‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Director Peter Webber Joins Wartime Thriller ‘Irena Sendler’ (Exclusive)
Peter Webber has signed on to direct the wartime thriller “Irena Sendler.” It tells the true story of Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who defied the Nazis and organized a team of young women to smuggle 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. Casting is currently underway and production is expected to start in Poland later this year or early in 2024.
The script was penned by Agatha Dominik, Brian Pittman & Rachel Long, Stuart Hazeldine, and Jeff Most. The film will be produced by Most (“The Crow”), BAFTA Award winning and Academy Award winning producer Ewa Puszczyńska, Jeff Rice, Armory Films’ Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, and Golden Globe winning producer Gareth Wiley of Phoenix Wiley.
“Irene Sendler was an icon, an inspiration, an incredibly brave young woman who risked her own life to save hundreds of young children in the Warsaw Ghetto from certain death at...
The script was penned by Agatha Dominik, Brian Pittman & Rachel Long, Stuart Hazeldine, and Jeff Most. The film will be produced by Most (“The Crow”), BAFTA Award winning and Academy Award winning producer Ewa Puszczyńska, Jeff Rice, Armory Films’ Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, and Golden Globe winning producer Gareth Wiley of Phoenix Wiley.
“Irene Sendler was an icon, an inspiration, an incredibly brave young woman who risked her own life to save hundreds of young children in the Warsaw Ghetto from certain death at...
- 7/11/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes is not only about movies and film deals this time of year. It is also about film discussions.
During a Thursday panel on sustainable production, for example, topics ranged from reusable water bottles and the limiting of private air travel to the need for government support and net-zero production studios.
Sitting on the panel were Phil Hunt, CEO of Head Gear Films and Bankside Films, Gareth Ellis-Unwin, the CEO of Bedlam Film Productions, Meg Thomson, executive vp of worldwide content at Globalgate Entertainment, producer Gareth Wiley, and Tage Studio’s Claire Havet. Deloitte’s Hassen Ouartani and Maria Quiros Grande also participated.
The panel, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and sponsored by Tage Studios, was moderated by THR‘s Scott Roxborough and covered sustainable production, low-emissions filmmaking, LED lights, and more.
Havet noted that Tage, the first net-zero studio in the world, which is set to open in Portugal,...
During a Thursday panel on sustainable production, for example, topics ranged from reusable water bottles and the limiting of private air travel to the need for government support and net-zero production studios.
Sitting on the panel were Phil Hunt, CEO of Head Gear Films and Bankside Films, Gareth Ellis-Unwin, the CEO of Bedlam Film Productions, Meg Thomson, executive vp of worldwide content at Globalgate Entertainment, producer Gareth Wiley, and Tage Studio’s Claire Havet. Deloitte’s Hassen Ouartani and Maria Quiros Grande also participated.
The panel, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and sponsored by Tage Studios, was moderated by THR‘s Scott Roxborough and covered sustainable production, low-emissions filmmaking, LED lights, and more.
Havet noted that Tage, the first net-zero studio in the world, which is set to open in Portugal,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
’Doctor Who Am I’ and ’Stalker’ have also been acquired.
Documentary features The Other Fellow and Doctor Who Am I, plus 2022 FrightFest premiere Stalker, have all been snapped up for North American distribution by Gravitas Ventures.
Paris-based documentary specialist Reservoir Docs is handling international sales on The Other Fellow, the debut feature from Australian director Matthew Bauer. The documentary tells the surprising, and occasionally intertwining, life stories of real men across the world whose names are all James Bond.
It is produced by Bauer, alongside UK-based producer Michelle Brøndum. A limited theatrical release is plotted for early 2023.
”The name James...
Documentary features The Other Fellow and Doctor Who Am I, plus 2022 FrightFest premiere Stalker, have all been snapped up for North American distribution by Gravitas Ventures.
Paris-based documentary specialist Reservoir Docs is handling international sales on The Other Fellow, the debut feature from Australian director Matthew Bauer. The documentary tells the surprising, and occasionally intertwining, life stories of real men across the world whose names are all James Bond.
It is produced by Bauer, alongside UK-based producer Michelle Brøndum. A limited theatrical release is plotted for early 2023.
”The name James...
- 11/4/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has acquired worldwide international sales rights, alongside U.K. and Ireland distribution, for Warchief, the upcoming film from BAFTA-winning director/writer/actor Stuart Brennan and Golden Globe-winning producer Gareth Wiley.
The previously unannounced feature is now filming in the English county of Suffolk and will delivered by the end of 2022, with the first elements available for viewing at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
Warchief follows a band of guardians who escort a mysterious messenger to their king, unaware that they are being hunted by bloodthirsty orcs. Brennan writes, directs and stars in the feature along with Michael Lambourne (Cashback), Andrea Vasiliou (Wonder Woman), Suzanne Packer (BAFTA nominated, Casualty), Mark Wake (Kingslayer) and newcomer Rosanna Miles.
Cinematography veteran Doug Milsome, whose credits include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, A Clockwork Orange and Stanley Kubrick titles such as The Shining, Barry Lyndon and Full Metal Jacket,...
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has acquired worldwide international sales rights, alongside U.K. and Ireland distribution, for Warchief, the upcoming film from BAFTA-winning director/writer/actor Stuart Brennan and Golden Globe-winning producer Gareth Wiley.
The previously unannounced feature is now filming in the English county of Suffolk and will delivered by the end of 2022, with the first elements available for viewing at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
Warchief follows a band of guardians who escort a mysterious messenger to their king, unaware that they are being hunted by bloodthirsty orcs. Brennan writes, directs and stars in the feature along with Michael Lambourne (Cashback), Andrea Vasiliou (Wonder Woman), Suzanne Packer (BAFTA nominated, Casualty), Mark Wake (Kingslayer) and newcomer Rosanna Miles.
