Exclusive: Ten feature projects include drama about First World War camp for Muslim prisoners.
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
- 3/16/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ten feature projects include drama about First World War camp for Muslim prisoners.
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in the First World War.
The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
- 3/16/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Broadway’s inaugural initiative welcomes experienced writers to present their projects.
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in World War I. The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
The writers on the inaugural Adapt to Film initiative in the UK are wrapping the five-month programme and pitched their projects to a group of invited industry experts such as producers and agents earlier this week in London.
The scheme, spearheaded by Broadway in Nottingham and run by script and talent development executives Anna Seifert-Speck and Caroline Cooper Charles, was designed for writers adapting source material for film. The scheme is supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds.
The ten writers and their projects are:
Raisah Ahmed presented Half-Moon Camp, which she is writing based on newspaper articles and original research about a prisoner of war camp in Germany that was home to Muslim prisoners in World War I. The Glasgow-based writer is also working on Meet Me By The Water, about a young...
- 3/16/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
What's haunting the house that inspired The Exorcist? Psychic medium Chip Coffey has an idea.
"They're demons," he says in an exclusive preview for the upcoming Exorcism: Live!, a special that will broadcast Coffee, Bishop James Long and the Tennessee Wraith Chasers trying to cleanse the home outside of St. Louis. "They're Satan's minions. They're his worker bees, his drones."
The night before Halloween, Coffey is tasked with conducting a séance with whatever is possessing the house – and he says the worst-case scenario is that "all hell will break loose" during the first-ever live exorcism on TV.
"There's something dark in this house,...
"They're demons," he says in an exclusive preview for the upcoming Exorcism: Live!, a special that will broadcast Coffee, Bishop James Long and the Tennessee Wraith Chasers trying to cleanse the home outside of St. Louis. "They're Satan's minions. They're his worker bees, his drones."
The night before Halloween, Coffey is tasked with conducting a séance with whatever is possessing the house – and he says the worst-case scenario is that "all hell will break loose" during the first-ever live exorcism on TV.
"There's something dark in this house,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
This Halloween Eve, one network will try to give viewers a real scare with the first-ever exorcism televised and streamed in real time.
Destination America's Exorcism: Live! will show psychic medium Chip Coffey, Bishop James Long and the reality stars of Ghost Asylum trying to cleanse the Missouri home where the child whose story inspired the 1971 The Exorcist novel and 1973 film lived while allegedly possessed in the '40s.
In 1991, 20/20 aired the first televised exorcism, showing a Catholic priest supposedly dispel a demon from a 16-year-old Florida girl named Gina, and 29 million people tuned in. But Destination America's...
Destination America's Exorcism: Live! will show psychic medium Chip Coffey, Bishop James Long and the reality stars of Ghost Asylum trying to cleanse the Missouri home where the child whose story inspired the 1971 The Exorcist novel and 1973 film lived while allegedly possessed in the '40s.
In 1991, 20/20 aired the first televised exorcism, showing a Catholic priest supposedly dispel a demon from a 16-year-old Florida girl named Gina, and 29 million people tuned in. But Destination America's...
- 10/2/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
Many people are not "Happy" with Pharrell Williams this week. The singer and producer, 41, appears on a special collector's edition cover for Elle UK's July issue in a photo that has caused new controversy. In the profile shot, Williams—more typically seen in sky-high hats—wears a traditional Native American headdress with feathers and embroidery and a knit James Long sweater. The choice of headpiece raised eyebrows and incited a backlash from those who found the photo offensive. The "Come Get It Bae" singer was then forced to comment [...]...
- 6/4/2014
- Us Weekly
The Double
Written by Avi Korine and Richard Ayoade
Directed by Richard Ayoade
UK, 2013
Better to have an ungainly surplus of ideas than none at all; that seems to be Richard Ayoade’s philosophy behind The Double, a wild, uneven, but never dull sci-fi black comedy that purports to tackle Dostoevsky’s novella of the same name, but is at least as interested in pilfering visual ideas from films gone by while marrying them to Ayoade’s winningly dry comic sensibility.
