Each year, World War II stories continue to fill streaming libraries. Just last year, two prominent series in the genre were released: A Small Light, the story of a Dutch woman who helped Anne Frank's family, and Transatlantic, an uplifting tale of activists who evacuated refugees from occupied France. We Were the Lucky Ones stands alongside these projects – it's a heartbreaking story of ordinary people in war.
If you don't have time for TV shows, these five movies about love in wartime are just what you need.
1. Allied, 2016
In 1942, Max, an intelligence officer, arrives in Casablanca to assassinate the German ambassador. Marianne, a member of the French Resistance, becomes his accomplice. Working together, the two fall in love and decide to settle in London. A happy family life, a child, a cozy home – all this can collapse in an instant because of Marianne's secrets.
Allied is an espionage thriller by Robert Zemeckis,...
If you don't have time for TV shows, these five movies about love in wartime are just what you need.
1. Allied, 2016
In 1942, Max, an intelligence officer, arrives in Casablanca to assassinate the German ambassador. Marianne, a member of the French Resistance, becomes his accomplice. Working together, the two fall in love and decide to settle in London. A happy family life, a child, a cozy home – all this can collapse in an instant because of Marianne's secrets.
Allied is an espionage thriller by Robert Zemeckis,...
- 5/13/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
McCracken will still be involved with his long-gestating Alexander McQueen project.
After 23 years producing films in the UK, French mini-major Pathe will close its UK theatrical film distribution business by the end of 2023 to focus on the development and production of scripted TV series under managing director Faith Penhale.
Cameron McCracken, head of film at Pathe UK, is retiring but will remain involved with several ongoing projects at Pathe including a film about Alexander McQueen to be directed by Oliver Hermanus.
The roles of three key people are being made redundant: Lee Bye, long-time head of theatrical distribution and technical,...
After 23 years producing films in the UK, French mini-major Pathe will close its UK theatrical film distribution business by the end of 2023 to focus on the development and production of scripted TV series under managing director Faith Penhale.
Cameron McCracken, head of film at Pathe UK, is retiring but will remain involved with several ongoing projects at Pathe including a film about Alexander McQueen to be directed by Oliver Hermanus.
The roles of three key people are being made redundant: Lee Bye, long-time head of theatrical distribution and technical,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Britbox's thrilling line-up of content from across the Atlantic.
The streaming service will debut The Sixth Commandment on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the premiere.
The Sixth Commandment tells the story of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and a charismatic young student, Ben Field, who meet and bond over their love of books and involvement with the Church of England.
However, their friendship soon takes a deadly turn that comes to light after Ben turns his attention to Peter's deeply religious neighbor, Ann Moore-Martin.
The result is a series of stunning revelations, culminating in a high-profile trial.
This series, written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings), is inspired by the critically acclaimed and BAFTA-nominated documentary Catching A Killer: A Diary From The Grave.
The cast also includes Annabel Scholey, Sheila Hancock, and Ben Bailey Smith.
The cast...
The streaming service will debut The Sixth Commandment on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the premiere.
The Sixth Commandment tells the story of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and a charismatic young student, Ben Field, who meet and bond over their love of books and involvement with the Church of England.
However, their friendship soon takes a deadly turn that comes to light after Ben turns his attention to Peter's deeply religious neighbor, Ann Moore-Martin.
The result is a series of stunning revelations, culminating in a high-profile trial.
This series, written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings), is inspired by the critically acclaimed and BAFTA-nominated documentary Catching A Killer: A Diary From The Grave.
The cast also includes Annabel Scholey, Sheila Hancock, and Ben Bailey Smith.
The cast...
- 10/2/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Timothy Spall is ready to bring “Joy to the World.”
“It’s a Christmas story, but an unusual Christmas story,” he tells Variety about his upcoming film, directed by Edward Hall. Calico Pictures and Shuk (Studio Hamburg UK) produce for Sky, while James Nesbitt co-stars.
“It’s about a troubled 12-year-old kid who is pretty obnoxious, really. He is clever but doesn’t like his life. His mom is struggling and his brother is desperate for a present he is not going to get. He is full of hate. Then he witnesses a robbery.”
It’s an unusual robbery, however, taking place during a “Santa Dash.”
“He sees one of them rob a bank, tries to pursue him and then encounters this old man in the woods, under the tree, claiming he is Father Christmas. Obviously, the kid thinks he’s mad. It’s a sweet movie, but it has this hard edge to it,...
“It’s a Christmas story, but an unusual Christmas story,” he tells Variety about his upcoming film, directed by Edward Hall. Calico Pictures and Shuk (Studio Hamburg UK) produce for Sky, while James Nesbitt co-stars.
“It’s about a troubled 12-year-old kid who is pretty obnoxious, really. He is clever but doesn’t like his life. His mom is struggling and his brother is desperate for a present he is not going to get. He is full of hate. Then he witnesses a robbery.”
It’s an unusual robbery, however, taking place during a “Santa Dash.”
“He sees one of them rob a bank, tries to pursue him and then encounters this old man in the woods, under the tree, claiming he is Father Christmas. Obviously, the kid thinks he’s mad. It’s a sweet movie, but it has this hard edge to it,...
- 9/24/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: BritBox International is stacking the shelves with more high-profile UK drama series.
The streamer has acquired North American rights to The Sixth Commandment and U.S. rights to This England. Both series, which are based on real events, have made significant noise in the UK and their acquisition follow on from BritBox’s July captures of cop series Granite Harbour and psychological drama The Ex-Wife.
The Sixth Commandment will play as a BritBox Original. The series, written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings), is inspired by the BAFTA-nominated documentary Catching A Killer: A Diary From the Grave.
It follows one of the most complex criminal cases in recent British history and tells the story of inspirational teacher Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and charismatic young student Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke), who meet and bond over their love of...
The streamer has acquired North American rights to The Sixth Commandment and U.S. rights to This England. Both series, which are based on real events, have made significant noise in the UK and their acquisition follow on from BritBox’s July captures of cop series Granite Harbour and psychological drama The Ex-Wife.
The Sixth Commandment will play as a BritBox Original. The series, written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings), is inspired by the BAFTA-nominated documentary Catching A Killer: A Diary From the Grave.
It follows one of the most complex criminal cases in recent British history and tells the story of inspirational teacher Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and charismatic young student Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke), who meet and bond over their love of...
- 8/22/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Directly based on the deaths of the elderly Peter Farquhar and Ann-Moore Martin in the late 2010s in Buckinghamshire, Saul Dibb’s 4-part drama series is an emotional nerve-wrecker. It showcases how two kind-hearted people in the twilight of their lives fall prey to a remorseless murderer named Ben Field. Ben was an insurance fraudster who duped the elderly by making them believe his lies about love and companionship, and he would make them sign their wills to him before he took their lives. Although not unheard of as a crime, the diabolical way in which Ben ruined the lives of his victims before dealing the final blow is what makes this miniseries so painful to watch. There was one thing in common between both of Ben’s victims, though: they were deeply lonely. Ben used this weakness in the lives of two absolutely harmless people and capitalized on it like a parasite,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
Everyone has that one elderly man in their town who waves at you every day when you drive to work or that octogenarian who still takes her pets for walks despite her feeble age. Their whole aura and demeanor give out a single vibe of pure, unadulterated benevolence, and you know for a fact that these are the people in the twilight of their lives who’d never hurt a fly. Yet, evil always finds a way to latch on to the best of us, and most of the time, their favorite prey are the good people who’ve suffered from loneliness their whole lives. It’s like a testament to the degeneracy of such evil that they can sniff out the pangs of the absence of companionship and attack exactly those vulnerabilities that they tried to take shelter from their entire lives.