Cinematography veteran Doug Milsome, whose credits include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, A Clockwork Orange and Stanley Kubrick titles such as The Shining, Barry Lyndon and Full Metal Jacket,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The deal comes off the back of the EFM.
UK director Stuart Brennan’s medieval action-adventure Kingslayer has sold to Shout! Studios for North America following a deal with Kaleidoscope Film Distribution at the European Film Market.
The all-rights deal includes a theatrical release, expected for the third quarter of 2022.
Kingslayer follows Richard the Lionheart, days away from his coronation, as he struggles with threats to his leadership and a looming civil war. Ryan Gage, David Hayman, John Rhys-Davies, Carolina Carlsson and Ellie Rose-Mackinlay star.
Brennan has also written the feature, with Gareth Wiley producing.
It is the fourth recent collaboration between Kaleidoscope and Shout!
UK director Stuart Brennan’s medieval action-adventure Kingslayer has sold to Shout! Studios for North America following a deal with Kaleidoscope Film Distribution at the European Film Market.
The all-rights deal includes a theatrical release, expected for the third quarter of 2022.
Kingslayer follows Richard the Lionheart, days away from his coronation, as he struggles with threats to his leadership and a looming civil war. Ryan Gage, David Hayman, John Rhys-Davies, Carolina Carlsson and Ellie Rose-Mackinlay star.
Brennan has also written the feature, with Gareth Wiley producing.
It is the fourth recent collaboration between Kaleidoscope and Shout!
- 2/21/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The film stars Ryan Gage, David Hayman and John Rhys-Davies.
UK sales agency Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has boarded world sales rights excluding UK-Ireland for Stuart Brennan’s medieval adventure feature Kingslayer.
The completed film will have its market premiere at next month’s online European Film Market, with a first screening on Friday, February 11.
Kingslayer follows a young Richard the Lionheart, before he ascended to become King of England, as he must fight for his life and learn the responsibilities of leadership amidst a treacherous ambush.
The film stars The Hobbit actor Ryan Gage alongside Macbeth’s David Hayman and...
UK sales agency Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has boarded world sales rights excluding UK-Ireland for Stuart Brennan’s medieval adventure feature Kingslayer.
The completed film will have its market premiere at next month’s online European Film Market, with a first screening on Friday, February 11.
Kingslayer follows a young Richard the Lionheart, before he ascended to become King of England, as he must fight for his life and learn the responsibilities of leadership amidst a treacherous ambush.
The film stars The Hobbit actor Ryan Gage alongside Macbeth’s David Hayman and...
- 1/28/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Jason Wingard to direct UK feature.
UK outfit Protagonist Pictures is launching world sales on UK romantic comedy Fado!, starring Emily Watson and Richard E. Grant, at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.
UK filmmaker Jason Wingard will direct the feature from a script by Andrea Mann, and shooting will take place on location in Lisbon, Portugal and Wolverhampton in the UK.
It is produced by Gareth Wiley, whose credits include Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Match Point, with Giulia Salvadori as co-producer. Portuguese production services will be provided by executive producers Nuno Martins and Gerardo Fernandes through Disfarce Lda.
UK outfit Protagonist Pictures is launching world sales on UK romantic comedy Fado!, starring Emily Watson and Richard E. Grant, at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.
UK filmmaker Jason Wingard will direct the feature from a script by Andrea Mann, and shooting will take place on location in Lisbon, Portugal and Wolverhampton in the UK.
It is produced by Gareth Wiley, whose credits include Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Match Point, with Giulia Salvadori as co-producer. Portuguese production services will be provided by executive producers Nuno Martins and Gerardo Fernandes through Disfarce Lda.
- 6/17/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Oscar nominees Emily Watson and Richard E. Grant will star in director Jason Wingard’s romantic comedy “Fado!”
Global sales agent Protagonist Pictures will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film (June 21-25) at Cannes.
Based on a script by Andrea Mann, “Fado!” follows Linda (Watson), a crossword enthusiast, choral society member, wife and mother of two, and her music lecturer husband Jim (Grant), who are about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Lisbon. But the night before they travel, Linda discovers a monumental secret that will shake the very foundations of their marriage.
“Fado!” will be the first time Watson and Grant have shared the screen since they both starred in Robert Altman’s Oscar winning “Gosford Park” (2001).
The film will be shot on location in Lisbon, Portugal and Wolverhampton, U.K.
Wingard’s debut feature, “In Another Life,” won...
Global sales agent Protagonist Pictures will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film (June 21-25) at Cannes.
Based on a script by Andrea Mann, “Fado!” follows Linda (Watson), a crossword enthusiast, choral society member, wife and mother of two, and her music lecturer husband Jim (Grant), who are about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Lisbon. But the night before they travel, Linda discovers a monumental secret that will shake the very foundations of their marriage.
“Fado!” will be the first time Watson and Grant have shared the screen since they both starred in Robert Altman’s Oscar winning “Gosford Park” (2001).
The film will be shot on location in Lisbon, Portugal and Wolverhampton, U.K.
Wingard’s debut feature, “In Another Life,” won...
- 6/17/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominees Emily Watson and Richard E. Grant have been set to star in director Jason Wingard’s romantic comedy Fado! from a script by Andrea Mann. Global sales agent Protagonist Pictures will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Market.
Fado!, which marks the first time Watson and Grant have shared the screen since they both starred in Robert Altman’s Academy Award-winning period drama Gosford Park, will be shot on location in Lisbon, Portugal and Wolverhampton, UK.
The film follows Linda (Watson), a crossword enthusiast, choral society member, wife and mother of two, and her music lecturer husband, Jim (Grant), who are about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Lisbon. But the night before they travel, Linda discovers a monumental secret that will shake the very foundations of their marriage. Determined not to let this discovery define her life and needing space to process,...
Fado!, which marks the first time Watson and Grant have shared the screen since they both starred in Robert Altman’s Academy Award-winning period drama Gosford Park, will be shot on location in Lisbon, Portugal and Wolverhampton, UK.