Set in a bleak retro-futuristic dystopia, The Double stars Jesse Eisenberg, who amplifies his usual bumbling manner for slapstick’s sake, as Simon James, a number-cruncher at a massive corporation whose precise purpose is deliberately ambiguous. Simon dreams of climbing up the corporate ladder by earning the praise of his boss (Wallace Shawn) and makes pathetic attempts to flirt with a fellow employee, Hannah (Mia Wasikowska), but his persistent...
Written by Avi Korine and Richard Ayoade
Directed by Richard Ayoade
UK, 2013
Better to have an ungainly surplus of ideas than none at all; that seems to be Richard Ayoade’s philosophy behind The Double, a wild, uneven, but never dull sci-fi black comedy that purports to tackle Dostoevsky’s novella of the same name, but is at least as interested in pilfering visual ideas from films gone by while marrying them to Ayoade’s winningly dry comic sensibility.
Set in a bleak retro-futuristic dystopia, The Double stars Jesse Eisenberg, who amplifies his usual bumbling manner for slapstick’s sake, as Simon James, a number-cruncher at a massive corporation whose precise purpose is deliberately ambiguous. Simon dreams of climbing up the corporate ladder by earning the praise of his boss (Wallace Shawn) and makes pathetic attempts to flirt with a fellow employee, Hannah (Mia Wasikowska), but his persistent...
- 9/12/2013
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Directors / writers: Christopher Saint and Philip Adrian Booth
Writer: Raymond Bishop (original treatment)
The Booth Brothers made a name for themselves amongst certain groups within the paranormal community. They produce feature length film documentaries that explore some of America's famous haunts, like the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, and they take their time in constructing a compelling case. In Spooked, the old asylum takes on a new life. In The Haunted Boy, the demons said to be still lingering get tackled. Not many people will realize that the real life case of the St. Louis Exorcism was the inspiration of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.
Much like the book, this movie can easily be divided into parts. The opening act looks at the origins of what caused the young 13-year-old boy to become possessed in 1949. Although his name was never revealed, certain aspects of his exorcism slowly became part of the local folklore.
Writer: Raymond Bishop (original treatment)
The Booth Brothers made a name for themselves amongst certain groups within the paranormal community. They produce feature length film documentaries that explore some of America's famous haunts, like the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, and they take their time in constructing a compelling case. In Spooked, the old asylum takes on a new life. In The Haunted Boy, the demons said to be still lingering get tackled. Not many people will realize that the real life case of the St. Louis Exorcism was the inspiration of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.
Much like the book, this movie can easily be divided into parts. The opening act looks at the origins of what caused the young 13-year-old boy to become possessed in 1949. Although his name was never revealed, certain aspects of his exorcism slowly became part of the local folklore.
- 1/19/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Once Upon a Time Sneak Peeks: Learn How Prince James Became "Charming" in Episode 6
This week's episode of Once Upon a Time is shifting the focus back to everyone's favorite prince - and couple. David (a.k.a. John Doe) has woken up from his coma. Immediately, a woman named Kathryn claimed to be his wife, but I think it's clear to most of the audience that Regina is behind this "marriage".
Unfortunately for Regina's schemes, David clearly realizes something is wrong. While recuperating in the hospital, David has been visited by both his wife and Mary Margaret. It's taken him a little while to realize that his marriage to Kathryn feels "wrong". But his feelings for Mary Margaret seem completely genuine and in last week's episode he told her that she feels more right than his wife.
But Once Upon a Time's Mary Margaret is not the type of...
This week's episode of Once Upon a Time is shifting the focus back to everyone's favorite prince - and couple. David (a.k.a. John Doe) has woken up from his coma. Immediately, a woman named Kathryn claimed to be his wife, but I think it's clear to most of the audience that Regina is behind this "marriage".
Unfortunately for Regina's schemes, David clearly realizes something is wrong. While recuperating in the hospital, David has been visited by both his wife and Mary Margaret. It's taken him a little while to realize that his marriage to Kathryn feels "wrong". But his feelings for Mary Margaret seem completely genuine and in last week's episode he told her that she feels more right than his wife.