Such was the situation in the picturesque little town of Maids Moreton,...
Such was the situation in the picturesque little town of Maids Moreton,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
Lenny Henry’s “Three Little Birds,” Steven Knight’s “This Town” and a first look at “The Summit,” billed as a blockbuster adventure reality series, look like just three highlights of Banijay Rights extensive and wide-ranging lineup at what promises to be one of the biggest presentations at this week’s London TV Screenings.
Further scripted titles will take in “This Town” and “The Sixth Commandment” for the BBC, “Domina” for MGM+ and Sky, and “Safe Home” for Sbs, as well as doc feature “Lara.”
Given the iconic talent behind some titles – “It’s a Sin’s” Russell T. Davies serves as an executive producer on “Three Little Birds – scripted is likely to command large buyer attention.
Beyond “The Summit,” unscripted titles take in a strong line in dating and relationship shows, “Love Triangle,” “Date My Mate” and “Save the Date” as well as new interior design competition “The Big Interiors Battle,...
Further scripted titles will take in “This Town” and “The Sixth Commandment” for the BBC, “Domina” for MGM+ and Sky, and “Safe Home” for Sbs, as well as doc feature “Lara.”
Given the iconic talent behind some titles – “It’s a Sin’s” Russell T. Davies serves as an executive producer on “Three Little Birds – scripted is likely to command large buyer attention.
Beyond “The Summit,” unscripted titles take in a strong line in dating and relationship shows, “Love Triangle,” “Date My Mate” and “Save the Date” as well as new interior design competition “The Big Interiors Battle,...
- 2/28/2023
- by John Hopewell and Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The BBC is the network behind Rise Films’ drama on the phone hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The Salisbury Poisonings writers Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson and director Saul Dibb are attached and U.S. buyers are understood to be circling.
Deadline revealed Thank You & Goodbye was in development with Oscar and Emmy-winning British production company Rise in early 2021 and we now understand the show is in an advanced development stage with the British public broadcaster.
Lawn and Patterson replace Des scribe Luke Neal as writers and hook back up with Dibb, who directed The Salisbury Poisonings, which was one of the most-watched British shows of 2020. Lawn and Patterson have just written another BBC drama, Blue Lights, about three rookie Police Officers in Belfast.
U.S. buyers are already understood to be circling Thank You & Goodbye and producers are gearing up for casting.
The British...
Deadline revealed Thank You & Goodbye was in development with Oscar and Emmy-winning British production company Rise in early 2021 and we now understand the show is in an advanced development stage with the British public broadcaster.
Lawn and Patterson replace Des scribe Luke Neal as writers and hook back up with Dibb, who directed The Salisbury Poisonings, which was one of the most-watched British shows of 2020. Lawn and Patterson have just written another BBC drama, Blue Lights, about three rookie Police Officers in Belfast.
U.S. buyers are already understood to be circling Thank You & Goodbye and producers are gearing up for casting.
The British...
- 6/21/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed multi-hyphenate artist Ashley Walters (Top Boy) for representation.
Walters is an actor, writer, director, producer and recording artist best known for exec producing and starring in Netflix’s British crime drama Top Boy, created and written by Ronan Bennett. He stars alongside Kano (aka Kane Robinson) as Dushane Hill, a drug dealer plying his trade at the fictional Summerhouse estate, within the London borough of Hackney. The series, currently in its final season, has been credited with changing the television landscape in the UK through its authentic representation of Black London culture. It ran for two seasons on Channel 4 from 2011-2013 with Yann Demange directing and continuing as EP under Netflix, who brought the series back in 2018 for a further three seasons.
Walters’ acting career launched with a breakout, award-winning performance in Saul Dibb’s drama Bullet Boy. Since then, he has starred...
Walters is an actor, writer, director, producer and recording artist best known for exec producing and starring in Netflix’s British crime drama Top Boy, created and written by Ronan Bennett. He stars alongside Kano (aka Kane Robinson) as Dushane Hill, a drug dealer plying his trade at the fictional Summerhouse estate, within the London borough of Hackney. The series, currently in its final season, has been credited with changing the television landscape in the UK through its authentic representation of Black London culture. It ran for two seasons on Channel 4 from 2011-2013 with Yann Demange directing and continuing as EP under Netflix, who brought the series back in 2018 for a further three seasons.
Walters’ acting career launched with a breakout, award-winning performance in Saul Dibb’s drama Bullet Boy. Since then, he has starred...
- 6/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran British actor Timothy Spall (Mr Turner) is to lead The Sixth Commandment, Sarah Phelps’ BBC factual drama about the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded over the following years.
Filming has begun on the four-parter and Spall, who plays lead Farquhar, is joined by Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax), Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People), Annabel Scholey (The Split), Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten), Ben Bailey Smith (The Split), Conor MacNeill (Industry), Adrian Rawlins (Baptiste) and Amanda Root (Summerland).
The show from Banijay-backed Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision Productions tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher and charismatic student Ben Field (Hardwicke) set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. It also focuses on how suspicions around Field’s relationship with Ann Moore-Martin (Reid), Farquhar’s deeply religious neighbor,...
Filming has begun on the four-parter and Spall, who plays lead Farquhar, is joined by Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax), Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People), Annabel Scholey (The Split), Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten), Ben Bailey Smith (The Split), Conor MacNeill (Industry), Adrian Rawlins (Baptiste) and Amanda Root (Summerland).
The show from Banijay-backed Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision Productions tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher and charismatic student Ben Field (Hardwicke) set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. It also focuses on how suspicions around Field’s relationship with Ann Moore-Martin (Reid), Farquhar’s deeply religious neighbor,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Created by Chris Van Dusen for Shondaland based on Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, the show’s dazzling, diversely cast and notably sexy eight-episode first season feels both comfortingly familiar and refreshing, conjuring up a gleeful world that blends “Gossip Girl” and “Downton Abbey” with a droll, modern edge. A winning fusion by all accounts: Not only did “Bridgerton” become Netflix’s most successful episodic television debut to date, but it also earned the streamer 12 Emmy nominations.
Centered on the courtship of the blossoming young debutante Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the charismatic Simon Basset, The Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), “Bridgerton” is equally about its rich backdrop of players navigating the busy social season of the early 1800s London. It’s one that overflows with suitors, scandals, and extravagant balls, navigated chiefly by the prominent Bridgerton and Featherington families. A labor of love for the series’ dedicated team of artisans and shot across York,...