The film follows Linda (Watson), a crossword enthusiast, choral society member, wife and mother of two, and her music lecturer husband, Jim (Grant), who are about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Lisbon. But the night before they travel, Linda discovers a monumental secret that will shake the very foundations of their marriage. Determined not to let this discovery define her life and needing space to process,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Former “Gosford Park” co-stars Emily Watson and Richard E. Grant will reteam for director Jason Wingard’s upcoming indie romantic comedy “Fado!”
The film, which will shoot in the U.K. and Lisbon, Portugal from a script by Andrea Mann, will be introduced by Protagonist Pictures at this month’s Marche du Film in Cannes.
Watson stars as a crossword enthusiast and mother of two who plans a 30th wedding anniversary trip to Lisbon with her music lecturer husband (Grant) — until she learns a marriage-shaking secret the night before the trip and decides to board the plane without him. While in Lisbon, she falls madly in love with the Portuguese folk music known as fado – a sensuous new relationship that will allow her to rediscover the joy and passion within herself.
Gareth Wiley (“Match Point”) will produce, with Giulia Salvadori as U.K. co-producer; Portuguese production services will be provided by Executive Producer team,...
The film, which will shoot in the U.K. and Lisbon, Portugal from a script by Andrea Mann, will be introduced by Protagonist Pictures at this month’s Marche du Film in Cannes.
Watson stars as a crossword enthusiast and mother of two who plans a 30th wedding anniversary trip to Lisbon with her music lecturer husband (Grant) — until she learns a marriage-shaking secret the night before the trip and decides to board the plane without him. While in Lisbon, she falls madly in love with the Portuguese folk music known as fado – a sensuous new relationship that will allow her to rediscover the joy and passion within herself.
Gareth Wiley (“Match Point”) will produce, with Giulia Salvadori as U.K. co-producer; Portuguese production services will be provided by Executive Producer team,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Exclusive: German sales firm Beta Cinema has revealed multiple deals for BIFA-nominated psychological-thriller Kindred.
The UK feature debut, starring Tamara Lawrance (The Long Song), Jack Lowden (Fighting With My Family) and BAFTA-winner Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), has sold to Sky Cinema for the UK and Ireland, Signature Entertainment for Australia/New Zealand and South Africa, Imagine Film for Benelux, Russian World Vision for Cis and Empire Networks for the Middle East. Beta will continue sales at the upcoming virtual EFM.
In Kindred, plagued by mysterious hallucinations, a pregnant woman suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has bad intentions for her unborn child.
Directed by Joe Marcantonio, the film was previously released by IFC Midnight in the U.S. Actor Lowden and producer Dominic Norris (Modern Life Is Rubbish) produce through their recently-launched Scotland-based production banner Reiver Pictures.
Also among cast are Chloe Pirrie (The Queen’s Gambit) and Edward Holcroft...
The UK feature debut, starring Tamara Lawrance (The Long Song), Jack Lowden (Fighting With My Family) and BAFTA-winner Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), has sold to Sky Cinema for the UK and Ireland, Signature Entertainment for Australia/New Zealand and South Africa, Imagine Film for Benelux, Russian World Vision for Cis and Empire Networks for the Middle East. Beta will continue sales at the upcoming virtual EFM.
In Kindred, plagued by mysterious hallucinations, a pregnant woman suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has bad intentions for her unborn child.
Directed by Joe Marcantonio, the film was previously released by IFC Midnight in the U.S. Actor Lowden and producer Dominic Norris (Modern Life Is Rubbish) produce through their recently-launched Scotland-based production banner Reiver Pictures.
Also among cast are Chloe Pirrie (The Queen’s Gambit) and Edward Holcroft...
- 2/19/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
IFC has announced that they have acquired North American rights to Kindred, with plans to release the film this November:
From the Press Release: IFC Midnight announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to Kindred, directed by Joe Marcantonio and produced by Dominic Norris & Jack Lowden of Reiver Pictures. Kindred explores themes of control and a young woman’s struggle with the slow breakdown of her own sense of reality in this twisted psychological drama, with a screenplay by Marcantonio and Jason McColgan. The film stars a breakout performance by Tamara Lawrance (The Long Song), Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), and Edward Holcroft. John Keville & Morgan Bushe of Fastnet Films serve as Executive Producers alongside Norman Merry & Peter Hampden of Lipsync Productions, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross of Head Gear Films, Serotonin Films and Gareth Wiley. IFC Midnight will release the film on November 6th, 2020. When her...
From the Press Release: IFC Midnight announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to Kindred, directed by Joe Marcantonio and produced by Dominic Norris & Jack Lowden of Reiver Pictures. Kindred explores themes of control and a young woman’s struggle with the slow breakdown of her own sense of reality in this twisted psychological drama, with a screenplay by Marcantonio and Jason McColgan. The film stars a breakout performance by Tamara Lawrance (The Long Song), Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), and Edward Holcroft. John Keville & Morgan Bushe of Fastnet Films serve as Executive Producers alongside Norman Merry & Peter Hampden of Lipsync Productions, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross of Head Gear Films, Serotonin Films and Gareth Wiley. IFC Midnight will release the film on November 6th, 2020. When her...
- 7/31/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: IFC Midnight we have learned has acquired North American rights to the Joe Marcantonio psychological drama Kindred which they’re planning to open on Nov. 6.
Kindred follows mother-to-be Charlotte. She collapses upon receiving the news that her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident. She wakes up in Ben’s family home, a crumbling old manor house in the middle of nowhere with Ben’s overbearing mother, Margaret, and his controlling stepbrother, Thomas. They are determined to care for her, at least until the baby arrives. Grief stricken and increasingly haunted by visions possibly brought on by the pregnancy, Charlotte accepts their help. But as the days go by she begins to doubt their intentions and her suspicions grow. Are they drugging her and keeping her captive, with the aim of taking her unborn baby? As her visions intensify and the haze of lies grows, Charlotte decides that her...
