31, having been delayed the day before production was supposed to start on March 17 due...
Screen can reveal an exclusive first look at Naomi Ackie, Johnny Flynn, and Will Poulter in heist musical The Score, Malachi Smyth’s feature debut.
Flynn and Poulter play Mike and Troy, small-time crooks on a job that will change their circumstances. Troy falls for waitress Gloria (Ackie) and begins to question his life choices - not knowing that real danger is on its way to meet them.
It began shooting in the UK on August 31, having been delayed the day before production was supposed to start on March 17 due...
- 9/11/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Lydia Wilson joins Flynn, Naomi Ackie and Will Poulter in the cast.
Malachi Smyth’s feature debut The Score, starring Johnny Flynn, Naomi Ackie and Will Poulter, will restart shooting in the UK on August 31, after production was halted in March due to the pandemic.
Lydia Wilson, whose credits include Star Trek Beyond, About Time, Ripper Street and Requiem, has also joined the cast.
Described as a heist musical and featuring original music from actor-musician Flynn, The Score centres on two small-time crooks who are on a job at a roadside café when one falls in love with the waitress...
Malachi Smyth’s feature debut The Score, starring Johnny Flynn, Naomi Ackie and Will Poulter, will restart shooting in the UK on August 31, after production was halted in March due to the pandemic.
Lydia Wilson, whose credits include Star Trek Beyond, About Time, Ripper Street and Requiem, has also joined the cast.
Described as a heist musical and featuring original music from actor-musician Flynn, The Score centres on two small-time crooks who are on a job at a roadside café when one falls in love with the waitress...
- 8/26/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Film production incentives have been a success story for the Eastern European territories that have been late to embrace the rebates but are catching up fast. And, despite interruptions caused by the Covid-19 crisis, industry officials and filmmakers remain upbeat.
In Romania, where major player Castel Film Studio cancelled four international productions while under temporarily closure, the two-year-old production rebates system has also been suspended for now.
“Everything is on hold due to the state of emergency,” says producer and industry consultant Alex Traila.
Despite helping draw such high-profile projects as the BBC’s “Killing Eve,” administrators of the 35% cash-back incentives caused a stir with delays in payments after the government-mandated work shutdowns took effect March 26.
The Romanian Film Centre has since issued assurances that it has sufficient funds to write checks when work resumes, and Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has pegged the date for the end of the state of emergency as early May.
In Romania, where major player Castel Film Studio cancelled four international productions while under temporarily closure, the two-year-old production rebates system has also been suspended for now.
“Everything is on hold due to the state of emergency,” says producer and industry consultant Alex Traila.
Despite helping draw such high-profile projects as the BBC’s “Killing Eve,” administrators of the 35% cash-back incentives caused a stir with delays in payments after the government-mandated work shutdowns took effect March 26.
The Romanian Film Centre has since issued assurances that it has sufficient funds to write checks when work resumes, and Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has pegged the date for the end of the state of emergency as early May.
- 5/7/2020
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
World sales agency WestEnd Films has boarded “The Score,” a heist musical starring Johnny Flynn, Will Poulter (“The Revenant”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”) and Antonia Thomas (Netflix’s “Lovesick”), from one of the producers of Beatles music themed hit “Yesterday,” which grossed $154 million worldwide.
“The Score” combines a heist thriller suspense with offbeat romance. Two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission – the “score” – that they both expect will transform their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they wait for the handover, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices. But it may be too late to change because, unbeknownst to him, Mike has brought him here to kill him.
“The Score” is written and directed by Malachi Smyth (“Gateway 6”), and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films, and Ben Pullen of...
“The Score” combines a heist thriller suspense with offbeat romance. Two small-time crooks, Mike (Flynn) and Troy (Poulter), are on a mission – the “score” – that they both expect will transform their circumstances. At a roadside café, as they wait for the handover, Troy falls in love with the waitress, Gloria (Ackie), and begins to question his life choices. But it may be too late to change because, unbeknownst to him, Mike has brought him here to kill him.
“The Score” is written and directed by Malachi Smyth (“Gateway 6”), and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films, and Ben Pullen of...
- 2/21/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
’Yesterday’ producer Matthew James Wilkinson producing; Malachi Smyth directing.
Beast star Johnny Flynn will lead the cast of The Score, a UK heist musical that will also feature Flynn’s own music.
Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker), both former Screen Stars of Tomorrow from 2017 (as was Flynn back in 2005), have also been cast as has Antonia Thomas (Sunshine On Leith).
The film is a musical take on a doomed love story - two small time crooks drive to a secluded cafe for a big ‘score’. While Troy (Swindells) falls for the waitress...
Beast star Johnny Flynn will lead the cast of The Score, a UK heist musical that will also feature Flynn’s own music.
Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker), both former Screen Stars of Tomorrow from 2017 (as was Flynn back in 2005), have also been cast as has Antonia Thomas (Sunshine On Leith).
The film is a musical take on a doomed love story - two small time crooks drive to a secluded cafe for a big ‘score’. While Troy (Swindells) falls for the waitress...
- 5/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
With a great cast in , Rhys Ifans, Sofia Boutella and Ed Skrein Gateway 6 sounds like it could be a pretty cool sci-fi Pa thriller.
The film was penned by Malachi Smyth who wrote the UK cyber horror flick Ghost Machine and is being directed by Tanel Toom.
Producers are Ben Pullen of Sentinel Entertainment and Matthew James Wilkinson (The Call Up) for Stigma Films with Pippa Cross (Bloody Sunday) serving as executive producer.
Long Synopsis:
Earth in the not too distant future...The Global population has risen to unsustainable levels as [Continued ...]...
The film was penned by Malachi Smyth who wrote the UK cyber horror flick Ghost Machine and is being directed by Tanel Toom.
Producers are Ben Pullen of Sentinel Entertainment and Matthew James Wilkinson (The Call Up) for Stigma Films with Pippa Cross (Bloody Sunday) serving as executive producer.
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Earth in the not too distant future...The Global population has risen to unsustainable levels as [Continued ...]...
- 7/6/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Exclusive: Star Trek Beyond and The Mummy actress joins cast of upcoming thriller sold by Altitude.
Burgeoning star Sofia Boutella, who is currently filming opposite Tom Cruise in Universal’s The Mummy and will have a major role in Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, has signed on for sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which is currently in pre-production.
Boutella and veteran Jurgen Prochnow (The Da Vinci Code) are joining Deadpool villain Ed Skrein and Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) in the story of a squad of soldiers stranded on an abandoned military base in a post-apocalyptic Earth who are waiting for the relief or the enemy…whichever comes first.
The Malachi Smyth (Ghost Machine)-written project, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose short The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.
Altitude Film Sales is handling international sales on the film, which is due...
Burgeoning star Sofia Boutella, who is currently filming opposite Tom Cruise in Universal’s The Mummy and will have a major role in Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, has signed on for sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which is currently in pre-production.
Boutella and veteran Jurgen Prochnow (The Da Vinci Code) are joining Deadpool villain Ed Skrein and Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) in the story of a squad of soldiers stranded on an abandoned military base in a post-apocalyptic Earth who are waiting for the relief or the enemy…whichever comes first.
The Malachi Smyth (Ghost Machine)-written project, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose short The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.
Altitude Film Sales is handling international sales on the film, which is due...
- 5/6/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Star Trek Beyond and The Mummy actress joins cast of upcoming thriller sold by Altitude.
Burgeoning star Sofia Boutella, who is currently filming opposite Tom Cruise in Universal’s The Mummy and will have a major role in Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, has signed on for sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which is currently in pre-production.
Boutella and veteran Jurgen Prochnow (The Da Vinci Code) are joining Deadpool villain Ed Skrein and Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) in the story of a squad of soldiers stranded on an abandoned military base in a post-apocalyptic Earth who are waiting for the relief or the enemy…whichever comes first.
The Malachi Smyth (Ghost Machine)-written project, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose short The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.
Altitude Film Sales is handling international sales on the film, which is due...
Burgeoning star Sofia Boutella, who is currently filming opposite Tom Cruise in Universal’s The Mummy and will have a major role in Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, has signed on for sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which is currently in pre-production.
Boutella and veteran Jurgen Prochnow (The Da Vinci Code) are joining Deadpool villain Ed Skrein and Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) in the story of a squad of soldiers stranded on an abandoned military base in a post-apocalyptic Earth who are waiting for the relief or the enemy…whichever comes first.
The Malachi Smyth (Ghost Machine)-written project, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose short The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.
Altitude Film Sales is handling international sales on the film, which is due...
- 5/6/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: A Look At The 2013 Brit List, The U.K. Answer To The Black List Malachi Smith's screenplay, "Gateway 6," has finally been greenlit thanks to Altitude Films. Having topped the newest Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, Altitude Films is eager to get the sci-fi thriller out for international sales. Producers include Ben Pullen of Sentinel Entertainment and Matthew James Wilkinson of Stigma Films. The film will be directed by Tanel Toom, who is best known for his acclaimed short "The Confession," which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011. Toom's debut feature film will star Rhys Ifans and Ed Skrein as the main characters who will endure challenges akin to those in "Moon," "Das Boot" and "Alien." According to the official synopsis, "Gateway 6" will be "set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth," where "four soldiers man the eponymous last bastion awaiting a relief crew...
- 10/23/2015
- by Elle Leonsis
- Indiewire
Malachi Smyth’s sci-fi thriller topped the latest Brit List.
Sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, has been acquired by Altitude Film Sales for international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
The film, written by Malachi Smyth, is described as combining “the solitary abandonment of Moon with the claustrophobic atmosphere of Das Boot and the ‘fight to survive’ instincts of Alien”.
The project marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.
The Gateway 6 cast includes Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) soon to be seen in Oliver Stone’s Snowden and Ed Skrein (The Transporter Refueled) who has just completed a major role as lead villain Ajax in upcoming superhero film Deadpool, opposite Ryan Reynolds.
Ifans is represented by 42 and UTA, and Skrein is represented by 42 and CAA. Further casting...
Sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, which topped the most recent Brit List of the best unproduced screenplays, has been acquired by Altitude Film Sales for international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
The film, written by Malachi Smyth, is described as combining “the solitary abandonment of Moon with the claustrophobic atmosphere of Das Boot and the ‘fight to survive’ instincts of Alien”.
The project marks the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose The Confession was Oscar nominated in 2011.
The Gateway 6 cast includes Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) soon to be seen in Oliver Stone’s Snowden and Ed Skrein (The Transporter Refueled) who has just completed a major role as lead villain Ajax in upcoming superhero film Deadpool, opposite Ryan Reynolds.
Ifans is represented by 42 and UTA, and Skrein is represented by 42 and CAA. Further casting...
- 10/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-nominated UK director Tanel Toom and Estonian documentary maker Jaak Kilmi are among 22 film-makers with film projects in the fifth edition of the When East Meets West (Wemw) co-production forum (Jan 18-20).
Estonian-born Toom, who was nominated for The Confession (his graduation film from the UK’s Nfts), will be in Trieste with his fiction feature debut, the sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, to be produced by Matt Wilkinson and Ben Pullen’s Stigma Films, while Latvian producer Antra Gaile of Mistrus Media will be pitching Kilmi’s People From Nowhere.
A total of 10 documentaries and 12 fiction feature projects from 13 countries were selected from a record 285 submissions, including 57 from Italy, 38 from the UK, 19 from Canada, 15 from Ireland, 13 from the Us, and 143 from Eastern Europe.
Since Wemw’s 2015 edition has a focus on English-speaking countries, the line-up includes:
veteran Canadian film-maker Anne Henderson’s documentary project Missing Persona;
the Us-Italian co-production The Oldest Man Alive by Antonio Tibaldi, to be produced...
Estonian-born Toom, who was nominated for The Confession (his graduation film from the UK’s Nfts), will be in Trieste with his fiction feature debut, the sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, to be produced by Matt Wilkinson and Ben Pullen’s Stigma Films, while Latvian producer Antra Gaile of Mistrus Media will be pitching Kilmi’s People From Nowhere.
A total of 10 documentaries and 12 fiction feature projects from 13 countries were selected from a record 285 submissions, including 57 from Italy, 38 from the UK, 19 from Canada, 15 from Ireland, 13 from the Us, and 143 from Eastern Europe.
Since Wemw’s 2015 edition has a focus on English-speaking countries, the line-up includes:
veteran Canadian film-maker Anne Henderson’s documentary project Missing Persona;
the Us-Italian co-production The Oldest Man Alive by Antonio Tibaldi, to be produced...
- 1/5/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Intern
Stars: Dominique Swain, Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffin, Ben Pullen, Peggy Lipton | Written by Caroline Doyle, Jill Kopelman | Directed by Michael Lange
Intern is about an intern at Skirt magazine, a rival to Vogue. It starts in a mockumentary style and then becomes a straight-up parody on the fashion magazine industry. It’s frankly atrocious. The characters are caricatures of anything you might encounter in the industry, the main character is uninteresting and there’s a pointless side-story about a mole giving stories to Vogue. Most bewilderingly is an odd cameo from Gwyneth Paltrow, who is sat with the Editor-At-Large of Vogue in a throw-away dinner scene which adds nothing to the story, and if anything makes Paltrow look like a fucking idiot for ever thinking this was a good idea.
Joan Rivers and Kathy Griffin appear as editors on the magazine, during what must have been after only the...
Stars: Dominique Swain, Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffin, Ben Pullen, Peggy Lipton | Written by Caroline Doyle, Jill Kopelman | Directed by Michael Lange
Intern is about an intern at Skirt magazine, a rival to Vogue. It starts in a mockumentary style and then becomes a straight-up parody on the fashion magazine industry. It’s frankly atrocious. The characters are caricatures of anything you might encounter in the industry, the main character is uninteresting and there’s a pointless side-story about a mole giving stories to Vogue. Most bewilderingly is an odd cameo from Gwyneth Paltrow, who is sat with the Editor-At-Large of Vogue in a throw-away dinner scene which adds nothing to the story, and if anything makes Paltrow look like a fucking idiot for ever thinking this was a good idea.