Centered on the courtship of the blossoming young debutante Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the charismatic Simon Basset, The Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), “Bridgerton” is equally about its rich backdrop of players navigating the busy social season of the early 1800s London. It’s one that overflows with suitors, scandals, and extravagant balls, navigated chiefly by the prominent Bridgerton and Featherington families. A labor of love for the series’ dedicated team of artisans and shot across York,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Tomris Laffly
- Indiewire
A drama series based on the infamous phone-hacking scandal that took down Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper the News of the World is in development at Rise Films.
Titled “Thank You & Goodbye,” the show tells the “inside story behind the fall of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, the News of the World — from the perspective of the tabloid journalists and private investigators at the heart of it all — and the extraordinary events that took place next,” according to the series’ description. “Set against the dying embers of the age of print journalism, ‘Thank You & Goodbye’ is an epic story of criminal practice deployed on an industrial scale that becomes a powerful tale of redemption — with a closely guarded final sting in its tail.”
The series, which does not yet have a network or platform attached to it, comes from director Saul Dibb (“The Salisbury Poisonings”), writer Luke Neal (“Des”) and executive producer Teddy Leifer.
Titled “Thank You & Goodbye,” the show tells the “inside story behind the fall of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, the News of the World — from the perspective of the tabloid journalists and private investigators at the heart of it all — and the extraordinary events that took place next,” according to the series’ description. “Set against the dying embers of the age of print journalism, ‘Thank You & Goodbye’ is an epic story of criminal practice deployed on an industrial scale that becomes a powerful tale of redemption — with a closely guarded final sting in its tail.”
The series, which does not yet have a network or platform attached to it, comes from director Saul Dibb (“The Salisbury Poisonings”), writer Luke Neal (“Des”) and executive producer Teddy Leifer.
- 1/28/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The story behind the U.K.’s notorious phone hacking scandal is coming to the small screen.
Director Saul Dibb and writer Luke Neal are developing a multi-part series entitled “Thank You & Goodbye,” which will detail the fall of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.
Dibb is the BAFTA-nominated director of BBC drama “The Salisbury Poisonings,” while Neal wrote ITV drama “Des.” Rise Films’ Teddy Leifer is executive producing the series.
The scandal, which was recently featured in BBC documentary “The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty,” first broke when it was revealed that a private investigator hired by the paper had hacked the voicemail of Milly Dowler, a murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl. The subsequent investigation resulted in the arrest of over 100 people, the imprisonment of Downing Street’s director of communications, the resignation of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, an unprecedented public inquiry into the...
Director Saul Dibb and writer Luke Neal are developing a multi-part series entitled “Thank You & Goodbye,” which will detail the fall of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.
Dibb is the BAFTA-nominated director of BBC drama “The Salisbury Poisonings,” while Neal wrote ITV drama “Des.” Rise Films’ Teddy Leifer is executive producing the series.
The scandal, which was recently featured in BBC documentary “The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty,” first broke when it was revealed that a private investigator hired by the paper had hacked the voicemail of Milly Dowler, a murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl. The subsequent investigation resulted in the arrest of over 100 people, the imprisonment of Downing Street’s director of communications, the resignation of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, an unprecedented public inquiry into the...
- 1/28/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar and Emmy-winning British production company Rise Films is developing the first major television drama series on the phone-hacking scandal that shook the very foundations of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in the early noughties.
Rise Films, which made Oscar-winning Netflix doping documentary Icarus, will use the series to provide an insider’s perspective on the industrial-scale illegal information gathering at British tabloid newspaper, the News Of The World, after securing exclusive access to the journalists and private investigators who intercepted the voicemails of Hollywood stars, politicians, and murder victims.
The series will be penned by Luke Neal, the breakout writer behind ITV’s David Tennant drama, Des, which told the story of British serial killer Dennis Nilsen and was the broadcaster’s highest-rated drama of 2020. Saul Dibb, the helmer of The Salisbury Poisonings, BBC One’s most-watched drama in six years, has been attached to direct the phone-hacking series.
Rise Films, which made Oscar-winning Netflix doping documentary Icarus, will use the series to provide an insider’s perspective on the industrial-scale illegal information gathering at British tabloid newspaper, the News Of The World, after securing exclusive access to the journalists and private investigators who intercepted the voicemails of Hollywood stars, politicians, and murder victims.
The series will be penned by Luke Neal, the breakout writer behind ITV’s David Tennant drama, Des, which told the story of British serial killer Dennis Nilsen and was the broadcaster’s highest-rated drama of 2020. Saul Dibb, the helmer of The Salisbury Poisonings, BBC One’s most-watched drama in six years, has been attached to direct the phone-hacking series.
- 1/28/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Asa Butterfield should have been shooting Season 3 of Sex Education when he sat down with Deadline last month, but like so many other things, the Netflix hit series has been put on ice by coronavirus. His loss was our gain.
Netflix has a hopeful August shoot date, but in the meantime, London-based Butterfield has been occupying himself reading scripts, building a videogame, devouring Mad Men, and writing his first TV script. Perhaps it’s no surprise that a man who has been busy all of his life has remained productive during lockdown.
Butterfield has been on our screens since he was eight years old, starting out on British TV shows like Ashes To Ashes, he soon found himself leading two features in the shape of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. Since then, he has worked with the likes of Harrison Ford on Ender’s Game...
Netflix has a hopeful August shoot date, but in the meantime, London-based Butterfield has been occupying himself reading scripts, building a videogame, devouring Mad Men, and writing his first TV script. Perhaps it’s no surprise that a man who has been busy all of his life has remained productive during lockdown.
Butterfield has been on our screens since he was eight years old, starting out on British TV shows like Ashes To Ashes, he soon found himself leading two features in the shape of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. Since then, he has worked with the likes of Harrison Ford on Ender’s Game...
- 6/30/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC has picked up hit BBC One drama “The Salisbury Poisonings,” based on the true story of the 2018 Novichok poisonings in the U.K.
The Fremantle-distributed drama stars Anne-Marie Duff (“His Dark Materials”), Rafe Spall (“Trying”), MyAnna Buring (“The Witcher”) and Jonny Harris (“Jawbone”). It tells the story of the British city of Salisbury, which became the epicentre of one of the country’s biggest political events of the century when former double agent and spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned via a lethal nerve agent called Novichok, which can kill 20,000 people with just half a teaspoon.
Within four days, hundreds of traces were found across the city, and, when things were thought to be under control, a perfume bottle containing the nerve agent was discovered, throwing the investigation into disarray.
The four-part series, which enjoyed the biggest overnight launch of a new drama in the U.
The Fremantle-distributed drama stars Anne-Marie Duff (“His Dark Materials”), Rafe Spall (“Trying”), MyAnna Buring (“The Witcher”) and Jonny Harris (“Jawbone”). It tells the story of the British city of Salisbury, which became the epicentre of one of the country’s biggest political events of the century when former double agent and spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned via a lethal nerve agent called Novichok, which can kill 20,000 people with just half a teaspoon.
Within four days, hundreds of traces were found across the city, and, when things were thought to be under control, a perfume bottle containing the nerve agent was discovered, throwing the investigation into disarray.
The four-part series, which enjoyed the biggest overnight launch of a new drama in the U.