Kindred follows mother-to-be Charlotte. She collapses upon receiving the news that her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident. She wakes up in Ben’s family home, a crumbling old manor house in the middle of nowhere with Ben’s overbearing mother, Margaret, and his controlling stepbrother, Thomas. They are determined to care for her, at least until the baby arrives. Grief stricken and increasingly haunted by visions possibly brought on by the pregnancy, Charlotte accepts their help. But as the days go by she begins to doubt their intentions and her suspicions grow. Are they drugging her and keeping her captive, with the aim of taking her unborn baby? As her visions intensify and the haze of lies grows, Charlotte decides that her...
- 7/29/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Beta Cinema handles international sales
IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Joe Marcantonio’s psychological drama Kindred and has set a November 6 release.
Beta Cinema handles international sales on the story of a pregnant women who is taken into care by the overbearing family of her recently deceased boyfriend.
Unsure whether the family mean harm or if she is succumbing to strange visions, she plots her escape.
Tamara Lawrance stars with Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw, and Edward Holcroft.
Marcantonio and Jason McColgan co-wrote the screenplay. Dominic Norris and Lowden of Reiver Pictures produced.
John Keville and Morgan Bushe...
IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Joe Marcantonio’s psychological drama Kindred and has set a November 6 release.
Beta Cinema handles international sales on the story of a pregnant women who is taken into care by the overbearing family of her recently deceased boyfriend.
Unsure whether the family mean harm or if she is succumbing to strange visions, she plots her escape.
Tamara Lawrance stars with Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw, and Edward Holcroft.
Marcantonio and Jason McColgan co-wrote the screenplay. Dominic Norris and Lowden of Reiver Pictures produced.
John Keville and Morgan Bushe...
- 7/29/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Stuart Hazeldine, who helmed Lionsgate’s $97M faith-based hit The Shack, will next direct the wartime thriller Irena Sendler, about the Polish social worker who organized a team of young women to smuggle 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto in defiance of the Nazi extermination program.
Pic will be produced by Armory Films which has been relishing some great success at the specialty box office recently with its SXSW and Deauville Audience winner The Peanut Butter Falcon (current B.O. $15M).
Irena Sendler is being written by Agatha Dominik, Brian Pittman & Rachel Long and Hazeldine. The film will be produced by Jeff Most, Jeff Rice, Armory Films’ Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, and BAFTA and Oscar-winning producer Ewa Puszczyńska of Extreme Emotions. Golden Globe winning producer Gareth Wiley of Phoenix Wiley will serve as Ep.
Most along with Jeff Rice obtained Sendler’s authorized biography and life rights, including access to unpublished details about her life, as well as securing her blessing to tell her story prior to her passing in 2008. Ingenious Media arranged the funding for the development of the script.
Armory Films’ Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros tell Deadline, “What Irena and her courageous group of women were able to accomplish is miraculous. It’s remarkable that so few people know about her incredible story. We couldn’t be more excited to have Stuart on board to direct this incredible script and tell the world the story of the inspirational hero Irena Sendler.”
Most added, “Knowing her as I did, I’m certain that if Irena Sendler was alive today she would be thrilled that her story is in the capable hands of Stuart Hazeldine, who has crafted a compelling vision to bring one of the most daring, exciting and moving tales of WW2 to the big screen.”
Hazeldine’s feature directorial debut Exam starring Luke Mably and Chukwudi Iwuji and Gemma Chan was nominated for a BAFTA in the British filmmaker debut category. Hazeldine is repped by Wme, Brillstein Entertainment and Stone Genow Smelkinson Binder & Christopher.
Pic will be produced by Armory Films which has been relishing some great success at the specialty box office recently with its SXSW and Deauville Audience winner The Peanut Butter Falcon (current B.O. $15M).
Irena Sendler is being written by Agatha Dominik, Brian Pittman & Rachel Long and Hazeldine. The film will be produced by Jeff Most, Jeff Rice, Armory Films’ Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, and BAFTA and Oscar-winning producer Ewa Puszczyńska of Extreme Emotions. Golden Globe winning producer Gareth Wiley of Phoenix Wiley will serve as Ep.
Most along with Jeff Rice obtained Sendler’s authorized biography and life rights, including access to unpublished details about her life, as well as securing her blessing to tell her story prior to her passing in 2008. Ingenious Media arranged the funding for the development of the script.
Armory Films’ Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros tell Deadline, “What Irena and her courageous group of women were able to accomplish is miraculous. It’s remarkable that so few people know about her incredible story. We couldn’t be more excited to have Stuart on board to direct this incredible script and tell the world the story of the inspirational hero Irena Sendler.”
Most added, “Knowing her as I did, I’m certain that if Irena Sendler was alive today she would be thrilled that her story is in the capable hands of Stuart Hazeldine, who has crafted a compelling vision to bring one of the most daring, exciting and moving tales of WW2 to the big screen.”
Hazeldine’s feature directorial debut Exam starring Luke Mably and Chukwudi Iwuji and Gemma Chan was nominated for a BAFTA in the British filmmaker debut category. Hazeldine is repped by Wme, Brillstein Entertainment and Stone Genow Smelkinson Binder & Christopher.
- 9/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Previously worked together on ‘Calibre’.
Following their successful collaboration on Scottish thriller Calibre, German sales powerhouse Beta Cinema and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2014 Jack Lowden are partnering again on new thriller Corvidae.
Beta Cinema has taken global rights excluding North America to the psychological thriller, which is directed by Joe Marcantonio and stars Lowden, Tamara Lawrance and Fiona Shaw. UTA will handle the North American sale.
When her boyfriend dies suddenly in an accident, a psychologically fragile mother-to-be is taken in by his family, who seem increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, her suspicions grow about...
Following their successful collaboration on Scottish thriller Calibre, German sales powerhouse Beta Cinema and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2014 Jack Lowden are partnering again on new thriller Corvidae.
