David Morrissey, Luke Treadway and Charles Dance have been cast in “The Singapore Grip,” an ITV drama adaptation of the J.G. Farrell novel. Oscar winning screenwriter and playwright Christopher Hampton (“Dangerous Liaisons”) is adapting the book, which is set during World War II and follows a British family living in Singapore at the time of the Japanese invasion.
“As a great admirer and, eventually, a friend of J.G.Farrell, I was delighted to be invited to adapt The Singapore Grip, a panoramic account of the disastrous loss of Singapore to the Japanese invaders in 1942,” Hampton said.
Luke Treadaway (“Ordeal By Innocence”) will star as the reluctant hero of the piece and innocent abroad Matthew Webb. Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”) will play a ruthless rubber merchant, Walter Blackett, who is head of British Singapore’s most powerful firm alongside his business partner Webb, played by Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones...
“As a great admirer and, eventually, a friend of J.G.Farrell, I was delighted to be invited to adapt The Singapore Grip, a panoramic account of the disastrous loss of Singapore to the Japanese invaders in 1942,” Hampton said.
Luke Treadaway (“Ordeal By Innocence”) will star as the reluctant hero of the piece and innocent abroad Matthew Webb. Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”) will play a ruthless rubber merchant, Walter Blackett, who is head of British Singapore’s most powerful firm alongside his business partner Webb, played by Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones...
- 3/11/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The Walking Dead star David Morrissey and Traitors’ Luke Treadaway are to star in ITV’s adaptation of J.G. Farrell’s World War II novel The Singapore Grip.
The pair will feature in the six-part series, which is produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen, alongside Game of Thrones’ Charles Dance, Absolutely Fabulous’ Jane Horrocks and Star Trek: The Next Generation Colm Meaney. Former Coronation Street actor Elizabeth Tan and rising star Georgia Blizzard will also star.
The Singapore Grip, which was part of Farrell’s Empire Trilogy of novels, which also includes Troubles and The Siege of Krishnapur was originally published in 1978. It tells the story of a British family living in Singapore at the time of the Japanese invasion.
It follows rubber merchant Walter Blackett, played by Morrissey his wife Sylvia, played by Horrocks, and ruthless daughter Joan, played by Blizzard. However, the story takes a turn when the...
The pair will feature in the six-part series, which is produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen, alongside Game of Thrones’ Charles Dance, Absolutely Fabulous’ Jane Horrocks and Star Trek: The Next Generation Colm Meaney. Former Coronation Street actor Elizabeth Tan and rising star Georgia Blizzard will also star.
The Singapore Grip, which was part of Farrell’s Empire Trilogy of novels, which also includes Troubles and The Siege of Krishnapur was originally published in 1978. It tells the story of a British family living in Singapore at the time of the Japanese invasion.
It follows rubber merchant Walter Blackett, played by Morrissey his wife Sylvia, played by Horrocks, and ruthless daughter Joan, played by Blizzard. However, the story takes a turn when the...
- 3/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Greatest Englishman
"Luther" star Warren Brown is playing the lead role in Justin Hardy's "The Greatest Englishman," a biopic about Captain Matthew Webb who, on August 24th 1875, became the first man to swim the English Channel.
Coated in porpoise oil, Webb battled jellyfish stings and strong currents to reach Calais after 21 hours and 45 minutes - swimming 39 miles in the process. His feat wouldn't be repeated for 36 years. Production on the project just wrapped. [Source: Screen]
Gods of Egypt
Australian model Courtney Eaton, who makes her acting debut in "Mad Max: Fury Road", has landed the female lead in Alex Proyas' "Gods of Egypt" Gerard Butler plays Egyptian god Set who murders his brother Osiris.
Osiris' son Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) tries to avenge his father's death, but fails. He seeks the help of a human thief (Brenton Thwaites) and the slave girl (Courtney Eaton) he's in love with to get his revenge.
"Luther" star Warren Brown is playing the lead role in Justin Hardy's "The Greatest Englishman," a biopic about Captain Matthew Webb who, on August 24th 1875, became the first man to swim the English Channel.
Coated in porpoise oil, Webb battled jellyfish stings and strong currents to reach Calais after 21 hours and 45 minutes - swimming 39 miles in the process. His feat wouldn't be repeated for 36 years. Production on the project just wrapped. [Source: Screen]
Gods of Egypt
Australian model Courtney Eaton, who makes her acting debut in "Mad Max: Fury Road", has landed the female lead in Alex Proyas' "Gods of Egypt" Gerard Butler plays Egyptian god Set who murders his brother Osiris.
Osiris' son Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) tries to avenge his father's death, but fails. He seeks the help of a human thief (Brenton Thwaites) and the slave girl (Courtney Eaton) he's in love with to get his revenge.
- 12/13/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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