- 6/18/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
AMC has snatched the U.S. rights to The Salisbury Poisonings, the hit BBC drama about the real-life Novichok poisonings on British soil in 2018.
Produced by Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions, the three-part series became the joint-biggest drama launch on British television in more than five years on Sunday, gripping 7.2M viewers.
The series, starring Anne-Marie Duff, MyAnna Buring and Rafe Spall, follows the fallout from the nerve agent attack in Salisbury from the perspective of local heroes who managed and were victims of the poisoning.
It was written by former BBC journalists Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, who spent a year in Salisbury exhaustively researching their script through extensive interviews with those involved in the incident, which made headlines internationally.
AMC plans to premiere The Salisbury Poisonings in the fall after striking a deal with Fremantle, and president of original programming Dan McDermott said it tells the “riveting story about...
Produced by Fremantle-backed Dancing Ledge Productions, the three-part series became the joint-biggest drama launch on British television in more than five years on Sunday, gripping 7.2M viewers.
The series, starring Anne-Marie Duff, MyAnna Buring and Rafe Spall, follows the fallout from the nerve agent attack in Salisbury from the perspective of local heroes who managed and were victims of the poisoning.
It was written by former BBC journalists Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, who spent a year in Salisbury exhaustively researching their script through extensive interviews with those involved in the incident, which made headlines internationally.
AMC plans to premiere The Salisbury Poisonings in the fall after striking a deal with Fremantle, and president of original programming Dan McDermott said it tells the “riveting story about...
- 6/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“Have you ever done anything like this before?” public health director Tracy Daszkiewicz is asked in episode one of The Salisbury Poisonings. “I’ll tell you when I know what it is we’re doing,” she answers. That unassuming, honest wit and humility becomes characteristic of her approach across this extraordinary drama.
2020 may feel as if it has the monopoly on the word ‘unprecedented’, but in March 2018, Daszkiewicz and her colleagues faced a singular crisis: an international assassination attempt using a lethal, invisible and almost impossible-to-detect substance, a teaspoonful of which could kill tens of thousands of people. And all this in the picture postcard city of Salisbury, a place of river walks and lardy cake, not the expected backdrop to a global spy conspiracy.
At the time of the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the vital role Daszkiewicz played in protecting the people of Salisbury went undersung. Press focus at the time was,...
2020 may feel as if it has the monopoly on the word ‘unprecedented’, but in March 2018, Daszkiewicz and her colleagues faced a singular crisis: an international assassination attempt using a lethal, invisible and almost impossible-to-detect substance, a teaspoonful of which could kill tens of thousands of people. And all this in the picture postcard city of Salisbury, a place of river walks and lardy cake, not the expected backdrop to a global spy conspiracy.
At the time of the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the vital role Daszkiewicz played in protecting the people of Salisbury went undersung. Press focus at the time was,...
- 6/14/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: BBC One has set the premiere date for Dancing Ledge Productions’ anticipated three-part miniseries, The Salisbury Poisonings. A dramatization of the 2018 Novichok poisonings that rocked the eponymous city and made global headlines, it will air from June 14-16 at 9Pm locally. Rafe Spall, Anne-Marie Duff and MyAnna Buring star. Saul Dibb directs. Fremantle, which has a minority stake in Dancing Ledge, is handling global distribution. Check out the first trailer above.
We recently spoke with executive producers Laurence Bowen and Chris Carey as well as writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn about pulling together this intimate portrayal of hope and bravery in the face of terrible tragedy, as well as its resonance within the current state of the world and what it was like to get through post-production amid the coronavirus lockdown.
The real-life mini tells the story of how ordinary people and public services reacted to the Novichok...
We recently spoke with executive producers Laurence Bowen and Chris Carey as well as writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn about pulling together this intimate portrayal of hope and bravery in the face of terrible tragedy, as well as its resonance within the current state of the world and what it was like to get through post-production amid the coronavirus lockdown.
The real-life mini tells the story of how ordinary people and public services reacted to the Novichok...
- 5/31/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for Episodes 1-4 of “Dublin Murders” on Starz.]
And then, suddenly, everyone is living a lie.
At the end of this evening’s episode of “Dublin Murders” Det. Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene) returns to undercover work in the form of Lexie, her doppelgänger murder victim who was using the name of one of Cassie’s previous undercover identities.
Yes, this sounds totally batshit. But “Dublin Murders” is an adaptation of the first two novels in Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series — “In the Woods” and “The Likeness” — and, like the books, it’s not just a typical cop procedural. It’s a look at how childhood trauma resonates and warps experiences, perceptions and constructs of reality.
It’s an explosive moment that sets up the back half of the series, marking the official transition away from “In the Woods” into the storyline of “The Likeness,” as Det. Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) and Cassie...
And then, suddenly, everyone is living a lie.
At the end of this evening’s episode of “Dublin Murders” Det. Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene) returns to undercover work in the form of Lexie, her doppelgänger murder victim who was using the name of one of Cassie’s previous undercover identities.
Yes, this sounds totally batshit. But “Dublin Murders” is an adaptation of the first two novels in Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series — “In the Woods” and “The Likeness” — and, like the books, it’s not just a typical cop procedural. It’s a look at how childhood trauma resonates and warps experiences, perceptions and constructs of reality.
It’s an explosive moment that sets up the back half of the series, marking the official transition away from “In the Woods” into the storyline of “The Likeness,” as Det. Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) and Cassie...
- 12/2/2019
- by Ann Donahue
- Indiewire
Anne-Marie Duff and Rafe Spall will star in “Salisbury,” the fact-based BBC drama about the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the southwestern English city.
Duff (“Shameless”) and Spall (“The War of the Worlds”) will star alongside Mark Addy (“Game of Thrones”), Annabel Scholey (“Britannia”), Johnny Harris (“Jawbone”) and MyAnna Buring (“Ripper Street”).
The alleged assassination attempt on the Skripals, using the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, caused an international uproar. Britain accused Russia of being behind the attack, which the Skripals survived, but the Kremlin denied involvement. The incident led to the pullout of diplomats from Russia by several Western countries in solidarity with Britain.
The three-part TV drama will focus on the impact the incident had on the local community and recount the story of how ordinary people and public services reacted to the crisis on their doorstep.
“It’s a privilege...
Duff (“Shameless”) and Spall (“The War of the Worlds”) will star alongside Mark Addy (“Game of Thrones”), Annabel Scholey (“Britannia”), Johnny Harris (“Jawbone”) and MyAnna Buring (“Ripper Street”).
The alleged assassination attempt on the Skripals, using the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, caused an international uproar. Britain accused Russia of being behind the attack, which the Skripals survived, but the Kremlin denied involvement. The incident led to the pullout of diplomats from Russia by several Western countries in solidarity with Britain.
The three-part TV drama will focus on the impact the incident had on the local community and recount the story of how ordinary people and public services reacted to the crisis on their doorstep.
“It’s a privilege...
- 10/24/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The War of the Worlds star Rafe Spall and His Dark Materials actress Anne-Marie Duff have been cast in BBC Two’s dramatization of the Novichok poisonings in the historic British city of Salisbury in March 2018.