Beta Cinema has taken global rights excluding North America to the psychological thriller, which is directed by Joe Marcantonio and stars Lowden, Tamara Lawrance and Fiona Shaw. UTA will handle the North American sale.
When her boyfriend dies suddenly in an accident, a psychologically fragile mother-to-be is taken in by his family, who seem increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, her suspicions grow about...
- 2/8/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Cast is lead by Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp.
Jean Reno has joined the cast of Waiting For Anya, the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s 1990 novel that started principal photography today.
Reno (Léon) is one of several new cast announcements alongside Josephine de la Baum (Madame) and Sadie Frost (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie).
As Screen exclusively revealed last month, the cast is lead by Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp and includes Anjelica Huston (The Witches), Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist), Elsa Zylberstein (I’ve Loved You So Long) and Tomas Lemarquis (X-Men: Apocalypse).
Ben Cookson (Almost Married) will direct the film, which...
Jean Reno has joined the cast of Waiting For Anya, the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s 1990 novel that started principal photography today.
Reno (Léon) is one of several new cast announcements alongside Josephine de la Baum (Madame) and Sadie Frost (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie).
As Screen exclusively revealed last month, the cast is lead by Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp and includes Anjelica Huston (The Witches), Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist), Elsa Zylberstein (I’ve Loved You So Long) and Tomas Lemarquis (X-Men: Apocalypse).
Ben Cookson (Almost Married) will direct the film, which...
- 3/26/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Crime drama stars Stephen Graham and Michael Smiley.
K5 International has secured world sales rights to David Leon’s debut feature film crime drama, Orthodox.
The company has already struck a deal with British distributor Kaleidoscope to take the film for theatrical release in the UK and Ireland.
Orthodox stars Stephen Graham (This is England, Boardwalk Empire) as well as Michael Smiley (Black Sea, Kill List).
The film was financed by Ingenious Media.
The story centres on Benjamin (Graham), an outsider in the Jewish community who takes up boxing as a means of self-defence. Alienated by his own choices, he finds comfort under the wing of shady fixer, Shannon (Smiley) and an involvement in unlicensed boxing pushes him further to the edges of his community.
He makes an immoral decision in order to provide for his family and as a result goes to prison. Once released he is determined to right the wrongs, but still a...
K5 International has secured world sales rights to David Leon’s debut feature film crime drama, Orthodox.
The company has already struck a deal with British distributor Kaleidoscope to take the film for theatrical release in the UK and Ireland.
Orthodox stars Stephen Graham (This is England, Boardwalk Empire) as well as Michael Smiley (Black Sea, Kill List).
The film was financed by Ingenious Media.
The story centres on Benjamin (Graham), an outsider in the Jewish community who takes up boxing as a means of self-defence. Alienated by his own choices, he finds comfort under the wing of shady fixer, Shannon (Smiley) and an involvement in unlicensed boxing pushes him further to the edges of his community.
He makes an immoral decision in order to provide for his family and as a result goes to prison. Once released he is determined to right the wrongs, but still a...
- 6/18/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
This is a preview of two films being developed by Serotonin Films based in London, England. The first feature is called Comedown from director Menhaj Huda (Kidulthood) . This is an urban set thriller that puts several teens in a derelict building where they hope to fix a broken aerial for Skank radio. Something waits for them there and this killer sees these kids as "vermin." Second on the docket is Darkness Within. Details on this film are only just developing, but the story for this film follows several cave divers searching for a missing swimmer. Shooting has completed for Comedown and the poster for this feature is located below. Darkness Within remains in mystery with only this graphic available for this feature. More on both films will be coming soon as Comedown has recently finished production (Oct. 28th, 2011).
Comedown
Tagline: "It is fun getting high but the comedown is killer.
Comedown
Tagline: "It is fun getting high but the comedown is killer.
- 11/8/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Check out the movie trailer and images from Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Alison Pill, Kathy Bates and Tom Hiddleston. Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. Allen directs and writes the film produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley...
- 3/31/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the movie trailer and images from Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Alison Pill, Kathy Bates and Tom Hiddleston. Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. Allen directs and writes the film produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley...
- 3/31/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
London -- Menhaj Huda's London-set urban horror flick "Comedown" has been picked up for U.K. distribution by Studio Canal-owned Brit indie Optimum Releasing.
The deal was sealed by London-based sales house Av Pictures, which repped the title during this year's recent American Film Market.
Huda will direct from a screenplay by Steven Kendall, which is set against a London backdrop of abandonment and decay.
It details the story of six youths setting up a relay aerial for a local pirate radio station at the top of a condemned tower block who are targeted by a resident psychopath intent on exterminating the vermin he perceives are besieging his home.
Cast includes Martin Compston, Red Madrell and Adam Deacon. The kids' nemesis will be played by Geoff Bell.
Due to shoot here in March 2010, the project is produced by Dominic Norris ("Guilty Hearts") for Serotonin Films and Gareth Wiley...
The deal was sealed by London-based sales house Av Pictures, which repped the title during this year's recent American Film Market.
Huda will direct from a screenplay by Steven Kendall, which is set against a London backdrop of abandonment and decay.
It details the story of six youths setting up a relay aerial for a local pirate radio station at the top of a condemned tower block who are targeted by a resident psychopath intent on exterminating the vermin he perceives are besieging his home.
Cast includes Martin Compston, Red Madrell and Adam Deacon. The kids' nemesis will be played by Geoff Bell.
Due to shoot here in March 2010, the project is produced by Dominic Norris ("Guilty Hearts") for Serotonin Films and Gareth Wiley...
- 11/18/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Ray Winstone is traveling to New Zealand to star in manhunt thriller "Tracker," scheduled to shoot until early December.
Winstone stars alongside Temuera Morrison, a Kiwi native who starred in "Once Were Warriors" and the second and third installments of the "Star Wars" franchise.