But Once Upon a Time's Mary Margaret is not the type of...
- 12/4/2011
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
Midnight in Paris sees Owen Wilson rocking ten shades of brown, while Diane Keaton's Annie Hall is forever married to mannish tailoring. Not only is the man who made NHS-style shades his own responsible for some the finest style lessons in film, Woody Allen's key looks are so this season
Wearing brown is Good
Woody Allen's oeuvre is so intrinsically linked to 1970s Manhattan that it's hard to know which of them actually pioneered a wardrobe of earth tones and sold it to us as boho dressing for the preppy intelligensia. We can, if we wish, trace a slurry-coloured line directly from the beige slacks and rusty roll necks of Play It Again, Sam through to the copper corduroy and fawn-flecked tweeds of Annie Hall; nestle gently in some dun-coloured two-pieces in Manhattan Murder Mystery, and pop-up in a neatly-pressed chino pocket in his latest offering, Midnight in Paris.
Wearing brown is Good
Woody Allen's oeuvre is so intrinsically linked to 1970s Manhattan that it's hard to know which of them actually pioneered a wardrobe of earth tones and sold it to us as boho dressing for the preppy intelligensia. We can, if we wish, trace a slurry-coloured line directly from the beige slacks and rusty roll necks of Play It Again, Sam through to the copper corduroy and fawn-flecked tweeds of Annie Hall; nestle gently in some dun-coloured two-pieces in Manhattan Murder Mystery, and pop-up in a neatly-pressed chino pocket in his latest offering, Midnight in Paris.
- 10/13/2011
- by Anna-Marie Crowhurst
- The Guardian - Film News
Ghost Adventures: My “Hunt for the Evidence”
The idea of Ghosts and the belief therein have permeated our society in almost every aspect, Perhaps no more so than in our popular culture. From Television to magazines, Movies to books ghouls and goblins have taken hold in our society. Perhaps this is the reason why over 85% of Americans believe in their existence and over 50% claim to have seen one at one point or another. Stephen King once said “Monsters are real, Ghosts are too. They live inside of us… And sometimes they win”. Tonight we test that theory as we brave the depths of Bobby Mackey’s Music World in Wilder, Kentucky!
Week 3: Bobby Mackey’s Music World
Bobby Mackey’s Music World is world renowned for it’s paranormal activity. Hundreds of investigations have been held on the property amassing a large sum of evidence seemingly proving the...
The idea of Ghosts and the belief therein have permeated our society in almost every aspect, Perhaps no more so than in our popular culture. From Television to magazines, Movies to books ghouls and goblins have taken hold in our society. Perhaps this is the reason why over 85% of Americans believe in their existence and over 50% claim to have seen one at one point or another. Stephen King once said “Monsters are real, Ghosts are too. They live inside of us… And sometimes they win”. Tonight we test that theory as we brave the depths of Bobby Mackey’s Music World in Wilder, Kentucky!
Week 3: Bobby Mackey’s Music World
Bobby Mackey’s Music World is world renowned for it’s paranormal activity. Hundreds of investigations have been held on the property amassing a large sum of evidence seemingly proving the...
- 10/4/2010
- by Aaron M.K.
- Nerdly
Fantasy novels, of course, often have notoriously horrible covers (although I'm no longer convinced that the covers for fantasy novels are necessarily any worse than for any other genre, which often seem just as bad, but in different ways). But James Long over at Speculative Horizons, has compiled some of the worst fantasy covers of late (I don't think it's fair to judge covers in the distant past, because sensibilities change so quickly). Anyway, I absolutely can't argue with any of this choices. Here's a sampling:
I'd like to add a few of my own choices, including the cover of one my favorite fantasy novels of all time, A Game of Thrones.
I'd like to add a few of my own choices, including the cover of one my favorite fantasy novels of all time, A Game of Thrones.
- 6/30/2009
- thetorchonline
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