Also joining the cast of Dancing Ledge Productions’ Salisbury are Game Of Thrones actor Mark Addy and Ripper Street‘s MyAnna Buring, as well as Annabel Scholey and Johnny Harris.
Filming has begun on the three-part miniseries, which is written by McMafia writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. It will tell the story of how ordinary people reacted to the crisis as their city became the focus of an unprecedented national emergency when Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned by Russian operatives.
Salisbury is executive produced by Les Miserables producer Chris Carey and Dancing Ledge CEO Laurence Bowen along with Patterson and Lawn and the BBC’s Lucy Richer.
Also joining the cast of Dancing Ledge Productions’ Salisbury are Game Of Thrones actor Mark Addy and Ripper Street‘s MyAnna Buring, as well as Annabel Scholey and Johnny Harris.
Filming has begun on the three-part miniseries, which is written by McMafia writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. It will tell the story of how ordinary people reacted to the crisis as their city became the focus of an unprecedented national emergency when Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned by Russian operatives.
Salisbury is executive produced by Les Miserables producer Chris Carey and Dancing Ledge CEO Laurence Bowen along with Patterson and Lawn and the BBC’s Lucy Richer.
- 10/24/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Other openers include horrors ‘Ready Or Not’, ‘Don’t Let Go’.
John Crowley’s The Goldfinch and Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree are two of the 2019 festival titles opening at the UK box office this weekend amid a field of strong holdovers.
Released by Warner Bros, The Goldfinch is an adaptation of Donna Tartt’s best-selling novel about a boy taken in by a wealthy New York family. Ansel Elgort stars as the young man whose troubled childhood leads him into the world of art forgery. Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, and Jeffrey Wright have supporting roles in the film...
John Crowley’s The Goldfinch and Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree are two of the 2019 festival titles opening at the UK box office this weekend amid a field of strong holdovers.
Released by Warner Bros, The Goldfinch is an adaptation of Donna Tartt’s best-selling novel about a boy taken in by a wealthy New York family. Ansel Elgort stars as the young man whose troubled childhood leads him into the world of art forgery. Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, and Jeffrey Wright have supporting roles in the film...
- 9/27/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Starz is set to premiere European crime drama Dublin Murders on Sunday November 10. The Lionsgate-backed broadcaster has also unveiled the first trailer for the drama, which stars Killian Scott (C.B. Strike) and Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful).
The series, which airs in an 8pm slot, is based on Tana French’s novels. Starz acquired the series, which was originally commissioned by the BBC, in December and it will air it in the U.S., Canada as well as on its Starzplay service across Europe and Latin America. It will launch on BBC One in the UK in October.
The psychological thriller is adapted by series creator and writer Sarah Phelps. Dublin Murders follows Rob Reilly (Scott) – a smart-suited detective whose English accent marks him as an outsider – who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner, Cassie Maddox (Greene...
The series, which airs in an 8pm slot, is based on Tana French’s novels. Starz acquired the series, which was originally commissioned by the BBC, in December and it will air it in the U.S., Canada as well as on its Starzplay service across Europe and Latin America. It will launch on BBC One in the UK in October.
The psychological thriller is adapted by series creator and writer Sarah Phelps. Dublin Murders follows Rob Reilly (Scott) – a smart-suited detective whose English accent marks him as an outsider – who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner, Cassie Maddox (Greene...
- 9/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has announced a major change to the way it assigns ratings to films featuring scenes of rape and other forms of sexual violence. According to The Guardian, films with scenes of sexual violence will no longer be assigned a rating less than 15s, which means only films suitable for moviegoers 15 years and older will contain rape scenes. The BBFC said the change was a result of a shift in public opinion over the last five years.
“The feedback we have had from the public during the current consultation is that they don’t think there is any place for depictions of sexual violence at 12A at all,” said Craig Lapper, the head of compliance at the BBFC. “The key message from the guideline consultation was heightened concern about sexual violence across the board. Although we operate very strict standards around sexual violence there...
“The feedback we have had from the public during the current consultation is that they don’t think there is any place for depictions of sexual violence at 12A at all,” said Craig Lapper, the head of compliance at the BBFC. “The key message from the guideline consultation was heightened concern about sexual violence across the board. Although we operate very strict standards around sexual violence there...
- 1/16/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Euston Films, Veritas Entertainment Group, Element Pictures producing.
Premium cable network Starz has acquired upcoming BBC One drama series Dublin Murders for the Us and Canada and for its streaming platforms in Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
Deals for “select additional territories” on the series, handled internationally by Fremantle, are still to be announced, Starz said.
Adapted from the first two Dublin Murder Squad crime novels by American-Irish author Tana French, the series was originally commissioned by BBC One and is also set to air on Ireland’s national public service network RTÉ, with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
Sarah Phelps...
Premium cable network Starz has acquired upcoming BBC One drama series Dublin Murders for the Us and Canada and for its streaming platforms in Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
Deals for “select additional territories” on the series, handled internationally by Fremantle, are still to be announced, Starz said.
Adapted from the first two Dublin Murder Squad crime novels by American-Irish author Tana French, the series was originally commissioned by BBC One and is also set to air on Ireland’s national public service network RTÉ, with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
Sarah Phelps...
- 12/3/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Starz has acquired the crime drama series Dublin Murders from Fremantle. The eight-episode series is adapted from Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad crime series, In The Woods and The Likeness.
The atmospheric, psychological thriller, which is currently in production in Belfast and Dublin, is adapted by series creator and writer Sarah Phelps and stars Killian Scott (C.B. Strike) and Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful).
Dublin Murders follows Rob Reilly (Scott) – a smart-suited detective whose English accent marks him as an outsider – who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner, Cassie Maddox (Greene). Against his better judgment and protected by his friendship with Cassie, he is pulled back into another case of missing children and forced to confront his own darkness. As the case intensifies, Rob and Cassie’s relationship is tested to the...
The atmospheric, psychological thriller, which is currently in production in Belfast and Dublin, is adapted by series creator and writer Sarah Phelps and stars Killian Scott (C.B. Strike) and Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful).
Dublin Murders follows Rob Reilly (Scott) – a smart-suited detective whose English accent marks him as an outsider – who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner, Cassie Maddox (Greene). Against his better judgment and protected by his friendship with Cassie, he is pulled back into another case of missing children and forced to confront his own darkness. As the case intensifies, Rob and Cassie’s relationship is tested to the...
- 12/3/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
I know a primary-school teacher who struggled to build a term around the Second World War. How can you teach about the most harrowing conflict in history to a group of ten- and eleven-year-olds, without reducing them to wallowing balls of tears and fears? Sgt. Stubby, the debut feature animation from Fun Academy Motion Pictures (which wants to provide “innovative educational entertainment”), tries to do exactly that for the First World War with a friendly dog called Stubby.
Sgt Stubby: An Unlikely Hero is based on the true story of a stray dog that was ingratiated into an American regiment and became their mascot (as well as a kind of canine soldier) in the French trenches. Private Robert Conroy (Logan Lerman) is training with the other soldiers in the parade grounds of Yale University, when Stubby comes in and befriends Conroy – following him all the way to France. Through Stubby and Conroy,...