The film is directed by Ian Sharp from a script by the late Nicolas van Pallandt, who died of cancer two years ago. "Tracker" marks the first of the late van Pallandt's feature scripts to be produced.
Set in 1903, "Tracker" centers on a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War who lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture Kereama, a Maori seafarer accused of killing a British soldier.
The project has been set up as a U.K./New Zealand co-production by Eden Films and T.H.E. Film with backing from Phoenix Wiley & Liberty Films.
Investors include the U.
Winstone stars alongside Temuera Morrison, a Kiwi native who starred in "Once Were Warriors" and the second and third installments of the "Star Wars" franchise.
The film is directed by Ian Sharp from a script by the late Nicolas van Pallandt, who died of cancer two years ago. "Tracker" marks the first of the late van Pallandt's feature scripts to be produced.
Set in 1903, "Tracker" centers on a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War who lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture Kereama, a Maori seafarer accused of killing a British soldier.
The project has been set up as a U.K./New Zealand co-production by Eden Films and T.H.E. Film with backing from Phoenix Wiley & Liberty Films.
Investors include the U.
- 10/22/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedown, an urban horror pic set in London, is the latest project of producers Dominic Norris ("Guilty Hearts") and Gareth Wiley ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona"). The pic, which takes place in a condemned tower block, was penned by Steven Kendall and will be helmed by Menhaj Huda, whose first feature "Kidulthood" won him recognition. It's about six youths who are targeted by a psychopath when trying to set up a relay aerial for a local pirate radio station. Cast includes Geoff Bell from Guy Ritchie's "RocknRolla" and Martin Compston ("Red Road"). Norris said, "Comedown will be a tense and truly terrifying film that will take audiences on a journey with a set of characters they wouldn't necessarily expect to be rooting for." London-based sales outfit Av Pictures has picked up worldwide sales rights to the pic and will be launching it to buyers at Afm.
- 10/15/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
Variety reports that a new urban youth-horror movie called Comedown is gearing up to shoot in London for producers Dominic Norris and Gareth Wiley. It will be directed by Menhaj Huda, who previously helmed the praised coming-of-age drama Kidulthood, from a script by Steven Kendall.
Rocknrolla’s Geoff Bell (pictured), Red Mist’s Martin Compston, Dead Set’s Adam Deacon, Duane Henry and Red Madrell star in this story of six friends who attempt to set up a relay aerial for a pirate radio station atop a condemned apartment block, and are stalked and slain by a psychopath. “Comedown will be a tense and truly terrifying film that will take audiences on a journey with a set of characters they wouldn’t necessarily expect to be rooting for,” Norris tells the trade. Britain’s Av Pictures already has worldwide sales rights, and will be pitching Comedown at the upcoming American Film Market.
Rocknrolla’s Geoff Bell (pictured), Red Mist’s Martin Compston, Dead Set’s Adam Deacon, Duane Henry and Red Madrell star in this story of six friends who attempt to set up a relay aerial for a pirate radio station atop a condemned apartment block, and are stalked and slain by a psychopath. “Comedown will be a tense and truly terrifying film that will take audiences on a journey with a set of characters they wouldn’t necessarily expect to be rooting for,” Norris tells the trade. Britain’s Av Pictures already has worldwide sales rights, and will be pitching Comedown at the upcoming American Film Market.
- 10/15/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Serotonin Films is in pre-production on the UK horror film Comedown . Written by Steven Kendell and directed by Menhaj Huda (pictured; of the drama Kidulthood ), the film is set against a gritty, contemporary London backdrop. Focus falls on six tearaway teenagers setting up a relay aerial for a local pirate radio station at the top of a condemned tower block. They are targeted by a resident psychopath intent on exterminating the "vermin" he perceives are besieging his home. Leading the cast is Red Mist 's Martin Compston followed by Dead Set 's Adam Deacon, Red Madrell and Duane Henry. Gareth Wiley (Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Dominic Morris are producing.
- 9/30/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
We now have an official quote from Javier Bardem on behalf of his nomination for Vicky Cristina Barcelona “I am very happy to receive such support from the Hfpa and truly thankful to Mr. Allen for allowing me the amazing experience of working with him and such an outstanding cast” Javier Bardem, Golden Globe Nominee For Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical Vicky Cristina Barcelona About the film: Vicky and Cristina, these two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist and his beautiful but insane ex-wife. Vicky is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, both comedic and harrowing results ensue. Directed By: Woody Allen Written By: Woody Allen Produced By: Letty Aronson, Steve Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley...
- 12/11/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jim Caviezel and Samuel L. Jackson will face off against one another in the espionage thriller Blown. The film centers on Will Matlock (Caviezel), a top MI5 operative whose routine investigation of a global corporation leads him to discover an imminent terrorist attack. Jackson will play Julian Lezard, the businessman who engages him in a high-stakes game of wits and deception. Martha Fiennes is directing the flick from a screenplay by her husband, George Tiffin. Tiffin will also handle cinematography. U.K.-based Intandem Films is producing Blown, which is in preproduction and eyeing a 2009 release. Shani Hinton, Gareth Wiley (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Fiennes and Tiffin are producing.
- 11/12/2008
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Jim Caviezel will attempt to stop Samuel L. Jackson from destroying London in the espionage thriller "Blown."
Martha Fiennes' film centers on Will Matlock (Caviezel), a top MI5 operative whose routine investigation of a global corporation leads him to discover an imminent terrorist attack. Jackson will play Julian Lezard, the businessman who engages him in a high-stakes game of wits and deception.
Caviezel ("The Passion of the Christ") is repped by Icm.
U.K.-based Intandem Films is producing and handling Afm presales on "Blown," which is in preproduction. Shani Hinton, Gareth Wiley, Fiennes and Tiffin are producing. Fiennes' husband George Tiffin wrote the sctipt and will handle cinematography.