Joan Rivers and Kathy Griffin appear as editors on the magazine, during what must have been after only the...
- 7/25/2011
- by JeButlin
- Nerdly
NEW YORK -- It may be that the fashion industry, the subject of this purported comedy, is too ludicrous to generate a workable satire. If Robert Altman couldn't do it with "Ready to Wear", it seems unrealistic to expect anything much better from this low-budget indie effort, despite the fact that its screenwriters have extensive credentials in the fashion magazine biz. "Intern" is playing its exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room, with a video release set for next month.
The central and title character, Jocelyn Bennett (Dominique Swain), is a young intern at the hip New York fashion magazine Skirt, where she must cope with the demands of tyrannical, bulimic editors and high-strung fashion models. The only bright spot for Jocelyn, who aptly describes herself as a "Xerox whore", is her burgeoning relationship with the magazine's art director, Paul (Ben Pullen), who is, believe it or not, straight but involved with a model. The main plot concerns Jocelyn's efforts to discover the identity of a traitor in the magazine's midst who is faxing editorial secrets to archrival Vogue.
The film begins in promising fashion with an entertainingly campy song-and-dance number, and the comic dialogue and characterizations resonate with the kind of authenticity that can only be garnered by real experience. Adding to the verisimilitude are cameos by a gallery of famous faces from the fashion industry, including Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Diane Von Furstenberg and Cynthia Rowley; a brief, meaningless appearance by Gwyneth Paltrow is also thrown in. But the cartoonish nature of the humor and lack of true wit ultimately undo the film, and the mediocre technical aspects -- the sound quality is particularly bad -- are no help.
A surprisingly strong cast has been assembled, to little avail. Swain and Pullen are charming in the lead roles, but their performances are too low-key to match their surroundings. Although funny moments are provided by such comic stalwarts as Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers in small roles, most of the other performers, including Peggy Lipton and Paulina Porizkova, display little comic flair.
INTERN
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Director: Michael Lange
Screenwriters: Caroline Doyle, Jill Kopelman
Producers: Galt Neiderhoffer,
Etchie Stroh, Daniela Soto-Taplin
Executive producer: Randy Simon
Director of photography: Rodney Charters
Editor: Anita Brandt Burgoyne
Composer: Jimmy Harry
Production designer: Jody Asnes
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jocelyn Bennett: Dominique Swain
Paul Rochester: Ben Pullen
Roxanne Rochet: Peggy Lipton
Sebastian Niederfarb: Billy Porter
Richard Sinn: David Deblinger
Antoinette De la Paix: Anna Thompson
Resin: Leilani Bishop
Running time - 93 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The central and title character, Jocelyn Bennett (Dominique Swain), is a young intern at the hip New York fashion magazine Skirt, where she must cope with the demands of tyrannical, bulimic editors and high-strung fashion models. The only bright spot for Jocelyn, who aptly describes herself as a "Xerox whore", is her burgeoning relationship with the magazine's art director, Paul (Ben Pullen), who is, believe it or not, straight but involved with a model. The main plot concerns Jocelyn's efforts to discover the identity of a traitor in the magazine's midst who is faxing editorial secrets to archrival Vogue.
The film begins in promising fashion with an entertainingly campy song-and-dance number, and the comic dialogue and characterizations resonate with the kind of authenticity that can only be garnered by real experience. Adding to the verisimilitude are cameos by a gallery of famous faces from the fashion industry, including Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Diane Von Furstenberg and Cynthia Rowley; a brief, meaningless appearance by Gwyneth Paltrow is also thrown in. But the cartoonish nature of the humor and lack of true wit ultimately undo the film, and the mediocre technical aspects -- the sound quality is particularly bad -- are no help.
A surprisingly strong cast has been assembled, to little avail. Swain and Pullen are charming in the lead roles, but their performances are too low-key to match their surroundings. Although funny moments are provided by such comic stalwarts as Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers in small roles, most of the other performers, including Peggy Lipton and Paulina Porizkova, display little comic flair.
INTERN
Cowboy Booking International
Director: Michael Lange
Screenwriters: Caroline Doyle, Jill Kopelman
Producers: Galt Neiderhoffer,
Etchie Stroh, Daniela Soto-Taplin
Executive producer: Randy Simon
Director of photography: Rodney Charters
Editor: Anita Brandt Burgoyne
Composer: Jimmy Harry
Production designer: Jody Asnes
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jocelyn Bennett: Dominique Swain
Paul Rochester: Ben Pullen
Roxanne Rochet: Peggy Lipton
Sebastian Niederfarb: Billy Porter
Richard Sinn: David Deblinger
Antoinette De la Paix: Anna Thompson
Resin: Leilani Bishop
Running time - 93 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 8/16/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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