Sgt Stubby: An Unlikely Hero is based on the true story of a stray dog that was ingratiated into an American regiment and became their mascot (as well as a kind of canine soldier) in the French trenches. Private Robert Conroy (Logan Lerman) is training with the other soldiers in the parade grounds of Yale University, when Stubby comes in and befriends Conroy – following him all the way to France. Through Stubby and Conroy,...
- 7/30/2018
- by Euan Franklin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To mark the release of Journey’s End on 4th June, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Based on Rc Sherriff’s play and novel of the same name Journey’s End is set in March 1918 as C-Company, led by a war-weary Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin) arrives in northern France to take its turn in the front-line trenches. Told that a German offensive is imminent Stanhope drowns his fears in whisky whilst the officers and their cook (Toby Jones) attempt to distract themselves in their dugout with talk of food and life before war. They are joined by Raleigh (Asa Butterfield), a young new officer fresh out of training excited about his first real posting, and a chance to serve under Stanhope. Raleigh’s naivety serves as a stark contrast to the other men’s impending fear as the tension rises and the attack draws ever closer.
Based on Rc Sherriff’s play and novel of the same name Journey’s End is set in March 1918 as C-Company, led by a war-weary Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin) arrives in northern France to take its turn in the front-line trenches. Told that a German offensive is imminent Stanhope drowns his fears in whisky whilst the officers and their cook (Toby Jones) attempt to distract themselves in their dugout with talk of food and life before war. They are joined by Raleigh (Asa Butterfield), a young new officer fresh out of training excited about his first real posting, and a chance to serve under Stanhope. Raleigh’s naivety serves as a stark contrast to the other men’s impending fear as the tension rises and the attack draws ever closer.
- 6/1/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Paul Bettany has been living in Disney’s world of late, reprising his role as Vision in Marvel’s mega-blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War and suiting up as villain Dryden Vos in Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story which began international rollout this week and releases domestically today. The latter is a reteam for Bettany with director Ron Howard following collaborations on 2001’s A Beautiful Mind and 2006’s The Da Vinci Code. In a recent chat, Bettany and I geeked out on Star Wars, but touched on many other topics as well. Those include life inside the McU, his future projects and that Master And Commander sequel Russell Crowe has teased in the past few years, as well as a bit of expletive-laced advice Peter O’Toole once gave a then-novice actor (check out some video excerpts below).
Addressing the hiccups that Solo went through on its way to fruition...
Addressing the hiccups that Solo went through on its way to fruition...
- 5/25/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The eighth edition of the Beijing International Film Festival gets under way Sunday night. A spectacular ceremony, some 25 miles away from downtown Beijing will kick off a week of cinema-related celebrations that look little like any other major film festival.
That the opening ceremony is not followed by a film screening is one indicator. The deeply uneven film selection policy is another.
Baffling many in the industry, the festival lineup boasts both notable exclusions, and perplexing inclusions. A decision earlier this month to exclude the previously announced “Call Me By Your Name” was shock enough to produce a few ripples in the normally tightly-controlled Chinese Internet. And it further underlines the increasingly hard line being taken by Chinese regulators against Lgbt content.
But policy, as manifested in the Beijing festival’s selection, does not appear wholly consistent.
The Bjiff’s Panorama section this year finds room for “Deadpool,” the “X-Men...
That the opening ceremony is not followed by a film screening is one indicator. The deeply uneven film selection policy is another.
Baffling many in the industry, the festival lineup boasts both notable exclusions, and perplexing inclusions. A decision earlier this month to exclude the previously announced “Call Me By Your Name” was shock enough to produce a few ripples in the normally tightly-controlled Chinese Internet. And it further underlines the increasingly hard line being taken by Chinese regulators against Lgbt content.
But policy, as manifested in the Beijing festival’s selection, does not appear wholly consistent.
The Bjiff’s Panorama section this year finds room for “Deadpool,” the “X-Men...
- 4/15/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
There’s no mistaking it. Saul Dibb’s “Journey’s End” looks, feels and plays exactly like the prototypical World War I movie, the kind we’ve all seen dozens of times already, if not more. But although that might read like some sort of insult, it’s not. It’s objectively true. “Journey’s End” was originally written by English playwright R.C. Sherriff and first performed in 1928. Its intimate, suspenseful, and ultimately rather bleak portrayal of life and death in the trenches was adapted to the big screen by James Whale (“Frankenstein”) in 1930, and it has been remade and reinterpreted many, many more times...
- 3/15/2018
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Over three days of fighting in March of 1918, British soldiers stuck in the Wwi trenches of northern France and their commanding officers quartered below await a German attack. Raleigh (Hugo's Asa Butterfield), an inexperienced 19-year-old officer, had actually requested to join C Company, led his much-beloved former school housemaster and prospective brother-in-law Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin). The latter tries to hide his rattling insecurities and mask his depression in booze and the counsel of his second in command, Osborne (Paul Bettany). Before the war, the lieutenant was teacher and family...
- 3/13/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Author: Zehra Phelan
Matthias Schoenaerts has come a long way since his 2011 role in Bullhead in which he wowed critics with his performance. Following up with his breakthrough role starring opposite Marion Cotillard in the passionate and brutally affecting Rust and Bone, Hollywood came a-knocking. Roles came flooding in from both American and British productions like Saul Dibb’s Suite Française, the late great Alan Rickman’s A Little Chaos, Michaël R. Roskam’s The Drop and Thomas Vinterberg’s Far from the Madding Crowd.
Related: Red Sparrow Premiere Interviews
Many performances later, we land in 2018 and Schoenaerts is about to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence as her uncle, Vanya Egorov – a character that has a striking resemblance to Russian President, Vladimir Putin – in Francis Lawrence espionage thriller Red Sparrow. We sat down with Schoenaerts to talk about his role in the film. He tells us even though Vanya isn’t...
Matthias Schoenaerts has come a long way since his 2011 role in Bullhead in which he wowed critics with his performance. Following up with his breakthrough role starring opposite Marion Cotillard in the passionate and brutally affecting Rust and Bone, Hollywood came a-knocking. Roles came flooding in from both American and British productions like Saul Dibb’s Suite Française, the late great Alan Rickman’s A Little Chaos, Michaël R. Roskam’s The Drop and Thomas Vinterberg’s Far from the Madding Crowd.
Related: Red Sparrow Premiere Interviews
Many performances later, we land in 2018 and Schoenaerts is about to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence as her uncle, Vanya Egorov – a character that has a striking resemblance to Russian President, Vladimir Putin – in Francis Lawrence espionage thriller Red Sparrow. We sat down with Schoenaerts to talk about his role in the film. He tells us even though Vanya isn’t...
- 2/26/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Competitions
To celebrate the release of Journey’s end on 2nd February, Lionsgate UK is giving away copies of the original play by R.C. Sherriff and movie posters signed by Sam Claflin!