Martha Fiennes' film centers on Will Matlock (Caviezel), a top MI5 operative whose routine investigation of a global corporation leads him to discover an imminent terrorist attack. Jackson will play Julian Lezard, the businessman who engages him in a high-stakes game of wits and deception.
Caviezel ("The Passion of the Christ") is repped by Icm.
U.K.-based Intandem Films is producing and handling Afm presales on "Blown," which is in preproduction. Shani Hinton, Gareth Wiley, Fiennes and Tiffin are producing. Fiennes' husband George Tiffin wrote the sctipt and will handle cinematography.
- 11/12/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Cannes, Out Of Competition
If Woody Allen's geographical shift from Manhattan to London caused some to see a more serious and philosophical side to him, his progression to Barcelona for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" may, for others, represent a welcome return to the neurotic, impetuous romances of his "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan" and even his "Husbands and Wives" periods. Not that "Vicky" is in the category of those Allen classics. But he is not taking himself too seriously here and he is not imposing a story on a foreign city with scant regard for its culture. Boxoffice results should follow the usual pattern with Allen's more successful comedies.
Barcelona and Spanish culture is integral to the storytelling in "Vicky". Which is not to say Allen isn't functioning as a well-informed tourist. The two most hilarious characters, played by Spain's two most famous actors, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, are nothing if not cliches about tempestuous Latin lovers. But, boy, does Allen have fun with those cliches.
Two young American women friends -- no innocents abroad these -- fall into a heady whirlwind of romance, lust and partner variations during a sultry summer in the Catalonian capital. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is the sensible and structured one, already engaged to an equally sensible businessman. Cristina (Allen's current muse, Scarlett Johansson) is fleeing yet another doomed romance in her perpetual search for a happiness she cannot define.
Each falls under the romantic sway of "intense" painter Juan Antonio Bardem). At first glance the epitome of "Eurotrash", it is to Allen's credit that, over the course of the movie, he deepens this character, giving Juan Antonio a dignity and integrity absent in his initial well-oiled moves on the young women.
Juan Antonio and Cristina appear made for each other, but a surprising and unplanned encounter between Juan Antonio and Vicky devastates her life trajectory. Suddenly, all that sense and structure tumbles into a puddle of liquid desire.
Juan Antonio and Cristina do settle into a live-in relationship, but this romance stumbles when his mercurial ex-wife, Maria Elena (Cruz), re-enters his life following a failed suicide attempt.
But strange is the magic that happens next: The couple that could never work as a duo suddenly blossoms as a menage-a-trois!
Allen's love for Barcelona shines in every immaculate image, stunning vista, tender glance down an expansive boulevard or tiny street, reverential gaze at buildings by Gaudi and quick dives into picturesque taverns. Allen imagines a Bohemian subculture of artists and poets, like Paris after World War I or Greenwich Village after World War II, wherein its denizens drink wine and make love into the intoxicating night.
Does Allen in his advancing years see in Barcelona a chance to re-create his Manhattan of old, a city not of Gershwin but of Spanish melodies and guitar music, where once again young neurotics can experiment with lifestyles and embrace art?
Whatever, the film belongs to Bardem and Cruz. This is a Spanish version of "Private Lives", a couple that cannot live apart or together, whose love will always burst into fiery combat. Their scenes are some of the funniest Allen has ever put on film, and the culmination of this love/hate tango is not to be missed.
A voice-over narration for once actually works, urging the story on and slipping us past talk of art and poetry. Javier Auirresarobe's cinematography and Alisa Lepselter's editing are unusually sharp, even by Allen's high standards.
Cast: Javier Bardem, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson. Writer-director: Woody Allen. Producers: Letty Aronson, Gareth Wiley, Stephen Tenenbaum. Executive producers: Jaume Roures, Jack Rollins, Charles H. Joffe, Javier Mendez. Director of photography: Javier Auirresarobe. Production designer: Alain Bainee. Costume designer: Sonia Grande. Editor: Alisa Lepselter.
Production companies: Weinstein Co., Mediapro & Gravier Production in association with Antena 3 Films & Antena 3 TV present a Dumaine production
Sales: Wild Bunch.
No MPAA rating, 96 minutes.
If Woody Allen's geographical shift from Manhattan to London caused some to see a more serious and philosophical side to him, his progression to Barcelona for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" may, for others, represent a welcome return to the neurotic, impetuous romances of his "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan" and even his "Husbands and Wives" periods. Not that "Vicky" is in the category of those Allen classics. But he is not taking himself too seriously here and he is not imposing a story on a foreign city with scant regard for its culture. Boxoffice results should follow the usual pattern with Allen's more successful comedies.
Barcelona and Spanish culture is integral to the storytelling in "Vicky". Which is not to say Allen isn't functioning as a well-informed tourist. The two most hilarious characters, played by Spain's two most famous actors, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, are nothing if not cliches about tempestuous Latin lovers. But, boy, does Allen have fun with those cliches.
Two young American women friends -- no innocents abroad these -- fall into a heady whirlwind of romance, lust and partner variations during a sultry summer in the Catalonian capital. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is the sensible and structured one, already engaged to an equally sensible businessman. Cristina (Allen's current muse, Scarlett Johansson) is fleeing yet another doomed romance in her perpetual search for a happiness she cannot define.
Each falls under the romantic sway of "intense" painter Juan Antonio Bardem). At first glance the epitome of "Eurotrash", it is to Allen's credit that, over the course of the movie, he deepens this character, giving Juan Antonio a dignity and integrity absent in his initial well-oiled moves on the young women.
Juan Antonio and Cristina appear made for each other, but a surprising and unplanned encounter between Juan Antonio and Vicky devastates her life trajectory. Suddenly, all that sense and structure tumbles into a puddle of liquid desire.
Juan Antonio and Cristina do settle into a live-in relationship, but this romance stumbles when his mercurial ex-wife, Maria Elena (Cruz), re-enters his life following a failed suicide attempt.
But strange is the magic that happens next: The couple that could never work as a duo suddenly blossoms as a menage-a-trois!