Based on R.C. Sherriff’s classic World War I play, Journey’S End sees the men of ‘C’ Company take their turn in the front line trenches, knowing a German attack is imminent…
Directed by BAFTA Award Nominee Saul Dibb, Journey’S End is a poignant exploration of the struggles endured by the British infantry during the Great War. Sam Claflin stars as the war-weary Captain Stanhope, who fears his fiancée back home won’t recognize the man he’s become and drowns his worries in whisky. Paul Bettany plays his long-suffering second-in- command, while Asa Butterfield plays Raleigh, a naïve young officer whose excitement about his first posting may not survive contact with the reality of battle.
To celebrate the release of Journey’s end on 2nd February, Lionsgate UK is giving away copies of the original play by R.C. Sherriff and movie posters signed by Sam Claflin!
Based on R.C. Sherriff’s classic World War I play, Journey’S End sees the men of ‘C’ Company take their turn in the front line trenches, knowing a German attack is imminent…
Directed by BAFTA Award Nominee Saul Dibb, Journey’S End is a poignant exploration of the struggles endured by the British infantry during the Great War. Sam Claflin stars as the war-weary Captain Stanhope, who fears his fiancée back home won’t recognize the man he’s become and drowns his worries in whisky. Paul Bettany plays his long-suffering second-in- command, while Asa Butterfield plays Raleigh, a naïve young officer whose excitement about his first posting may not survive contact with the reality of battle.
- 2/5/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
MaryAnn’s quick take… A descent into the muddy trenches of World War I that is intimate and immediate, melancholy and profoundly moving. An experience as visceral as it is intellectual. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
This year is the centenary of the final year of World War I, and the cinematic commemorations are beginning with the new British film Journey’s End. The last surviving veteran died in 2012 just short of the age of 111, so the experience of serving in the war has now passed out of living memory. But End puts us in the trenches with an intimacy that is profound and moving, and with an immediacy that unavoidably draws us to see a relevance for today.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
This year is the centenary of the final year of World War I, and the cinematic commemorations are beginning with the new British film Journey’s End. The last surviving veteran died in 2012 just short of the age of 111, so the experience of serving in the war has now passed out of living memory. But End puts us in the trenches with an intimacy that is profound and moving, and with an immediacy that unavoidably draws us to see a relevance for today.
- 2/2/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Sneak Peek more new footage, plus images from director Saul Dibb's Wwi feature "Journey's End", adapting the play "Journey's End" by R. C. Sherriff, starring Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge and Toby Jones:
"...set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in 1918 towards the end of the 'First World War'...
"...'Journey's End' gives a glimpse into the experiences of the officers of a 'British Army' infantry company.
"Most of the entire story plays out in the officers' dugout over four days from 18 March 1918 to 21 March 1918, during the run-up to the real-life events of 'Operation Michael', lead by 'Captain Stanhope', a heavy drinking, battle-shocked officer..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Journey's End"...
"...set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in 1918 towards the end of the 'First World War'...
"...'Journey's End' gives a glimpse into the experiences of the officers of a 'British Army' infantry company.
"Most of the entire story plays out in the officers' dugout over four days from 18 March 1918 to 21 March 1918, during the run-up to the real-life events of 'Operation Michael', lead by 'Captain Stanhope', a heavy drinking, battle-shocked officer..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Journey's End"...
- 2/1/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
This new version of Rc Sherriff’s classic play about the futility and slaughter of the first world war is powerful, passionate and superbly acted
For the 100th anniversary of the first world war’s end, here is an unassumingly excellent new film version of Rc Sherriff’s classic 1928 stage play, adapted by Simon Reade and directed by Saul Dibb. It is expertly cast and really well acted: forthright, powerful, heartfelt. The dramatic action is opened out, while always conveying the essential, cramped claustrophobia of this tragic ordeal. Cinematographer Laurie Rose’s coolly observant, dynamic camerawork helps drive the dramatic momentum and the sinuous musical score by Hildur Guðnadóttir and Natalie Holt creates a growing sense of horror and dread.
Asa Butterfield plays the young Second Lieutenant Raleigh, newly arrived at the front in 1918. In all his moon-faced naivety, he asks to join C company in the trenches, because the...
For the 100th anniversary of the first world war’s end, here is an unassumingly excellent new film version of Rc Sherriff’s classic 1928 stage play, adapted by Simon Reade and directed by Saul Dibb. It is expertly cast and really well acted: forthright, powerful, heartfelt. The dramatic action is opened out, while always conveying the essential, cramped claustrophobia of this tragic ordeal. Cinematographer Laurie Rose’s coolly observant, dynamic camerawork helps drive the dramatic momentum and the sinuous musical score by Hildur Guðnadóttir and Natalie Holt creates a growing sense of horror and dread.
Asa Butterfield plays the young Second Lieutenant Raleigh, newly arrived at the front in 1918. In all his moon-faced naivety, he asks to join C company in the trenches, because the...
- 2/1/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Linda Marric
2017 proved to be one of the busiest years in Sam Claflin’s acting career. Having starred in both Their Finest and My Cousin Rachel within months of each other, it’s safe to say that Claflin is fast becoming one of the most prolific actors in the industry. Judging by his popularity amongst younger film fans, he is clearly making all the right decisions, which isn’t always the easiest thing to do for any young actor.
Back in October, and during the London Film Festival, HeyUGuys had the chance to meet with Claflin for a brief chat about his role as Captain Stanhope in Saul Dibb’s beautifully moving adaptation of R.C. Sherriff’s Wwi novel Journey’s End. We talked to the actor about his own attachment to the story and why it was such a personal project for him and all those involved in...
2017 proved to be one of the busiest years in Sam Claflin’s acting career. Having starred in both Their Finest and My Cousin Rachel within months of each other, it’s safe to say that Claflin is fast becoming one of the most prolific actors in the industry. Judging by his popularity amongst younger film fans, he is clearly making all the right decisions, which isn’t always the easiest thing to do for any young actor.
Back in October, and during the London Film Festival, HeyUGuys had the chance to meet with Claflin for a brief chat about his role as Captain Stanhope in Saul Dibb’s beautifully moving adaptation of R.C. Sherriff’s Wwi novel Journey’s End. We talked to the actor about his own attachment to the story and why it was such a personal project for him and all those involved in...
- 1/30/2018
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"You must stay where you are for as long as you can." Good Deed Entertainment has released a brand new official Us trailer for the Wwi drama titled Journey's End, from director Saul Dibb, which first premiered at the Toronto and London Film Festivals last year. The film is based on a seminal British play about Wwi, set mostly in a dugout in Aisne, France in 1918. The story is about a group of ragged British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, who are awaiting their fate in this wretched place. The three officers are played by Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, and Tom Sturridge, and the cast includes Sam Claflin as a Captain, plus Asa Butterfield as a young new officer; as well as Toby Jones, Robert Glenister, Oliver Dimsdale, and Miles Jupp. This looks like a thoroughly harrowing Wwi drama with some intense, gritty war scenes. It...
- 1/26/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Author: Jon Lyus
Last night at the glorious Picturehouse Central in London we attended the speical fan screening to mark the release of Saul Dibb’s latest film, Journey’s End. The World War 1 drama stars Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Asa Butterfield, Stephen Graham, and the wonderful Toby Jones. Butterfeld, Dibb and the writer Simon Reade and producer Guy de Beaujeu spoke to us on the red carpet. The young actor also sat down with the resplendent host of Chelsea Pensioners.
The film is based on Rc Sherriff’s seminal British play about WW1, set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918. It is the story of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously awaiting their fate. The mixture of burgeoning new talent with some accomplished actors allows the inherent drama to come naturally to the fore.
Asa Butterfield talked about this being the...
Last night at the glorious Picturehouse Central in London we attended the speical fan screening to mark the release of Saul Dibb’s latest film, Journey’s End. The World War 1 drama stars Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Asa Butterfield, Stephen Graham, and the wonderful Toby Jones. Butterfeld, Dibb and the writer Simon Reade and producer Guy de Beaujeu spoke to us on the red carpet. The young actor also sat down with the resplendent host of Chelsea Pensioners.
The film is based on Rc Sherriff’s seminal British play about WW1, set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918. It is the story of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously awaiting their fate. The mixture of burgeoning new talent with some accomplished actors allows the inherent drama to come naturally to the fore.
Asa Butterfield talked about this being the...
- 1/25/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the new Wwi feature "Journey's End", adapting the play "Journey's End" by R. C. Sherriff, directed by Saul Dibb, starring Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge and Toby Jones:
"...set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in 1918 towards the end of the 'First World War', 'Journey's End' gives a glimpse into the experiences of the officers of a 'British Army' infantry company.
"Most of the entire story plays out in the officers' dugout over four days from 18 March 1918 to 21 March 1918, during the run-up to the real-life events of 'Operation Michael', lead by 'Captain Stanhope', a heavy drinking, battle-shocked officer..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Journey's End"...
"...set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, in 1918 towards the end of the 'First World War', 'Journey's End' gives a glimpse into the experiences of the officers of a 'British Army' infantry company.
"Most of the entire story plays out in the officers' dugout over four days from 18 March 1918 to 21 March 1918, during the run-up to the real-life events of 'Operation Michael', lead by 'Captain Stanhope', a heavy drinking, battle-shocked officer..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Journey's End"...
- 12/23/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Good Deed Entertainment, the company that also acquired Oscar buzzed about ani feature Loving Vincent, has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Journey’s End from London’s Metro International Entertainment. It plans a Spring 2018 theatrical release for the Saul Dibb-directed film which recently premiered at Toronto and played at the London Film Festival. Journey’s End stars Sam Claflin (Me Before You), Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire), Asa…...
- 11/13/2017
- Deadline
When it comes to war movies, Wwi doesn’t tend to get the same attention as WWII. While “Wonder Woman” marched through the trenches this summer, films set solely about the bloody war end all war have been a bit fewer and far between, but “Journey’s End” certainly makes an impression.
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Directed by Saul Dibb (“The Duchess,” “Suite Franchise“), starring Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge, Stephen Graham and Paul Bettany, and based on the famous play, the film follows a group of men as they dig in and face the true horror of war.
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Read More: Sam Claflin And Paul Bettany Go To War In Vital ‘Journey’s End’ [BFI London Film Fest Review]
Directed by Saul Dibb (“The Duchess,” “Suite Franchise“), starring Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge, Stephen Graham and Paul Bettany, and based on the famous play, the film follows a group of men as they dig in and face the true horror of war.
Continue reading ‘Journey’s End’ Trailer: Fear & Courage In The Trenches Of Wwi at The Playlist.
- 10/23/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
R.C. Sheriff's warhorse drama Journey's End debuted on the London stage in 1928, a decade after the end of World War I, and now the release of Saul Dibb's new screen version has been timed to mark the centenary of the so-called Great War early next year. Although well made and acted, the real question surrounding this microscopic look at men enduring the severe pressure of trench warfare is what relevance it may have for a modern audience. The answer is, probably not much. If anything, the film serves to illuminate how very different the British army —...
- 9/18/2017
- by Todd McCarthy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Directed by Saul Dibb, Journey’s End is a Wwi drama based on the play of the same name based by R.C. Sherriff. In the exclusive clip, we see Sam Claflin as a war-weary Captain Stanhope, leading men into battle. The film also stars Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge, and Paul Bettany. Set during 1918, Stanhope leads the C-Company to the front-line trenches of northern France. With a German offensive imminently approaching, the officers…...
- 9/13/2017
- Deadline
Saul Dibb’s adaptation of the celebrated Rc Sherriff play struggles to convey the claustrophobia of the trenches and lacks the assuredness of this summer’s other major war movie, Dunkirk
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When a filmmaker sets out adapting a stage play, their first order of business is usually divorcing the text from its intrinsic play-ness. Saul Dibb’s new treatment of Rc Sherriff’s celebrated first world war drama Journey’s End goes to great lengths to obscure the fact that the action was almost entirely constrained to a dimly lit dugout shelter, visualising the trenches and battlefield originally left offstage. The great pathos of Sherriff’s 1928 work unspools in this pressure chamber of near-death anxiety, as soldiers drink and fight and sullenly sit in silence while waiting for the heat of battle to come to them.
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Related: Stronger review – Jake Gyllenhaal is Oscar-worthy in moving Boston marathon drama
When a filmmaker sets out adapting a stage play, their first order of business is usually divorcing the text from its intrinsic play-ness. Saul Dibb’s new treatment of Rc Sherriff’s celebrated first world war drama Journey’s End goes to great lengths to obscure the fact that the action was almost entirely constrained to a dimly lit dugout shelter, visualising the trenches and battlefield originally left offstage. The great pathos of Sherriff’s 1928 work unspools in this pressure chamber of near-death anxiety, as soldiers drink and fight and sullenly sit in silence while waiting for the heat of battle to come to them.
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- 9/9/2017
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer in Call Me By Your Name - the sensitive and cultivated Elio, the only child of the American-Italian-French Perlman family, is facing another lazy summer at his parents’ villa in the beautiful and languid Italian countryside when Oliver, an academic who has come to help with Elio’s father’s research, arrives. Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival has revealed the full line-up of this year’s festival – which will run from October 4 to 15. Among the 242 feature films screening at the 61st edition, 29 will be world premieres. Films joining the gala line-up include, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer by Yorgos Lanthimos and Paul McGuigan’s Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool.
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water, Dee Rees’ Mudbound, Saul Dibb’s Journey’s End,...
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- 8/31/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A day after it bowed in Venice to widespread critical acclaim, Alexander Payne's Downsizing has been named as one of the headline gala screenings at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.
With Andy Serkis' directorial debut Breathe already announced as the opening film, Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as the closer and Battle of the Sexes another gala screening, Thursday saw the rest of the lineup (totaling 242 films, including 128 shorts) revealed.
Joining Downsizing on the list of gala screenings are Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, starring Annette Bening and Jamie Bell; Saul Dibb's adaptation of...
With Andy Serkis' directorial debut Breathe already announced as the opening film, Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as the closer and Battle of the Sexes another gala screening, Thursday saw the rest of the lineup (totaling 242 films, including 128 shorts) revealed.
Joining Downsizing on the list of gala screenings are Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, starring Annette Bening and Jamie Bell; Saul Dibb's adaptation of...
- 8/31/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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