Allen's love for Barcelona shines in every immaculate image, stunning vista, tender glance down an expansive boulevard or tiny street, reverential gaze at buildings by Gaudi and quick dives into picturesque taverns. Allen imagines a Bohemian subculture of artists and poets, like Paris after World War I or Greenwich Village after World War II, wherein its denizens drink wine and make love into the intoxicating night.
Does Allen in his advancing years see in Barcelona a chance to re-create his Manhattan of old, a city not of Gershwin but of Spanish melodies and guitar music, where once again young neurotics can experiment with lifestyles and embrace art?
Whatever, the film belongs to Bardem and Cruz. This is a Spanish version of "Private Lives", a couple that cannot live apart or together, whose love will always burst into fiery combat. Their scenes are some of the funniest Allen has ever put on film, and the culmination of this love/hate tango is not to be missed.
A voice-over narration for once actually works, urging the story on and slipping us past talk of art and poetry. Javier Auirresarobe's cinematography and Alisa Lepselter's editing are unusually sharp, even by Allen's high standards.
Cast: Javier Bardem, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson. Writer-director: Woody Allen. Producers: Letty Aronson, Gareth Wiley, Stephen Tenenbaum. Executive producers: Jaume Roures, Jack Rollins, Charles H. Joffe, Javier Mendez. Director of photography: Javier Auirresarobe. Production designer: Alain Bainee. Costume designer: Sonia Grande. Editor: Alisa Lepselter.
Production companies: Weinstein Co., Mediapro & Gravier Production in association with Antena 3 Films & Antena 3 TV present a Dumaine production
Sales: Wild Bunch.
No MPAA rating, 96 minutes.
- 5/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- #61. Vicky Cristina Barcelona Director/Writer: Woody Allen Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley Distributor: The Weinstein Co. The Gist: A painter enters a relationship with two American tourists. Conflict begins with the painter's jealous ex-girlfriend. Fact: This is now Allen's third film with Scarlett Johansson. They both direct episodes in New York, je t'aime. See It: Very little is known about this film - but it takes place in Spain and has a great cast. 50/50 chances this is worth the detour. Release Date/Status?: Cannes competition selection highly probable. Just picked up by the Weinsteins. ...
- 1/29/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
TORONTO -- The latest film from Woody Allen and Julie Taymor are set for the red carpet treatment at the Toronto International Film Festival, organizers said Thursday.
Allen's Cassandra's Dream, scheduled for a fall release by the Weinstein Co., will receive a North American premiere in Toronto at Roy Thomson Hall after bowing in Venice.
Shot in London, the Iberville Prods. film portrays two brothers, played by Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell, whose lives become entangled as they attempt to better their lives. Hayley Atwell, Tom Wilkinson and Sally Hawkins round out the cast.
Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley share the producer credits on the Allen pic.
Columbia Pictures, meanwhile, is bringing writer-director Taymor's Across the Universe to Toronto ahead of its Sept. 28 theatrical bow. The Revolution Studios project is a musical drama portraying two star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy Evan Rachel Wood), whose relationship evolves against the backdrop of the revolutionary 1960s.
Allen's Cassandra's Dream, scheduled for a fall release by the Weinstein Co., will receive a North American premiere in Toronto at Roy Thomson Hall after bowing in Venice.
Shot in London, the Iberville Prods. film portrays two brothers, played by Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell, whose lives become entangled as they attempt to better their lives. Hayley Atwell, Tom Wilkinson and Sally Hawkins round out the cast.
Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley share the producer credits on the Allen pic.
Columbia Pictures, meanwhile, is bringing writer-director Taymor's Across the Universe to Toronto ahead of its Sept. 28 theatrical bow. The Revolution Studios project is a musical drama portraying two star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy Evan Rachel Wood), whose relationship evolves against the backdrop of the revolutionary 1960s.
David Krumholtz, star of CBS' Numbers, has signed on to star opposite Michelle Williams in Woody Allen's untitled Paris-set movie. Like most of Allen's movies, story details are being kept under wraps, though it is understood to focus on a trio of young Americans in the City of Lights. Production begins in the summer. Written and directed by Allen, the movie is being produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley. Vincent Maraval, Benjamin Waisbren and Daniel Wuhrmann are exec producing.
- 4/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Krumholtz, star of CBS' Numbers, has signed on to star opposite Michelle Williams in Woody Allen's untitled Paris-set movie. Like most of Allen's movies, story details are being kept under wraps, though it is understood to focus on a trio of young Americans in the City of Lights. Production begins in the summer. Written and directed by Allen, the movie is being produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley. Vincent Maraval, Benjamin Waisbren and Daniel Wuhrmann are exec producing.
- 4/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michelle Williams has signed on to star in Woody Allen's untitled Paris-set movie. It is Williams' first role since her Oscar-nominated turn in Brokeback Mountain. Like most of Allen's movies, story details are being kept under wraps, though it is understood to focus on young Americans in the City of Lights. Production begins in the summer. Written and directed by Allen, the movie is being produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Gareth Wiley. Vincent Maraval, Benjamin Waisbren and Daniel Wuhrmann are exec producing.
Scarlett Johansson is set to join the cast of Woody Allen's 36th movie, replacing Kate Winslet, who dropped out Friday. Winslet reportedly wanted to spend more time with her family. Johansson joins cast members Emily Mortimer and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers on the feature, which is due to begin production shortly at London's Ealing Studios. The untitled film is being produced by Letty Aronson, Lucy Darwin and Gareth Wiley, with Stephen Tenenbaum executive producing. Hanway Films is handling international sales, with backing from BBC Films, Magic Hour Media, Thema Production, Invicta Capital and the Bank of Ireland. Johansson recently signed on to do Mission: Impossible 3 for C/W Prods. Other projects in which she is involved include The Black Dahlia, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and A Good Woman. Johansson is repped by WMA.
- 6/29/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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